What works in Switzerland
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Evidence snapshot for Switzerland
Switzerland demonstrates mixed capacity in digital accessibility and civic technology. While SBB Inclusive's participatory design process engaged 60+ participants to co-create an accessible rail app for visually impaired travellers, the Schweizer Accessibility-Studie found that only 20% of tested Swiss apps are accessible, with over 60% insufficiently accessible. In democratic innovation, Aarau's participatory budget used proportional voting (the Method of Equal Shares) to fund 17 of 33 projects from 1,700–1,800 voters, with 9 projects realised by end of 2024. Additionally, Switzerland's national pathogen surveillance platform has processed 165,089 SARS-CoV-2 isolates and covers all 26 cantons, positioning the country as a model for genomic epidemic surveillance.
Drawn from: SBB Inclusive — Participatory Design of a Real-Time Accessible Travel App for Blind and Visually Impaired Rail Passengers · Stadtidee Aarau — Switzerland's First City-Wide Participatory Budget Using the Method of Equal Shares · Swiss Pathogen Surveillance Platform (SPSP) — AI-Powered National Genomic Epidemic Surveillance · Schweizer Accessibility-Studie — Two Decades of Independent Swiss Digital Accessibility Measurement · Partnerschaft ohne Gewalt — Zurich's Court-Linked Learning Programme for Domestic Violence Perpetrators · 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) · EPFL Innovation Park
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Efficiency +36 pts 80 here · 44 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +32 pts 86 here · 54 average
Evaluation evidence +30 pts 75 here · 45 average
Sustainability / continuity +22 pts 100 here · 78 average
Evidence of impact / measured results +21 pts 80 here · 59 average
Impact on gender equality +20 pts 100 here · 80 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +19 pts 67 here · 48 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy +18 pts 56 here · 37 average
Governance, certification & transferability +18 pts 82 here · 64 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +11 pts 61 here · 50 average
Achievement / evidence +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Weaknesses
Evidence of learning impact -17 pts 11 here · 28 average
Equity & inclusion -19 pts 33 here · 52 average
Inclusiveness / equity -21 pts 21 here · 42 average
Curator validation -55 pts 20 here · 74 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Switzerland. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Swiss Pathogen Surveillance Platform (SPSP) — AI-Powered National Genomic Epidemic Surveillance · 93
Schweizer Accessibility-Studie — Two Decades of Independent Swiss Digital Accessibility Measurement · 92
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
EPFL Innovation Park · 86
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Switzerland concentrates — each city has its own evidence profile.
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 3 other places
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
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- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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