Our Events & Formats
May's Community Call on Citizens’ Assemblies
Join us for our community call to learn about concrete examples of national Citizens’ Assemblies in Switzerland and explore their capacity to enhance democratic participation. Jany Barraut and Sarah Friederich, who have been part of the process design and facilitation teams of the Citizens’ Assembly on Food Policy and the Future Council U24 on Mental Health, are going to share about their experiences, answer questions and explore topics you might want to discuss further.
Catalyst Lab Info Event #3
This info event is aimed at potential candidates for the 5th edition of the Catalyst Lab (September 2024 - May 2025) but is also open to anyone interested in learning about social transformation. Find out more here and sign up for free!
Catalyst Lab Info Event #4
This info event is aimed at potential candidates for the 5th edition of the Catalyst Lab (September 2024 - May 2025) but is also open to anyone interested in learning about social transformation. Find out more here and sign up for free!
What does it mean to be a Catalyst for Systems Change?
Have you heard about collaboratio helvetica’s Catalyst Lab? What does it mean to be a Catalyst? Are you wondering how we combine inner and outer work to generate long-lasting, positive change?
Join us on June 6, 2024, as we come together to discuss how we crafted the learning journey of the Catalyst Lab and why the inner and outer work duality is at the centre of systems change.
April's Community Call about Reflections on Youth4Switzerland
Join us for our community call to learn about the Youth4Switzerland project with Loukina Tille and Katalin Hausel. Loukina Tille, Catalyst, former team member and co-lead of Youth4Switzerland, will discuss how the initiative came about, and share the hurdles she encountered as well as the successes she achieved.
Catalyst Lab Info Event #2
This info event is aimed at potential candidates for the 5th edition of the Catalyst Lab (September 2024 - May 2025) but is also open to anyone interested in learning about social transformation. Find out more here and sign up for free!
Online-Reihe «WIE GEHT DAS?» - Problemdiskussionen meistern
Kaspar teilt in der kommenden Ausgabe von «WIE GEHT DAS?» von der Stiftung Mercator, wie die Methoden der Konfliktvermeidung der «Conscious Leadership Group» funktionieren.
Catalyst Lab Info Event #1
This info event is aimed at potential candidates for the 5th edition of the Catalyst Lab (September 2024 - May 2025) but is also open to anyone interested in learning about social transformation. Find out more here and sign up for free!
March's Community Call on Rethinking Ownership for a Sustainable Economy
Join us for our community call to talk about rethinking ownership for a sustainable economy with Annina Menzi from Purpose Switzerland. She will explain the basics of steward ownership, and together, we’ll explore its fundamental aspects. You will understand the relevance and influence of ownership structures on the fundamental dynamics of entrepreneurship and their impact on a New Economy towards more responsibility and purpose.
Agora der Zukunftsvögel
We are collaborating to co-create the Agora der Zukunftvögel event in Lucerne on March 15. Catalysts will hold space for a public conversation around their work!
Come and say hello, participate in this change-maker open space, and stay for the party!
ZHAW Re:Act Winterthur
Wir facilitieren und co-organisieren die ZHAW Re:Act Workshops! Sei dabei, gestalte die Zukunft an der ZHAW und teile deine Vision. Gemeinsam erarbeiten wir Lösungen in einer Reihe von Dialog-Workshops an jedem ZHAW-Standort!
February's Community Call on Reconnecting through play
Join us for our community call to talk about reconnecting with your true self through play with Jose Antonio Gordillo Martorell, founder of Cultural Inquiry. “All grown-ups were once children... but only a few of them remember it” (The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry). Together, we will explore to reconnect with the joy of discovering things for the first time as you did as a child: the first time you saw a star, the first time you tasted a lemon, the first time you touched the snow.
January's Community Call on Leading Positive Change
Join us for our community call to talk about the power of engaging stakeholders with Julia Bodin, founder of Let’s Talk Waste. She will share insights on how stakeholder engagement was a key element of success in the collaboration with Swiss luxury watchmaker Breitling, a company who committed to reach zero plastic waste in their operations by 2025.
Stars & Sips: End-of-Year Celebration
As the year draws to a close, we are excited to invite you to our End-of-Year Celebration under the motto „Stars & Sips“! Join us on the top floor of our office building, where we come together in the cafeteria to enjoy some non-alcoholic mulled wine and other beverages. The rooftops of Mattenhofstrasse will greet you under the stars if you decide to step out to the balcony to mingle – all the while sipping on your hot beverage.
December's Community Call on Emotions at Work
Join us to talk about emotions at work with Alexandra Choutko. She supports people, start-ups, and organisations on their journey towards transformation, and is especially interested in exploring the deep root causes of issues and recognising engrained patterns that can be deconstructed and rebuilt to foster well-being. Alexandra is a catalyst in collaboratio helvetica’s current fourth edition of the Catalyst Lab for the climate.
Öffentliche Fishbowl-Veranstaltung: Proteinwende in der Schweiz
Proteinwende in der Schweiz: Wie können wir den Wandel gemeinsam vorantreiben? Wenn auch du Teil des Gesprächs rund um die Proteinwende in der Schweiz werden möchtest, bietet sich am 30. November in Bern eine grossartige Gelegenheit: Sentience, die Berner Fachhochschule BFH und collaboratio helvetica veranstalten eine öffentliche Fishbowl-Veranstaltung. Der Eintritt ist gratis!
Dialogveranstaltung: Chancengerechtigkeit in Basel verwirklichen
Sei dabei an der Dialogveranstaltung über die Verwirklichung von Chancengerechtigkeit in Basel von Inclusive Institutions. Der Eintritt ist gratis!
November's Community Call mit Monda Futura
In diesem Call sprechen wir über Monda Futura, das neu gegründete Institut für eine lebenswerte Zukunft. Monda Futura will die Schweiz zum gemeinsamen Träumen bringen und fragt an Visions-Veranstaltungen: Wie könnte das Leben im 2073 sein? Über das nicht gerade kleine Vorhaben, die Hintergründe und die weiteren Schritte berichtet uns Gründer Raffael Wüthrich.
October's Community Call on creativity for future
Join us to talk about creativity as the most important skill for the future, according to the World Economic Forum. With our guest Claudia Rinke, award-winning author and filmmaker, and catalyst in collaboratio helvetica’s current Catalyst Lab.
Herbstmesse Solothurn: FörderBar
Besuche unseren Stand an der Herbstmesse in Solothurn am 29. September. Der Eintritt ist gratis!
September's Community Call on Medicine Walks
Join us to talk about how our relationship with Earth and nature can influence systems change. Our main questions will be: Is planet Earth a helpless creature worth protecting, or a wise and intelligent force that helps us navigate our lives? With our guest Amelie Reist, guardian of earth wisdom and our former community fairy. Free of charge!
Community Forum - Reimagining the future of education in Switzerland
Save the date for our upcoming community forum! Co-organized with Intrinsic. → Would you like to explore and reimagine the future of education in Switzerland? We would like to invite everyone invested in the topic – be it from a professional or personal point of view – to join us as we aim to explore new possibilities and solutions to the challenges ahead while sharing insights, reflecting, and envisioning the future of education.
August’s Community Call on Conscious Leadership Training
☎️ Community calls are back!
During this call, we’ll explore together how Conscious Leadership Group’s simple models and tools can help us develop in self-awareness, emotional intelligence, authentic communication and self-compassion - using lots of break-out time so that you’ll get to play with fellow community members.
Exploring our purpose at Home for Humanity - a Youth4Switzerland retreat
As part of the Youth4Switzerland project, we're going on a retreat to reflect and craft our path together with those who've joined our movement, whether it was at one of our events, random exchanges, or a street interview.
We invite YOU to our youth retreat for young people who would like to experience a transformative process.
Catalyst Lab for the Climate - Info Event #4
This info event is primarily aimed at potential candidates for the 4th edition of the Catalyst Lab (September 2023 - May 2024) but is also open to anyone who is interested in learning about social transformation. With guest Catalyst Lab supporter Diana Oser. Find out more here and RSVP for free!
Summer Community Picnic
Join us for a community picnic to get togethe, play and lay in the grass and listen to each other's stories. In the collaboratio helvetica community we learn and grow together, support each others’ projects, develop our skills and capacities and nourish the soil for a culture of connection for the future of Switzerland we would like to see.
June's Community Call on the Root Causes of the Climate Crisis & the 4th edition of the Catalyst Lab
☎️ Community calls are back!
Our upcoming call will be facilitated by Diana Oser & Katailn Hausel from our team. In this call, we'll introduce the topic that surrounds our next cycle of the Catalyst Lab: exploring the root causes of the climate crisis in three sectors: business, food, and education. We are happy to connect with you. Free of charge!
Catalyst Lab for the Climate - Info Event #3
This info event is primarily aimed at potential candidates for the 4th edition of the Catalyst Lab (September 2023 - May 2024) but is also open to anyone who is interested in learning about social transformation. With guest catalyst Lukas Aeschlimann. Find out more here and RSVP for free!
Catalyst Lab for the Climate - Info Event #2
This info event is primarily aimed at potential candidates for the 4th edition of the Catalyst Lab (September 2023 - May 2024) but is also open to anyone who is interested in learning about social transformation. With guest catalyst Loukina Tille. Find out more here and RSVP for free!
2291 Festival
The Youth4Switzerland team is organising two dialogues at the 2291Festival in collaboration with SwissYouthForClimate in May this year! Following our logic of creating spaces for young people to meet, as well as convening new.
Movie evening on the topic of Water - with Raphael Knecht
Are you interested in the topic of water and are a young person (15-27 years old) ? Do you like swimming in the clear water of rivers and lakes? Is water becoming a scarce resource? Is water polluted? You are curious and want to watch a beautiful documentary?
Join us for a movie evening where we will dig together into this fascinating element. We will watch Raphael Knecht’s movie “On thin ice”. Raphael will be with us, introducing his movie. We will then exchange and have a discussion about the movie around some food and drinks.
Catalyst Lab for the Climate - Info Event #1
This info event is primarily aimed at potential candidates for the 4th edition of the Catalyst Lab (September 2023 - May 2024) but is also open to anyone who is interested in learning about social transformation. With guest catalyst Nikola Buric. Find out more here and RSVP for free!
Multisensory sensing journey on: food
Are you interested in the topic of food and are a young person (15-27 years old) ? We're organising a Multisensory sensing journey on food, which will be guided by some of our catalysts: Christa, Maya, Lukas, Tilla, Clement & Julia. They will explore with us different dimensions of the food system. From soil health and mental health, to packaging and food waste, we will dig together into diverse facets of what's on our plate. Are you interested? Then join us for free!
May's Community Call on the Inner Development Goals
☎️ Community calls are back!
Our upcoming call will be facilitated by Diana Oser, our community fairy together with our guests Manuela Pagani Larghi & Paolo Fedi. In this call, we'll start with exploring and experiencing IDGs Inner Development Goals framework. We will dive deeper into one of the themes, using a Theory U technique based on listening and resonance, and exchange about our personal skills and challenges with the IDGs.