Osec helps companies from Switzerland and Liechtenstein to develop and expand their export activities abroad. This acts as a powerful impetus to foreign trade. Osec is the umbrella organisation for the promotion of exports, imports and investments, as well as for the promotion of Switzerland as a business location, making it "The home of foreign trade promotion".

Osec is offering the following services since 2008 in the framework of the EEN:

Export promotion

Helping SMEs in Switzerland and Liechtenstein discover and identify opportunities for selling their products and services abroad in order to Position Swiss exporters as competitive actors in the global economy.

Import promotion 

The programme supports small and medium-size entreprises (SMEs) from developing and transition countries in gaining access with their products to Switzerland and to the European Union.

Location promotion 

Implementing measures designed to promote Switzerland as a business location and encourage foreign companies to settle there.

Investment promotion in Subsaharan Africa 

We promote foreign direct investments in Sub-Saharan Africa on behalf of the SECO, by supporting local investment promotion agencies and focusing Swiss attention on the investment opportunities presen