Italian-speaking Swiss canton Ticino outperforms most regions within Europe, yet still lags behind the high-flying cantons of Northern Switzerland. Stefano Rizzi, director of the canton’s economic division, discusses its economic development strategy and the important role that the life sciences sector plays within it.
Ticino is the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland, and thus has major economic connections both to the rest of Switzerland as well as to Italy. How are Ticino’s relationships with these two regions evolving today?
"Going forward, we see the potential for Ticino to become almost like a suburb of Zurich from an economic perspective, and our Cantonal government wishes to collaborate more closely with the Greater Zurich Area economic organization to forge new economic links and relationships."
