Development Policies and Practices

Module 1

In one of our regional hubs: Accra, Bangkok, Bishkek, Doha, Lima or Ouagadougou - Certificate & Master

2 weeks online and 3 weeks face-to-face

• Analyse region-specific issues and understand interactions between policies, practices and actors

• Acquire methodological skills to carry out a research

• Rethink projects with strategic management tools

The participants to the Certificate must write a paper and submit it two months after the end of the module.

Module 2

At your place of work & online - Master

4 months part-time

• Gather information (data collection, interviews, observations)

• Write your professional thesis (topic relevant to your work and your organisation’s needs)

• Attend elective e-learning courses on different topics (TBC)

Module 3

In International Geneva - Master

2.5 weeks face-to-face

• Strengthen your leadership skills (mediation, negotiation, communication, foresight)

• Present your professional thesis findings in public

• Participate in work sessions with public administrations, international and non-governmental organisations

Courses are in English, French or Spanish (with translations)

Class Experience
 

• Peer-to-peer learning - engage with peers from various continents and sectors

• Interactive teaching - learn actively with learner-centered approaches

• Partners faculty and speakers - benefit from guidance and coaching from our staff

• Case studies, field visits - look into concrete field projects and classes

• Diversity - benefit from exposure to speakers, faculty staff and peers from 4 continents

• Professional thesis - write a paper with professional relevance and impact through guidance from teachers and discussions with peers

fees

Logistic fees are organised and covered by the programme. You are only required to organise and take at your expenses the round trip to attend Module 1.

Priority countries

If you are coming from a priority country, your financial contribution will be limited to CHF 3'500.

Opportunities for other countries

If you are coming from a non-priority country, you may still be eligible for cost reduction and your financial contribution will be fixed according to the Human Development Index (HDI):

• CHF 12'500 for candidates coming from a country with a low-to-medium HDI

• CHF 17'500 for candidates coming from a country with a high HDI

• CHF 25'000 for candidates coming from a country with a very high HDI

Swiss candidates

Your contribution will vary between CHF 3'500 and CHF 25'000, and will be fixed according to your 'Revenu Déterminant Unifié' (RDU). For more information, please, contact Bruno Medroa.

If you are a Geneva tax payer, you may be eligible to the chèque annuel de formation (CAF) up to CHF 2'250, delivered by the Canton of Geneva. The CAF request must be made before the start of the training. The programme reference is 2713.

Entry requirements
 

• Bachelor's degree (minimum 3 years) and several years (ideally 5-7 years) of professional experience (or an equivalent combination of training and experience)

• Proficiency either in English, French or Spanish

• Support of the applicant's organisation - Master only

• Optimal age: between 30 and 45 years - Master only

degrees awarded

Executive Certificate in Development Policies and Practices
Certificate of Advanced Studies - CAS (15 ECTS)
Requires successful completion of Module 1 assessments and final paper

Executive Master in Development Policies and Practices
Diploma of Advanced Studies - DAS (30 ECTS)
Requires successful completion of Modules 1, 2 and 3 assessments and thesis

This programme counts towards the Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in International Strategy and Leadership

IMPORTANT: Please, note that CAS and DAS degrees cannot be counted as academic degree requirements needed for PhD applications.

APplication process

• Online application form

• Scanned copies of your academic degrees

• Letter of reference from your current or previous employer -  Certificate only

• Letter from your current employer explaining the relevance of your professional thesis for the institution's activities and objectives. This letter must be written on headed paper and include the full contact details of the person signing it: surname, first name, position, email address and telephone number - Master only - Download letter outline

Alumni benefits
 

Upon successful completion of the degree (Executive Certificate or Executive Master), participants become alumni of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, and get the following benefits:

• Full alumni membership of the Graduate Institute alumni network of 19,000+ members

• 10% discount on Executive Education programmes

• Networking and professional development opportunities through alumni regional chapters and DPP community of practice

Learn from renowned professionals, professors, and experts from four continents. A close collaboration between the Graduate Institute and its partners provides the participants with the best expertise possible from regional universities, bilateral agencies, NGO's, public administrations and international organisations. The curriculum also emphasises on peer learning and offers multiple spaces of discussions and exchanges among participants and alumni.

Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou

Yam Pukri | dpp.ouagadougou@gmail.com | Sylvestre Ouedraogo & Leticia Son

• Dominique Rossier - Coordinatrice académique régionale pour l’Afrique francophone

• Sylvestre Ouedraogo - Directeur de Yam Pukri, Chercheur à l’Université de Ouagadougou

• Christophe Gironde - Chargé d'enseignement et de recherche en études du développement (IHEID)

• Jean-Michel Servet - Professeur honoraire en études du développement (IHEID)

• Mahaman Tidjani Alou - Professeur agrégé de science politique à l’Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey

• Younoussa Touré - Anthropologue, Directeur de recherche à l’Université de Bamako

• Amélie Zio - Coordinatrice de Yam Pukri

• Leticia Son - Chargée de suivi-évaluation des projets de Yam Pukri

• Daouda Diakité - Promoteur et président de TechnoLAB-ISTA

• Sékou Dairou Ballo - Directeur des études de TechnoLAB-ISTA

Ghana, Accra

University of Ghana Business School | geenchill@ug.edu.gh | Gifty Enchill

• Matteo Guidotti - Regional Academic Coordinator for English-speaking Africa

• Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai - Senior Lecturer in the Department of Public Administration (UGBS), and Honorary Research Fellow at the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester (UK)

• Mohammed-Anwar Sadat Adam - Development Practitioner, Consultant and Researcher

• Daniele Fino - Consultant and ex director of the DPP programme

• Oliver Jütersonke - Head of Research at the Centre on Conflict, Development &  Peacebuilding (IHEID)

• Akosua Keseboa Darkwah - Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology of the University of Ghana

• Lord Mawuko-Yevugah - Senior Lecturer/Coordinator, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration

• Ebo Turkson - Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics, University of Ghana

• Mario Nartey - Programme Administrator, UGBS

• Gifty Enchill - Business Development Manager, UGBS

Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek

American University of Central Asia | kim_el@auca.kg | Elena Kim

• Assel Tutumlu - Regional Academic Coordinator for Central Asia & Caucasus

• Elena Kim - Associate Professor, Social Sciences Division & Head, Department of Psychology (AUCA)

• Alexandre Dormeier Freire - Programme Director

• Oliver Jütersonke - Head of Research at the Centre on Conflict, Development & Peacebuilding (IHEID)

• Nidal Salim - Founder and Director General, Global Institute for Water, Environment and Health (GIWEH)

• Medet Tiulegenov - Assistant Professor, International and Comparative Politics Department (AUCA)

• Nurgul Ukueva - Vice President for Academic Affairs at AUCA

• Kurmanzhan Asylbekova - Assistant at Social Sciences Division, AUCA

Perú, Lima

Centro de Estudios y Promoción del Desarrollo | liliana@desco.org.pe | Liliana Zamalloa

• Liliana Soler - Coordinadora académica regional para América latina

• Molvina Zeballos Manzur - Socióloga y presidente de desco

• Daniele Fino - Consultor y ex director del programa

• Graziella Moraes Silva - Profesor asistente en antropología y sociología (IHEID)

• Fanni Muñoz Cabrejo - Directora, Maestría en Estudios de Género, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP)

• Félix Reátegui Carrillo - Asesor del Instituto de Democracia y Derechos Humanos, PUCP

• Dario Restrepo - Profesor en la facultad de Ciencias Económicas de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia

• Eduardo Toche Medrano - Historiador e investigador, desco

• Liliana Zamalloa Jordán - Coordinadora del DPP, desco

• Elizabeth Salmón - Directora del Instituto de Democracia y Derechos Humanos, PUCP

qatar, doha

Hamad Bin Khalifa University | etok@hbku.edu.qa | Evren Tok

• Alaa Tartir - Regional Academic Coordinator for Middle-East & North Africa

• Evren Tok - Assistant Dean for Innovation and Community Development and Associate Professor, College of Islamic Studies, HBKU

• Alexandre Dormeier Freire - Programme Director

• Bilal Alhabian - Senior Manager - Strategy, Education Above All Foundation

• Abdulfatah Said Mohamed - Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

• Louay Safi - Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)

• Elena Kim - American University of Central Asia (AUCA)

• Claudia Seymour - Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP), Graduate Institute (IHEID), Geneva

• Mustafa Osman - Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) & Former Representative of Sudan to the UN & WHO

• Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou - Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)

• Dalal Aassouli - Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)

• Ahmed Aref - Doha International Family Institute (DIFI)

Switzerland, Geneva

Executive Education, Graduate Institute | dpp@graduateinstitute.ch | Bruno Medroa

• Alexandre Dormeier Freire - Programme Director

• Matteo Guidotti - Regional Academic Coordinator for English-speaking Africa

• Phan Nguyen - Regiional Academic Coordinator for Southeast Asia

• Dominique Rossier - Regional Academic Coordinator for French-speaking Africa

• Assel Tutumlu - Regional Academic Coordinator for Central Asia & Caucasus

• Liliana Soler - Regional Academic Coordinator for Latin America

• Alaa Tartir - Regional Academic Coordinator for Middle East & North Africa

• Cédric Dupont - Professor in International Relations/Political Science, President of Executive Education

• Daniele Fino - Consultant and ex director of the DPP programme

• Sophie Huber Kodbaye - Director of the Centre for Continuing and Distance Education, University of Geneva

• Yves Lagier - Managing Director at InterCultural Consulting, Geneva

• Lucette Quarteron - Executive coach and trainer on Leadership and Communication

• Véronique Schoeffel - Expert in the field of intercultural communication

• Alain Sigg - Consultant

• Claudy Vouhé - Co-founder and Policy Officer at ‘L’Etre Egale’

• Bruno Medroa - Programme Manager

• Stéphanie Roy Michael - Promotion & Alumni Officer

• Claire Francioli - Programme Assistant

thailand, bangkok

Asian Institute of Technology | pthuy@aitcv.ac.vn | Pham Thi Thanh Thuy

• Phan Nguyen - Regional Academic Coordinator for Southeast Asia

• Faiz Shah - Director of Yunus Center, AIT

• Alexandre Dormeier Freire - Programme Director

• Caroline Brassard - Adjunct Faculty, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

• Cécile Molinier - Former Senior UN Official

• Pham Thi Thanh Thuy - Chief Representative of AITCV Office in South Vietnam