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HAFL Hugo P. Cecchini Institute Annual Event 2025 Cooperatives for a Better World: Driving Innovation, Fostering Inclusion and Increasing Impact

Diverse voices from academia, the private sector, policy makers, civil society, international organisations, and the general public meet for this free event. Registration required.

10.06.2025, 13.30–17.30 Uhr – BFH-HAFL, Länggasse 85, 3052 Zollikofen, Switzerland, and online (limited)

Steckbrief

  • Startdatum 10.06.2025, 13.30–17.30 Uhr
    In Kalender eintragen
  • Ort BFH-HAFL, Länggasse 85, 3052 Zollikofen, Switzerland, and online (limited)
  • Anmeldefrist 03.06.2025
  • Kosten Free

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Registrations are now open

The Cecchini Institute Annual Event takes place every June and focuses on the latest topics relevant to agricultural, forest and food sciences.

This year’s event, on Tuesday 10 June, focuses on “Cooperatives for a Better World: Driving Innovation, Fostering Inclusion and Increasing Impact" in alignment with the 2025 UN International Year of Cooperatives.

The event is free and open to the public. Please register by 3 June.

Event theme

Our focus is on the current challenges and future potentials of cooperatives. The event will critically examine how cooperatives can:

  1. continue to evolve in response to emerging trends
  2. engage young people in leadership and decision-making
  3. develop stronger ways to measure their broader social and economic impacts.

Title

Cooperatives for a Better World: Driving Innovation, Fostering Inclusion and Increasing Impact

Date and time

Tuesday, 10 June 2025, 13:30-17:30, followed by a networking apéro.
Please collect your nametag and choose your workshop between 12:30 and 13:20 so we can start at 13:30 sharp.

Location

BFH School of Agriculture, Forest and Food Sciences (HAFL), Länggasse 85, 3052 Zollikofen.

Format

In-person, with limited online streaming (no workshops).

Registration

Registration is required. Please complete the registration form by 3 June.

IYC 2025
Local farmers in a study circle in Mozambique
Niassa is located in the far north of Mozambique; “Away,” say the Niassas themselves. We Effect (the international development organisation of the Swedish cooperative movement) collaborates with local farmers’ organisations in study circles to train the farmers. Improving harvests by around 20 percent can make the difference between hunger and constant anxiety and food security and peace of mind, it also means three meals a day and money for school uniforms and supplies. Image credit: Karin Alfredsson/We Effect.

Our keynote speaker is Prof. Lorenzo Casaburi from the University of Zurich. Lorenzo is the UBS Foundation Associate Professor of Development Economics (with tenure) in the Department of Economics. At the Annual Event, he will present an overarching view of cooperatives, with a special focus on recent research on East African agricultural cooperatives, and their impact on resource allocation, market access and collective action among smallholder farmers.

The 50-minute panel discussion is moderated by Rupa Mukerji from Skat Consulting Ltd. The panellists are:

  • Robert Erhard – Nestlé
  • Smita Premchander – Sampark NGO
  • Annette Krauss – University of Zurich
  • Philipp Schallberger – Kaffeemacher

The three 90-minute workshop themes and leaders are:

  • W1: Navigating change: Climate change and technological transformation (Innovation). Led by Anja Niedworok (ETH Zurich) and Stefan Gfeller (HAFL)
  • W2: Rethinking tomorrow: Youth and cooperatives (Inclusion)
    Led by Ingrid Fromm (HAFL) and Katharina Ineichen (HAFL)
  • W3: Measuring impacts: Counting more than cash (Impact)
    Led by Jerylee Wilkes-Allemann (HAFL) and Parinitha Mundra (ETH Zurich)
  12:30 – 13:20   Registration/name tag collection and coffee
  13:30 – 13:35   Welcome from Cecchini Institute Director Zenebe Uraguchi
  13:35 – 13:40   Opening remarks from HAFL Director Ute Seeling
  13:40 – 14:00   Keynote speaker Lorenzo Casaburi (and time for questions)
  14:00 – 14:50   Panel discussion (and time for questions)
  14:50 – 14:55   Explanation of next steps/workshops
  15:00 – 15:30   Coffee break
  15:30 – 17:00   Workshops
  17:00 – 17:20   Reporting back from workshops
  17:20 – 17:25   Closing remarks from HAFL Deputy Director Peter Spring
  17:25 – 17:30   Presentations and group photos
 

17:30 – 20:00

   Networking apéro in the main foyer

The event will also showcase the breadth of projects and activities of Institute colleagues and HAFL students by incorporating: 

  • A poster gallery of Cecchini Institute projects 
  • Researcher Diaries 
  • Publications 
  • Research outputs 
  • Elements of the Institute’s annual report from 2024