What works in Switzerland
9 evaluated practices · All catalogues
Evidence snapshot for Switzerland
Switzerland demonstrates evidence-based infrastructure across public health, gender equality, and social inclusion. The Swiss Pathogen Surveillance Platform uses AI-powered genomic analysis and has processed 165,089 SARS-CoV-2 isolates across all 26 cantons, while the Mandatory Equal Pay Analysis mandate covering 46% of the workforce has reduced the unexplained gender pay gap by 3.5 percentage points to 7.8% since 2006. The Federal Childcare Grant Programme has co-funded approximately 63,000 new care places since 2003 to support maternal employment, and Pro Senectute's Digital Seniors programme has helped raise basic digital skills among Swiss 65–74-year-olds to 88% by 2025, more than double the 2010 figure.
Drawn from: Swiss Pathogen Surveillance Platform (SPSP) — AI-Powered National Genomic Epidemic Surveillance · Switzerland Mandatory Equal Pay Analysis — Revised Gender Equality Act 2020 (Art. 13 GEA) · Pro Senectute Digital Seniors – National Digital Skills Programme for Older Adults (Switzerland) · Switzerland Federal Childcare Grant Programme — Financial Aid for Family-External Childcare (2003–2026) · AHV/AVS Income Splitting & Child-Rearing Credits — Switzerland's Statutory Pension Gender-Gap Mechanism · Switzerland Statutory Paternity Leave — Two-Week EOG Entitlement after September 2020 Referendum · Switzerland Federal Biodiversity Contributions (Agri-Environment PES) · Rothenthurm Initiative — Constitutional Moor Protection & Peatland Carbon Offsets (Switzerland)
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +0.67
Transparency, fairness & accountability +0.453
Transparency, ethics & data protection +0.416
Evidence of impact / measured public value +0.402
Governance, certification & transferability +0.306
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +0.284
Documented learning +0.276
Demonstrated reach +0.265
Efficiency +0.233
Transferability / replicability +0.196
Sustainability (ongoing) +0.186
Impact on gender equality +0.173
Scalability beyond pilot +0.144
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +0.098
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +0.095
Weaknesses
Evaluated outcomes -0.087
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced -0.099
Teacher capability & pedagogy -0.147
Equity & inclusion -0.224
Innovation level -0.256
Evidence of learning impact -0.327
Curator validation -0.5
Top good practices here
Swiss Pathogen Surveillance Platform (SPSP) — AI-Powered National Genomic Epidemic Surveillance · 93
Switzerland Mandatory Equal Pay Analysis — Revised Gender Equality Act 2020 (Art. 13 GEA) · 89
Pro Senectute Digital Seniors – National Digital Skills Programme for Older Adults (Switzerland) · 88
Switzerland Statutory Paternity Leave — Two-Week EOG Entitlement after September 2020 Referendum · 74
Switzerland Federal Biodiversity Contributions (Agri-Environment PES) · 60
Rothenthurm Initiative — Constitutional Moor Protection & Peatland Carbon Offsets (Switzerland) · 53
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