The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva, Switzerland) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) have concluded an agreement to develop and conduct two four-week e-Learning courses on the theme of the Global Crisis and the Global Economic Governance in November 2009 and in May 2010, respectively.The courses, which will be offered to a global audience through the Graduate Institute’s Executive Education Programme and will be mentored by a panel of professors from the Graduate Institute, are aimed at private sector professionals, diplomats, civil servants, NGO staff, and journalists who wish to broaden their experience and knowledge of key issues related to economic governance.
Course content and online discussions will focus on fundamental issues of international economic exchanges, the causes and potential policy remedies to the current global financial crisis, and on the scenarios for economic multilateralism. It is hoped that this joint Graduate Institute/UNITAR initiative will contribute to promoting sustainable growth and good governance through a better understanding of key issues of global economic governance and dialogue between the public and private sector.
Global Crisis: Governance Challenges and Ways Forward
“Will the world go through another Great Depression as in the 1930s? If this can be avoided, what are the challenges?”
The economic crisis that started in the summer of 2007 has taken many forms and has led to an abundance of commentaries. As the complexity of the crisis can be disorienting, the goal of the courses is to identify and explain the central aspects of the question. Course content and discussions will focus on fundamental issues of international economic exchanges, the causes and potential policy remedies to the current global financial crisis, and on the scenarios for economic multilateralism.
These courses, which will be offered to a global audience through the Graduate Institute’s Executive Education Programme and will be mentored by Professor Cédric Dupont and Professor Cédric Tille of the Graduate Institute, are aimed at private sector professionals, diplomats, civil servants, NGO staff, and journalists who wish to broaden their experience and knowledge of key issues related to economic governance.
The courses will provide participants with fundamental background on the global economic and financial system that led to the current world crisis. What has failed and what were the political consequences? The unique approach of our two professors will go further to enrol you into a forward-looking debate: what can be designed as a model of economic governance for the future? Are we going the right way?
The e-Learning format of the courses involves moving the learning experience out of the traditional classroom and into the learner's world. It means participants will be able to learn and engage in practical discussions with senior international experts and with their peers at any time, any place and without geographical or scheduling barriers. It is expected that the course requires between 40 and 50 hours of study time spread over a four week period.
This new joint courses on the Global Crisis belongs to a portfolio of executive training on world affairs offered by The Graduate Institute and UNITAR respectively.
To register for the courses visit: http://www.unitar.org/pft/elearning/executive-education
For more information on the Graduate Institute’s Executive Education programmes, visit: http://graduateinstitute.ch/executive
For more information about UNITAR’ e-Learning Courses for Finance-sector and Trade Officials, visit: http://www.unitar.org/pft/elearning
