1. Basis, duration and funding
a. it is constituted on the basis of Article 55 of the Government and
Administration Organisation Act (GAOA);
b. it has been renewed for a fixed period of 10 years, which may
be extended;
c. it is funded from the budget of the FDFA.
2. Objectives and tasks
a. IT coordinates the anti-corruption activities of the Swiss
Confederation, including positions taken at the international level;
b. it closely monitors normative developments at the international
level, recommendations made by international mechanisms
and their implementation;
c. it organises thematic workshops with the aim of training and
raising awareness of the issue of corruption among all actors
concerned (federal government, cantons, communes, business,
civil society, experts);
d. it defines best practices and disseminates them;
e. it is tasked with formulating strategic and operational anti
-corruption objectives at the federal level and will submit these
for approval to the Federal Council by 31 March 2020;
f. it submits a report to the Federal Council every three years on
developments regarding corruption in Switzerland in the international
context, as well as on its activities.
3. Composition
a. the IDWG comprises those federal offices involved in the fight against
corruption and the Office of the Attorney General; the FDFA chairs
the IDWG and provides the secretariat;
b. it establishes a small group (core group) to which operational tasks
are assigned;
c. it manages an information network on corruption in collaboration
with the cantons (primarily through the Conference of the Cantonal
Governments of Switzerland).
