Le Grand Chantier is a five-weekend intensive workshop that guides participants through every stage of creating a puppet show, from making puppets to staging performance. Led by Olivier Carrel with visiting specialists, the programme explores manipulation techniques, construction processes, text and dramaturgy, and stage direction. Participants engage in hands-on fabrication and rehearsals, culminating in a public presentation. Open to participants aged 12 and up.
In French.
This interactive memory challenge invites participants to test their memory while exploring practical ways to preserve biodiversity based on Geneva’s municipal strategy. Players match “before-and-after” images that illustrate individual and institutional actions, and each correct pair reveals concise information explaining the measure. The activity examines themes such as habitat restoration, species-friendly practices, urban greening and policy responses, helping participants understand the impact and rationale behind everyday and organisational conservation choices.
Cindy Dulac, conservator and head curator, and Timothy Pönitz, cultural and scientific mediator, present a joint conference-visit exploring the transformation of an archaeological site into an active cultural place. They examine the balance between conserving built heritage and fostering contemporary creation, discussing interpretation strategies, adaptive reuse, and community engagement. The session highlights methodological approaches and case studies that reveal tensions and opportunities at the intersection of archaeology, heritage management and contemporary arts.
In French.
This workshop explores the traditional process of assembling a herbarium specimen, inspired by Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s collections. Participants learn scientific techniques for pressing and mounting dried plants on old paper, practice botanical labelling and nomenclature, and select specimens to create a personal herbarium sheet. The session examines preservation methods, identification principles and the historical context of Rousseau’s approach, combining practical skills with scientific insight to produce a lasting botanical object.
In French.
This summit examines how finance can be aligned with sustainability, convening stakeholders across finance, public authorities and international organisations to surface investable solutions. Through plenaries, interactive action events and a Solutions Stage of rapid pitches, it explores strategic alliances, high-impact partnerships and practical pathways for scaling sustainable investment. The programme investigates policy, regulatory and market levers that enable collaboration across private and public finance to mobilise capital for measurable systems change.
The Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy is pleased to invite you to Democracy Week 2026, a series of public events organised in collaboration with the Geneva Chancellery of State. Bringing together academics, policymakers, journalists, civil society actors and the wider public, this initiative creates a space for dialogue on the opportunities and challenges facing democracy today.
Philippine Coutau, an independent researcher born in Geneva in 1999, investigates industrial seeds and the future of agriculture. Her 2025 investigation for Heidi.news examines how four agrochemical giants now control the majority of certified seeds and pesticides, standardising crops, locking in toxic farming models and increasing plant vulnerability. This lecture explores the political, ecological and social stakes of seed industrialisation and the implications for food systems. Moderated by Serge Michel.
In French.
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