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Internal mobility in the private sector

Career mobility is perhaps the most fundamental Human Resources (HR) consideration within companies today, allowing staff to openly envision their growth pathway within the organisation, something that builds both long-term retention and the opportunity for real...

Mobility at the core of UNHCR

It is late November 2022 when the 28-page UNHCR compendium is released: a list of over 400 open positions that kicks off a massive internal reshuffling of colleagues. Employees have been eagerly awaiting the bi-annual directory, carefully put together by a team of...

How winter tourism is being reborn

After two of the most challenging years in the history of the sector, with international travel down by 70% on pre-pandemic levels, strong pent-up demand is being unleashed and people are once again traveling for both work and leisure.  The lifting of...

Tourisme alpin: les défis de la prochaine saison hivernale

À la question désormais presque traditionnelle depuis que le climat se réchauffe « y aura-t-il de la neige à Noël ? » est venue s’ajouter ces deux dernières années la question « pourra-t-on faire du ski avec la pandémie de Covid-19 ? ». Et en 2022 une nouvelle...

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc: in pole position

An exceptional location The valley extends over 28 km and is flanked by the superb summits and needles of the Mont Blanc massif and the Aiguilles Rouges. The historic town of Chamonix sits in the middle of the valley, a mere 30 minutes’ drive from both the Swiss and...

Courmayeur Mont Blanc: Italy at its peak

Pure, authentic, elegant, traditional, cosmopolitan, energetic and revitalizing: words that reflect the soul of Courmayeur Mont Blanc, a unique place to recharge, find yourself, and follow the rhythm of nature. Tradition, good food, sports, fun, relaxation,...

Verbier, en train et à ski

Pour beaucoup, Verbier c’est une destination cosmopolite au cœur des Alpes valaisannes, célèbre pour son festival de musique classique, son domaine skiable et ses compétitions de freeride connues des freeriders du monde entier. Verbier a d’ailleurs été élue pour la...

The UN must be impartial to the parties but not neutral to the law

There are many words that are so quintessentially associated with the United Nations that do not actually appear in the Charter of the United Nations; among the three most consequential such words are“veto”, “peacekeeping” and “impartiality.” The first has often...

Independence and impartiality of international civil servants

As staff, we pledged our service to the UN, joining the ranks of thousands of committed individuals who serve the greater good in the service of the international community. As individual international civil servants, we look back fondly and with pride to the moment...

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How winter tourism is being reborn

After two of the most challenging years in the history of the sector, with international travel down by 70% on pre-pandemic levels, strong pent-up demand is being unleashed and people are once again traveling for both work and leisure.  The lifting of...

Tourisme alpin: les défis de la prochaine saison hivernale

À la question désormais presque traditionnelle depuis que le climat se réchauffe « y aura-t-il de la neige à Noël ? » est venue s’ajouter ces deux dernières années la question « pourra-t-on faire du ski avec la pandémie de Covid-19 ? ». Et en 2022 une nouvelle...

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc: in pole position

An exceptional location The valley extends over 28 km and is flanked by the superb summits and needles of the Mont Blanc massif and the Aiguilles Rouges. The historic town of Chamonix sits in the middle of the valley, a mere 30 minutes’ drive from both the Swiss and...

Courmayeur Mont Blanc: Italy at its peak

Pure, authentic, elegant, traditional, cosmopolitan, energetic and revitalizing: words that reflect the soul of Courmayeur Mont Blanc, a unique place to recharge, find yourself, and follow the rhythm of nature. Tradition, good food, sports, fun, relaxation,...

Verbier, en train et à ski

Pour beaucoup, Verbier c’est une destination cosmopolite au cœur des Alpes valaisannes, célèbre pour son festival de musique classique, son domaine skiable et ses compétitions de freeride connues des freeriders du monde entier. Verbier a d’ailleurs été élue pour la...

The UN must be impartial to the parties but not neutral to the law

There are many words that are so quintessentially associated with the United Nations that do not actually appear in the Charter of the United Nations; among the three most consequential such words are“veto”, “peacekeeping” and “impartiality.” The first has often...

Independence and impartiality of international civil servants

As staff, we pledged our service to the UN, joining the ranks of thousands of committed individuals who serve the greater good in the service of the international community. As individual international civil servants, we look back fondly and with pride to the moment...

Defining the borderline of what is right for UN personnel

How do you define impartiality for international civil servants? Impartiality is defined ‘in UN Staff Regulations and Rules and other guidance such as the Standards of Conduct for the International Civil Service’. If you want to explain this in a more layman way then...

The daily task of remaining impartial

Founded in France in 1919, the IFRC emerged to embrace the citizens of the world in situations of humanitarian crisis. Surely with the vision that, at some point, these crises would no longer be needed. Today it embraces 160 million people a year through its 192...

The know-how of impartiality after 2.500 missions

A lot is said —and written— about impartiality, but little is approached from the practical experience of 'having been there,’ on the front line, interpreting interests and facilitating dialogue from the complexity that comes with multiculturalism. He has completed...

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