We are faced with challenges. Social security is confronted with financing difficulties and new risks of poverty. The Swiss health care system, even though of high quality, generates costs which for many impose a burden. The public authorities are required to provide services more targeted and with greater efficiency.
We support private organisations and public authorities with the analysis, concept and evaluation of structures and measures for an effective and efficient health care system, health promotion and prevention.
The structure of state benefits, measures to combat poverty or programmes to support elderly people: The social security system in Switzerland is constantly changing. We evaluate projects, develop concepts and support processes for a modern, incentive-orientated social security policy.
We lay the foundations for forward-looking family and intergenerational policies. We do this through evaluations, impact analyses, situation analyses and monitoring, as well as the development of strategies and provision of advice to organisations. Our work covers child and youth development, work-life balance, he support of vulnerable groups and care for the elderly.
In research projects and evaluations, we examine gender equality in the workplace and in the education system. Projects in the field of integrating foreigners and including people with disabilities are further focal points of our work. We also carry out projects in the areas of protection against and prevention of violence, as well as victim support.
We conduct studies and evaluations at all levels of the education system, from early childhood and primary school to basic vocational training and adult qualifications. We also support the federal government, cantons and municipalities in matters relating to family and supplementary childcare. To this end, we produce monitoring reports, develop financing models and advise municipalities on further developing their services. We also support schools in transitioning to day schools.
We use concepts and evaluations to create foundations for more sustainable policies and projects in the fields society, economy and environment.