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7 Gennaio 2025 |

The Adapting Role of Global North Professionals in International Cooperation

How professionals and organisations from the Global North must adapt their roles to embed localisation in their actions...

Localisation: No 'World Work' without 'Inner Work'

The movement to shift power and decolonise the international cooperation sector has been recognised as an essential...

Beyond 'localisation': embracing locally led practices

For almost 30 years, institutional discussions have emphasised local ownership, the active involvement and empowerment...

Collaboration and facilitation in international context

4 Luglio 2023 |

Beat

Geiser

Development cooperation: working in complex systems

Social systems are highly complex; a development practitioner must acknowledge that personal contribution, though often...

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...

29 Settembre 2022 |

Roya

Milani

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.

Diversity and inclusion in the international cooperation labour market

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...

22 Giugno 2022 |

Ursula

Jenny

"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...

25 Maggio 2022 |

Isabel

Günther

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.

18 Maggio 2022 |

Lucy

Bamforth

Medair: "Our Diversity and Inclusion journey"

During the Forum cinfo 2021, Medair held a session to discuss their organisational journey towards integrating Diversity...

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...

30 Marzo 2022 |

Loredana

Contaldi

How our employee Simon became a digital nomad

A private sector company outlines the benefits and obstacles of mobile working. Get inspired.

17 Febbraio 2020 |

Loraine

Ding

The cornerstones of organisational transformation

Professionals from a variety of organisations tell us about their path to innovation. Find here the key takeaways.

Making innovation visible

Maya Shah, Innovation Coordinator at Médecins Sans Frontières, believes innovation is a permanent challenge to the...

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...