2012 Switzerland

09.30   

Plenary session.
Welcome by Walter Schaffner, President oft he Swiss allotment garden federation,  Chris Zijdeveld,  President of the International Office and Malou Weirich, Secretary general of the International Office

09.45

Presentation of the concept for the meetings 2011 to 2014 by Ton Thuis,  main analyst of the subject, Vice-President of the Dutch federation

10.00

Lecture: „Which image do the allotment gardens have in the public“ illustrated by the example of the town of Zürich by  Ernst Tschannen, director for the green spaces in Zürich

10.45 

Coffee-break

11.15

Continuation of the lectures: „Strengths and weaknesses of the allotment garden movement“ by Dr. ir D.J. Stobbelaar, Professor at the technical High School Larenstein near Arnheim (division of the university for agriculture in Wageningen)

12.30

Lunch

13.30

Workshops:
Subject: Does the image we have of ourselves correspond with the image in the public opinion?
The participants are requested to prepare the discussions in the workshops and possibly give examples!

Beginning of the discussions in the workshops. English ( Allan Rees England) and German (chaired by Switzerland)

15.00 

Coffee-break

15.30

Continuation of the workshops

16.30

End of the workshops

16.30 

Plenary session.
Projection of an extract of the TV series shown on Swiss TV „SF bi de Lüt „Unser kleines Paradies“. (The Swiss allotment garden seen by the people “Our small paradise”. The person having elaborated and produced the series will be attending the show. Mr Stefan Jäger SF DRS lecture/discussions.

A 2nd version presented by BRD for discussion.

19.30

Dinner in the Hotel Krone.