Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Business and Industry
Citizenship and Governance
Climate Change
Coorporate Accountability
Development
Disarmament
Economics and Finance
Education
Energy
Environment
Extreme poverty
Financing for Development
Food
Governance
Human Rights
Humanitarian Affairs
Indigenous Peoples
Industrial Development
Intellectual Property
International Law
International Security
Justice
Least Developed Countries
Media
Micro-Credit
Minority Rights
New Global Institutions
Peace and Security
Population
Private Sector
Refugees
Religion
Social Development
Sustainable Development
Technical Cooperation
Torture
Trade and Development
United Nations Reform
Violence
Water
Women
Women/gender Equality
Youth
Financing for Development:
Addressing systemic issues
External debt
International Trade as an engine for development
Mobilizing domestic financial resources for development
Mobilizing international resources for development
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Capacity building
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
Millennium Development Goals
Research
Violence against women
Women and armed conflict
Women and health
Women and poverty
Women and the economy
Women in power and decision-making
Population:
International migration
Population distribution and internal migration
Population growth
Population structure
Public Administration:
Ethics, Transparency and Accountability
Governance and Public Administration
Social Development:
Conflict
Employment
Indigenous issues
Poverty
Youth
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Atmosphere
Biodiversity
Biotechnology
Capacity-building
Climate change
Consumption and production patterns
Demographics
Desertification and Drought
Disaster management and vulnerability
Education
Energy
Finance
Forests
Freshwater
Gender equality
Health
Human settlements
Indicators
Industrial development
Information for decision-making and participation
Institutional arrangements
Integrated decision-making
International cooperation for an enabling environment
International law
Land management
Major Groups
Marine Resources
Means of Implementation (Trade, Finance, Technology, Tranfer, etc.)
Mining
Mountains
Oceans and seas
Partnerships
Poverty
Protecting and managing the natural resources
Rural Development
Sanitation
Science
Sustainable Tourism
Sustainable development for Africa
Sustainable development in a globalizing world
Sustainable development of SIDS
Technology
Toxic chemicals
Trade and environment
Transport
Waste (hazardous)
Waste (radioactive)
Waste (solid)
Waste Management
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
Switzerland
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop global partnership for development
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
2007 |
| Organizational structure: |
The Foundation for International Relations and Development Studies manages the Graduate Institute. The Foundation is governed by a Board composed of independent individuals appointed by the Swiss Federal Council and the State Council of the Canton of Geneva. Relations between the Foundation and public authorities are governed by a Convention that sets out quadrennial goals and defines the objectives to be achieved. The Graduate Institute is itself managed by a Director, supported by a Deputy-Director, an Academic and a Management Committee. |
| Number and type of members: |
The Foundation for International Relations and Development Studies is a Swiss civil-law foundation and, as such, does not have members. |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
In all of its activities the Graduate Institute interacts extensively with NGOs. |
| Funding structure: |
Fees for education and training services
Fees for providing consulting or research services
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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