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swissworld.org →  Discover Switzerland / Discover Switzerland
official Swiss national history portal
languages	English , German , French , Italian , Spanish , Portuguese , Chinese , Japanese , Russian
operator	Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), General Secretariat ( swissworld : Presence Switzerland)
editorial staff	Author collective
On-line	since 2005
http://www.swissworld.org/de/

swissworld / swissworld.org was until ... ^{[please, complete]} the official cultural studies portal for Switzerland , today the information appears on Discover Switzerland .

History and organization

swissworld was published by Presence Switzerland in the General Secretariat of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) . Presence Switzerland was founded in 2000 as the successor organization to the Coordination Commission for the Presence of Switzerland Abroad (KOKO) in order to “promote the worldwide communication of an authentic image of modern Switzerland”.

The swissworld.org website went online in June 2005. On August 1, 2007, on the occasion of the national holiday , a new look was presented. This introduced the interactive elements of Swiss keywords , an image database that can be sent by electronic postcard , as well as teaching materials and the Swiss Blog as a user forum. For example, 10 “success stories” from the Schweiz Aktuell series, Story Switzerland, about Swiss inventions of recent years were recorded as the first image material . In 2010, an excerpt was published as lecture documents under the name Swiss Memory Stick .

Instead of swissworld, ... Discover Switzerland has been published on the FDFA website , eda . admin.ch / aboutswitzerland .

The information will continue to be created in cooperation with other public bodies, scientific and commercial institutions and also made available to private individuals. Images and sound material, for example, come from Swiss Radio International  (SRI) and the Swiss Radio and Television Company  (SRG) in particular .

Content

Discover Switzerland / Discover Switzerland , formerly swissworld , is an information portal that makes a wide range of aspects of Swiss cultural studies available. It includes extensive image, sound and video material.

swissworld was divided thematically into (as of 2015): population Culture leisure geography environmental Protection science education economy politics history

Discover Switzerland is divided into (as of 2018): society history politics economy science education environment Infographics Dossiers FAQ - frequently asked questions

It is available in English , German , French , Italian , Spanish , Portuguese , Chinese , Japanese and Russian (as of 2018).

Terms of use

The content is under copyright . In the case of swissworld , this was generally © swissworld (the organization demanded that the source be cited as “Image: www.swissworld.org”). The content may continue to be used for non-commercial purposes for personal use. Much other content that has been made available is provided with a special image right or related property right of the respective owner. Sending the swissworld - e-postcard was allowed regardless of image rights.

See also

• Historical Lexicon of Switzerland (eHLS)
• Austriaforum (Österreichlexikon) - similar project, University of Graz

Web links

• Discover Switzerland (s) / Discover Switzerland (de, hereinafter: fr, it, es, pt, zh, ja, ru) eda.admin.ch/aboutswitzerland on eda. admin.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} About us , swissworld.org; Quotation there (accessed March 19, 2015).
2. ↑ swissworld.org / Presence Switzerland. , presseportal.ch, June 24, 2005.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} The official information portal swissworld.org celebrates in a new look. Press release Presence Switzerland, Bern July 30, 2007, on admin.ch (also: The official information portal swissworld.org celebrates in a new look . , APA-OTS , July 30, 2007, on ots.at)
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Yves Morath: IDV working meeting 2011 . August 2, 2011, pp. 57–61 (presentation as pdf, idvnetz.org, accessed March 19, 2015).
5. ↑ Information and promotional material: Updated presentation of Switzerland - Swissworld / pdf presentations. Swiss national communication: Newsletter 2/2010, June 2010 ( Memento from April 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ at swissworld : Terms of Use , swissworld.org (as of 2015)