SDSN Switzerland - Sustainable Development Solutions Network

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Region: Europe

SDSN Switzerland, hosted by Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern, and Biovision - Foundation for Ecological Development, was founded in April 2017 and officially launched in February 2018. The Network mobilizes its members in Switzerland and leverages their strengths to help realize the SDGs. Key focus areas include raising awareness and fighting illicit financial flows from developing countries; coordinating dialogues on the future of food in Switzerland; and launching an all-party group for the SDGs to offer scientific expertise to its members, focusing on sustainable economies, the transformation of the food system, and the governance of the country’s sustainable development.

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High-level Representatives Attend Network's First Food System Summit

More than 300 participants attended the first national Food System Summit organized by SDSN Switzerland. The Federal Councillor, Guy Parmelin, and Bernard Lehmann of the United Nations’ High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) provided inputs for the Summit. Representatives from the entire value chain and from all major political parties took part in panel discussions.

Summit Committee Seeks to Align Swiss Food System with the 2030 Agenda

In a detailed guidelines document, the scientific committee of Food Future Switzerland, initiated by SDSN Switzerland, put forth a Pathway for Transforming the Swiss Food System to align with the 2030 Agenda. Within this framework, the committee suggested a set of specific actions. Rather than treating these actions in isolation, they were strategically interconnected and arranged in a well-organized chronological sequence.

Network Project Promotes Regenerative Economy for Socio-ecological and Economic Restoration

SDSN Switzerland launched a new project in partnership with the Institute for Economy and the Environment at the University of St. Gallen. The aim is to promote a regenerative economy, i.e. business models that contribute to the restoration of ecological, social, and economic resources. In this project, regenerative business models will be identified and tools will be developed to help companies move towards a future within planetary boundaries.

SDSN Switzerland Network Members

Organization	Country	Network	Sector
Agroscope	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Research Institution
Bern University of Applied Sciences	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	University (Department/Institute)
Biovision - Foundation for Ecological Development	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	University (Department/Institute)
Business School Lausanne	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Non-Governmental Organization
Centre for Development and Cooperation SUPSI	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	University (Department/Institute)
Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	University (Department/Institute)
Collaboratio Helvetica	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Non-Governmental Organization
Drawdown Switzerland	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Non-Governmental Organization
Economy of the Common Good	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Civil Society Organization
Enterprise for Society Center (E4S)	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	University (Department/Institute)
ETH Zurich	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	University (Department/Institute)
Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC Lausanne)	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	University (Department/Institute)
Foraus - Swiss think tank on foreign policy	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Non-Governmental Organization
Foundation for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Non-Governmental Organization
Foundation myclimate - The Climate Protection Partnership	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Non-Governmental Organization
Geneva Consensus Foundation	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Non-Governmental Organization
Global Infrastructure Basel (GIB) Foundation	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Civil Society Organization
Gold Standard Foundation	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	University (Department/Institute)
Hamasil Foundation	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Foundation/Donor Organization
HES-SO - University of Applied Sciences and Arts	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	University (Department/Institute)
Impact Hub Geneva-Lausanne	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Civil Society Organization
Institute of Management and Social Policy	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	University (Department/Institute)
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Non-Governmental Organization
International Risk Governance Council (IRGC)	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Non-Governmental Organization
Mountain Research Initiative	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Research Institution
NADEL Center for Development and Cooperation, ETH Zurich	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	University (Department/Institute)
Oikos St. Gallen	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	University (Department/Institute)
OstSinn - plattform for sustainability in Eastern Switzerland	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Civil Society Organization
Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Research Institution
Scaling4Good	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Non-Governmental Organization
Simón I. Patiño Foundation	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Foundation/Donor Organization
Social Research and Methodology, University of Basel	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	University (Department/Institute)
STRIDE Learning Association	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Non-Governmental Organization
Student Impact	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Non-Governmental Organization
Swiss Academic Society for Environmental Research and Ecology (SAGUF)	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Foundation/Donor Organization
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Non-Governmental Organization
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne - Laboratory for Human Environment Relations in Urban System	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Foundation/Donor Organization
Swiss Parks Network	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Civil Society Organization
Universal Rights Group	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Foundation/Donor Organization
University of St. Gallen	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	University (Department/Institute)
University of Teacher Education Fribourg	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	University (Department/Institute)
University of Zurich	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	University (Department/Institute)
VSN FDD FSS - Swiss Association of Student Organisations for Sustainability	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Non-Governmental Organization
Women's World Summit Foundation	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Non-Governmental Organization
World Food System Center, ETH Zurich	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	University (Department/Institute)
World Resources Forum	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Non-Governmental Organization
World Trade Institute, University of Bern	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	University (Department/Institute)
WWF Switzerland	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Research Institution
Wyss Academy for Nature	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	Foundation/Donor Organization
Zurich University of Teacher Education	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	University (Department/Institute)
Zurich University of the Arts	Switzerland	SwitzerlandEurope	University (Department/Institute)Research Institution