{"id":84944,"date":"2026-07-16T09:43:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/project\/15-year-foraus\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T09:43:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:43:56","slug":"15-year-foraus","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/en\/project\/15-year-foraus\/","title":{"rendered":"15 year foraus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since its foundation in 2009, foraus &#8211; Swiss Forum on Foreign Policy &#8211; has established itself as a pioneering think tank that brings innovative ideas to Swiss foreign policy and actively involves young people in political decision-making processes. Over the past 15 years, foraus has successfully placed new topics on the political agenda and reached a broad public. Our commitment to evidence-based research has helped to enrich current political discourses and develop solutions to global challenges.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, we are celebrating a significant milestone &#8211; 15 years of foraus! To celebrate this anniversary in style, we invite you to travel with us through time and space.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have achieved a great deal over the past 15 years: numerous innovative publications have been written, exciting events organized, and successful collaborations launched.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-57554\" src=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2009-2-1-284x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"264\" \/>|<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-57557\" src=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2010-2-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"264\" \/>\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">foraus went\u00a0 public with its first events and newly created website.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch of the first discussion paper, \u201cThe climate after Copenhagen\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>|<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-57560\" src=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2011-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"284\" \/>\n<ul>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">foraus put down its first roots at RIGIstrasse 52 in Zurich.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>|<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-57343\" src=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/unnamed-300x100.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"351\" height=\"117\" \/>\n<ul>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch of the newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foraus.ch\/en\/support-old\/newsletter\/\">Espresso Diplomatique<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>|<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-57563\" src=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2013-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"267\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2013.jpg\"><\/a>\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">foraus first started (and continues) to bel responsible for the FDFA&#8217;s internal series \u201cForeign Policy Think Tank Conferences\u201d .\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An absolute record: around 140 events were organised.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>|<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-57526\" src=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/348218407_2335267543328014_6441425763950697468_n-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"267\" \/>\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Think Tank Hub Geneva was founded on the initiative of the FDFA in cooperation with foraus.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opening of the second office in Geneva.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>|<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-57566\" src=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2015-2-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"269\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2015.jpg\"><\/a>\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of \u201cHiking Diplomacy\u201d, foraus ventured on a political ridge walk on the topic of migration with several embassies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>|<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-57569\" src=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2016-3-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2016-3-2.jpg\"><\/a>\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzz-libro.ch\/voelkerrecht-kompakt-978-3-03810-180-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">V\u00f6lkerrecht kompakt<\/a>\u201d: the complex topic was explained\u00a0 understandably on 175 pages.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The launch of PoliTisch takes the Swiss-wide dialog on migration to a new level.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">foraus model goes global: foraus supported the founding and further development of sister organisations abroad.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>|<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-57572\" src=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2017-3-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"265\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2017-3-2.jpg\"><\/a>\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch of the book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzz-libro.ch\/neuland-978-3-03810-299-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Neuland &#8211; Migrationspolitik im 21. Jahrhundert<\/a>\u201d, which questions the traditional view of migration.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First training for tomorrow&#8217;s think tank leaders with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foraus.ch\/en\/projects\/winterschool-for-thinktankers-wisch\/\">WiSCH<\/a> \/ Geneva Winter School for Think Tankers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>|<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-57575\" src=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2018-2-2-300x139.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"508\" height=\"235\" \/>\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch of Policy Kitchen &#8211; a digital platform where people can work together across borders on foreign policy challenges.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch of the global campaign \u201cTowards an Inclusive Future in AI\u201d together with Swissnex Network and AI Commons thanks to foraus&#8217; Policy Kitchen methodology.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>|<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-57578\" src=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2019-2-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"264\" \/>\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New logo and branding for the 10th anniversary of foraus.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">foraus took part in the \u201cEuropa Forum\u201d in Lucerne for the first time.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initiation of\u00a0 \u201cForeign Policy Day\u201d as an annual meeting place for the foreign policy scene together with the Swiss Foreign Policy Association (SGA-ASPE).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>|<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-57581\" src=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2020-2-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"263\" \/>\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Innovative event formats in times of Covid, e.g., #VersusVirus hackathon.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch of the first joint publication of the Open Think Tank Network \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foraus.ch\/publications\/introducing-the-purple-age\/\">Introducing the Purple Age: Crowdsourced Recommendation for a Feminist Foreign Policy<\/a>\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of the Hirschmann Foundation&#8217;s scholarship program, foraus conducts ideation processes with around 25 university students twice a year.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>|<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-57584\" src=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2021-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"262\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2021.jpg\"><\/a>\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Important milestone in the development of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openthinktank.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Open Think Tank Network<\/a> (OpenTTN): the network is legally constituted and based in Geneva. The network currently consists of <a href=\"https:\/\/polis180.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Polis180<\/a> in Germany, <a href=\"https:\/\/agorathinktank.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Agora<\/a> in the UK, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pontothinktank.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ponto<\/a> in Austria, and foraus in Switzerland.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>|<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-57590\" src=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-10-at-11.07.14-300x218.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"272\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2022.png\"><\/a>\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch of an important political debate with the publication \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foraus.ch\/publications\/mehr-privatkapital-fuer-die-globale-nachhaltigkeit-wie-eine-swiss-green-investment-bank-sgib-die-schweizer-klimaschutz-verpflichtungen-finanziert\/\">Foundation of a Swiss Green Investment Bank (SGIB)<\/a>\u201d. Five parties\u00a0 submitted\u00a0 a motion in the Federal Parliament.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launch of the new \u201cOpenTTN Hangout\u201d format for exchange between members of the Community.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Foresight became a key component of Policy Kitchen: the digital tool &#8211; the prototype of the Futures App &#8211; uses AI-generated narratives and gamification.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>|<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-57587\" src=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2023-2-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"267\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2023-2.jpg\"><\/a>\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special year &#8211; election year 2023: with the motto: \u201cForeign policy is our cup of tea\u201d, 14 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Election_year_briefings-Sammelpulikation-WEB.pdf\">foreign policy briefings<\/a> on 14 topics were launched with foraus expertise.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global developments and their significance for Switzerland were analysed in the 26 chapters of the book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foraus.ch\/publications\/hinausschauen-26-globale-entwicklungen-und-die-schweiz\/\">Hinausschauen<\/a>\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>|<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-57593\" src=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Webseite-banner-jubilee-300x120.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"214\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Webseite-banner-jubilee-1920-x-1200-px-1.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Webseite-banner-jubilee-1920-x-1200-px.jpg\"><\/a>\n<ul>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">foraus turns 15! 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