CIP Collaboration

FOCP coordinates activities

To ensure cooperation between all parties concerned, the Federal Council placed the Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP) in charge of coordinating all Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) activities at the federal level. Accordingly, the FOCP established a working group comprising 30 representatives from all seven federal government departments, the Federal Chancellery and the Cantons. The Swiss Programme on Critical Infrastructure is built upon existing structures, organizations and networks. The measures taken in each sub-sector are being implemented as far as possible within the existing political processes and by using existing tools. In doing so, the main responsibility remains at the relevant responsible Federal Authorities.

CIP Working Group as key coordinative organ

The CIP Working Group (CIP WG) steers and evaluates the ongoing works within the CIP programme. It is also an information sharing platform, in which to exchange views and experiences. The CIP WG consists of all relevant Federal Authorities, which are involved in CIP; as well as of the representatives from the Cantons. The following authorities are represented in the CIP WG:

• Federal Chancellery FCh
• Division for Security Policy and Crisis Management DSEC
• Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC
• Federal Office for Public Health FOCP
• Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
• Federal Office of Police fedpol
• Federal Intelligence Service FIS
• Cyber Defence Project of the General Secretariat of the DDPS
• Security Policy sector SECPOL
• Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP
• Armed Forces Joint Staff AFJS
• armasuisse
• Information Security and Facilities Protection IOS
• Federal Finance Administration FFA
• Swiss Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics SFBL
• Swiss Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunication FOIIT
• Federal IT Steering Unit FITSU
• Federal Office for National Economic Supply FONES
• General Secretariat of the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy, Communications
• Federal Office of Transport FOT
• Federal Office of Civil Aviation FOCA
• Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE
• Federal Office for Communications OFCOM
• Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
• Federal Roads Office FEDRO
• Swiss Federal Electricity Commission ElCom
• Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate ENSI
• Canton of Basel-Town BS
• Canton of Geneva GE