Audit of the DTI key project RZPlus with a special focus on organisational development
Bern, 31.08.2026 — As the national weather and climate service and a critical infrastructure for Switzerland, MeteoSwiss provides essential services for Switzerland, such as flight weather information, severe weather warnings and analyses of the spread of pollutants. With the RZPlus programme, MeteoSwiss plans to increase the resilience of its services by establishing geo-redundant configurations for its business-critical solutions and ICT resources, and adjusting ICT processes. Owing to a large number of external and internal challenges such as budget cuts, the scope and objectives of RZPlus have had to be substantially reduced.
The SFAO welcomes the fact that MeteoSwiss is standing by RZPlus despite these challenges. However, it notes the risk that the adapted programme objectives may not bring the expected savings as regards operating costs of on-premises computer centres. Thus, over the long term, less will be achieved with the same money.