Ina Boesch
was responsible for Information and Public Relations at the development organization
Swissaid from 1980 to 1984; in 1984/1985 she coordinated the so called Hunger
Projects for HEKS, the Swiss Interchurch Aid organization.
From 1994 to 2008 she has been Member of the Board of the of the Declaration
of Bern, a Swiss non-governmental organization.
As member of the Swiss Expert Pool for Civilian Peacebuilding, she has participated
in international election monitoring.
She evaluated development programs for the Swiss Agency for Development and
Cooperation (DEZA) and for Pro Helvetia and regularly moderates discussions
and workshops on topics of political development.
In 2004, for Pro Helvetia and the Ecav, the Academy of Arts in Sierre, Switzerland,
she conceived and supervised the cultural exchange project „itinerant-images“.
Art and Globalization: The itinerant-images project
Four artists, four regions of the world, one theme: Art and Globalization.
These were the cornerstones for the “itinerant-images” project.
The result of this unique cultural exchange between a writer in Switzerland,
a visual artist from the Dominican Republic, a visual artist from Poland and
a text performer from South Africa can be found here:
www.prohelvetia.ch
www.ecav.ch
www.chroma7.ch
Culture in Southeast Europe
For Pro Helvetia (Swiss Arts Council), the goal of their involvement in Eastern Europe (together with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, DEZA) was and is to help develop an independent, manifold and innovative regionally-interlinked cultural life. The focus changed from what it had been at the end of the Nineties from the so-called Visegrad countries to those in Southeastern Europe. In 2001, Ina Boesch, Marijana Grandits and Helmuth Hartmeyer evaluated the fifth phase of the Cultural Support and Promotion Program of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (DEZA) in the countries of Eastern Europe and the CIS.
www.pro-helvetia.ch
