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 expertises and provide diversified consultancy services. His human 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 Issues
Religion & Politics Issues
Radicalization, jihadism, extreme violence
(In)security (politics of)
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

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

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