FDFA Communication

Address

Federal Palace West
3003 Bern

Phone (for journalists only):
+41 58 460 55 55

Phone (for all other requests):
+41 58 462 31 53

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Last update 31.01.2024

  • Priorities and objectives for a coherent and focused Swiss foreign policy during the 2023-27 legislative period.

  • From disarmament and international cooperation to digital diplomacy and Switzerland's communication abroad. The four thematic strategies of the Federal Council are presented here in detail.

  • Switzerland pursues a globally oriented foreign policy. However, it defines certain priority regions and countries. The geographical strategies firm up some of its priorities: in South East Asia, the Americas, the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and China.

  • The federal departments are responsible for implementing the objectives set out in the strategies. To this end, they can formulate their own implementation documents in the form of guidelines, action plans, etc. The departmental policy documents make up the third tier of the cascading strategy.

  • Switzerland's 2028 Foreign Policy Vision as published by the work group AVIS28. It sets the guidelines of the swiss foreign policy in the next ten years.

  • The Federal Council submits the foreign policy report to Parliament every year to give an account of its foreign policy activities.

  • How the Confederation and the cantons work together to shape and implement foreign policy and its legal basis.

  • In addition to the policy documents of the strategy cascade, guiding documents for the FDFA as an organisation and employer are also adopted.

  • Terms and concepts from the Foreign Policy Strategy and thematic and geographical strategies explained.

Contact

Policy Planning Division

Federal Palace West
3003 Bern

Phone

+41 58 481 85 65

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