SEC is committed to the success of our members and partners and to improving Switzerland’s relations with the 17 countries in the Baltic, Central Eastern and South Eastern Europe. This with a focus on business and trade, science and education, and society. To this day, we promote a powerful network of influential and committed individuals, companies and institutions in Switzerland and abroad and offer consultancy and project management services.

Below you will find detailed information about us:

For over 20 years, the independent, non-profit and politically neutral Chamber of Commerce has been successfully promoting business between Swiss entrepreneurs and companies in the following  partner countries:

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.

The Swiss-Central European Chamber of Commerce (SEC) was founded in Zurich in 1999 from the merger of seven bilateral chambers of commerce. Learn more about the foundation HERE. The non-profit organisation has since grown to include 17 countries from Central Eastern Europe (CEE).

CEE is an important region for Europe and Switzerland. This is on the one hand economically, where e.g. Switzerland’s exports have grown by over 5 billion since 2010 to 2020 and total Swiss exports to the region have increased from 3.7% to 4.7% globally. However, the region is also important for sourcing, investments and imports. CEE will probably remain Europe’s economic growth engine in the next few years, not least because of the global bloc formation and increased nearshoring.

Nevertheless, Switzerland’s cooperation with CEE in the areas of science and education, politics and society is also important. There are over a million people with a CEE background living in Switzerland and Switzerland would not survive without the necessary talent from CEE in Switzerland or in the region.

SEC is available as a bilateral, multinational chamber of commerce to Swiss as well as CEE companies and governments alike:

Our 2 goals are:

1. To improve the relations between Switzerland and the 17 CEE countries in the fields of economy/trade, science/education, and society.
2. To make our members and partners more successful.

In order to achieve these goals, we promote a community of influential personalities, companies and institutions that actively pursue their goals in CEE, but also want to get involved in the region.

SEC offers four areas of services:

You can find more information about our services here

In order to be able to offer you our services in the best possible quality, we work according to the “Best Solutions” approach. This means that we always involve the best specialists from our broad network of experts in business, economics, politics, but also from science in the implementation for you.

Examples of partners include export and import specialists, CEE Ambassadors in Switzerland, who, by the way, are usually “Patron Members of the SEC”, the bilateral Chambers of Commerce in CEE, the national chambers of commerce in CEE, industry associations, governments, universities and more.

Promoting the interests of our members and partners in Switzerland or in Central Eastern Europe is our main focus! Be it the mediation of business and customer contacts, the support in choosing the right outsourcing partner, the search for a location or market entry, the takeover and implementation of projects and also the provision of up-to-date information. SEC is your competent partner and your “One Stop Shop” for all concerns regarding Switzerland and CEE.

With us, you have a high-performance partner at your side who is very familiar with all facets of the various markets. Take advantage of this competence! We also offer you the opportunity to become part of the largest and most influential community Switzerland – Central Eastern Europe as an SEC member, to get involved there and to benefit from the community for yourself. You can find out more about membership here .

Of course, we also offer our expertise to non-members. Of course, our members benefit from the best conditions.