{"id":153998,"date":"2026-04-20T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immo-invest.ch\/?p=153998"},"modified":"2026-04-17T08:35:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:35:23","slug":"luzerner-regierungsrat-will-stiftung-fuer-innovation-gruenden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immo-invest.ch\/en\/luzerner-regierungsrat-will-stiftung-fuer-innovation-gruenden\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucerne cantonal government plans to set up a foundation for innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Canton of Lucerne<\/a> intends to establish the Innovation Lucerne Foundation. To this end, the Cantonal Government has now submitted a request for a special grant to the Cantonal Council. This comprises CHF 1 million in endowment capital and CHF 23 million to fund the foundation\u2019s activities between 2026 and 2029.<\/p>\n

This foundation forms part of Lucerne\u2019s location strategy, which aims to strengthen the canton\u2019s competitiveness. According to the statement<\/a>, the background to this is that whilst the Canton of Lucerne ranks in the top third in national competitiveness rankings, it consistently ranks lower in terms of its innovative strength. And \u201cwithout strengthening its innovative strength, the Canton of Lucerne risks further losses in competitiveness\u201d, the analysis states.<\/p>\n

The foundation is intended to counteract this and focus on supporting Lucerne as a hub for innovation and start-ups, with a particular emphasis on SMEs. As a key player, it is to coordinate the established partner organisations \u201cand ensure that their services are better integrated, become better known and achieve greater impact\u201d. In addition, the foundation can co-fund implementation projects such as feasibility studies.<\/p>\n

From 2026, the Canton of Lucerne intends to invest a total of between 250 and 300 million Swiss francs annually in \u201cbusiness- and population-oriented measures\u201d to promote the region. Voters will be able to vote on these regional development measures in September 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Lucerne Cantonal Government has requested a special grant of 24 million Swiss francs from the Cantonal Assembly for the proposed Lucerne Innovation Foundation. The canton aims to use this to boost its competitiveness and support SMEs and start-ups in implementing innovative projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_surecart_dashboard_logo_width":"180px","_surecart_dashboard_show_logo":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_orders":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_invoices":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_subscriptions":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_downloads":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_billing":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_account":true,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12482,12476,56026,12490],"tags":[12525,12526,58503,12528,58504,58505],"class_list":["post-153998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","category-immonews","category-planning-development","category-refurbishment","tag-immoinvest-en","tag-immonews-en","tag-kommunale-infrastruktur","tag-news-en","tag-waermepumpe-2","tag-werkhofsanierung","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":{"bild_mit_ki_erstellt_worden":["Ja"],"lead":"The Lucerne Cantonal Government has requested a special grant of 24 million Swiss francs from the Cantonal Assembly for the proposed Lucerne Innovation Foundation. The canton aims to use this to boost its competitiveness and support SMEs and start-ups in implementing innovative projects.","autor":"ce\/mm","ort":"Luzern","bildunterschrift":"","zusammenfassung":"","bild_im_grid":false,"gallerie":"","newsim":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t