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Biovision Stiftung für ökologische Entwicklung

Headquarters address
Organization's name:	Biovision Stiftung für ökologische Entwicklung
Organization's acronym:	BV
Former Name(s):	BioVision- Stiftung für Umwelt und Entwicklung
Address:	Heinrichstr. 147 8005 Zurich Switzerland
Phone:	+41 44 512 58 58
Fax:	+41 44 512 58 59
Email:	c.pavageau@biovision.ch
Web site:	www.biovision.ch

Organization type:	Foundation
Languages::	English French

Contacts & Participation:

First Name:	Last Name:	Contact Type:
Martin	Herren	Others , Designation , Quadrennial Report , Sustainable Development (primary) , Committee on NGOs Representative
Bahar	Ozay	Others , Designation
Courtney	Garrity	Others , Designation
Michael	Bergöö	Sustainable Development (primary)
Paula J.	Daeppen	Others , Conference Focal Point , Advancement of Women
Capucine Christine Véronique	Musard	Sustainable Development (primary)
Nicolas	Porchet	Others
Frank	Eyhorn	Head of Organization , Sustainable Development (primary)
Benjamin	Graeub	Others
James	Siermann	Others
Matteo	Pedercini	Others , Designation
Melika	Edquist	Others , Designation
Juerg	Staudenmann	Others , Designation
Fabio	Leippert	Others
David	Smith	Others , Designation
Gonzalo	Fanjul	Others , Designation
Hans Rudolf	Herren	Others , Designation
Ira	Matuschke	Others , Designation
Tanja	Carrillo Sanchez	Sustainable Development (primary)
Hinjat	Shamil	Others , Designation
Alessandra	Roversi	Designation , Sustainable Development (primary)
Michael	Rütimann	Sustainable Development (secondary) , Others , Designation , Financing for Development , Sustainable Development (primary)
Andreas	Schriber	Head of Organization
Barbara	Gemmill Herren	Others , Designation
Hans	Von Zinkernagel	Social Development , Sustainable Development (primary)
David Paul	Fritz	Others
Léna Alexandra	Quéant	Public Administration , Others , Social Development , Sustainable Development (primary)
Stefanie	Keller	Others
John Alejandro	Garcia Ulloa	Social Development , Forests , Sustainable Development (primary)
Michael	Brander Wittwer	Others
David	Lieberson	Others , Designation
Paula J.	Daeppen	Others , Advancement of Women
Sébastien	Dutruel	Others , Committee on NGOs Representative
Michael	Bergöö	Sustainable Development (primary)
Matija	Nuic	Others
Azadeh	Jassemi	Others , Designation
Marlen	Schuepbach	Others , Designation
Jessica	Espey	Others , Designation
Daniel	Wermus	Others , Designation , Committee on NGOs Representative
Dominique	Maingot	Others , Designation
Frank	Eyhorn	Designation , Financing for Development , Head of Organization , Sustainable Development (primary) , Committee on NGOs Representative
Andreas	Obrecht	Sustainable Development (primary)
Konrad	Meyer
Mizuki	Yamamoto	Others , Designation
Lauren	Barredo	Others , Designation
Alexandra	Pellanda	Others , Designation
Michael	Brander Wittwer	Forests
Andreas	Schriber	Designation
Bahar	Ozay	Others , Designation
Frank	Eyhorn	Designation , Financing for Development , Head of Organization , Sustainable Development (primary) , Committee on NGOs Representative
Martin	Herren	Sustainable Development (primary) , Committee on NGOs Representative
John Alejandro	Garcia Ulloa	Social Development , Forests , Sustainable Development (primary)
Mihir	Prakash	Others , Designation
Caroline	Serre	Others
Ariane	Götz	Others , Designation
Charlotte	Pavageau	Conference Focal Point , Designation , Application , Quadrennial Report , Forests , Sustainable Development (primary) , Committee on NGOs Representative
Sonja	Tschirren
Paula J.	Daeppen	Others
Marie Helene	Schwoob	Others , Designation
Natalina	Töndury	Others , Designation
Leire	Pajín	Others , Designation
Charlotte	Pavageau	Designation , Application , Quadrennial Report , Forests , Sustainable Development (primary) , Committee on NGOs Representative
Léna Alexandra	Quéant	Public Administration , Others , Social Development , Sustainable Development (primary)

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Agriculture Biodiversity Climate Change Development Education Environment Extreme poverty Food Information Least Developed Countries Media Science and Technology Sustainable Development Trade and Development Women/gender Equality Sustainable Development: Agriculture Biodiversity Biotechnology Climate change Desertification and Drought Education Forests Freshwater Gender equality Health Land management Partnerships Poverty Protecting and managing the natural resources Rural Development Science Sustainable development for Africa Sustainable development in a globalizing world Technology Toxic chemicals Trade and environment
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Ethiopia Burundi United Republic of Tanzania Malawi Uganda Kenya Switzerland
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	Biovision has been promoting ecological solutions to reduce poverty and improve food security in sub-Saharan Africa since 1998. The Swiss foundation develops and circulates practice-oriented agroecological knowledge and action through its strong partner network. As a non-religious and politically independent organization, Biovision aligns its work with the UN global sustainability goals of “Agenda 2030”, particularly Goal 2 of “Zero Hunger”. Furthermore, the work is geared towards the following SDG goals: No poverty (goal 1), good health and well-being (goal 3), gender equality (goal 5), responsible consumption and production (goal 12), climate action (goal 13) and life on land (goal 15). As a pioneer of change, it advocates a fundamental, agroecological transformation of food systems. Biovision thus supports agroecological innovations and approaches and works to increase their prominence and use. Biovision is a solution-oriented, pragmatic organization that builds bridges across a variety of stakeholders. Transferring knowledge, raising public awareness, and developing feasible political strategies and conducive framework conditions are important parts of its activities. Biovision shows that agroecological approaches work. It emboldens decision-makers to better leverage innovation, awareness-raising and investment to mobilize a transformation in food systems. Biovision addresses important systemic issues with the help of strong partners, so it accomplishes major achievements even as a relatively small organization. In doing so, it uses and promotes the momentum generated by a growing number of actors committed to agroecological alternatives and the transformation of food systems. Biovision is ZEWO certified.
Year established (YYYY):	1998
Year of registration (YYYY):	1998
Organizational structure:	Biovision`s highest authority is the Foundation Board with its current members Dr. Hans Rudolf Herren (Foundation President), Dr. Barbara Frei Haller, Mathis Zimmermann, Maya Graf, Prof. em. Dr. Ruedi Baumgartner and Paula Daeppen-Dion. The Foundation Board carries the responsibility for Biovision`s operations. It is responsible for strategic direction, election of the CEO and supervision of the office headquarters. The Foundation Board approves the annual budget and plan, as well as applications for funding. Operative management rests with CEO Frank Eyehorn, who took over for Andreas Schriber. Divisional management is made up of: Loredana Sorg - Programme Coordination, Peter Luethi - Communications and Campaigns, Alexandra Arnold - Finance and Administration, Ueli Würmli – Marketing, Sabine Lerch - Programme Switzerland and Martin Herren - Policy & Advocacy. Biovision employs over 40 people in Switzerland who work predominantly on a part-time basis. Furthermore, Biovision is certified establishment for civilian service. The Foundation also regularly takes on interns who can gather initial work experience in the field of development cooperation, communication and ecology.
Number and type of members:	6 board members and approximately 35 000 supporters which are called "members" but are not members in a legal sense, since it is not legal for a Swiss Foundation to have members. However, for purposes of financial reporting Biovision has a category of donors we call "members". They are in fact just donors with no voting or other membership rights.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	• Biovision African Trust • CEAS – Centre Ecologique Albert Schweitzer • SDSN – UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network • CAN – Climate Action Network • CSM (Civil Society Mechanism) at the CFS (Comitee on World Food Security)
Funding structure:	Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations Grants from Governments Donations and grants from domestic sources Other sources Foreign and international grants
Funding structure other:	Corporate Sponsors

Additional Information

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Special Event / Application for Consultative Status with ECOSOC
Username: info@biovision.ch

Biovision Stiftung für ökologische Entwicklung

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