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The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) welcomes the Federal Council's decision to sign the protocol on extending the free movement of people to Croatia. This will help to prevent the definitive and highly damaging exclusion of Switzerland from EU research agreements.
The repercussions of the vote of 9 February 2014 on the initiative against mass immigration were felt immediately within the Swiss research community. Its exclusion from the European Union's framework programme on research and innovation "Horizon 2020" and the high-profile funding schemes of the European Research Council (ERC) were a severe blow for researchers in the country.
By signing the protocol on Croatia, the Federal Council is creating the possibility of a full association of Switzerland with Horizon 2020 at the end of 2016. This would be of the utmost importance for Swiss science and the Swiss economy, giving Switzerland access to tens of millions of francs' worth of research funds per annum from the European budget.
Switzerland currently has only a partial association with Horizon 2020 until the end of 2016. If no solution is found by then, it risks being relegated to the status of a third country once more. Switzerland's internationality and integration into the European research area are crucial for maintaining high research standards, attracting foreign investors and strengthening Swiss high-tech industries, to the benefit of the Swiss economy as a whole.
Contact
Martin Vetterli
President of the National Research Council of the SNSF
Phone: +41 31 308 23 87
com@snf.ch
The text of this press release is available on the website of the Swiss National Science Foundation.
http://www.snf.ch/en/researchinFocus/newsroom/Pages/news-160304-press-release-cr...
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