Programme

 
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      Thursday

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      Thursday 30.04.2015
      Exchange and the way forward (SDC only)

      08:45Arrival
      09:00Review of Wednesday
      09:30Presentation of e+i network program / Result chain
      09:45Decide on topics and build working groups and/or open space for new ideas
      10:00Working groups (round 1) on pending topics (4-6 working groups)
      11:00Coffee break
      11:30Working groups (round 2) on pending topics (4-6 working groups)
      12:30Lunch
      14:00The way forward: Review of the collaboration agreements; Invite other members to the working groups
      14:30Final review of work plan
      14:50Evaluation of the event
      15:10Impressions from participants: final short statements
      15:30Official closing
      15:45Farewell ceremony

      Wednesday

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      Wednesday 29.04.2015
      Learning and Capacity Building

      08:00 Arrival, registration and coffee for participants who join for the day
      08:30 Participants split into 2 groups:
       GroupVSDGroupPSD
      17:00 Closing of day 3
      17:45 SDC participants and speakers only: departure for social event at Niesen, (arrival back in Thun: 23:00)

      Tuesday

      Tuesday 28.04.2015
      Field visits (SDC only)

      MORNING

      GroupVSDThe VSD group visits gad Foundation in the morning. The aim of this field visit is to get to know a social firm and its concept of labour market integration and get inspired by models that may be adapted in the participants’ own work context

      Time Activity Docs & links
      08:30 Meeting outside Hotel Freienhof for all participants of PSD/FSD group and bus transfer to Restaurant &Söhne, Berne
      09:40 Introduction: Overview of the day and the two visits, objectives of the field visit, open questions
      10:00 Presentation by gad Foundation; Q&A PDFiconsmall
      Presentation by Gesundheits- und Fürsorgedirektion des Kantons Bern; Q&A PDFiconsmall
      11:40 Guided Tour: Restaurant & Söhne
      12:10 Wrap-up
      12:45 Bus transfer from Berne to Lucerne, SHL, with lunch bag
      14:15 Arrival in Lucerne

      GroupPSDThe FSD group visits Chocolats Halba, Wallisellen in the morning. The aim of this visit is to get to know Swiss private companies and institutions and their way of working in the cocoa value chain (Chocolats Halba) and learn about ongoing collaborations between SDC and Chocolats Halba in Honduras.

      Time Activity Docs& links
      07:45 Meeting outside Hotel Freienhof for all participants of PSD/FSD group and bus transfer to Chocolats Halba, Wallisellen
      10:15 Welcome by Chocolats Halba, Short insight into marketing of products from Honduras
      10:30 Visit of the chocolate factory
      11:30 Presentations on Chocolats Halba‘s engagement in the cocoa sector in Honduras and Ecuador as well as the collaboration between the company and SDC in Honduras. Q&A, Discussion on opportunities, challenges, possibilities for improvements in collaborations between SDC and the private sector on the example of Chocolats Halba
      12:30 Chocolate degustation on the topic of „different cocoa origins – different tastes“
      13:10 Bus transfer from Chocolats Halba to Lucerne, SHL, with lunch bag
      14:15 Arrival in Lucerne

      Short descriptions of the visited entities are available for download (PDFiconsmall Download PDF)

      AFTERNOON

      Both groups Visit to Swiss Hotel Management Academy Lucerne (SHL), in Lucerne.


      14:30 Presentation by Swiss Hotel Management Academy LucernePresentation of the Project Myanmar, Q&A
      15:50 School visit
      16:00 Exchange of experiences and lessons learnt PSD/FSD and VSD groups
      16:30 School visit
      16:45 Apero
      18:00 Return to Thun, Hotel Freienhof in Bus 1 (arrival in Thun by 20:00)OR Free time in Lucerne for participants who choose to take Bus 2
      20:00 Return to Thun, Hotel Freienhof in Bus 2 (arrival in Thun by 22:00)

      Monday

      Monday 27.04.2015
      Opening, introduction to the topic and exchange on own experiences

      Time Activity Docs & links
      08:30 Arrival of participants, registration & coffee
      09:00 Opening  by by Sybille Suter, Head Latin America & Caribbean Division, SDC
      09:20 Objectives and program; introduction of participants
      09:40 Introduction  to the topic “effective partnerships with the private sector” by Peter Beez, e+i focal point, SDC  PDFiconsmall
      10:00 Key note :  Development cooperation and the private sector by Rita Stupf, Senior Advisor und Deputy Director at cinfo  PDFiconsmall
      10:30 Key note :  Private sector perspective on development by Patrick Struebi, Social Entrepreneur, Ashoka Fellow and founder of Fairtrasa  PDFiconsmall
      11:00 Coffee break
      11:30 Panel : Key elements of partnerships with the private sector
      (Sybille Suter, Peter Beez, Rita Stupf, Patrick Struebi)
      12:20 Wrap-up of the morning & introduction to the afternoon program
      12:30 Lunch
      14:15 Market stalls  (Round 1)
      Learning from ongoing programs and experiences from participants: how, when and where to partner with the private sector.
      15:30 Coffee break
      15:50 Market stalls  (Round 2)
      17:00 Wrap up of day 1: Remarks, findings, lessons, open questions for the white board
      17:30 Closing of day 1