SOURCES & LINKS

KEY DOCUMENTS ON CULTURAL POLICY

Valär, Rico Franc, Kreis, Georg. "Wie viel Kulturpolitik braucht die Schweiz?", 2019, pp. 123-136.

Keller, Rolf. Kulturpolitik der Schweiz. In: Kompendium Kulturmanagement. Verlag Franz Vahlen, 2011, pp. 125-152.

André Briel/Oliver Waespi/Daniel Zimmermann: Kulturrecht des Bundes, in: Ehrenzeller, Bernhard. Schweizerisches Bundesverwaltungsrecht, Bildungs-, Kultur-und Sprachenrecht. Vol. 9. Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag, 2018, pp. 581ff.

Zembylas, Tasos. Öffentliche Kulturförderung und Kulturfinanzierung, 2012.

KEY ORGANISATIONS AND PORTALS

Key documents on cultural policy

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

Swiss legislation in English
http://www.admin.ch/ch/e/rs/rs.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

Federal Statistical Office: Yearbook.
http://www.statistik.admin.ch/service-stat/jahrbuch-online/index.htm

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

Pro Litteris, Swiss Copyright Society
http://www.prolitteris.ch/default1.asp

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

Suisseculture
http://www.suisseculture.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

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

Migros Kulturprozent
http://www.migros-kulturprozent.ch

Cultural research and statistics

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

Zurich University of the Arts -
https://www.zhdk.ch/zcce
https://creativeeconomies.com/ (launch 09/2021)

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

Culture / arts portals

Federal Foundations’ Index
http://www.edi.admin.ch/esv/stiftungsverzeichnis/index.html

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

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