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Public security, policing and emergency services

  • Backstopping and different assessments in the Justice and Interior programmes under the second Swiss Contribution to Romania.
  • Evaluation of the coherence of measures funded through two European Border Management Funds (BMVI and ISF) with fundamental rights.
  • Evaluation of the implementation of two European Border Management Funds (BMVI and ISF) in Switzerland.
  • Analysis of the cooperation mechanisms of all relevant stakeholders (federal and cantonal police, border guards, State Secretariat for Migration) involved in the control of the Schengen borders of Switzerland (project reFRONT).
  • Administration and management on behalf of SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation) of two Thematic Funds focussed on public security issues (police, justice migration) in the framework of the Swiss-Bulgarian and the Swiss-Romanian Cooperation programmes.
  • Development and conceptualization of a communal public order service targeted at incivilities below the intervention threshold of the police (e.g. in cases of littering, minor disturbances of public order, …).
  • Development of a software tool to assess the damage caused by an improvised explosive device, initiative funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany).
  • Evaluation of the Integrated Border Management (IBM) strategy and action plan in Switzerland.
  • Evaluation of the Swiss police basic education concept.
  • Feasibility study for potential therapeutic support services for perpetrators of domestic violence.
  • Analysis of accommodation needs for victims of domestic violence.
  • Harmonisation concept for the police IT systems in Switzerland.
  • Cost-benefit analysis in public security.
  • Audit and reform of municipal, regional, and national police services in Switzerland and across Europe). 
  • Audit of ambulance and SMUR emergency services.
  • Local security diagnostics in around twenty municipalities in Switzerland.
  • Feasibility study and support for the merger of police forces.
  • Audit and reform of control rooms (police, ambulances, fire…).
  • Organisational audits of regional Fire brigades audit (both professional and voluntary corps).
  • Feasibility study for a joint emergency services center in a Swiss urban area
  • Benchmarking of policing principles and practices between European capital cities (on behalf of the Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Madrid & Paris police services).
  • Elaboration of the mobility and security concept for the official visit of the pope to Freiburg, Germany.
  • Feasibility studies and needs’ assessments: for the coordination or amalgamation of police services; set-up of new public security projects; set-up of training products or institutions, etc.
  • Management and advisory services in international cooperation projects in the fields of policing, emergency, and public security (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Georgia, Hungary, Kirghizstan, Montenegro, Mozambique, Serbia) on behalf, depending on the projects, of the SDC, the OSCE, the EU, The UN.

Justice and penitentiary systems

  • Harmonisation of the IT system of the Swiss justice system
  • Audit and reform of judiciary systems, including the public prosecution
  • Audit and reform of penitentiary systems.
  • Cooperation systems between the police and the judiciary
  • Human rights in the penitentiary system
  • Management and advisory services in international cooperation projects in the fields of justice and penitentiary reforms
  • Analysis and projects in the field of corruption mitigation and control

Public Transportation

  • Support of public transport companies in managing specific strategic issues: full cost management of their lines and strategic implications, inventory and supply management.
  • Definition and implementation of digital transformations for multimodal public transport companies (rail, road).
  • Evaluation of future public transport networks.
  • Public security in public transportation.
  • Strategy for freight transport in Switzerland.
  • Support of the planning for the implementation in Switzerland of the European project for digital automatic coupling (DAC).

Prevention and social work

  • Evaluation of the Rapid Response Fund under the Second Swiss Contribution (Framework Credit Migration).
  • Elaboration of a feasibility study on the integration of migrants into the local labour market in Bosnia Herzegovina
  • Evaluation of financial assistance under the Ordinance against Human Trafficking and the Ordinance on Measures to Prevent Offences in Connection with Prostitution
  • Audit and reform of migration services
  • Development of a municipal policy to support associations
  • Evaluation of subsidised associations in the field of professional integration
  • Research on family carers and their needs
  • Evaluation and projects on extrajudicial methods of dealing with juvenile delinquency
  • Evaluation and projects on social mediation
  • Evaluation and projects on outreach social work
  • Evaluation and projects on crime prevention measures
  • Support for projects to integrate migrants/refugees

Religious institutions and NGOs

  • Feasibility study on the harmonisation of services offered by protestant churches in Switzerland
  • Audit and reform of religious institutions.
  • Surveys on public-church relations
  • Feasibility study on an academic training course on international relations and religion
  • Strategy development for inter-confessional dialogue processes

Private companies

Support and guidance for SMEs in the following areas:

  • Strategy development and implementation
  • Business development
  • Restructuring
  • Succession planning
  • Family office organisation
  • Project management
  • Portfolio management
  • Change management