Movers and Shakers
Keep track of professionally-related news about appointments, promotions or moves to other institutions within International Geneva.
- The UN is mobilising for the next quarter-century
The Economist – 18 June 2020 (subscription required)
- What’s on this week?
23rd International AIDS Conference and Virtual COVID-19 Conference; 78th meeting of the Standing Committee at UNHCR; Sixty-seventh Compliance Committee to the Aarhus Convention at UNECE; Protecting the environment in situations of armed conflict at the Geneva Academy; Reboot Youth Health and Wellbeing Digital Awards at WHO; Sustainable and just economies - Lessons learned from the COVID-19 Crisis and enabling factors for the SDGs at UNRISD; and more… Check out the calendar
- Global scientific community unites to track progress on COVID-19 R&D, identifies new research priorities and critical gaps
WHO – 2 July 2020
- Q&A: Want to know about COVID-19 in Haiti? Ask a nurse
Interview of Claudia Thomas Riché, executive director of Nursing Education Collaborative for Haiti
The New Humanitarian – 29 June 2020 - Interview, Dr Tim Wells
“Dr Tim Wells is the Chief Scientific Officer of the Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), a leading product development partnership in antimalarial drug research”
EDCTP eMagazine – June 2020
- Report: ‘Navigating Geneva’s Digital Policy Landscape’ online conference – 23 June 2020
DiPLO Foundation – July 2020
- Deadline Extended for the Group on Earth Observations Sustainable Development Goals (GEO SDG) Awards 2020
Group on Earth Observations – 1 July 2020
- Soutien à la reconstruction du bâtiment de siège de l'Union internationale des télécommunications
Conseil d’Etat / République et canton de Genève – 1 juillet 2020
- The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Statement on building an environment free from racism and discrimination
Joint statement by Jagan Chapagain, Secretary General, IFRC, and Robert Mardini, Director-General, ICRC
ICRC – 1 July 2020 - What a post-Covid world could learn from small countries
Heidi.news / Geneva Solutions – 1 July 2020
- Look to WHO, experts say, as US Senate searches for pandemic response solutions
Devex – 1 July 2020
- UNAIDS Health Innovation Exchange 2020 opens ahead of the International AIDS Conference
UNAIDS – 1 July 2020
- Global Tourism Sector set to lose at least $1.2 trillion due to Coronavirus, UNCTAD says
UNCTAD – 1 July 2020