Government and public bodies in Switzerland
The Innovative EcoSystems registry lists 114 government and public bodies in Switzerland.
Government and public bodies set policy, fund programs and run the economic development work that shapes a regional innovation ecosystem.
The largest concentrations are in Bern (43), Geneva (16) and Zurich (13).
Switzerland scores 75.0 out of 100 on the IEPA (2024 edition), ranking 6 of 117 economies.
114 government and public bodies
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Government or public body · Bern · erz.be.ch - Amt für Gemeinden und Raumordnung
Government or public body · Bern · jgk.be.ch - Amt für Hochbauten
Government or public body · Zurich · stadt-zuerich.ch - Amt für Städtebau
Government or public body · Zurich · stadt-zuerich.ch - Amt für Wald und Naturgefahren
Government or public body · Chur · gr.ch - Archäologischer Dienst des Kantons Bern
Government or public body · Bern · erz.be.ch - Bern Economic Development Agency
Government or public body · Bern · berninvest.be.ch - Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology
Government or public body · Zurich · ethrat.ch - Bundesamt für Kultur
Government or public body · Bern · bak.admin.ch - Bundesamt für Rüstung armasuisse
Government or public body · Bern · ar.admin.ch - Caisse de Prévoyance du Personnel de l'Etat de Fribourg
Government or public body · Fribourg · fr.ch - Canton of Geneva
Government or public body · Geneva · ge.ch - Commission for Technology and Innovation
Government or public body · Bern · kti.admin.ch - Competition Commission Secretariat
Government or public body · Bern · weko.admin.ch - Court of Arbitration for Sport
Government or public body · Lausanne · tas-cas.org - Departement Bildung, Kultur und Sport
Government or public body · Aarau · ag.ch - Département de la Formation, de la Jeunesse et de la Culture
Government or public body · Lausanne · vd.ch - Département de la Santé et de l'Action Sociale
Government or public body · Lausanne · vd.ch - Département des Finances et des Relations Extérieures
Government or public body · Lausanne · vd.ch - Departement für Erziehung und Kultur
Government or public body · Frauenfeld · dek.tg.ch - Departement für Wirtschaft, Soziales und Umwelt
Government or public body · Basel · wsu.bs.ch - Departement Gesundheit und Soziales
Government or public body · Aarau · ag.ch - Department for Economic Affairs
Government or public body · Zurich · vd.zh.ch - Department of Health Canton of Zurich
Government or public body · Zurich · gd.zh.ch - Dipartimento dell Educazione della Cultura e dello Sport
Government or public body · Bellinzona · www4.ti.ch - Direction de la Sécurité et de la Justice
Government or public body · Fribourg · fr.ch - Direction Générale de l'Enseignement Obligatoire - Enseignement Primaire
Government or public body · Onex · ge.ch - Erziehungsdepartement Basel Stadt
Government or public body · Basel · ed.bs.ch - Federal Council
Government or public body · Bern · admin.ch - Federal Criminal Court
Government or public body · Bellinzona · bstger.ch - Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports
Government or public body · Bern · vbs.admin.ch - Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research
Government or public body · Bern · wbf.admin.ch - Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications
Government or public body · Bern · uvek.admin.ch - Federal Department of Finance
Government or public body · Bern · efd.admin.ch - Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Government or public body · Bern · eda.admin.ch - Federal Department of Home Affairs
Government or public body · Bern · edi.admin.ch - Federal Department of Justice and Police
Government or public body · Bern · ejpd.admin.ch - Federal Office for Agriculture
Government or public body · Liebefeld · blw.admin.ch - Federal Office for Gender Equality
Government or public body · Bern · ebg.admin.ch - Federal Office for the Environment
Government or public body · Bern · bafu.admin.ch - Federal Office of Information Technology Systems and Telecommunication
Government or public body · Bern · bit.admin.ch - Federal Office of Justice
Government or public body · Bern · bj.admin.ch - Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
Government or public body · Zurich · meteoswiss.admin.ch - Federal Office of Public Health
Government or public body · Bern · bag.admin.ch - Federal Office of Sport
Government or public body · Magglingen · baspo.admin.ch - Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
Government or public body · Wabern · swisstopo.admin.ch - Federal Roads Office
Government or public body · Bern · astra.admin.ch - Federal Social Insurance Office
Government or public body · Bern · bsv.admin.ch - Federal Statistical Office
Government or public body · Neuchâtel · bfs.admin.ch - Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland
Government or public body · Lausanne · bger.ch - Fribourg Development Agency
Government or public body · Fribourg · promfr.ch - Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces
Government or public body · Geneva · dcaf.ch - Gerichte Zürich
Government or public body · Zurich · gerichte-zh.ch - Gesundheits- und Fürsorgedirektion des Kantons Bern
Government or public body · Bern · gef.be.ch - Gesundheitsdepartement des Kantons Basel-Stadt
Government or public body · Basel · gd.bs.ch - Gesundheitsdienst
Government or public body · Bern · bern.ch - Innosuisse – Swiss Innovation Agency
Government or public body · Bern · innosuisse.ch - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Government or public body · Geneva · ipcc.ch - International Labour Organization
Government or public body · Geneva · ilo.org - International Organization for Migration
Government or public body · Geneva · iom.int - Kanton Aargau
Government or public body · Aarau · ag.ch - Kanton Zürich
Government or public body · Zurich · zh.ch - Kantonsarchäologie
Government or public body · Schaffhausen · sh.ch - Kantonsarchäologie des Kantons Zürich
Government or public body · Dübendorf · are.zh.ch - Office de la Culture Section d'archéologie et Paléontologie
Government or public body · Porrentruy · w3.jura.ch - Office for the Equality of Men and Women
Government or public body · Zurich · ffg.zh.ch - Office Médico Pédagogique
Government or public body · Geneva · ge.ch - Office of Elementary Education
Government or public body · Zurich · vsa.zh.ch - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Government or public body · Geneva · unhcr.org - Organizzazione Sociopsichiatrica Cantonale
Government or public body · Mendrisio · www4.ti.ch - Police Cantonale de Genève
Government or public body · Geneva · geneve.ch - Repubblica e Cantone Ticino
Government or public body · Bellinzona · www4.ti.ch - Schweizerische Bundeskanzlei
Government or public body · Bern · bk.admin.ch - Schweizerische Koordinationsstelle für Bildungsforschung
Government or public body · Aarau · skbf-csre.ch - Schweizerischer Wissenschaftsrat
Government or public body · Bern · wissenschaftsrat.ch - Service de l'Enfance et de la Jeunesse
Government or public body · Fribourg · fr.ch - Service de la recherche éducation
Government or public body · Geneva · ge.ch - Service de la Santé Publique
Government or public body · Fribourg · fr.ch - Sozialamt des Kantons Thurgau
Government or public body · Frauenfeld · sozialamt.tg.ch - Sozialversicherungsgericht des Kantons Zürich
Government or public body · Winterthur · sozialversicherungsgericht.zh.ch - Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases
Government or public body · Geneva · tdr.who.int - Staatskanzlei des Kantons Zürich
Government or public body · Zurich · sk.zh.ch - Stadt Zürich Hochbaudepartement
Government or public body · Zurich · stadt-zuerich.ch - State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
Government or public body · Bern · sbfi.admin.ch - State Secretariat for Migration
Government or public body · Bern · sem.admin.ch - Statistische Amt Basel-Stadt
Government or public body · Basel · statistik.bs.ch - Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences
Government or public body · Berne · academies-suisses.ch - Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences
Government or public body · Bern · sagw.ch - Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Government or public body · Bern · deza.eda.admin.ch - Swiss Bishops Conference
Government or public body · Fribourg · bischoefe.ch - Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education
Government or public body · Bern · edk.ch - Swiss Expert Committee for Biosafety
Government or public body · Bern · efbs.admin.ch - Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology
Government or public body · Bern · metas.ch - Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen SFISM
Government or public body · Magglingen · ehsm.admin.ch - Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate
Government or public body · Brugg · ensi.admin.ch - Swiss Federal Office of Energy
Government or public body · Bern · bfe.admin.ch - Swiss Federal Railways
Government or public body · Bern · sbb.ch - Swiss National Science Foundation
Government or public body · Bern · snf.ch - Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN)
Government or public body · Basel · sphn.ch - Swissmedic
Government or public body · Bern · swissmedic.ch - The Swiss Parliament
Government or public body · Bern · parlament.ch - Ufficio di Statistica
Government or public body · Giubiasco · www4.ti.ch - Unabhängige Expertenkommission Schweiz
Government or public body · Bern · uek.ch - Unitaid
Government or public body · Geneva · unitaid.org - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Switzerland
Government or public body · Bern · unesco.ch - United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
Government or public body · Geneva · unidir.org - Universal Postal Union
Government or public body · Bern · upu.int - Verwaltungsgericht Kantons Aargau
Government or public body · Aarau · ag.ch - Verwaltungsgericht Kantons Zürich
Government or public body · Zurich · vgr.zh.ch - World Health Organization
Government or public body · Geneva · who.int - World Intellectual Property Organization
Government or public body · Geneva · wipo.int - World Meteorological Organization
Government or public body · Geneva · wmo.int - World Trade Organization
Government or public body · Geneva · wto.org - WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF
Government or public body · Davos · slf.ch
Cities
- Government and public bodies in Bern 43
- Government and public bodies in Geneva 16
- Government and public bodies in Zurich 13
- Government and public bodies in Fribourg 6
- Government and public bodies in Aarau 5
- Government and public bodies in Basel 5
- Government and public bodies in Lausanne 5
- Government and public bodies in Bellinzona 3