Community of Practice for People Management and Learning

Where HR professionals learn from each other

This community of practice connects Swiss-based organisations in development cooperation and humanitarian work and facilitates an in-depth exchange of expertise on HR development topics. The community is exclusively open to cinfo member organisations and aims to further develop the HR management practices of participating organisations.

Target group	Needs	Meeting cadence and cost
Member organisations active in development cooperation or humanitarian aid	Exchange, learn and jointly gain new insights for challenges in HR	Approx. two meetings per year (2 to 6 hours) Additional ad-hoc online meetings in a web-based collaborative environment Additional meetings as needed Free of charge How to participate

Member organisations active in development cooperation or humanitarian aid

Exchange, learn and jointly gain new insights for challenges in HR

Approx. two meetings per year (2 to 6 hours)
Additional ad-hoc online meetings in a web-based collaborative environment
Additional meetings as needed

Free of charge

How to participate

A unique community of practice (COP) in Switzerland

This COP is the only platform in Switzerland that brings together HR experts from international cooperation organisations to exchange knowledge and best practices.

The community of practice at a glance

Topics	Content	Your benefits
Exchange of information and knowledge as well as joint learning on HR and personnel development topics	HR development Organisational development Processes and contracts Due diligence Contact and recruitment	You and your colleagues will exchange ideas and learn about best practices. You gain new insights. You improve your HR management skills.
Contribute to defining the study direction of cinfo’s monitoring and research activities	Labour market report Community collaboration on specific studies (e.g. The interest of young professionals for a career in international cooperation)	You will gain the knowledge and inspiration you need to develop your management practices in a fact-based way.
Information on cinfo support services	cinfo products and core topics	You can make better use of cinfo’s range of services for your requirements.

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cinfo is both an information platform and competence centre. It is at the forefront of incorporating new developments and providing awareness-raising and information activities.

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Caroline

Morel

Former Executive Director

Swissaid

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cinfo helps you as an employer to gain more competence, more knowledge and countless contacts – but it is also concerned about the work-life balance. It is a very human-oriented organisation that takes the well-being and development of staff into account.

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Joachim

Kercan

Diplomat

FDFA

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cinfo brings a valuable additional service. It is close to the institutions and aware of where their priorities lie; as a result, it can develop the fundamentals, which is enormously beneficial to us.

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