The different federal government departments are free to adopt their own implementation documents to ensure that Federal Council strategies are properly implemented at departmental level. These can take the form of guidelines, general guidance or action plans, for example. They form the third level of the cascading process.
The FDFA adopts its own implementation documents to ensure that Federal Council strategies are properly implemented at departmental level. Such documents are the following:
Democracy promotion is a priority of the Foreign Policy Strategy 2024–27. To achieve this goal, Switzerland supports international forums, conducts political dialogues, and implements targeted projects on the ground. In doing so, it promotes the resilience of democratic institutions and processes and supports positive democratic developments in a spirit of partnership. The FDFA Guidelines on Democracy 2025–28 outline how this foreign policy priority is being implemented. They define the objectives of this work, set priorities and describe the necessary working tools.
Switzerland is continuing its long-standing commitment to humanitarian mine action. In the new action plan, the FDFA and DDPS jointly set out three fields of action with goals and measures for the years 2023–26. The plan focuses not only on implementing the relevant conventions and support for the clearance of contaminated areas, but also on innovative approaches. In addition, Switzerland will provide targeted support to Ukraine in the coming years.
Last update 04.02.2026
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