GLOBAL AFFAIRS
You are the first Director of the IMF who comes from an emerging economy. How has this experience influenced your understanding and action on the challenges of developing countries? If there is one clear lesson from my experiences, it is the importance of building a...
Over-consumption, ravaging of natural resources, mindless materialism….and waste. Even if you don’t agree with me that our society – at least in the developed world – is characterized by the first three scourges on this list, you’ll probably concur that waste is just...
The International Week of Deaf People (IWDP) is an initiative of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), an international NGO with members in 130 countries. Launched in 1958, IWDP is hosted by deaf communities around the globe in the last full week of September....
World Barber’s Day is held every year on 16th of September. It is a global initiative that shines a light on a humble yet powerful business, the barbershop. For one day a year, with the help of UNICEF, barbers unite with a common goal to donate their earnings to...
D’où vient votre vocation pour la défense des droits humains ? Elle est le fruit d’un ensemble d’éléments. Il y a l’éducation que j’ai reçue. Très engagée dans les questions de justice sociale et dans le combat moral, ma famille a toujours eu le sens de ce qui est...
In his novel “The World of Yesterday”, the Austrian author Stefan Zweig, described the freedom of movement that prevailed during the “Belle Epoque” (1871-1914). Back then, travelers could roam the world unhindered, provided they had sufficient means to support...
What does Geneva Macro Labs do exactly? Geneva Macro Labs aspires at making sustainability a reality. Convinced that now is the time to bring our combined knowledge and understanding to tackle global challenges, we offer a new, innovative way of leveraging the...
The notions behind public service, as we know it today, appeared with the creation and evolution of nation states in Europe, although it went to develop across the world. In France, for instance, it went from the concept of the common good to common utility and...
What do mountains of e-waste and the ocean floor have in common? They contain precious metals like gold, silver, nickel, cobalt, and copper, some of which are also found on the seafloor of the largest habitat on earth: the deep sea. The deep sea is the entire ocean...
GLOBAL AFFAIRS
In his novel “The World of Yesterday”, the Austrian author Stefan Zweig, described the freedom of movement that prevailed during the “Belle Epoque” (1871-1914). Back then, travelers could roam the world unhindered, provided they had sufficient means to support...
What does Geneva Macro Labs do exactly? Geneva Macro Labs aspires at making sustainability a reality. Convinced that now is the time to bring our combined knowledge and understanding to tackle global challenges, we offer a new, innovative way of leveraging the...
The notions behind public service, as we know it today, appeared with the creation and evolution of nation states in Europe, although it went to develop across the world. In France, for instance, it went from the concept of the common good to common utility and...
What do mountains of e-waste and the ocean floor have in common? They contain precious metals like gold, silver, nickel, cobalt, and copper, some of which are also found on the seafloor of the largest habitat on earth: the deep sea. The deep sea is the entire ocean...
« (…) il n’y a plus de quartier, c’est une boucherie, un combat de bêtes féroces, furieuses et ivres de sang ; les blessés même se défendent jusqu’à la dernière extrémité, celui qui n’a plus d’armes saisit à la gorge son adversaire qu’il déchire avec les dents. »...
M. Seth (*), what are the most effective tools to fight corruption? On the largest level, there is the creation of effective institutions, such as independent and specialized anti-corruption agencies and audit institutions on the national and international scales;...
Against a backdrop of the events of the past 12 month, this year’s theme “Together: Resisting, Supporting and Healing” serves a rallying call. Together we can resist homophobia, biphobia, intersexism and transphobia in our workplaces, we can continue to support one...
One of the principles of the International Press Freedom Day is based on the independence of the media. A media company would have internal conflicts if a journalist wants to publish a report that goes against one of its main advertisers. What is your view on this? I...
If we all went to a confinement, politics and repression were never in a lockdown. Nowhere. Soon, we discovered that the pandemic was being used and misused to crack down on journalism and silence criticism. Presenting his report on freedom of expression to the Human...
Si je dis “abeilles”, c’est probablement le mot “miel” qui vous vient à l’esprit. Le miel n’est pourtant pas le seul bienfait de ce petit insecte. L’abeille travaille sans relâche, dans nos jardins, nos champs et nos prairies, à la reproduction des plantes. Comme tous...
