MSI-Centre: Swiss Centre for Multi-Stakeholder Supply Chain Initatives
Project aims
The project analyses the possibility of setting up a „Swiss Centre for Multi-Stakeholder Supply Chain Initiatives“ (MSI-centre). The project follows three main aims:
- Situation analysis: How are existing MSI-Initiatives in Switzerland, Germany, Great Britain and the Netherlands organized? The project focuses on the following initiatives: Ethical Trade Inititative (UK), Initiatief Duurzame Handel (NL), „Runde Tisch Verhaltenskodizes“ in Deutschland, der „Runde Tisch“ vom BAFU, OFTCC von Helvetas
- Development of scenarios: How should a Swiss MSI-centre be organized to meet the needs of Swiss stakeholders?
- Evaluation of the scenarios: Which chances and limits are connected with the two scenarios? How do Swiss stakeholder evaluate these scenarios?
Research questions
- 1a: How to evaluate existing initiatives?1b: Can they be transferred to Switzerland?
- 2: Why did the DEZA not succeed in setting up a „ETI Switzerland“ earlier on (around 2003)? What can we learn from this attempt?
- 3: What do stakeholders in Switzerland expect from a Swiss MSI-centre?
- 4a: How should a Swiss MSI-centre be organized to generate the largest added value to all stakeholders? (generate 2 scenarios) 4b: How could/should such an MSI-centre be financed? 4c: How to evaluate the scenarios? (criteria are given)
Research methods
- Document analysis
- Stakeholder analysis
- Interviews
- Workshop
Timeframe
The project is being conducted between March 2011 and June 2011.
Collaboration partners
The project is a collaboration between Brot für alle (BFA) and the University of Zurich.
Brot für alle (BFA)
Universität of Zurich
Funding
The project is funded by Seco, the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs.
