Interface

Interface Politikstudien Forschung Beratung is a private consulting firm located in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Interface specialises, first, in evaluation and assessment of public policy, conducting summative and formative evaluations, ex-ante, ex-post and meta evaluations, developing evaluation concepts for policy programs and measures and providing support with self-evaluations. Second, Interface has many years experience in consulting the public sector on strategic as well as operational issues, including the implementation of administrative reforms (for example, using an integrated performance and effects approach), participative planning processes, moderation of workshops, arranging and conducting training courses as well as supporting organisational development. Finally, Interface carries out applied interdisciplinary research with a view to finding solutions to current socio-political problems.

Interface focuses on four policy areas: transport, environment and energy; social security and integration; education and family; health; and institutional reform. The company has broad competences and experience in these areas as it consists of an interdisciplinary team of 25 research associates trained in different disciplines as political science, economics, sociology, history, environmental science and geography.