For solar physicists in Switzerland

• coordinate participation in large international programmes and space projects
• inform each other about the ongoing research
• establish PhD student and postdoc exchange
• provide joint lecture courses in solar physics at Swiss universities
• organize nation-wide workshops in solar physics
• organize national research camps for students in solar physics

For other Swiss scientists

• inform about the solar physics research
• promote interdisciplinary collaborations

For Swiss government and SNF

• provide an expertise for project evaluation
• promote industrial applications of scientific results and instrumentation

Internationally

• incorporate Swiss solar physics into the world-wide network of virtual solar observatories
• establish a collaboration network with Swiss solar physicists working abroad
• coordinate various activities during the International Heliospheric Year in 2007

Public outreach

• on a regular basis inform media about major events and achievements in solar physics
• provide a contact for public interests
• establish a training network in solar physics for school teachers