State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation

E374705

Swiss federal authority government agency

The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation is the Swiss federal authority responsible for national policy and coordination in education, research, and innovation.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation canonical	4
Secrétariat d’État à la formation, à la recherche et à l’innovation	1
Segreteria di Stato per la formazione, la ricerca e l’innovazione	1
Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3638729 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
Context triple: [Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research, oversees, State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation]

A. Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
The Directorate-General for Research and Innovation is the European Commission department responsible for developing and implementing EU policy on research, science, and innovation, including major funding programs like Horizon Europe.
B. Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research
The Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research is a key Swiss federal ministry responsible for national economic policy, vocational and higher education, research and innovation, and agricultural policy.
C. Directorate for Education and Skills
The Directorate for Education and Skills is a division of the Scottish Government responsible for developing and overseeing national policy on education, learning, and skills development.
D. European Education and Culture Executive Agency
The European Education and Culture Executive Agency is an EU body responsible for managing and implementing key European programmes and funding in the fields of education, training, youth, sport, culture, and media.
E. Federal Ministry of Education and Research
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is a German federal government ministry responsible for national policy, funding, and strategic planning in education, science, and research.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
Target entity description: The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation is the Swiss federal authority responsible for national policy and coordination in education, research, and innovation.

A. Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
The Directorate-General for Research and Innovation is the European Commission department responsible for developing and implementing EU policy on research, science, and innovation, including major funding programs like Horizon Europe.
B. Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research
The Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research is a key Swiss federal ministry responsible for national economic policy, vocational and higher education, research and innovation, and agricultural policy.
C. Directorate for Education and Skills
The Directorate for Education and Skills is a division of the Scottish Government responsible for developing and overseeing national policy on education, learning, and skills development.
D. European Education and Culture Executive Agency
The European Education and Culture Executive Agency is an EU body responsible for managing and implementing key European programmes and funding in the fields of education, training, youth, sport, culture, and media.
E. Federal Ministry of Education and Research
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is a German federal government ministry responsible for national policy, funding, and strategic planning in education, science, and research.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Swiss federal authority ⓘ government agency ⓘ
abbreviation	SBFI ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Swiss Innovation Agency Innosuisse ⓘ surface form: Innosuisse Swiss National Science Foundation ⓘ Swiss cantonal education authorities ⓘ
coordinates	Swiss participation in European research and education programmes ⓘ national strategies for higher education and research infrastructures ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Bern ⓘ
jurisdiction	Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation) ⓘ surface form: Swiss Confederation
languageOfOperation	French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	federal ⓘ
locatedIn	Bern, Switzerland ⓘ
mandate	to strengthen Switzerland as a leading location for education, research and innovation ⓘ
nativeName	State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Secrétariat d’État à la formation, à la recherche et à l’innovation State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Segreteria di Stato per la formazione, la ricerca e l’innovazione State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation
oversees	Swiss higher education policy at federal level ⓘ federal funding of research and innovation programmes ⓘ federal funding of universities and universities of applied sciences ⓘ vocational and professional education and training policy at federal level ⓘ
parentOrganization	Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research ⓘ
policyArea	education policy ⓘ innovation policy ⓘ science policy ⓘ
responsibleFor	Swiss education policy at federal level ⓘ Swiss innovation policy at federal level ⓘ Swiss research policy at federal level ⓘ coordination of education, research and innovation with the cantons ⓘ international cooperation in education ⓘ international cooperation in innovation ⓘ international cooperation in research ⓘ
sector	education ⓘ innovation ⓘ research ⓘ
shortName	SERI ⓘ
subordinateTo	Swiss Federal Council ⓘ surface form: Federal Council of Switzerland
typeOfOrganization	secretariat of state ⓘ surface form: state secretariat
website	https://www.sbfi.admin.ch ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research → oversees → State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation ⓘ

WBF → oversees → State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation ⓘ

DEFR → supervises → State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation ⓘ

DEFR → hasSubordinateUnit → State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation ⓘ

State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation → nativeName → State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation

State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation → nativeName → State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Secrétariat d’État à la formation, à la recherche et à l’innovation

State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation → nativeName → State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Segreteria di Stato per la formazione, la ricerca e l’innovazione

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