Industry associations ASCO and EXPERTsuisse want to cooperate more closely
ASCO, the Swiss Association of Management Consultants, and EXPERTsuisse, the expert association for auditing, taxes and fiduciary services, have decided to cooperate closely in the future. For the time being, the cooperation includes collaboration on the content level and in the area of continuing education.
Since the Corona crisis at the latest, everyone should be aware that the complexity of the economy and society is very high and that there is no such thing as complete security. However, it is essential to be able to navigate entrepreneurially even in difficult times. In the Swiss economy, companies are mostly supported in this by auditing and consulting firms that are members of ASCO or EXPERTsuisse. It is precisely these two associations that are now entering into close cooperation, because it is now all the more important to make joint contributions to a resurgent Swiss economy.
Innovation before tradition
The two associations have a strong history, but innovation is more important to them than tradition. That's why, for the past four years, they have been working with other associations to modernize Switzerland's outdated labor laws. It was not only the Corona crisis that showed that more self-determined working must be made possible on a legally solid basis, among other things for the purpose of reconciling work and family life. However, the points of contact between the two associations go far beyond common political interests. Both associations are committed to quality and expertise and together represent the profession of the Swiss audit and consulting industry. Accordingly, there is also a joint effort to further strengthen the promotion of young professionals and, in addition to training courses, to offer ongoing further education within the framework of a qualification system and to be able to exploit synergies. The cooperation thus concerns strategic and operational issues. The latter lead to the fact that the ASCO office will be located in Zurich at Stauffacher 1 at EXPERTsuisse as of January 1, 2021.
ASCO and EXPERTsuisse with joint events
The two industry associations also want to cooperate more closely at the level of their events and training courses. For example, ASCO will be a partner at the "EXPERTsuisse Annual Conference" on September 15, 2020 on the topic of "Safe in uncertain times". ASCO, on the other hand, will invite the members of EXPERTsuisse to its events.
The professionalization in the teaching of counseling competence - with a recognized educational offer as CAS and the international qualification with the CMC - will in the future offer the members of both associations a foundation to enable younger professionals in particular to enter the field of counseling in a structured way.
ASCO and EXPERTsuisse jointly pursue the goal of innovation in consulting, both in terms of approaches (new consulting and collaboration models) and content (digital transformation, digitalization, data analytics, robotics, Industry and Finance 4.0, etc.). With these innovative approaches, ASCO and EXPERTsuisse help the Swiss economy to navigate entrepreneurially effectively in uncertain times - in the Corona crisis, on the way to the new normality and beyond.
www.asco.ch / www.expertsuisse.ch
