Geneva Graduate Institute - Executive Education

⏳ Last chance to apply – deadline 4 June

As competition for funding intensifies, organisations need professionals who can secure resources, build strategic donor relationships, and develop sustainable fundraising approaches.

Our Executive Course in Mastering Fundraising Practices provides practical tools and insights to strengthen your fundraising strategy, craft compelling proposals, engage donors effectively, and explore how AI can support resource mobilisation.

Join a diverse network of professionals committed to driving meaningful impact.

📅 Applications close on 4 June.
👉 Apply now: executive.graduateinstitute.ch/ee-fundraising

With Matteo Guidotti and Emilie Compignie

Alors que la Fédération genevoise de coopération - FGC s’apprête à célébrer ses 60 ans d’engagement solidaire en 2026, Dominique Rossier, présidente de la FGC et coordinatrice académique pour l’Afrique francophone du programme en Politiques et Pratiques du Développement (DPP), revient sur les profondes transformations de l’aide au développement et leurs implications pour la société civile genevoise.

Dans cet entretien mené par Marc Galvin du département de recherche du Geneva Graduate Institute, Dominique Rossier et Catherine Schumperli Younossian, secrétaire générale de la FGC, partagent leurs réflexions sur les défis actuels de la coopération internationale, les mutations géopolitiques et le rôle des acteurs locaux dans un contexte mondial en pleine recomposition.

🎧 Écoutez l’extrait ici :
soundcloud.com/ro_iheid/laide-au-developpement-et-la

🎉 La FGC célébrera également ses 60 ans à travers deux journées de festivités et de rencontres consacrées à l’engagement solidaire :
www.fgc.ch/agenda/deux-jours-de-festivites-pour-celebrer-60-ans-dengagement-solidaire

📸 Crédit : David Wagnières

Ce 18 mai a marqué le début des ateliers de fin du module 1 du programme CAS-DAS en Genre et Développement de l'Institut de Hautes Études Internationales et du Développement.

Durant trois jours, 57 participant-e-s venu-e-s de dix pays d'Afrique (Mali, Niger, Côte d'Ivoire, Tchad, Togo, Bénin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Sénégal et République Démocratique du Congo) se retrouvent simultanément en présentiel à Ouagadougou et à Cotonou, et en ligne, pour approfondir les connaissances théoriques du module à travers des exercices pratiques et des échanges collectifs.

Face aux crises sécuritaires et aux changements climatiques qui pèsent lourdement sur les dynamiques de genre en Afrique, ce programme vise à renforcer les capacités des acteurs·trices clé·e·s pour une meilleure prise en compte du genre dans les actions en faveur d'un développement durable.

En savoir plus sur le programme 👉 https://executive.graduateinstitute.ch/programmes/genre-et-developpement

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How does the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry inform healthcare policy? What role does Public Affairs play in this regard?

On 26 May, Jérôme Duberry and Ali Mardini will share practical insights from the front lines of diplomacy, negotiation and public affairs.

📅 26 May 2026 | 12:30–13:30
💻 Online

Register here 👉 executive.graduateinstitute.ch/events/healthcare-policy-role-industry-public-affairs

Learn more about the Executive Programme in Diplomacy, Negotiation and Policy 👉 executive.graduateinstitute.ch/diplomacy

Migration is one of the most debated global issues

Too often, migration policy is shaped by political narratives rather than evidence. Our new online course Navigating Migration Governance, designed and taught by Professor Vincent Chetail, is built to change that.

Over four weeks, participants will gain a structured, critical understanding of how migration policies are really made, and the practical tools to analyse, design, and engage with migration governance in their own work.

📅 22 September – 19 October 2026

💻 Online

Learn more and register 👉 https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/communications/news/applications-navigating-migration-governance-course-are-now-open

Is international cooperation dying?

« International cooperation and humanitarian aid are currently facing a level of contestation not seen for decades. » In a new article originally published in Globe, Alexandre Dormeier Freire, Dominique Rossier, and Maria Liliana Soler-Gómez Lutzelschwab argue that this is not a resource problem, but clearly a political one.

One of the main drivers of this contraction lies in the security-oriented narratives and nationalist shift of several countries that had long been pillars of international cooperation. More broadly, liberal democracies are facing a genuine crisis of their own model, a crisis that is eroding the possibility of consensus on major issues.

👉Read the article here: https://executiveeducation.blog/themes/development/fragmenting-democracies-and-the-slow-death-of-international-cooperation/

👉Learn more about Globe, the Graduate Institute Review: https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/globe

Photo credit: Jean-François Fort / Hans Lucas

On 4 May, the Maison de la Paix hosted an evening in defence of those who risk everything to tell the truth.

Organised by the Freedom Cartoonists Foundation in partnership with the Geneva Graduate Institute, the City of Geneva, and Le Temps, the event marked World Press Freedom Day and the awarding of the 2026 Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award.

Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz delivered the keynote, drawing a sharp parallel between press freedom, academic freedom, and the health of democracy, before offering three sobering lessons from what he described as the "quick erosion of democracy in the United States."

A powerful evening, and a reminder that defending freedom of expression is not just a cause for one day a year.

Watch the full event 👉 https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/communications/news/geneva-celebrates-press-freedom-and-editorial-cartooning

How can we rethink intellectual property frameworks in the age of artificial intelligence to ensure broader access to knowledge and innovation?

On 18 May, the Geneva Graduate Institute will host a public lecture by Maggie Chon exploring the evolving relationship between IP, AI and global public interest. The discussion will examine how emerging technologies are reshaping access to scientific knowledge, creativity and innovation.

This lecture is part of a new collaboration between the Centre on Knowledge Governance and Executive Education at the Geneva Graduate Institute.

📍 Villa Barton, Geneva
📅 18 May 2026 | 18:30
🥂 Followed by a cocktail reception

👉 Read more and register: https://executiveeducation.blog/themes/artificial-intelligence/public-lecture-unlocking-knowledge-through-ip-and-ai/

Public lecture: Unlocking Knowledge through IP and AI - Executive Education Blog Join us this Monday, 18 May at 6:30 pm for a public lecture titled Reimagining Intellectual Property to Ensure Inclusive Science, delivered by Professor Maggie Chon. This hybrid event, held…