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The Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship is an international non-profit organisation that celebrates and preserves master craftsmanship and strengthens its connection to the world of design. We want to help people rediscover the ability of the human hand to create, and support those doing it best: the exceptional contemporary European master artisans using long-held traditions, skills and knowledge to make beautiful objects of lasting value. We are named after a beacon in this field, Michelangelo, a visionary artist and master artisan who embodied both creativity and craftsmanship at the very highest level of excellence.

The Federal Office of Culture (FOC) in Switzerland is a Swiss government institution that plays a key role in the promotion, development and preservation of culture at national level. Reporting to the Federal Department of Home Affairs, the FOC supports a wide range of cultural fields, such as the visual arts, film, literature, cultural heritage, and national languages, including the protection of linguistic minorities.

The FOC also pays particular attention to promoting cultural diversity and cultural education, facilitating citizens' access to culture in all its forms and strengthening social cohesion. It also works with local, cantonal and international cultural institutions to create opportunities for cultural exchange and development in Switzerland and abroad.

Vocational, academic and career guidance supports you in your research and in your steps. Specialists are at your disposal to answer your requests for information.

The official Swiss information portal for professional, academic and career guidance. For all questions about apprenticeships, professions and training.

The Swiss Open-Air Museum in Ballenberg, near Brienz, presents more than 100 historic buildings from all regions of Switzerland. This village museum recreates rural life in the past with authentic houses, craft demonstrations with more than 30 trades, gardens and farm animals. An immersive experience in Swiss cultural heritage, in the heart of a unique natural setting.

L'Artisanà is the communication brand of IVAT, the Valdostan Institute of Traditional Crafts.

The term L'Artisanà derives from the name historically used by the Aosta Valley artisans to designate the shop in the centre of Aosta. The strength of this identity gave rise to the L'Artisanà brand, which claims "the future of traditions" and is committed every day to promoting Aosta Valley craftsmanship, the fruit of centuries-old know-how, bearer of material and immaterial knowledge, preserving the liveliness and uniqueness that characterise it.

L'Artisanà is made up of two distinct sections: the cultural section, to which the MAV and MAIN museums belong, and the craft business development section, which manages four shops, several corners, online sales and a business consultancy service.

By ratifying the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage on October 16, 2008, Switzerland undertook to draw up and periodically update an inventory of Switzerland’s intangible cultural heritage. The “List of Living Traditions in Switzerland” was created as part of the implementation of this UNESCO Convention. It is managed in collaboration and with the support of the cantonal cultural services.

Humility and transmission. These are the values that drive the master craftsmen of the Maison Vacheron Constantin. They are engravers, enamellers, guilloche-makers, gem-setters, watchmakers and jewellers, each possessing a rare talent that they pass on like a relay. The final result depends on the work of each of them, and their perfect technical mastery gives rise to an elusive emotion. They possess a talent that no machine can ever replace. They are the artists of time.

Passed down from generation to generation, their know-how has been perpetuated within the Maison since 1755. Telling extraordinary stories and offering an artistic vision of time: these are the feats that our Maîtres d'Art take on.

Directory in four languages (French, English, Italian and Spanish) of craftsmen’s workshops throughout Europe. Also training offers and the agenda of the main events in the field.

The Citizens of Crafts movement is aimed at those who are looking for their own style and aesthetics, who do not allow themselves to be influenced by advertising which plays with our aspirations, which a value to the concepts of exclusivity and uniqueness.

formforum Switzerland is aimed at all creators, regardless of their training and their field of creation. Whether they work full-time or part-time is irrelevant. The association brings together around 500 members from the German, French, Italian and Rhaeto-Romance regions. They work in all areas of craftsmanship. They find at formforum support in the development of their creative skills, in their potential for innovation, in their entrepreneurial capacities as well as in legal protection.

swissceramics - Association Céramique Suisse - represents and promotes contemporary Swiss ceramics; ensures the quality of vocational training; organizes events to exhibit the work of its members; is the network and communication platform for the Swiss ceramic scene.