Massachusetts
The “Commonwealth of Massachusetts” is one of the USA’s east coast states. With its many famous universities and high-tech companies, it is one of the world’s most innovative economic and scientific regions.
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- Photo: Juri Weiss
Basel-Stadt and the State of Massachusetts have long discovered that they have many things in common. Both partners are among the leading economic areas in their country; they are home to many very successful high-tech companies, especially in the field of life sciences, and to many distinguished research institutions. Also, both states offer a high standard of living, a rich cultural life as well as many tourist attractions.
By signing the “Sister State Agreement” on June 20, 2002, the canton of Basel-Stadt and the state of Massachusetts undertook to broaden their cooperation, to engage in joint projects and programmes in the fields of science and education, art and culture, economics and trade, government and administration and to promote an active exchange of ideas.
The Sister-State Agreement
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- Former Government Councilor Baschi Dürr and Governor Charlie Baker in the State House with the Swiss Consul General in New York, Ambassador André Schaller.
The Sister-State Agreement between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Canton of Basel-Stadt was signed in Boston on June 20, 2002 by former President of the Government of Basel-Stadt Carlo Conti and former Governor of Massachusetts Jane Swift. This put the cooperation between the two communities on a solid, long-term footing. In April 2007, Deval L. Patrick, former Governor of Massachusetts, reaffirmed the partnership through a proclamation.
In November 2015, the Sister State Agreement between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Canton of Basel-Stadt in Boston was renewed by the Governor of Massachusetts, Charlie Baker, and the former Basel Councilor Baschi Dürr.