Switzerland Links

Key documents on cultural policy

Confoederatio Helvetica: Swiss Law Database.
http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/44.html

Federal Office of Culture: Culture Dispatch (“Kulturbotschaft”)
https://www.bak.admin.ch/bak/de/home/themen/kulturbotschaft.html

Federal Office of Culture: Culture in Switzerland – Pocket Statistics
https://www.bak.admin.ch/bak/de/home/themen/kulturstatistiken.html

Federal Office of Culture: Annual reports.
http://www.admin.ch/bak

Pro Helvetia: Annual reports.
http://www.pro-helvetia.ch

Cultural policy-making bodies

Cantons
http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/schweiz/kantone/index.html

Conference of the Ministers of Education
http://www.edk.ch

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
http://www.eda.admin.ch

Federal Office of Culture
http://www.admin.ch/bak

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
http://www.deza.ch

Swiss Arts Council (Pro Helvetia Foundation)
http://www.pro-helvetia.ch

Professional associations

Schweizerischer Bühnenverband (Swiss Theatre Association)
http://www.theaterschweiz.ch

Société suisse des auteurs
http://www.ssa.ch

Suisseperform Suisa
http://www.suisa.ch
Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

Swiss Music Council
http://www.miz.ch

Swiss Authors’ Association (SSV)
http://www.ch-s.ch/

Visarte (Association of Professional Visual Artists)
http://www.visarte.ch
http://www.suissimage.ch

Grant-giving bodies

Swiss Foundation
http://www.swissfoundations.ch

Cultural research and statistics

Federal Statistical Office
http://www.statistik.admin.ch

Private and public cultural promotion database
http://www.kulturfoerderung.ch

Culture / arts portals

Online Platform Swiss Foundations
http://www.stiftungschweiz.ch

Residential stays, artists’ studios in Switzerland and abroad
http://www.artists-in-residence.ch