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Mission Fulfilment Delivering executive education programmes Dealing with ambiguities and dilemmas, learning from failures, managing the complexity of international security policy – all these challenges require critical thinking, imagination, innovative problem-solving skills, and a solid knowledge of today’s multi-layered security environment. Every year the GCSP trains some 1,000 national and international officials and executives who are designated to serve in high-level positions in government, business, and civil society in pertinent fields of international security policy. The GCSP’s course directors and teaching staff attach great importance not only to enhancing participants’ understanding of a rapidly changing world, but also to fostering their interpersonal competences and skills necessary to untangle complexity and sustainably impact the decision-making processes in their respective organisations and countries. In 2017 the GCSP ran a total of 81 courses, including open-enrolment and tailor-made modules for partners in Geneva and abroad.
GCSP aims at contributing to a better understanding of the complexity of current global circumstances and enhancing global responsiveness to future challenges through publications, public events, conferences and expert comments in the media. The Centre’s development and dissemination of policy-relevant ideas is also an important part of its success in delivering high-quality executive education programmes.
Promoting dialogue and knowledge exchange The unique combination of the GCSP’s location; commitment to inclusiveness, impartiality and independence; and professionally rich and geographically diverse expert base constitutes the foundation of the Centre’s recognised role as a platform for dialogue and knowledge exchange.
Developing policy-relevant analysis Transformative Journeys to Create a Safer World
We live in a highly interconnected world marked by ongoing, far-reaching transformations that are occurring both gradually and abruptly, on various levels, and in multiple spheres. Today’s security challenges are manifold, with intricate, interwoven and interdependent patterns. The
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