Parliamentary Control of the Administration PCA

Mandate

The Parliamentary Control of the Administration (PCA) is the competence centre of the Federal Assembly in matters of evaluations.

It provides support for parliament’s monitoring activities through scientific assessments and evaluates the concepts, implementation and impact of the measures taken by the federal authorities.

Recent reports

• Pratique de la Confédération en matière de gestion de la Poste, des CFF et de Swisscom, Rapport d’expert (PDF)
• Strategic steering of Social Insurance by the Federal Council. Summary (PDF)
• Pilotage des assurances sociales par le Conseil fédéral, Rapport (PDF)
• Annual Report 2011, Summary (PDF)
• Evaluation of the monitoring and effects of the flanking measures related to the free movement of persons, Summary (PDF)
• Evaluation de la surveillance et des effets des mesures d’accompagnement à la libre circulation des personnes, Rapport (PDF)
• Evaluation of the Confederation’s consultation and hearing practice, Summary (PDF)
• Swiss Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Report (PDF)

Current projects 

1. Free movement of persons: Principle of gainful employment
2. Inter-departemental cooperation in foreign policy
3. Authorisation and appraisal of medication covered by health insurance
4. External staff at the Federal Administration
5. Selection of senior management by the Federal Council
   

Documents

 Instruction sheet for the PCA's investigations