The Parliamentary Control of the Administration

The Parliamentary Control of the Administration (PCA) is the evaluation service of the Federal Assembly. It conducts studies on behalf of the Control Committees (CC) on the legality, expediency and effectiveness of the activities of the federal authorities. When commissioned to do so, the PCA can also scrutinise the effectiveness of federal government measures on behalf of other parliamentary committees.

Recently finished evaluations

Allocation of asylum seekers to the cantons

The allocation of asylum seekers to the cantons is based on a range of factors and is therefore a complex process. Since the electronic system cannot take all the relevant factors into account, cantonal allocation is often adjusted manually.It is inevitable that, the allocation of asylum seekers is not always proportional to the population of the respective canton. In addition, the emergency plans for dealing with large numbers of asylum seekers are outdated.

Summary (PDF)​​​​​

Ongoing Evaluations

Information on ongoing evaluations can be found in the summary of the annual report​.

  • Military service with restrictions

  • System of part-time judges 

  • Honorary consulates 

  • Rail infrastructure project planning 

  • Price supervision independence and monitoring

  • Suva accident insurance: federal government oversight

  • Teleworking in federal government

  • Preventing human trafficking​


Contact

FunctionNameTelephone / e-mail
Address Parliamentary Control of the Administration (PCA)
Parliamentary Services
CH-3003 Berne
EnquiriesT +41 58 322 97 99
pvk.cpa@parl.admin.ch
Head of PCASimone Ledermann, Dr. admin. publ.T +41 58 322 95 31
Dep. Head of PCAFelix Strebel, Dr. phil.T +41 58 322 94 45
Project manager /
Evaluator
Marion Baud-Lavigne, MA in Public Management and Policy
T +41 58 322 90 46
Project manager /
Evaluator
​Luzia Helfer
Dr.
​T +41 58 322 91 50
Project manager /
Evaluator
Ueli Löffel, MSc in Economics 
T +41 58 322 90 45
Project manager /
Evaluator
Nicolas Keuffer, Dr. admin. publ.T +41 58 322 94 82
Case Officer​
Daniel Salamanca,
MSc in Economics 
T +41 58 322 90 43
​​​​Graduate intern
​Deborah Koch, Master of Arts in Political Science
​T +41 58 322 90 76​