With more than 25 years of experience in consultancy work for international corporations and organisations, cultural and educative institutions, not-for-profit associations and private/public foundations, Reda Benkirane has a dual profile of practitioner/maker and researcher/scholar which let him cover various fields of expertise and provide diversified consultancy services. His knowledge engineering and his command of the arts of writing, communicating and bridge-building are action and solution-oriented.
Areas of Expertise:
Technologies of Information and Communication TIC
Digital Humanities
Complexity management
Interdisciplinary Studies
Development Studies
Identity and Globalization
Religion & Politics
Radicalization, jihadism, extreme violence
(In)Security
MENA Region
Sahel Region
Contemporary Islam
Consultancy Services :
I. International Policy Issues
Diplomacy, Mediation and Negociation
Conflict-Resolution Initiatives and Peace Studies
Intercultural and Inter-religious Dialogue
Geopolitics of the MENA region
Assessment of Security Policies
II. Research & Training
Scientific direction
Strategic Analysis
Reports and Feasibility Studies
Institutional organization
Programmatic Set-up of NGO’s and Research Units
Research activities
Teaching activities
Training Sessions
Briefings, Workshops and Seminars
III. Communication Strategy
Organization of International Meetings/Events
Public Information Campaigns
Information Architecture
Editorial Policy
Publications
Web publishing and online services
Examples of Missions:
Providing expertise on sensitive social issues and political risks related to MENA countries
Consulting missions for the Executive Director of a broadcast network
Supplying information and monitoring to a former Head of State on various economic, political and social issues
Advising the Direction of a network of NGOs on (re)structuring an Information Technology Department (improving services, reducing costs & preserving existing staff)
Feasibility study for a Museum on an exhibition on world religions
Assisting a Manager on the institutionalization of a newly set-up NGO
Training diplomats, journalists and teachers on how to handle cultural diversity in an international work environment
Training private sector executives on how to manage complexity
Assisting the Direction of a communication department on the migration of a strategic corporate website
Managing public information campaigns on global trade and HIV/AIDS
Managing comprehensive communication strategies
Selection of Inter-national Clients and/or Partners:
Edipresse, Lausanne
Le Temps stratégique
Le Temps
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Département des Affaires culturelles de la Ville de Geneve
Musée d’Ethnographie de Genève
Club Suisse de la Presse – Geneva Press Club
World Council of Churches (WCC)
Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA)
Ecumenical Church Loan Foundation (ECLOF)
Islamic Relief, Geneva
Aljazeera Network, Qatar
Aljazeera Centre for Studies, Qatar
Reporters without Borders
Département de l’Instruction Publique (DIP, République de Genève)
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Graduate Institute, Geneva
Democratic Control of Armed Forces, Geneva (DCAF)
Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP)
Levant Foundation
ASDEAM
Centre Jacques Berque, Rabat
Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialog
The HD Centre for Humanitarian Dialog
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Fondation Orient Mont Pélerin, Geneva
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
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