This article provides a summary of efforts and projects related to the provision of gifted students and talent development in Swiss schools and with partners in the German speaking Central Europe. In the first part, relevant activities about teacher education in Switzerland based on a cooperative arrangement with the University of Connecticut will be discussed--as will the international impact and influence of new professional and scientific networks in this specific field of the teacher education. The second part describes best practices from three different schools in different parts of Switzerland: an elementary school (KG-6th) in Central Switzerland; a middle school (7-9) from East Switzerland; and a Gymnasium (High School; 11-13) from Northwestern Switzerland.