for participants from abroad

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC
Global Programme Food Security
Logistics
FACE-2-FACE Event of the Agriculture & Food Security Network
Smallholder family farms - What is their future?
in Thun, Switzerland
From Monday June 02nd to Friday June 06th 2014
1. Programme
Day 1: Mon, June 2nd
Venue: KK Thun
Day 2: Tue, June 3rd
Venue: KK Thun
Day 3: Wed, June 4th
Venue: Field Trip
Day 4: Thur, June 5th
Venue: Uni Bern
Day 5: Fri, June 6th
Venue: Freienhof Thun
08:30 Registration &
Coffee
09:00 M1 Welcome
08:30 Welcome Coffee
09:00 M5 Policy &
Gender
8:30 Registration for
Fieldtrips Hotel
Holiday Thun
Option 1:
08:45 Conference on
Gender, Land &
Sustainable
Development
08:30 Welcome Coffee
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Opening on Family
Farming and
Smallholder issues
Welcome & logistics
M2 F2F global
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Family Farming and
post 2015?!
Q&A
Global perspective on
Family Farming
Q&A
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Lunch Break
13:30
M3 Case Study 1
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Analyse linkages
between policy and its
effects on the
economy, society and
ecology – especially
focusing on
smallholders/Family
Farmers
group work
feedback and
discussion
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Keynote on how
(agricultural) policies
affect gender
roles/relations (along
age groups)?
Sabin Bieri, Uni Bern
Peter Moser, Archives
of rural history
Panel with 3 farming
couples (young, midage, old)
Lunch Break
13:30
M6 SDC Case studies 2
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Analyse implications of
policy changes on
gender in your context.
Which policies is SDC
promoting with what
expectations?(rural
economy/agriculture)
18:00 End of
Programme
18:00 End of
Programme
Dinner (individual)
Dinner (individual)
09:00 Departure of
buses for Field Trips
M8 Field Trips
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Different Options with
focus on gender in
rural
economy/farming
16:00 End of Field
Trips, back at Hotel
Holiday Thun
17.00 Departure for
closing Event, meeting
point Hotel Holiday
Thun
OR
17:30 meeting point
harbor/port Thun
(next to train station)
http://bit.ly/1iNQLgL
Key notes
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Sabine Pallas, ILC
Marie Monimart, IIED
Workshops
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“Gender & Food
Security”
“Gender & Climate
Change”
“Gender & Water”
“Gender & Resource
Conflicts”
Panel discussion on
Gender, Land and Poverty
Reduction in the context of
the post-2015 agenda
09:00 M12 Network day
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Keynote on concept of
network functioning
With Eelke Wielinga
toolsfornetworkers.nl
Keynote on network
analysis with Urs
Gröhbiel FHNW
http://www.fhnw.ch/per
sonen/ursgroehbiel/projekte
Lunch Break
13:30
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Deepening of network
analysis
Formulation of vision
for the network
Closure of the F2F
2014
17:45 End of
Programme; Reception
and Drinks
Closing Event & Dinner
(included)
Option 2: Visit SDC HQ
(individual)
21:00 End of Closing
Event & Dinner
Dinner (individual)
16:00 End of F2F 2014
Dinner (individual)
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2. Visa, Flight and Train
Please book your flight by yourself and organize a visa if necessary.
Information for Entry to Switzerland:
http://www.bfm.admin.ch/content/bfm/en/home/themen/einreise/faq.html
If you need a letter of invitation, please contact us.
2.1 Airport and Train
From Zürich:
Map Airport Zürich:
Upon your arrival at Zurich Airport, head to the underground train station.
You need a train ticket Zurich Airport – Thun, “Strandbad” (direct connection ZHR – Thun
available)
In Customs Hall 2, arriving passengers have the option to buy a ticket from the vending
machines. Additional ticket machines can be found right next to the SBB travel centre.
The SBB travel centre is located beneath the Airport Center in the Check-in 3 area. The
ticket counters are open from 06:15 to 22:00.
Journey time and ticket price from Zurich airport – Thun, Strandbad (Bus station Hotel)
Zurich Airport – Thun, “Strandbad”

approx.1 hour 50 minutes
(CHF 69.00 one way, 2.class, City Ticket Thun included
or Transfer Ticket:
http://www.swisstravelsystem.com/en/home/ticketsen/ticketfinder-en/swiss-transfer-ticket-en.html
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From Geneva:
Map Airport Geneva
Upon your arrival at Geneva Airport, head to the underground train station.
You need a train ticket Geneva Airport – Thun “Strandbad” (change Train in Berne)
The airport offers connections to the Swiss and European rail network. The SBB airport railway
station has direct access to the airport Check-in and Arrival levels. Tickets can be purchased
from the machines located in the station or from the station counters.
Journey time and ticket price from Geneva Airport – Thun
Geneva Airport – Thun “Strandbad” 
approx. 2 hours 30 minutes
(CHF 133.-- one way, 2.class, City Ticket Thun
included
or Transfer ticket:
http://www.swisstravelsystem.com/en/home/ticketsen/ticketfinder-en/swiss-transfer-ticket-en.html )
Train Timetable:
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http://www.sbb.ch/en/home.html
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http://www.zurich-airport.com/passengers-and-visitors/access-and-parking/swiss-federalrailways?_ga=1.90090776.2048079244.1393854900
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3. Bus, Hotel and Seminar Venue
3.1 Thun:
How to reach the seminar venue
Bus from Train station to the Hotel Holiday
Upon arrival in THUN head for the bus terminal just outside the train station.
Take Bus No 1 direction Gwatt / Spiez until 4th stop “Strandbad” (approx. 9 minutes driving time).
Bus main station in front of the train station in Thun
Bus Timetable:
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http://www.stibus.ch/de/oeffentlicher-verkehr/fahrplaene2014/linie-01.php
Monday-Friday
Saturday
Sunday
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3.2 Hotel Holiday, Thun, and the seminar venue
Map: http://www.holiday-thun.ch/hotel-restaurant/kontakt/beim-strandbad-thun.html
Hotel: http://www.holiday-thun.ch/hotel-restaurant/
Your hotel is located on the border of the Lake of Thun, three kilometers from the city. The
seminar venue is just opposite the hotel. Approx. 150 m.
KK Thun
Hotel Holiday
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3.3 KK (Kunst- und Kulturzentrum) Thun
Website KK Thun:
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http://www.kkthun.ch/kkthun-ag/ueber-uns.html
The seminar will be held in the „Lachensaal“ in the KK Thun
4. The City of Thun
Thun is a city and municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in
Switzerland with about 44,000 inhabitants (near 90,000 in the agglomeration).
It is located where the River Aare flows out of Lake Thun (Thunersee), 30 km south of Bern.
Besides tourism, machine and precision instrument engineering, the largest garrison in the
country, the food industry and publishing are of economic importance to Thun.
Further information Thun Tourismus http://www.thunersee.ch/en/lake-thun.html
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5. Other information
5.1 Emergency contact
Simon Weidmann
Phone
41 (0) 76 397 54 32
Felix Fellmann
Phone
41 (0) 79 969 94 29
5.2 Food
If you have special dietary requirements, please inform SDC’s contact person, Mr. Simon
Weidmann, as soon as possible, for appropriate arrangements to be made - unless you have already
stated your dietary requirements in the registration form.
5.3 Costs
Costs that will be covered by the A&FS Network:
For all:
 Meals: Lunch (Monday-Friday), as well as closing Dinner on Wednesday
 Fieldtrip (transport & meals)
For members coming from abroad with an FDFA/SDC contract in addition:
 Hotel incl. Breakfast will be fully covered. Payment will directly be made by the network.
All other expenses will be covered by participants, respectively their organizations.
5.4 Weather Averages for Thun in June
5.5 Clothing
Beginning of June is summer season. However, you should bear in mind that we can’t predict
the weather so don’t forget to bring a rain coat and a warm pullover.
For the field visit on Wednesday please bring comfortable shoes with you.
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5.6 Changing Money
In the airport you have the option to change your money (UBS and Credit Suisse). The
national currency is the “Swiss Franc” (CHF).
In circulation are coins of denominations 1, 2 and 5 Franken, and banknotes (paper money) of
10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 1000 Franken. The currency is divided into 100 subunits, called
Rappen. Coins of 5, 10, 20, 50 Rappen circulate.
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