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While
enjoying a leading position in industry as well as in the
services sector, Western Switzerland has become a hub of world
renown for unequaled expertise in microtechnology.
Academic
excellence without equal
With
a long tradition of educational excellence, the region attracts
many foreign students to its universities and colleges, business
and engineering schools, and to its international private
schools with English curricula. Lausanne is host to the renowned
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) and the acclaimed
International Institute for Management Development (IMD) while
Neuchâtel is home to the renowned Swiss Centre for Electronics
and Microtechnology(CSEM). Cradle of the World Wide Web and site
of the world’s largest particle physics center, the European
Centre for Nuclear Research (CERN) is based in nearby Geneva.
Unsurpassed
quality of life
Providing
appealing places in which to work and live, western Switzerland
attracts many foreign companies and families and is home to a
strong international community. While French is the region’s
official language, English is widely spoken.
Valuable
assistance
Economic
development offices help you locate here and ramp up your
business. Their representatives provide you with a comprehensive
package of services to allow you to do business in western
Switzerland. They assist you with business plan development, tax
exemptions and other financial incentives, research and
development grants, investment and job training assistance,
financial and business partnerships, work and residency permits,
office space, industrial land, scientific parks, financial
institutions and venture capital funds, business and social
contacts, housing, schools, transportation, healthcare services.
Designed to serve as a one-stop clearing house, economic
development offices provide their services at no charge.
In
partnership with you
With
tax incentives and work permits often viewed as major issues of
interest to new businesses, the economic development offices
focus on these key elements while assisting you in every step
you undertake to get your company and family established in
western Switzerland. They consider themselves part of your team
: your problems are also theirs and your success is theirs as
well.
We
look forward to working with you and invite you to visit western
Switzerland to see for yourself all we have to offer.
General
information about Western Switzerland :
For
more information :
DEWS
- Development Economic Western Switzerland :
Cantonal
Economic Promotion Offices :
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