The Most Important in Brief

The Study Center Gerzensee, Foundation of the Swiss National Bank, opened its doors in 1986 to serve as an international training and conference center for economists and central bank staff. Based at an old manor in the heart of Switzerland, the Center features state-of-the-art seminar rooms as well as a fully equipped hotel, restaurant and sports facilities. Academics actively engaged in research direct the Center and manage its programs. The faculty is composed of the Center’s own staff, leading scholars from around the world, and specialists from the Swiss National Bank and other partner institutions.

1. Purpose (SOGC)

   Schaffung und Betrieb eines Zentrums zur Ausbildung von Zentralbank-, Bank- und Wirtschaftsfachleuten aus dem In- und Ausland, Zurverfügungstellung einer Begegnungsstätte für Zentralbanken sowie andere Institutionen und Personen, die Verantwortung für Staat oder Wirtschaft tragen, Erhaltung der historisch wertvollen Liegenschaft Neues Schloss Gerzensee samt dazugehörigem Landwirtschaftsbetrieb als landschaftlich geschlossene Einheit im Dorfe Gerzensee usw.

2. The Most Important in Brief

   The Study Center Gerzensee, Foundation of the Swiss National Bank, opened its doors in 1986 to serve as an international training and conference center for economists and central bank staff. Based at an old manor in the heart of Switzerland, the Center features state-of-the-art seminar rooms as well as a fully equipped hotel, restaurant and sports facilities. Academics actively engaged in research direct the Center and manage its programs. The faculty is composed of the Center’s own staff, leading scholars from around the world, and specialists from the Swiss National Bank and other partner institutions.

Area of Impact

• Switzerland