o Networking platform, making new business contacts
o Financial analysis (economic and statistical information)
o Economic and legal publications to help start and run businesses
o SWISSFIRMS portal for the promotion of businesses online (swissfirms.ch)
o International Link – an English-language service exclusively aimed at the
canton's international corporations (conferences, HR workshops, meetings with
local government, induction days and integration events)
o Availability of infrastructure (meeting rooms, offices, conference rooms, facilities)
for members

o Certification of the origins of export products and authentication of commercial documents intended for export
o Issuance and validation of ATA carnets (“passports” for goods), CITES – regulation of trade in protected animals and plants
o Courses and training on international trade matters (customs formalities and concepts of product origin, various forms of transport, ATA logbooks, Incoterms, documentary credits, bank guarantees etc.)
o Consulting in partnership with SERV (Swiss Export Risk Insurance) and S-GE (country information, VAT recovery, insurance)

o To support and provide advice to companies in the startup phase
o Specialists available by appointment or telephone, Monday to Friday 8 am to 12 pm, with 30 minutes of support free of charge to answer any initial questions. Speedy referral to the right partners.
o Guide for entrepreneurs, a practical “toolbox”
o Training, in partnership with GENILEM, IFJ (Institut für Jungunternehmen) etc.

o Monthly advice and information afternoons (date based on the availability of the participants)
o Individual workshop in two 60 to 90-minute sessions with talks from experts from the worlds of banking, tax, law and management