Blog All blog articles with Best practice 14 articles Blog Localisation: No 'World Work' without 'Inner Work' The movement to shift power and decolonise the international cooperation sector has been recognised as an essential... Sera Pantillon • Shazia Islamshah 22 November 2023 Blog Beyond 'localisation': embracing locally led practices For almost 30 years, institutional discussions have emphasised local ownership, the active involvement and empowerment... Sera Pantillon • Shazia Islamshah 10 August 2023 Blog Development cooperation: working in complex systems Social systems are highly complex; a development practitioner must acknowledge that personal contribution, though often... Beat Geiser 4 July 2023 Blog 1+1 = 3 | How job sharing creates value for an organisation The job sharing duo of Lisa and Tony is intergenerational, gender-mixed and complementary in terms of the experience... Lisa Lang • Tony Zuber 22 November 2022 Blog Médecins sans Frontières: "How we pioneered job sharing in our field programmes" Médecins sans Frontières introduced job sharing in Iraq and reduced the turnover rate for this complex position. Roya Milani 29 September 2022 Blog Diversity and inclusion: is the sector on the right track? Are diversity and inclusion adequately addressed in the Swiss labour market of international cooperation? cinfo and BASS... Irenka Krone-Germann • Loraine Ding • Jérôme Faivre 13 July 2022 Blog "The fear that all employees will demand unpaid leave is completely unfounded" Solidar Suisse offers its employees unpaid leave and unpaid parental leave so that they can dedicate their time to other... Ursula Jenny 22 June 2022 Blog People sometimes need change to evolve – sometimes without a reason NADEL employees can take an unpaid leave for no particular reason and on a regular basis. Isabel Günther 25 May 2022 Blog Medair: "Our Diversity and Inclusion journey" During the Forum cinfo 2021, Medair held a session to discuss their organisational journey towards integrating Diversity... Lucy Bamforth 18 May 2022 Blog Co-chairing an HR department Manuela and Kathrin, a job-sharing duo, tell us how they run the HR department of Helvetas. Discover the lessons learned... Manuela Häfeli • Kathrin Indermaur 11 May 2022 Blog How our employee Simon became a digital nomad A private sector company outlines the benefits and obstacles of mobile working. Get inspired. Loredana Contaldi 30 March 2022 Blog The cornerstones of organisational transformation Professionals from a variety of organisations tell us about their path to innovation. Find here the key takeaways. Loraine Ding 17 February 2020 Blog Making innovation visible Maya Shah, Innovation Coordinator at Médecins Sans Frontières, believes innovation is a permanent challenge to the... Loraine Ding • Natacha Wicht 8 January 2020 Blog Innovation is a must for NGOs Thierry Agagliate, Head of Innovation at Terre des Hommes, understands innovation not just as an invention or a new idea... Loraine Ding • Natacha Wicht 20 December 2019
Blog Localisation: No 'World Work' without 'Inner Work' The movement to shift power and decolonise the international cooperation sector has been recognised as an essential... Sera Pantillon • Shazia Islamshah 22 November 2023
Blog Beyond 'localisation': embracing locally led practices For almost 30 years, institutional discussions have emphasised local ownership, the active involvement and empowerment... Sera Pantillon • Shazia Islamshah 10 August 2023
Blog Development cooperation: working in complex systems Social systems are highly complex; a development practitioner must acknowledge that personal contribution, though often... Beat Geiser 4 July 2023
Blog 1+1 = 3 | How job sharing creates value for an organisation The job sharing duo of Lisa and Tony is intergenerational, gender-mixed and complementary in terms of the experience... Lisa Lang • Tony Zuber 22 November 2022
Blog Médecins sans Frontières: "How we pioneered job sharing in our field programmes" Médecins sans Frontières introduced job sharing in Iraq and reduced the turnover rate for this complex position. Roya Milani 29 September 2022
Blog Diversity and inclusion: is the sector on the right track? Are diversity and inclusion adequately addressed in the Swiss labour market of international cooperation? cinfo and BASS... Irenka Krone-Germann • Loraine Ding • Jérôme Faivre 13 July 2022
Blog "The fear that all employees will demand unpaid leave is completely unfounded" Solidar Suisse offers its employees unpaid leave and unpaid parental leave so that they can dedicate their time to other... Ursula Jenny 22 June 2022
Blog People sometimes need change to evolve – sometimes without a reason NADEL employees can take an unpaid leave for no particular reason and on a regular basis. Isabel Günther 25 May 2022
Blog Medair: "Our Diversity and Inclusion journey" During the Forum cinfo 2021, Medair held a session to discuss their organisational journey towards integrating Diversity... Lucy Bamforth 18 May 2022
Blog Co-chairing an HR department Manuela and Kathrin, a job-sharing duo, tell us how they run the HR department of Helvetas. Discover the lessons learned... Manuela Häfeli • Kathrin Indermaur 11 May 2022
Blog How our employee Simon became a digital nomad A private sector company outlines the benefits and obstacles of mobile working. Get inspired. Loredana Contaldi 30 March 2022
Blog The cornerstones of organisational transformation Professionals from a variety of organisations tell us about their path to innovation. Find here the key takeaways. Loraine Ding 17 February 2020
Blog Making innovation visible Maya Shah, Innovation Coordinator at Médecins Sans Frontières, believes innovation is a permanent challenge to the... Loraine Ding • Natacha Wicht 8 January 2020
Blog Innovation is a must for NGOs Thierry Agagliate, Head of Innovation at Terre des Hommes, understands innovation not just as an invention or a new idea... Loraine Ding • Natacha Wicht 20 December 2019
