Events

33rd Fribourg International Film Festival

Friday, 15.03.2019 – Saturday, 23.03.2019
Film; Public event

The 33rd Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF) shines the spotlight on cinematography from the Caribbean. The SDC has supported the festival since its inception.

Location: Fribourg

The Future of Work for African Youth

Thursday, 07.02.2019 – Thursday, 07.02.2019, 8.30 to 17.30
Conference Assembly

Conference on the Future of Work for African Youth organized by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) on 7 February, 2019 in Geneva.

Location: International Labour Organization (ILO), Room IX, Geneva

«We're young and know our rights!»: Panel discussion on Human Rights Day 2018

A speech bubble saying we’re young and know our rights.

Monday, 10.12.2018 – Monday, 10.12.2018
podium

Young people, human rights and the judiciary in Switzerland and the partner countries of Swiss development cooperation

Location: Polit-Forum Bern, in the Käfigturm

World record to mark young people's call for action against climate change

A long strip, one metre by 50 metres, laid out on the Aletsch glacier to form the message 'Stop global warming', made up of more than 2,500 postcards drawn and written on by children and young people.

Friday, 16.11.2018 – Friday, 16.11.2018
Public event

Be a part of this new world record as children and young people from all over the world call for action against climate change with over 100,000 postcards on the Jungfraujoch.

Location: Jungfraujoch

Forum cinfo – «Working in international cooperation»

Speakers during a panel discussion at the previous Forum cinfo.

Friday, 16.11.2018 – Friday, 16.11.2018
Public event

Shaping your career in development cooperation, humanitarian aid, economic cooperation or peace promotion is an art, not a science. Paths are often entwined and you might face some challenges on your way.

Location: Bern

TRAVERSE: Addressing the drivers of health inequities

An elderly woman receives prescription in a health care facility in Albania.

Thursday, 08.11.2018 – Thursday, 08.11.2018, Traverse
Public event

Disparities in income, education or cultural customs lead to major health inequalities. At the TRAVERSE, the SDC welcomes Sir Michael Marmot to discuss how to address drivers of health inequities.

Location: Schule für Gestaltung Bern, Schänzlihalde 31, Raum “Aula”

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur

A middle-aged and a young man stand shoulder to shoulder, looking at the floor in opposite directions.

Tuesday, 06.11.2018 – Sunday, 11.11.2018

The SDC supports the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur film festival, which helps to promote film-makers from the South and the East.

Location: Winterthur

Zürcher Theater Spektakel

A man sitting on a stage drawing in sand, with the audience sitting on the floor very close by. A film is being shown on a screen behind the artist

Thursday, 16.08.2018 – Sunday, 02.09.2018

The SDC supports the productions of artists from the South and from the East at the Zürcher Theater Spektakel.

Location: Zürcher Theater Spektakel, Zürich, Switzerland

Civil society and film-making in Afghanistan – Panel discussion for the Democracy Without Borders initiative

A smiling Afghan woman wearing a traditional yellow headscarf leans on a door frame.

Sunday, 05.08.2018 – Sunday, 05.08.2018
Public event

As part of the Democracy without Borders initiative, on 5 August 2018 the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) will organise a screening of 'Laila at the Bridge' at the Locarno Film Festival, followed by a panel discussion on the topic of 'Civil society and film-making in Afghanistan'.

Location: Spazio RSI Magnolia, Locarno

71st Locarno Festival

Participants of the 2017 Open Doors section from South Asia pose on stage for a photo after the award ceremony

Wednesday, 01.08.2018 – Saturday, 11.08.2018

The SDC supports the Open Doors section at the Locarno Festival. Each year, the section focuses on a different region in the world where opportunities for making films and promoting culture are very limited.

Location: 71st Locarno Festival, Locarno, Switzerland

Artisanal and small-scale mining: opportunities and risks for sustainable development

A man wearing a red pullover with a headlamp is sitting inside the mine

Wednesday, 04.07.2018 – Wednesday, 04.07.2018
Conference Assembly

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation organizes on 4 July 2018 in Geneva an event on small-scale and artisanal mining for sustainable development: opportunities and risks for sustainable development.

Location: the Conference Centre Varembé, Geneva

Annual Swiss Development Cooperation Conference 2018

A man throws a handful of seeds up in the air. He is standing in front of a field of tall, brown stalks. There is the outline of a city on the horizon.

Friday, 29.06.2018 – Friday, 29.06.2018
Conference Assembly

“Developing urban and rural areas sustainably - Two of Switzerland’s priorities in Africa” SDC and SECO food security efforts are the focus of this year's conference on 29 June 2018.

Location: Bernexpo, Berne, 13.00