The department is composed of the following federal offices: •
Federal Office for Civilian Service (CIVI): Responsible for the
civilian service •
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO): Responsible for national and international
economic policy, trade negotiations and
labour policy. •
State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI). •
Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG): Responsible for
agricultural policy, for direct payments to
Swiss farmers, and for
Agroscope, center of excellence for
agricultural research. •
Federal Office for National Economic Supply (FONES): Manages emergency supplies of essential goods and services. •
Federal Office for Housing (FOH): Responsible for
housing policy. As well as the following agencies: the Swiss
competition regulator. •
Innosuisse - Swiss Innovation Agency •
Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET): Provides training for
vocational education professionals. •
ETH Board, which itself manages the
ETH Domain, a group of
technical universities and
research institutes. These include the
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich), the
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), the
Paul Scherrer Institute in
Villigen, the
Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research in
Birmensdorf, the
Federal Laboratory for Materials Testing and Research and the
Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology in
Dübendorf.
Former offices The Federal Veterinary office (FVO) was merged in 2014 into the
Federal Office for Food Safety and Veterinary Affairs, subordinated to the
Federal Department of Home Affairs. The FVO was responsible for
animal welfare and health, the safety of food of animal origin and the implementation of the
CITES convention. ==Names of the department==