Key facts
Pro Helvetia is a cultural foundation operating under public law. It promotes contemporary professional artistic and cultural work of interest to all of Switzerland under a federal mandate, but is autonomous in the fulfilment of its tasks. It supports the diversity of artistic work, the promotion of Swiss art and culture at home and abroad, contemporary popular culture and cultural exchange.
The foundation employs around 95 people and has annual operating costs of around CHF 46 million. In 2023, it supported around 2,100 cultural projects in Switzerland and around 4,600 projects abroad. The Federal Council manages the Pro Helvetia foundation using strategic objectives – currently for the period 2021 to 2024. These stipulate, among other things, that Pro Helvetia must have a corporate risk management system based on ISO 31000.
The Swiss Federal Audit Office examined the quality of risk management at Pro Helvetia. An effective and sufficiently formalised risk management system that is aligned with the size and business activities of the organisation has not yet been implemented.