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Welcome message Moving to a new duty station often comes with a mixture of feelings. Before arriving to your 'new home', the joy of excitement, adventure and the non-familiar as well as worries regarding different local realities and traditions can keep us busy with...
Finding the right place to live, at the right price, in the right location, is always one of the biggest challenges when moving to a new city. Geneva is no different. It is never too early to look for an accommodation, particularly regarding Geneva. The main tasks of...
En Suisse romande, la demande pour les logements en PPE est importante, soutenue par le faible niveau des taux hypothécaires. Quant à l’offre, elle s’est affaiblie, en lien avec une production de logements très orientée sur le marché locatif. Cette situation a généré,...
La villa fait toujours autant rêver les futurs propriétaires, à en croire une étude publiée en octobre dernier par Swiss Life. Parmi les familles actuellement en location, près de trois quarts envisagent d’acquérir un logement dans les dix prochaines années, 60 %...
Le bilan du marché immobilier en 2019 présageait des conditions optimales pour 2020 sur la région annécienne. Après un arrêt brutal, le déconfinement a dopé l’activité. Pour combien de temps ? En 2019, le marché immobilier du Grand Annecy suivait son rythme de...
Tout comme le Grand Annecy, le bassin genevois français a vu son activité immobilière reprendre de plus belle à l’heure du déconfinement.Porté par la vitalité de l’économie haut-savoyarde et, dans le sillage du Grand Annecy, le marché immobilier du bassin genevois...
From surviving to thriving For months, the soul of Geneva was hardly recognisable. The pandemic changed the character of cities – and with it our definition of normal. But how are cities bouncing back and shaping a ‘better normal’? Geneva, the multilateral centre,...
As UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, award-winning actor Michelle Yeoh has taken on another role to raise awareness and mobilize support for the Sustainable Development Goals, launched in 2016 to end poverty in all its forms by the year 2030. The Malaysian-born film star...
85 % of textiles end up in landfills or are incinerated, with most of these materials suitable for reuse. I have always had a keen interest in making fashion sustainable. It started as a teenager designing my own clothes and has stayed with me through my professional...
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A new program for IOs and NGOs professionals. The IO‑MBA has been one of the school’s flagship programs for many years, reflecting the importance of the “International Geneva” to the University and the Geneva School of Economics and Management (GSEM). Importantly, it...
Founded in 1903 as College Marie‑Thérèse, the Institut International de Lancy (IIL) is an international school welcoming student from 3 to 19 years old. With integrated digital learning and a uniformly French and English environment, IIL offers a choice between 3...
We spoke with Guylaine Antille, in charge of internal communication at Geneva’s education department, on what’s involved if you want to educate your child locally and save yourself a lot of money in the process. L’école primaire, le cycle d’orientation et le collège...
Florimont is a coeducational private school that offers a comprehensive educational program from Kindergarten through the end of secondary education. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the way the school operates. How do you see the school after COVID? Above all...
École Moser was founded by Mr Henri Moser in 1961 and is now run by his son Alain Moser. It is one of the last family‑run private schools in French‑speaking Switzerland. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the way the school operates. How do you see the school after...
Ecolint is the second largest international school in the world, and birthplace of the International Baccalaureate Diploma. Ecolint – short for Ecole Internationale de Genève - was founded in 1924 by local pedagogues keen to make learning more child-centric, and...
“We were prepared for the pandemic, but it will have financial consequences” Her email broadcasts have become a regular fixture during our confinement. But what of the Director-General herself? Only recently arrived in her position, Tatiana Valovaya has had to...
In recent years, armed conflicts have reminded us that the need to ensure respect for international law during armed conflicts is as acute as ever.Situations of armed conflict affect the lives of millions of people globally. In this context, humanitarian organizations...
For as long as I can remember, I had a passion for visual creativity. As a kid, I struggled with painting or drawing but I always enjoyed being able to show others the things that I see.The coolest job at the organisation My name is Muse Mohammed and I am the...
Robert Mardini is, since 30 March 2020, the new ICRC Director-General. Born and raised in Lebanon and educated in Switzerland, he has worked extensively on the Syrian and Yemeni conflicts. We interviewed him to know more about his vision of the ICRC and the challenges...
