#systemschange, #SDG17, #capacitybuilding

In November/December 2024, we held our first workshop “Embodied Ways of Knowing”on systems thinking and systems being. In this workshop, you are invited to step beyond traditional frameworks of thought and explore a holistic approach to understanding the world. Through systems thinking and systems being, we will journey into the art of ‘staying with the trouble,’ learning to remain fully present and engaged in an ever-evolving reality.

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#community, #SDG17, #systemschange

University Collaborations

#community, #SDG17, #systemschange

Collaborations with universities and higher education institutions are an important part of our work, fostering awareness-based and systemic approaches to sustainable change.

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#community, #SDG17

Community Calls

#community, #SDG17

These monthly online gatherings, designed, facilitated, and hosted by collaboratio helvetica from 2022–2024, were spaces where we explored topics of actuality and around systems change, co-created and hosted with practitioners and experts from our community. In total, we have organised and held over 20 community calls, reaching over 300 community members.

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#collaboration, #manifesto, #SDG17

Bundling Forces – A Changemaker Workshop for More Effective Collaboration

#collaboration, #manifesto, #SDG17

The Changemaker Workshop “Bundling Forces” has been brought to life in collaboration with One Planet Lab and Impact Hub Zürich. The event brought together representatives from foundations, institutions, NGOs, NPOs, SMBs, start-ups and project leaders. In a moderated format, we focused on key questions around funding, impact, and the necessary networks for systemic change.

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#SDG4, #SDG8, #SDG9, #SDG11, #SDG12, #SDG13, #SDG16, #SDG17

Re:Act – A Dialogue Series for Sustainability Engagement at the ZHAW

#SDG4, #SDG8, #SDG9, #SDG11, #SDG12, #SDG13, #SDG16, #SDG17

We collaborated with ZHAW sustainable from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) to create “Re:Act”, a dialogue series, designed to increase sustainability awareness and foster project initiatives across the ZHAW community.

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#projectnursery, #SDG10, #SDG16

Inclusive Institutions: Equal opportunities in Basel

#projectnursery, #SDG10, #SDG16

Collaboratio helvetica co-facilitated the Inclusive Institutions project led by Catalyst Nora Refaeil. Nora is a mediator and facilitates systemic transformation processes with an intersectional, diversity-oriented, and power-sensitive lens.

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#systemmapping, #SDG13, #SDG15

Biodiversity Lab by Brainforest: System Mapping Workshop

#systemmapping, #SDG13, #SDG15

Collaboratio helvetica designed and facilitated an international and multilingual workshop for the Biodiversity Lab, a project by the Swiss association Brainforest. The workshop aimed at mapping the systems that contribute to biodiversity loss in the Peruvian Amazon to allow for a deeper understanding of the complexity of the issue, recognise the involved sectors and identify possible leverage points for developing impactful solutions.

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#SDG10, #SDG15, #SDG11, #SDG13, #SDG17

Catalyst Lab – The Future Laboratory for Systems Change

#SDG10, #SDG15, #SDG11, #SDG13, #SDG17

The Catalyst Lab is a 9-month-long learning process, designed to empower changemakers and enables collaboration toward the SDGs. The process is intended for dedicated individuals (Catalysts) and their teams, who are committed to implementing the 2030 Agenda in Switzerland.

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#SDG12, #SDG17, #projectnursery

Breitling: Zero Plastic Waste by 2025

#SDG12, #SDG17, #projectnursery

Plastic pollution is a global challenge and in its 2021 Sustainability Mission Report, Breitling committed to achieving zero plastic waste across operations by 2025. To engage key internal and external stakeholders on this ambitious goal, Breitling has collaborated with collaboratio helvetica and Let's Talk Waste to effectively address the topic with the relevant stakeholders.

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#SDG12

Protein Lab

#SDG12

Together with Sentience and the Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH, collaboratio helvetica designed and carried out the Protein Lab, contributing to the protein revolution by uniting stakeholders from different parts of the food system, analysing systemic barriers and promoting collaborative solutions.

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#SDG4, #SDG10

“Education 4 Future” at International Cooperation Forum

#SDG4, #SDG10

As part of our project Youth4Switzerland, collaboratio helvetica has had the privilege of facilitating plenary discussions at the IC Forum 2023. Our co-founder, Nora Willhelm, and Youth4Switzerland's coordinator, Loukina Tille, engaged with prominent figures like Bundesarat Ignazio Cassis, Patricia Danzi (Director General SDC), the Honourable Awut Deng Acuil (Minister of Education for South Sudan), and Ursula Renold (ETH Professor in Education Systems).

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#SDG2, #SDG3, #SDG12

Citizen’s Assembly for Food Policy

#SDG2, #SDG3, #SDG12

Collaboratio helvetica was commissioned with the process design and implementation of The Citizens' Assembly for Food Policy to engage the Swiss population in redesigning the food policy with the support of key government agencies.

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#SDG12, #SDG13

Youth4Switzerland

#SDG12, #SDG13

Youth4Switzerland is a collaborative effort led by collaboratio helvetica and partner organisations, responding to the urgent call from young people who advocate for sustainability and SDGs.

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#SDG8, #SDG17

Funding Systems Change Initiative

#SDG8, #SDG17

The Funding Systems Change Initiative is a collaborative effort driven by a coalition of foundations and changemakers in Switzerland, and led by Ashoka Switzerland and collaboratio helvetica. Recognizing the need for systemic solutions to tackle complex challenges, this initiative seeks to transform conventional funding practices and empower foundations to adopt and embrace transformative funding mechanisms.

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#SDG11, #SDG16

Federal Celebration Speech 2022 on the Rütli

#SDG11, #SDG16

For the federal celebrations of August 1, 2022, collaboratio helvetica was invited to celebrate on the Rütli. Nora Wilhelm held an inspirational speech on traditions and our obligation to embrace change with curiosity, compassion and courage.

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#SDG13, #SDG17, #SDG9

ChangeNow 2022 Summit in Paris

#SDG13, #SDG17, #SDG9

ChangeNOW 2022, one of the world’s largest events addressing our planetary challenges, hosted a panel discussion with change-makers of our time. Collaboratio helvetica was represented by Nora Wilhelm, who engaged in an inspiring discussion with Satish Kumar from Schumacher College, proposing the systemic approach to the environmental challenges.

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#community, #SDG17

Community Forum

#community, #SDG17

These quarterly in-person gatherings, designed, facilitated, and hosted by collaboratio helvetica from 2022–2024, were spaces where we got to know each other, exchanged ideas, knowledge and learned about different projects.

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#SDG12, #SDG17, #SDG8

2030 Dialogue for Sustainable Development

#SDG12, #SDG17, #SDG8

Systemic change is needed to successfully implement the 2030 Agenda and achieve the SDGs in Switzerland as well as to tackle the deeper laying root causes that are driving today's polycrises.

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#SDG12, #catalyst

Future of Waste - Arbon Initiative

#SDG12, #catalyst

Humanity’s current rate of resource consumption eventually means we will run out. In Switzerland we consume 3 times what we should aim for a sustainable development. Meanwhile, we produce “waste” unlike any other species on the planet – it is a man-made problem.

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#SDG12, #catalyst

#SDG17, #SDG8

Intrapreneurship Academy

#SDG17, #SDG8

Our vision is that organisations in Geneva and beyond leverage their full potential to use innovation to respond to societal needs by transforming their employees into intrapreneurial leaders, connected to a wider community of changemakers and disruptors that are paving the way for the new economy.

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#SDG17

Funding Systems Change

#SDG17

Foundations play an important role in enabling and guiding action towards a more sustainable and ethical future. The increasing complexity of the challenges we are facing and the need to work towards systemic change has motivated us to convene actors from the field that are interested in exploring this topic further. Our intention is to co-create a series of stakeholder dialogues with the aim to ideate and prototype novel modes of collaboration and funding to enable and enhance social innovation and systemic change at scale.

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#SDG8, #NovaHelvetia

Sustainable Working Experiences in Organizations

#SDG8, #NovaHelvetia

How can we use examples from sports and nature as new ways of sustainable working experiences in organizations?

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#SDG16, #democracy, #dialogue

Future Dialogues

#SDG16, #democracy, #dialogue

Crises cause great challenges, conflicts and traumatic experiences. At the same time, however, they create spaces for new opportunities to arise.

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#education, #NovaHelvetia, #SDG4

Renewing Education

#education, #NovaHelvetia, #SDG4

Our education system is based on functional and knowledge learning. Plans, instructions, school-clock, time and performance are key. Personal development and natural growth is undervalued in the school and in the company environment. Many sectors of economy are in a huge transformation process and industries are more and more fully automatized.

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#education, #NovaHelvetia, #SDG4

#genderequity, #inclusion, #SDG5, #NovaHelvetia

Gender & Inclusion

#genderequity, #inclusion, #SDG5, #NovaHelvetia

The gender and inclusion working group started their exploration with researching the effects the COVID-19 crisis had on gender relations, especially on women.

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#storytelling, #SDG17

Storytelling for a Regenerative Future

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Our systems and societal structures are based on stories, narratives, paradigms, even though most of the time we are not aware of it.

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#democracy, #transformation, #SDG16, #NovaHelvetia

Democracy in Transformation

#democracy, #transformation, #SDG16, #NovaHelvetia

Citizens-led solutions to empower democratic decision-making for complex problem solving

As a society, we need to tackle the climate and ecological crisis. The “Democracy in transformation” working group of Nova Helvetia aims to find out how we can solve these complex problems that require political efficiency by implementing alternative forms of a society-led democracy.

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#SDG11, #NovaHelvetia, #sustainable

Sustainable Cities and Neighbourhoods

#SDG11, #NovaHelvetia, #sustainable

The COVID-19 crisis offered an unparalleled opportunity to reflect on how we live together in the city: our dependencies, relationships, blind spots and processes, as well as our stories and mental models that hold our society together.

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Our Contribution

How the collaboratio helvetica community contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals

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