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NaDIA for municipalities and cantons

A digital ally for preparing cases and making decisions.

NaDIA is an AI-based assistant designed for Swiss municipalities. It does not replace human judgement or institutional responsibility: it strengthens the work of administrative staff.

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Question: What is the correct procedure for approving an amendment to the land-use plan under the latest council resolutions?

Under the municipal building regulations1 and the municipal council resolution that updated them2, the procedure takes place in three steps:

  1. 1.Publication of the amendment, within the time limits set by the regulations1.
  2. 2.Review of any objections filed during publication1.
  3. 3.Approval by the competent body named in the resolution2.

To doalso check the time limits in the applicable cantonal law before starting publication.

Sources

  1. 1PDFMunicipal building regulations, art. 4Your internal document (example)
  2. 2DOCXMunicipal council resolution no. 45/2023Your internal document (example)
Illustrative example with invented data: it shows the structure of an answer, not a legal opinion.

From traditional research to support from NaDIA.

With NaDIA, laws, case law, regulations and council resolutions are consulted together, starting from a single question. The answer cites the sources it used.

  1. 01Quick consultation of federal and cantonal law and case law.
  2. 02Making the most of your internal documents: regulations, council resolutions.
  3. 03Answers in context to complex administrative questions.

Traditional research

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One source at a time, across different archives and portals.

Federal laws, cantonal laws, case law, administrative practice, municipal regulations, municipal council resolutions, land-use plans, internal directives.

With NaDIA

1

One question. Laws and your authority’s documents in the same answer.

  • Federal laws
  • Cantonal laws
  • Case law
  • Administrative practice
  • Municipal regulations
  • Municipal council resolutions
  • Land-use plans
  • Internal directives
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One answerwith its sources

Traditional research: eight sources consulted one at a time. With NaDIA: the same sources consulted together, with a single question, and an answer that cites the sources.

Natural interaction, structured answers.

  1. Natural language

    You ask questions as you would ask an experienced colleague.

  2. Reasoned answers

    Every answer is structured and justified, with the laws or internal documents it rests on. One click opens the source.

  3. Context

    NaDIA cross-references the sources and returns the complete legal framework that applies.

The law and your authority’s institutional memory, together.

On one side, federal and cantonal law; on the other, the municipality’s regulations, council resolutions and plans. NaDIA connects them.

AExternal

Legal knowledge base

  • Federal and cantonal legislation
  • Official interpretations and administrative practice
  • Relevant case law

BInternal

Municipal documentation

  • Municipal regulations and internal directives
  • Council resolutions and municipal decisions
  • Land-use plans and planning instruments
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Result A + B

Consistent answers that link internal documentation with the higher-ranking legal framework.

The external legal knowledge base and the internal municipal documentation flow into NaDIA, which returns consistent answers that link the two.

A resource for every office in the municipality.

The platform is scalable and suits small municipalities as well as more complex administrative structures.

  • Managing regulations: consulting the history of council resolutions.
  • Permissions by role and office: each document can be made available only to authorised users, roles and offices.
NaDIA

  1. Municipal secretariat

    Workflow management and general support.

  2. Technical offices and planning

    Quick access to building regulations and land-use plans.

  3. Building and urban planning

    Checking compliance with regulations.

  4. Legal and administrative affairs

    Research into case law and practice.

From the blank page to the draft.

NaDIA assists staff in drafting texts and administrative acts. It prepares a first draft, so the work does not start from a blank page.

  1. 01

    Request

    An email, a council question, something the office needs.

  2. NaDIA

    02

    NaDIA draft

    Based on your authority’s templates and guidelines.

    What it drafts

    • Draft replies to institutional emails.
    • Replies to council questions or to requests from citizens and organisations.
    • Standard texts: notices, explanatory notes, formal acknowledgements.

  3. 03

    Human review and approval

    Staff review it, correct it and decide whether to send it.

    Every draft must be checked and approved by municipal staff before it is sent.

The request reaches NaDIA, which prepares a draft; staff check it, approve it and decide whether to send it.

In the language of the request.

NaDIA understands, analyses and generates content in the language of the request. It eases communication with citizens and institutions, intercantonal procedures and the work of bilingual municipalities.

Official languages of the cantons

  • DEGerman: ZH, LU, UR, SZ, OW, NW, GL, ZG, SO, BS, BL, SH, AR, AI, SG, AG, TG17
  • FRFrench: VD, NE, GE, JU4
  • ITItalian: TI1
  • DE FRGerman and French: BE, FR, VS3
  • DE RM ITGerman, Romansh and Italian: GR1
German-, French- and Italian-speaking cantons; Bern, Fribourg and Valais bilingual; Grisons trilingual.ZHBELUURSZOWNWGLZGFRSOBSBLSHARAISGGRAGTGTIVDVSNEGEJU

Your authority’s data.

Three deployment options, to be chosen according to your authority’s IT security policies. For each one we state where the documents are kept, where processing takes place and what goes out.

  1. 01 / 03

    Standard (cloud)

    Cloud

    • Documents: Temporarily in Native Digital’s cloud systems.
    • Processing: Processing in the cloud, encrypted.

    When to choose it: Quick activation, scalability, simple management.

  2. 02 / 03

    On-premise

    At your premises

    • Documents: On your authority’s servers.

    Cloud

    • Processing: Processing in the cloud, encrypted.

    When to choose it: Direct control over the data and deep integration with existing systems.

  3. 03 / 03

    Dedicated server

    At your premises

    • Documents: On a dedicated server at your premises.
    • Processing: Exclusively on the local server.

    Cloud

    No data transferred to the cloud.

    When to choose it: Confidentiality and isolation of the data.

For each option: where the documents are kept and where processing takes place, at your premises or in the cloud.

What goes out, and what is not kept.

  • Encryption of data during processing.
  • Secure integration with existing information systems.
Security and data, sector by sector

01 02Standard (cloud) and On-premise

  1. Your authority
  2. Encryptionthe text leaves encrypted
  3. Anonymisationof personal data, in Switzerland
  4. External modelprocesses the text
What goes out
The text to be processed, encrypted. Personal data is anonymised in Switzerland before an external model processes the text.
What is neither stored nor used for training
In standard configurations no personal data is stored, except authorised anonymised data.

03Dedicated server

  1. Local serverat your premises
  2. Your perimeternothing leaves
  3. Cloudno data transferred
What goes out
Nothing: no data leaves your authority.
What is neither stored nor used for training
No data transferred to the cloud.
Simplifying bureaucracy to give more time to public value.

NaDIA’s aim for public bodies

The path to adoption.

You start with a few users and extend step by step to the other offices.

  1. 01PoC

    Pilot project

    Testing features and integration with a limited number of users.

  2. 02Guidance

    Training

    Dedicated support for using the system and for managing document workflows.

  3. 03Gradual

    Extension

    Licences extended progressively to the other offices.

Throughout the process

Support commitment: continuous technical assistance and advice to improve the knowledge base.

NaDIA is already used in solutions for municipalities and cantons.

The aim is to make the administration’s knowledge more accessible, in a controlled AI environment.

In Switzerland, NaDIA is marketed through a distributor specialising in public administration. Write to us: we will put you in touch with the contact person for your canton.

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Fields of application

  • 01Organising documentation
  • 02Finding information
  • 03Knowledge management
  • 04Access to regulations and procedures
  • 05Making the most of existing archives

What the municipality gains.

Operational efficiency

A lighter workload for the offices, and repetitive tasks automated.

Legal certainty

The current legal framework and your authority’s historical records, close at hand.

Modernisation

A tool in line with the digitalisation strategy of public administration.

Flexibility

The deployment option is chosen to fit your authority’s IT security policies.

NaDIA in the other sectors

All sectors

The future of administration is here.

Contact us to start a pilot project in your municipality.

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