People-centred Programming New Course
The Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies launches a new online Executive Short Course, People-centred Programming: Tools and Strategies for Inclusive Humanitarian Action. Open to professionals across sectors seeking to strengthen inclusive participation; registration is available online.
Overview
Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the principles and ethics of people-centred approaches and their relevance across sectors
- Identify barriers and enablers of meaningful participation, particularly for marginalised or underrepresented groups
- Apply participatory methods and facilitation tools to co-design projects with communities, rather than for them
- Analyse decision-making mechanisms and intersectional dynamics in programme design and implementation
- Develop an inclusion strategy or participatory framework adapted to their organisation or context
Audience
• Professionals from any other sectors (donors, policy-makers, civil servants, culture and arts) who wish to understand mechanisms for more inclusive participation
Programme
- Week 1: The ethics and practice of people-centered approaches (rationale and methods)
- Week 2: Mapping communities and power relations (community structures, networks, and influencers)
- Week 3: Inclusive design and intersectionality (engagement with diverse groups and their needs)
- Week 4: Localisation and shifting power (obstacles, partnerships, co-leadership)
- Week 5: Supporting survivor and community-led initiatives (strategies and projects)
Registration
Registration deadline
Fees:
- Full price: CHF 1700
- Partner rate (MSF, ICRC, UNICEF, IOM): CHF 1360 (20% discount)
- Special Rate for Government and NGO/CBO Staff: CHF 850. Available exclusively to staff from local and national NGOs, CBOs, and government employees in low/middle-income countries. Proof of local employment and salary required.
Admission criteria
- A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from a Swiss or foreign university
- At least three years of relevant professional experience
- Excellent command of English*
*Documents and language requirements for Executive Short Courses
Application File
- CV (Resume)
- Cover letter (explaining what is the reason why you apply for this course and how will the acquired skills help you in your career)
- Employer’s funding agreement, if applicable
- Partial tuition fee waiver form, if applicable
- Highest educational qualification obtained
- Work certificate or official document of your current job position
- Proof of English language competence to be dated less than 2 years (see details below)
- Portrait photo (ID format)
- Scanned copy of the passport
More information about the application process is available on our admissions page.
Cancellation Policy
Please consult our cancellation policy.
Curriculum
Period
Credits
Teaching hours
Director(s)
Prof. Karl BLANCHET, Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies, University of Geneva
Coordinator(s)
Remarks
Format
Online (combination of self-study and live sessions). Live sessions are scheduled once a week. All live sessions are in group and mandatory – Usually in early afternoon CEST.
Online course requires app. 15 hours of dedicated work per week. We recommend that participants allow at least 25% of their time for the course and adapt their professional activity accordingly and with flexibility on working hours.
Around 75 hours of work including:
- Synchronous live sessions (once per week)
- Asynchronous self-study activities (individual or group work activities such as readings, interviews, podcasts, videos, in-class presentations, self-tests, case studies and simulation exercises, reflexive analysis, forum discussions etc.)
Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals
