Federal Council moves forward with decision to improve planning support for CERN projects
Bern, 10.3.2023 - At its meeting on 10 March 2023, the Federal Council decided to launch a consultation on proposed amendments to the Federal Act on the Promotion of Research and Innovation (RIPA). This decision follows on from the decision reached on 10 December 2021 to initiate work on a federal sectoral plan focusing on projects of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). The Federal Council intends to submit a dispatch to the Swiss Parliament regarding the amendment of the RIPA by the end of 2023. Often referred to as the European laboratory for particle physics, CERN is an intergovernmental organisation that operates the world’s largest particle physics laboratory. Switzerland is a founding member.