Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflicts
The aim of the course is to provide a general introduction to the protection of civilians, with a focus on conflict and post-conflict environments. It provides insight into both theory and practical realities and applies critical thinking on concepts, principles and professional practices most common amongst protection actors in humanitarian or peace operations.
16 - 27 September 2024
25 August 2024
Planetary Health
Planetary health focuses on the changes humans are making to their environment and its multidimensional impacts on ecosystems and human health. It recognises that human health and the health of our planet are interconnected.
30 September - 11 October 2024
9 September 2024
Digital Innovations in Humanitarian Action: Opportunities and Challenges
Since the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit, the use of digital innovations and new technologies is increasing to provide humanitarian assistance. While it shows the prevalence of data revolution in the aid sector, the relation of humanitarian organisations to innovations is not unprecedented.
14 - 25 October 2024 (Option 1)
9 - 20 June 2025 (Option 2)
22 September 2024 (Option 1)
18 May 2025 (Option 2)
Patient Safety in Humanitarian Crises: Addressing Healthcare-Related Incidents
This course has been developed to support healthcare professionals operating in low and middle-income countries in managing healthcare incidents. Despite the dedication and skills of healthcare professionals, incidents in the healthcare field remain unfortunately a reality. When things go wrong, it is important not to blame the individuals involved but to look deeper into the root causes of the incident and learn from a process/system perspective.
2-13 December 2024
10 November 2024
Humanitarian Leadership and People Management
While critically reviewing the current theories and practices of humanitarian leadership and people management, this executive short course aims to ascertain the leadership capacities of participants and discover their preferred management style.
8 January – 31 January 2025
18 December 2024
Humanitarian Project Cycle Management
This executive course aims at strengthening the capacities of project managers to design humanitarian responses that focus on sustainable and locally defined changes. It is based on the Theory of Change (ToC) and Results-Based Management (RBM) approaches. Essential tools such as the problem tree or logical framework are adapted to ensure the transfer of those approaches at the operational level.
7 October - 8 November 2024 (Autumn session)
17 February 2025 - 21 March 2025 (Spring session)
15 September 2024
Humanitarian Project Cycle Management
This executive course aims at strengthening the capacities of project managers to design humanitarian responses that focus on sustainable and locally defined changes. It is based on the Theory of Change (ToC) and Results-Based Management (RBM) approaches. Essential tools such as the problem tree or logical framework are adapted to ensure the transfer of those approaches at the operational level.
7 October - 8 November 2024 (Autumn session)
17 February 2025 - 21 March 2025 (Spring session)
15 September 2024
Addressing Sexual Violence in Conflict and Emergency Settings (Online)
The overall objective of this executive short course is to provide humanitarian mid-level and senior managers with the knowledge, competencies and skills required to conceive and operationalise a multidisciplinary approach in sexual violence prevention and response, both adapted to conflict and emergency settings and as an integral part of humanitarian operations.
23 June – 18 July 2025
1 June 2025
Health Emergencies in Large Populations (H.E.L.P.)
H.E.L.P is a two-week course on the provision of humanitarian relief during disasters, armed conflicts, and other complex crises. It was created in 1986 by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the University of Geneva, to professionalise the delivery of humanitarian assistance during emergencies, and to promote professional ethics and humanitarian principles.
5 May -16 May 2025
13 April 2025
Humanitarian Advocacy: From Bearing Witness to Activism
This course addresses two main competences related to advocacy in the humanitarian sector. The first relates to the critical analysis of the definition and dynamics of advocacy for humanitarian assistance. This includes discussions around the positioning of humanitarian actors towards witnessing, activism, and human rights. Additionally, the course delves into the assessment of public campaigns for policy
26 May - 6 June 2025
12 May 2024
Health Systems Assessment in Humanitarian Crises
The primary purpose of this intensive executive short course, based on the book published by Professor Blanchet, Applied Systems Thinking for Health Systems Research, is to familiarize participants with a health systems approach to healthcare for communities in low and middle countries affected by humanitarian crises through practical, interactive examples and case studies, and taught by experts with humanitarian expertise in low- and middle-income countries during or after humanitarian crises.
14 April 2025 - 25 April 2025
23 March 2025
Cash and Voucher Assistance in Humanitarian Action: What Works?
This executive short course has a dual objective. Firstly, it aims to build students’ practical skills to design, implement, and monitor projects using Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA). Secondly, it seeks to develop their critical and reflexive skills on the topic of cash and voucher assistance.
12 May 2025 - 23 May 2025
20 April 2025
Digital Innovations in Humanitarian Action: Opportunities and Challenges
Since the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit, the use of digital innovations and new technologies is increasing to provide humanitarian assistance. While it shows the prevalence of data revolution in the aid sector, the relation of humanitarian organisations to innovations is not unprecedented.
14 - 25 October 2024 (Option 1)
9 - 20 June 2025 (Option 2)
22 September 2024 (Option 1)
18 May 2025 (Option 2)
Prévenir et répondre aux violences sexuelles en situations de conflits et d’urgences (Bukavu, RDC)
L’objectif global de cette formation de courte durée pour professionnels de l’humanitaire est de fournir aux coordinateurs.trices de niveau intermédiaire et supérieur qui travaillent en RDC ou dans d’autres pays de l’Afrique francophone de l’ouest et centrale, les connaissances, les compétences et les aptitudes nécessaires pour concevoir et mettre en œuvre une approche multidisciplinaire dans les réponses et la prévention des violences sexuelles dans les situations de conflit et d’urgence.
3 - 7 Juin 2024
21 avril 2024
Humanitarian Project Cycle Management
Course Dates: 7 October – 8 November 2024
This executive course aims to strengthen project managers’ capacities to design humanitarian responses that focus on sustainable and locally defined changes. The course is based on the Theory of Change (ToC), and Results-Based Management (RBM)…
7 October – 8 November 2024
29 September 2024
Humanitarian Leadership and People Management
While critically reviewing the current theories and practices of humanitarian leadership and people management, this course aims to ascertain the leadership capacities of participants and situate their preferred management style. In plenary sessions or peer-works, discussions and exercises will question emotional competencies, authority vs authoritarianism, stress management and institutional vision. Licensed coaches, humanitarian professionals and psychologists will accompany participants in an approach that considers the human being in each worker.
8 January 2025 - 31 January 2025
18 December 2024
Negotiating on the Frontlines
For a long time, negotiating in humanitarian operations was felt as compromising principles and norms. Only recently was it found to reinforce humanitarian impact by considering the interests of all sides and the context to make a deal.
28 April - 9 May 2025
6 April 2025
Addressing Sexual Violence in Conflict and Emergency Settings (Session III,Uganda)
Applications closed
28 November – 2 December 2022 (Residential in Entebbe, Uganda)
IMPORTANT: Due to the Ebola pandemic in Uganda, we cannot run the session in residential. The format is changed to ONLINE.
The objective of this residential course in Entebbe, Uganda, is to provide mid-level and senior managers the knowledge and skills required to conceive a multidisciplinary approach to respond to the complex needs of survivors of sexual violence in conflicts and emergencies. The course is delivered in partnership with the International Committee of the Red Cross, Médecins sans Frontières, Refugee Law Project, UNHCR, and independent human rights experts. This course session focuses on East Africa and targets participants based or working in the region.
Postponed to November 2025
Applications closed.