Table 1.

Comparing policy design elements in Norwegian and Swiss NPGH documents (Source: Authors)

	Norway33	Switzerland34
Targets	Global health governance system: policy venues, institutions, networks and partnerships for collective action on global health
Goals	Integrate policy levels: incorporate international and Norwegian domestic objectives related to global health	Orchestrate policy sectors: institutionalise collaborative working processes for global health between multiple sectors in Switzerland
Rationales and assumptions	Norway can impact global health governance building on history of political leadership contributing to global health improvement	Administrative innovation can strengthen Swiss interactions in the global health governance system
Instruments	(External) Global health diplomacy—international co-operation/relations	(Internal) Global health diplomacy—interministerial co-ordination/dialogue
Implementation structures	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation	Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Federal Office of Public Health, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Implementation rules	Political	Administrative