Politics and Practice of International Organizations (PPOI) course

• Define the scope of the analysis and put it into historical, theoretical, geopolitical and institutional context;
• Conducting an online bibliographic search ;
• Discriminate and prioritize academic reference sources as well as reliable institutional sources, in French and English;
• Familiarize yourself with relevant reference works on international organizations;
• Relating information from a critical perspective ;
• Target, prioritize and state the discriminating geopolitical factors;
• Produce and distribute a structured analysis and synthesis.
   

Skills block associated with the activity: RNCP34024BC01 - Conduct a reflective and distanced analysis, taking into account the complexity of a request or situation

• Qualify the geopolitical environment (civil and/or international wars, humanitarian crises, etc.);
• Describe the ecosystem in which an international organization operates and its relationships with the various players involved;
• Arbitrating stability-change and cooperation-conflict dialectics in the geopolitical context of organizations ;
• Assess the internal workings of the organization and its constraints;
• Assess the potential for cooperation and the risks of conflict within the organization ;
• Establish crisis resolution recommendations.
   

Skills block associated with the activity: RNCP34024BC02 - Express your thoughts clearly and concisely in writing and orally, in French and English

• Identify and make continuous use of international reference news media and the websites of international organizations;
• Gather information using digital tools;
• Qualify and order information ;
• Distribute the information gathered in French and English.
   

Skills block associated with the activity: RNCP34024BC02 - Express your thoughts clearly and concisely in writing and orally, in French and English

• Contextualize the project's geopolitical environment ;
• Analyze relations between the various players in the field, particularly pre-existing conflicts
• Develop an argument for lobbying donors in a context of project management and international negotiation;
• Define the operational scope of the project ;
• Anticipate and provide for organizational, human, financial and logistical resources;
• Sequence the project cycle and plan project activity;
• Identify possible funding for the organization and the project;
• Manage funding flows and identify the needs of project beneficiaries ;
• Manage the division of labor within a team and prioritize the allocation of resources;
• Negotiate access to project beneficiaries ;
• Evaluating the project ;
• Evaluate ex ante the application of humanitarian principles.
   

Skills blocks associated with the activity: RNCP34024BC03 - Organize your work according to context and demand; RNCP34024BC04 - Manage a project; RNCP34024BC05 - Work in a collaborative environment.