This year, Switzerland will host the annual Principals’ Meeting of the Small Advanced Economies Initiative for the first time. The conference will take place from 23 to 26 October 2022 at the Marriott Hotel in Basel.

The Government Council organizes the first day of the Congress, including dinner at the Wenckenhof. In addition, the State Chancellery and the Office for Economics and Labor (WSU) helped organize the event. Among other things, she organized a visiting program at various Basel life science companies and the Biocentrum and Tech Park Basel.

The Small Advanced Economies Initiative brings together seven countries (Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Singapore, and Switzerland) that are all considered advanced economies, at similar levels of economic and social development, and with populations of less than 10 million. . Around 70 dignitaries are expected to attend the conference in Basel. On Monday evening, FDFA will lead a Swiss delegation headed by State Secretary Livia Lu. On Tuesday, two state secretaries, Helene Budligar Artieda (State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, SECO) and Martina Hirayama (State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation, SERI) will also attend the conference.