The Federation shall participate in the discharge of responsibilities of the cantons, provided that such responsibilities are (i) important to society as a whole and (ii) that federal participation is necessary for the improvement of living conditions.
All the cost of all joint operations share be jointly borne by the Federation and the canton in proportions to be agreed upon.
The Federation and the cantons may cooperate on the basis of agreements in the promotion of sciences, research, and education.
The Federation and the cantons may cooperate in planning, constructing, and operating information technology systems needed to discharge their responsibilities.
The Federation and the cantons may agree to specify the standards and security requirements necessary for exchanges between their information technology systems.
Comprehensive access by means of information technology to the administrative services of the Federation shall be regulated by a federal law.
With a view to ascertaining and improving the performance of their administrations, the Federation and the cantons may conduct comparative studies and publish the results thereof.
Information requested form one canton will be requested from all the others as well.
