All Projects from the Annual Call for Projects 2004
Coordinated by the professor Fenneke Reysoo of the Graduate Institute of Development Studies, in partnership with the Gender & Health Research Department of the World Health Organisation (WHO), this project aims to conduct research on the various aspects of the sexual behaviour of youths in Francophone Africa. The result of this research will contribute to the establishment of training materials in French that will allow health service providers to develop services based on the respect for rights and gender rights, particularly for young...
This project is coordinated by Ms Nathalie Mivelaz, of the Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), in collaboration with the Graduate Institute of International Studies (GIIS), the Institute of architecture of the University of Geneva, UN-HABITAT, the UN Special Advisor on Sport for Development and Peace, and several North-American universities. Based on the example of the Olympic Games, the goal of the research will be to examine the phenomena of forced evictions during the preparatory phase for the Games. The research team will...
Coordinated by Ms Cynthia Cannady of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), in collaboration with the Graduate Institute of International Studies (GIIS), the Hautes études commerciales (HEC) of the University of Geneva, the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), the Swiss Tropical Institute and the Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED), this project aims to develop a model to reinforce developing countries' capacity to protect and improve their results in health research and development (R&D;)....
This project aims to examine new configurations and new management techniques used by multinational corporations in the organisation and management of their international value chains, in order to better understand different types of cooperation between Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and very large corporations worldwide.
This project is coordinated by Ms Yvonne Apea, of the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), in collaboration with the Graduate Institute of International Studies (GIIS), the Advisory Centre on WTO Law (ACWL) and the Département of political economy of the University of Geneva. It is designed to analyse and help developing countries to better understand available choices and strategies to advance their objectives and defend their trade rights via the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Dispute Settlement System.
This project is coordinated by the professor Yves Pedrazzini of the Urban Sociology Laboratory (LaSUR) of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), in collaboration with UN-HABITAT, and the Small Arms Survey of the Graduate Institute of International Studies (GIIS). The project concerns urban planning policies in contexts of urban violence and insecurity. Building on case studies in Barcelona and Bogotá, the project will analyse private and public initiatives that are undertaken to respond to the security needs of citizens,...