Capacity building
High-level executive programmes combining normative expertise, institutional immersion, operational leadership and a diplomacy of meaning.
GIMHRF develops executive programmes designed to respond to the contemporary transformations of multilateralism, human rights, global governance and religious and societal dynamics. Conceived as applied frameworks for the strategic transfer of skills, they are aimed at public decision-makers, diplomats, religious leaders, civil society actors, academics, young leaders and institutional officials seeking to strengthen their capacity for action in complex international environments.
Flagship programme
18 Days for Peace
GIMHRF’s flagship international programme, 18 Days for Peace is an intensive learning journey at the intersection of irenology, human rights, multilateralism and peace diplomacy.
The programme aims to transform international standards into concrete tools for governance, mediation, tension prevention and ethical leadership. It combines:
- understanding of multilateral mechanisms;
- operational ownership of the Faith for Rights framework;
- development of diplomatic and relational competencies;
- institutional immersion at the heart of International Geneva.
Immersion programme
Multilateralism, Human Rights and Global Leadership
This immersion programme offers structured access to the institutions of International Geneva and to the concrete mechanisms of the multilateral system.
Deployed in particular at the Palais Wilson and the Palais des Nations, it allows participants to understand the real dynamics of global governance, the processes of international negotiation and the mechanisms of normative production.
The programme is offered along several tracks:
- Future Leaders Track — for young people and students;
- Faith & Multilateralism Track — for faith-based actors;
- Public Leadership & Multilateral Governance Track — for public and institutional leaders.
Faith for Rights
Religion, Human Rights and Leadership
This capacity-building programme is designed for faith actors who wish to articulate religious convictions, human rights and contemporary social responsibilities rigorously.
Grounded in the Faith for Rights framework of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, it aims to strengthen:
- hermeneutic and analytical capacities;
- the prevention of hate speech and radicalisation;
- the promotion of social cohesion;
- the building of responsible and inclusive religious leadership.
The programme mobilises international experts from the UN system, the academic world and religious spaces engaged in interfaith and inter-belief dialogue and ethical governance.
Sustaining Peace
Women Faith Leaders & Sustaining Peace
This programme is specifically dedicated to women religious and spiritual leaders: chaplains, mourchidates, religious counsellors, educators, community mediators and grassroots actors engaged in social cohesion and the prevention of tensions.
Rooted in United Nations references (notably the Faith for Rights framework, the Sustaining Peace agenda and international standards on human rights and inclusive leadership), this programme aims to strengthen the capacity of women leaders to act as strategic agents of peace, mediation and social resilience.
The pathway combines:
- ethical and transformational leadership;
- prevention of radicalisation and hate speech;
- mediation and conflict management;
- spiritual diplomacy and interfaith and inter-belief dialogue;
- soft skills, strategic communication and public speaking;
- inclusive governance and the protection of vulnerable persons;
- articulation between spirituality, human dignity and sustainable peace.
The programme rests on an applied approach that combines executive training, case studies, simulations, mentoring and immersion in contemporary international standards.
Through this initiative, GIMHRF intends to contribute to the emergence of a women’s religious and spiritual leadership capable of acting as a force for stabilisation, prevention and transformation in contemporary societies.