In Switzerland, there are three institutions responsible for forecast and warning of natural hazards in Switzerland. These are MeteoSwiss (weather), the Federal Agency for Environment (floods) and the Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF (avalanches). GIN is the Common Natural Hazard Information Platform ("Gemeinsame Informationsplattform Naturgefahren") to be developed and operated by the three institutions. The GIN should meet the general demand for natural hazards safety managers to have the data and information bulletins of the three institutions available in a compact way on a "single screen".