Insights into the Swiss Parliamentary Services: Tasks, Principles, and Challenges

Learn about the Swiss Parliamentary Services led by the Secretary General, responsible for organizing parliamentary sessions, advising members, administrative tasks, translations, public information, international relations support, library, and IT services. The politically neutral and multilingual services operate with an annual budget of around 105 million US$, employing 311 staff. Discover the principles, organization schema, and key competencies of this essential administrative body.

• Swiss Parliament
• Parliamentary Services
• Secretary General
• Multilingual
• Administrative Tasks

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1. The Swiss Parliamentary Services tasks, principles and challenges By Philippe Schwab, Secretary General of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland | March 2015

2. It is not the ship so much as the skilful sailing that assure the prosperous voyage George William Curtis (American social reformer, author and editor, 1824-1892)

3. Federal Assembly National Council and Council of States bicameral Parliament separation of powers militia Parliament

4. The Parliamentary Services plan and organise parliamentary sessions and committee meetings, advise members of parliament on matters of business and procedure, carry out administrative tasks, translate and draw up reports and minutes, inform the public, support the Federal Assembly in its international relations, run the Parliamentary Library and IT services.

5. The Parliamentary Services headed by the Secretary General subordinated only to the Parliament annual budget amounts to around 105 millions US$ staff of 311 employees (213 full-time equivalents) for both Chambers

6. The Parliamentary Services Qualities and competences politically neutral, expertise and professionalism flexible organisational stability multilingual

7. Schema Parliamentary Services Administration Delegation Secretary General of the Federal Assembly Deputy Secretary General Committees & Research Sector Central Secretariat Information Supervisory Committees Parliamentary Control of the Administration Information Official Bulletin Legislative Committees Web ParliamentaryLibrary Public Relations International Affairs & Multiligualism Translation Intern. & Int. parl. Rel. Interpreting Infrastructure HR & Finance Operat. & Usher Serv. Security & PM IT & New Technologies

8. Three principals to a good parliamentary administration political neutrality autonomy continuity

9. Thank you for your attention! www.parliament.ch