What is Expedition Zukunft?
Expedition Zukunft is all about collaborative political solutions designed to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing Switzerland today. The organization focuses on making political processes more effective through collaboration, bringing together politics, administration, business, science, and civil society to draft and implement ambitious political measures. It acts as a partner in political process design, ensuring that solutions are not just talked about but actually put into action.
The Main Benefit: Driving Ambitious Political Measures Together
By fostering collaboration across various sectors, Expedition Zukunft has achieved some impressive results:
- 11 cross-party motions submitted to Parliament, with 7 already successfully addressed.
- 22 subsidiary measures currently being implemented by industry and administration.
- 8 Policy Sprints conducted at both national and cantonal levels.
- Over 350 participants involved, including members of Parliament, administration, science, business, and civil society.
The Policy Sprint: Bringing Decision-Makers Together
The heart of Expedition Zukunft’s work is the Policy Sprint—a series of workshops that gather decision-makers and key stakeholders to develop viable, broadly supported solutions. It’s a dynamic format that encourages hands-on collaboration and fast-tracks the creation and implementation of political measures. These workshops are designed to break down barriers and get everyone on the same page, working toward common goals.
Exploring Key Policy Sprint Topics
The Policy Sprints have tackled a range of critical issues, each with concrete outcomes:
- Future of Transportation: Developing political measures for a space-efficient transportation system that meets modern needs.
- Future of Democracy: Crafting proposals to strengthen and evolve Swiss democracy in meaningful ways.
- AI and Sustainability: Bringing experts and parliamentarians together to create political measures for responsible AI governance in Switzerland.
- Climate-Positive Financial Sector: Aligning financial flows with climate-friendly development through various measures.
- Climate-Neutral Transportation: Developing legislative proposals aimed at reducing CO2 emissions from the transportation sector.
The Policy Sprint Playbook: A Guide for Collaborative Politics
To spread the collaborative spirit, Expedition Zukunft offers the Policy Sprint Playbook. This guide outlines the methods behind the Policy Sprint, empowering anyone to run their own Sprint. It’s a practical toolkit for fostering collaboration and developing ambitious, widely supported political measures—because good ideas deserve to be shared and scaled.
Expedition Zukunft’s Impact on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities – through space-efficient and climate-neutral transportation solutions.
- SDG 13: Climate Action – by promoting climate-positive financial flows and reducing CO2 emissions.
- SDG 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions – by strengthening democratic processes and political collaboration.
- SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals – through multi-sector collaboration involving politics, administration, business, science, and civil society.
Looking Ahead: The Future of Collaborative Political Solutions
With 6 parliamentary motions resulting from Policy Sprints—3 already accepted—and 10 voluntary measures currently being implemented, Expedition Zukunft is proving that collaboration works. Nearly 90% of the 193 participants in Policy Sprint workshops want to join again, which says a lot about the energy and impact of this approach. As the organization continues to bring diverse voices together, the future of Swiss politics looks a little brighter, a bit more inclusive, and definitely more effective.
