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Global Health and Drug Policy, 19-21 October 2020
IHEID
Graduate Institute (IHEID)
The 2016 United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on the World Drug Problem set the tone for the drug policy reform debate, but moving forward, many fear that this tone will be lost. In this 3-day course we will explore questions such as: What should the new direction post-2019 be for the future UN governance of international drug policy? How can different actors contribute to a global process in order to ensure that drug policies improve rather than harm the health and welfare of people? What should the role of civil society and user networks be in the international debate on drug policies?DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
Graduate Institute (IHEID), Switzerland
IHEID
International Affairs: Global Governance
Countries across the globe are increasingly linked and dependent on each other. This can lead to tensions and confusion. This course will give you a compass to navigate our interconnected world. You’ll learn all about global governance, which aims for increased cooperation between nations, and why it’s vital. You will also explore the complex processes and institutions aiming at managing global challenges and issues, learning how the large variety of stakeholders can make global governance a tricky job.
What topics will you cover?
- The visible and invisible: international summits and norms of global governance.
- The global regulatory toolkit : hard law and soft law
- Blended governance mechanisms
- Beyond state to state solutions: public-private partnerships
IHEID
Graduate Institute (IHEID)
Learn the importance of global governance and explore the processes and institutions finding solutions for global challenges.Countries across the globe are increasingly linked and dependent on each other. This can lead to tensions and confusion. This course will give you a compass to navigate our interconnected world. You’ll learn all about global governance, which aims for increased cooperation between nations, and why it’s vital. You will also explore the complex processes and institutions aiming at managing global challenges and issues, learning how the large variety of stakeholders can make global governance a tricky job.
What topics will you cover?
- The visible and invisible: international summits and norms of global governance.
- The global regulatory toolkit : hard law and soft law
- Blended governance mechanisms
- Beyond state to state solutions: public-private partnerships
Graduate Institute (IHEID), Switzerland
IHEID
Technology Innovation for Sustainable Development
Technology innovation can be a great enabler for development in low and middle-income countries. This course presents a methodology and an approach to develop impactful innovations that have the power to foster sustainable development. Whether you are from an industrialized or a developing country, whether you are employed in a company, an NGO, an international organization or a government. Whether you are an academic, an independent entrepreneur, or simply a passionate individual, this course is for you.
You will learn how, as an innovator, you can help solve important issues that burden those living in poverty. Through practical examples, we will demonstrate how you can take your initiative from a blank sheet of paper through to large-scale deployment of your technology innovation.
This course is not just about coming up with a nice idea, or designing a nice prototype, but more importantly, about sustainably deploying it at large scale. It fosters an entrepreneurial approach, as you will learn how to design business models that are relevant to address development-related challenges. It encourages co-creating the solution with the key stakeholders involved, including the affected populations.
Coming-up with solutions that are more affordable and more durable, that require less use of consumables and electricity while still being economically viable, concerns all of us, and not just the people living in poverty.
There is no previous knowledge required.
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Learn how to use technology innovation as a tool to fight poverty and enable sustainable development.Technology innovation can be a great enabler for development in low and middle-income countries. This course presents a methodology and an approach to develop impactful innovations that have the power to foster sustainable development. Whether you are from an industrialized or a developing country, whether you are employed in a company, an NGO, an international organization or a government. Whether you are an academic, an independent entrepreneur, or simply a passionate individual, this course is for you.
You will learn how, as an innovator, you can help solve important issues that burden those living in poverty. Through practical examples, we will demonstrate how you can take your initiative from a blank sheet of paper through to large-scale deployment of your technology innovation.
This course is not just about coming up with a nice idea, or designing a nice prototype, but more importantly, about sustainably deploying it at large scale. It fosters an entrepreneurial approach, as you will learn how to design business models that are relevant to address development-related challenges. It encourages co-creating the solution with the key stakeholders involved, including the affected populations.
Coming-up with solutions that are more affordable and more durable, that require less use of consumables and electricity while still being economically viable, concerns all of us, and not just the people living in poverty.
There is no previous knowledge required.
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Le genre au temps des pandémies: Comprendre les crises sanitaires et planifier des réponses genrées, du 4 nov. au 8 déc. 2020
English version coming on February 2021
Les questions de genre passent souvent au second plan face à l'urgence d'agir en temps de pandémie. Les crises du VIH/Sida, MERS, H1N1, Ebola ou Zika ont pourtant démontré l’importance de l’approche intersectionnelle et genrée pour répondre de manière adéquate aux besoins différenciés des populations. La pandémie de COVID-19, au scénario sans précédent, a une fois encore exacerbé les inégalités et éclairé les discriminations fondées sur le genre, la classe sociale, l’âge, le groupe ethnique et le handicap. Mais elle a aussi confirmé la capacité des femmes à résister et s’organiser face aux situations de crise, et entrouvert des fenêtres de changement. Il devient urgent de tirer les leçons du passé, de s'outiller, et de planifier des réponses stratégiques qui réduisent durablement les inégalités de genre et endiguent les effets des crises qui les font perdurer.
Public cible
Cette formation s’adresse aux responsables et praticien·ne·s des secteurs public, privé et non gouvernemental ainsi qu'aux chercheur·e·s qui souhaitent s’approprier des méthodes et outils pour intégrer le genre dans la gestion des pandémies.
Objectifs
- Analyser comment les pandémies produisent et/ou aggravent les inégalités dans les différentes régions du monde via une approche genrée et intersectionnelle
- Comprendre, à travers les approches féministes, l'impact des modèles de développement et des politiques publiques sur les inégalités structurelles de genre
- Acquérir des méthodes et des outils pour adapter ou élaborer des programmes et des projets plus inclusifs et plus égalitaires
- Planifier des réponses stratégiques genrées à court, moyen, et/ou long terme
IHEID
Graduate Institute (IHEID)
Dates: du 4 nov. au 8 déc. 2020; Postulez avant le 21 oct. 2020English version coming on February 2021
Les questions de genre passent souvent au second plan face à l'urgence d'agir en temps de pandémie. Les crises du VIH/Sida, MERS, H1N1, Ebola ou Zika ont pourtant démontré l’importance de l’approche intersectionnelle et genrée pour répondre de manière adéquate aux besoins différenciés des populations. La pandémie de COVID-19, au scénario sans précédent, a une fois encore exacerbé les inégalités et éclairé les discriminations fondées sur le genre, la classe sociale, l’âge, le groupe ethnique et le handicap. Mais elle a aussi confirmé la capacité des femmes à résister et s’organiser face aux situations de crise, et entrouvert des fenêtres de changement. Il devient urgent de tirer les leçons du passé, de s'outiller, et de planifier des réponses stratégiques qui réduisent durablement les inégalités de genre et endiguent les effets des crises qui les font perdurer.
Public cible
Cette formation s’adresse aux responsables et praticien·ne·s des secteurs public, privé et non gouvernemental ainsi qu'aux chercheur·e·s qui souhaitent s’approprier des méthodes et outils pour intégrer le genre dans la gestion des pandémies.
Objectifs
- Analyser comment les pandémies produisent et/ou aggravent les inégalités dans les différentes régions du monde via une approche genrée et intersectionnelle
- Comprendre, à travers les approches féministes, l'impact des modèles de développement et des politiques publiques sur les inégalités structurelles de genre
- Acquérir des méthodes et des outils pour adapter ou élaborer des programmes et des projets plus inclusifs et plus égalitaires
- Planifier des réponses stratégiques genrées à court, moyen, et/ou long terme
Graduate Institute (IHEID), Switzerland
IHEID
Technology Innovation for Sustainable Development
What you'll learn
- Determine how contextual factors influence technology development and deployment.
- Create innovative technologies that sustainably impact poverty.
- Lead a technology innovation process -from initial concept to product scale-up- maximizing impact and minimizing risk.
- Evaluate alternative business models for technologies intended to impact poverty.
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Technology innovation can be a great enabler for development in low and middle-income countries. This course presents a methodology and an approach to develop impactful innovations that have the power to foster sustainable development. Whether you are from an industrialized or a developing country, whether you are employed in a company, an NGO, an international organization or a government. Whether you are an academic, an independent entrepreneur, or simply a passionate individual, this course is for you. You will learn how, as an innovator, you can help solve important issues that burden those living in poverty. Through practical examples, we will demonstrate how you can take your initiative from a blank sheet of paper through to large-scale deployment of your technology innovation. This course is not just about coming up with a nice idea, or designing a nice prototype, but more importantly, about sustainably deploying it at large scale. It fosters an entrepreneurial approach, as you will learn how to design business models that are relevant to address development-related challenges. It encourages co-creating the solution with the key stakeholders involved, including the affected populations. Coming-up with solutions that are more affordable and more durable, that require less use of consumables and electricity while still being economically viable, concerns all of us, and not just the people living in poverty. There is no previous knowledge required.What you'll learn
- Determine how contextual factors influence technology development and deployment.
- Create innovative technologies that sustainably impact poverty.
- Lead a technology innovation process -from initial concept to product scale-up- maximizing impact and minimizing risk.
- Evaluate alternative business models for technologies intended to impact poverty.
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
International Affairs: Global Governance
Countries across the globe are increasingly linked and dependent on each other. This can lead to tensions and confusion. this course will give you a compass to navigate our interconnected world. Learners will learn all about global governance, which aims for increased cooperation between nations, and why it’s vital. You will also explore the complex processes and institutions aiming at managing global challenges and issues, learning how the large variety of stakeholders can make global governance a tricky job.
Workload: 3h per week (duration 4 weeks)
Free online course, upgrade available
IHEID
Graduate Institute (IHEID)
Learn the importance of global governance and explore the processes and institutions finding solutions for global challenges.Countries across the globe are increasingly linked and dependent on each other. This can lead to tensions and confusion. this course will give you a compass to navigate our interconnected world. Learners will learn all about global governance, which aims for increased cooperation between nations, and why it’s vital. You will also explore the complex processes and institutions aiming at managing global challenges and issues, learning how the large variety of stakeholders can make global governance a tricky job.
Workload: 3h per week (duration 4 weeks)
Free online course, upgrade available
Graduate Institute (IHEID), Switzerland
IHEID
Partnering for Change - Link Research to Societal Challenges: How Can We Address Societal Challenges With Research? Investigate the Principles, Processes, and Uses of Transdisciplinarity.
In today’s world, we face many complex societal challenges. Projects addressing these challenges often involve actors and stakeholders from different fields and disciplines bringing together their own perspectives or knowledge on a topic. Accordingly, collaborative transdisciplinary approaches are crucial for the success of a project.
On this course, you’ll explore how to meet the challenges of conducting effective transdisciplinary research. You’ll gain insights into a variety of case studies from different fields as you learn from the experiences of peers and experts.
What topics will you cover?
- Research skills needed in order to produce relevant outcomes for society and academia
- Transdisciplinarity: principles, research processes, and application
- Guiding questions, phases, and steps in transdisciplinary projects
- Pitfalls and opportunities in transdisciplinary projects
- Ethical implications of co-production processes
- Examples of transdisciplinary projects on sustainable development, migration, and health topics
The course will be mentored from 30 March to 10 May 2020. It is, however, possible to inscribe for the course until 21 June 2021.
Swiss Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries (KFPE)
Discover the methods and tools of transdisciplinary research.In today’s world, we face many complex societal challenges. Projects addressing these challenges often involve actors and stakeholders from different fields and disciplines bringing together their own perspectives or knowledge on a topic. Accordingly, collaborative transdisciplinary approaches are crucial for the success of a project.
On this course, you’ll explore how to meet the challenges of conducting effective transdisciplinary research. You’ll gain insights into a variety of case studies from different fields as you learn from the experiences of peers and experts.
What topics will you cover?
- Research skills needed in order to produce relevant outcomes for society and academia
- Transdisciplinarity: principles, research processes, and application
- Guiding questions, phases, and steps in transdisciplinary projects
- Pitfalls and opportunities in transdisciplinary projects
- Ethical implications of co-production processes
- Examples of transdisciplinary projects on sustainable development, migration, and health topics
The course will be mentored from 30 March to 10 May 2020. It is, however, possible to inscribe for the course until 21 June 2021.
Swiss Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries (KFPE), Switzerland
A Resilient Future: Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction
This course aims to introduce participants to existing and emerging technologies suitable for disaster risk reduction while promoting the overall aim of sustainable development. The course focuses on three main natural hazards- floods, landslides and earthquakes. It also discusses the challenges and limits of adapting and adopting technologies depending on context (Global North and Global South) with examples from Switzerland, Nepal, Colombia, Philippines and other countries.
Participants will be able to:
- Explain Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) related concepts and science and technology for DRR.
- Identify and describe existing and emerging technologies for landslide and flood reduction.
- Explain methodological tools to assess vulnerabilities and risk and strengthen the resilience of communities at risk of landslides, floods and earthquakes.
- Exemplify the role and the challenges of science and technological innovations for disaster risk reduction in an interdisciplinary manner including the importance of social aspects.
- Recognize some of the actors active in DRR and international policy frameworks and technology for DRR.
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Discover how science and technology help us reduce disaster risk and increase resilience.This course aims to introduce participants to existing and emerging technologies suitable for disaster risk reduction while promoting the overall aim of sustainable development. The course focuses on three main natural hazards- floods, landslides and earthquakes. It also discusses the challenges and limits of adapting and adopting technologies depending on context (Global North and Global South) with examples from Switzerland, Nepal, Colombia, Philippines and other countries.
Participants will be able to:
- Explain Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) related concepts and science and technology for DRR.
- Identify and describe existing and emerging technologies for landslide and flood reduction.
- Explain methodological tools to assess vulnerabilities and risk and strengthen the resilience of communities at risk of landslides, floods and earthquakes.
- Exemplify the role and the challenges of science and technological innovations for disaster risk reduction in an interdisciplinary manner including the importance of social aspects.
- Recognize some of the actors active in DRR and international policy frameworks and technology for DRR.
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
A Resilient Future: Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction
What you'll learn
Participants will be able to:
- Explain Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) related concepts and science and technology for DRR.
- Identify and describe existing and emerging technologies for landslide and flood reduction.
- Explain methodological tools to assess vulnerabilities and risk and strengthen the resilience of communities at risk of landslides, floods and earthquakes.
- Exemplify the role and the challenges of science and technological innovations for disaster risk reduction in an interdisciplinary manner including the importance of social aspects.
- Recognize some of the actors active in DRR and international policy frameworks and technology for DRR.
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
This course aims to introduce participants to existing and emerging technologies suitable for disaster risk reduction while promoting the overall aim of sustainable development. The course focuses on three main natural hazards- floods, landslides and earthquakes. It also discusses the challenges and limits of adapting and adopting technologies depending on context (Global North and Global South) with examples from Switzerland, Nepal, Colombia, Philippines and other countries.What you'll learn
Participants will be able to:
- Explain Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) related concepts and science and technology for DRR.
- Identify and describe existing and emerging technologies for landslide and flood reduction.
- Explain methodological tools to assess vulnerabilities and risk and strengthen the resilience of communities at risk of landslides, floods and earthquakes.
- Exemplify the role and the challenges of science and technological innovations for disaster risk reduction in an interdisciplinary manner including the importance of social aspects.
- Recognize some of the actors active in DRR and international policy frameworks and technology for DRR.
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
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