Beginning a new chapter

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Written By Nora Wilhelm

After seven years of dedicating my life to collaboratio helvetica, the time has come for me to embark on new adventures. Our mission began in 2017 with a bold vision: catalysing systems change towards the #SDGs in Switzerland through an ecosystem of cross-sector #collaboration🇨🇭

🧪 Since then, we tested our assumptions, ran experiments and gained crucial insights into this type of #socialinnovation. These insights led to two major strategy revisions, as well as many new tools, publications, and projects. Looking back, I am #proud of all we have learned and achieved! 🎯🌱

Creating a new initiative is never without its #challenges, let alone if the vision is to work towards #systemschange. I am grateful to have embarked on this incredible #learningjourney, to have met many inspiring people, and for all the ripple effects we created together. And I can’t wait to see what the team, catalysts, #community and partner organisations that make up collaboratio helvetica will co-create in the future!

On my end, I will continue curating the well • change atelier, which I launched in June 2023 to make art-based practices that strengthen our #wellbeing, creativity and #resilience more accessible. I am also exploring exciting new paths to scale my #advocacy and deepen my #research in the field of systems change work. I am looking forward to sharing more about this soon ☺️✨

I'm deeply grateful for every collaboration that has enriched this journey, and especially for those people I've been lucky enough to call friends and allies. Your support and inspiration have been invaluable 🙏 It has been a privilege to contribute to a more regenerative, just and beautiful future in this way, and I hope our paths will cross again. Thank you! 🤍

Nora Wilhelm

Nora Wilhelm is a social innovator, entrepreneur and researcher dedicated to a world where people and planet can thrive. A changemaker since her teens, she has a background in youth engagement and active citizenship. She presided the European Youth Parliament Switzerland from 2014-2016 and organised an International Session of the EYP in Laax (GR), under the Patronage of then Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter. In 2017, she co-founded collaboratio helvetica, an initiative that catalyses systemic change towards the Agenda 2030 in Switzerland by cultivating a cross-sectoral innovation ecosystem, building the needed capacity, open knowledge sharing, and empowering systems change leaders. She was amongst others recognised for her outstanding contribution by Forbes (30 under 30), UNEP, UNESCO and the Swiss government, and spoke at events such as the Conference of Swiss Development Cooperation, the Swiss Conference of city mayors, TEDx and on global stages next to high level changemakers such as Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus. She holds a BA in International Affairs from the University of St. Gallen and a MSt in Social Innovation from the University of Cambridge. In 2023, she co-founded the well • change atelier to make art-based processes and tools to cultivate connection, creativity, and well-being available to more people.

https://www.norawilhelm.org
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