The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva is pleased to announce the fourth session of Summer Programmes to be held from June 7 to July 9, 2010.

The 2010 schedule & topics will be the following one:

The Summer Programme on International Affairs and Multilateral Governance (June 7 to June 25, 2010) explores key issues in international affairs with a substantive focus on the three following concentrations:
Week 1: Global Public Goods: Health and Environment
Week 2: Security, Human Rights and Humanitarian Actions
Week 3: Global Migration, Cooperation and Development

The Summer Programme on the WTO, International Trade and Development (June 28 to July 9, 2010) explores key issues in international trade with focus on the following areas:
Week 1: Core Features and Current Issues of the World Trading System
Week 2: Development & Trade in Manufactures, Agriculture and Services

Who?
The programmes are targeted to young professionals seeking to improve their knowledge of current issues in international affairs or trade policy, and to students at the senior graduate level. Participation in the programme includes lectures each morning and visits, workshops and case studies in the afternoons. Drawing on the interdisciplinary culture of the institute, the programmes integrate points of view from economic, political, legal and historical aspects of the issues examined, and seek to bring together a diverse participant body with varied backgrounds.

What?
- Earn a certificate from a leading institute in international and development studies at the heart of multilateralism
- Visit international organisations and meet with practitioners
- Join participants from around the world

Application
Application on a rolling basis. Application deadline : April 1, 2010. More information on the Programmes can be found at http://graduateinstitute.ch/summer

Contact

Bénédicte Gilbert
Summer Programme on International Affairs
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
CP 136, 1211 Geneva 21, Switzerland
Tel +41 22 908 59 60
Fax +41 22 908 57 10
Email : benedicte.gilbert@graduateinstitute.ch