Young Advisory Board | UNIGE × MICR

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The International Museum of the Red Cross and Red Crescent and the University of Geneva are launching a Young Advisory Board. This is a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the cultural domain and to deepen your understanding of international humanitarian action as it is presented by the museum.

This program, open to all faculties, is aimed at students currently enrolled in a master's level course throughout the period, from September 2021 to June 2022.

What the program entails:

You will be a source of proposals as you are invited to share your visions for the museum of tomorrow and influence the upcoming cultural program
You will discover from the inside the operations and organization of a museum
You will meet professionals in the field and build your professional network

Duration:

An academic year, from September 2021 to June 2022 – as well as a handover session in September with the next group of participants

Program:

Introductory session with museum management (September 2021)

Presentation of the Museum and its objectives, meeting with the team
Defining the terms of the meetings and sharing respective expectations

Career Centre Workshop: "What are the advantages of the program" (October 2021)

Committee brainstorming meetings

4 to 6 times from September 2021 to June 2022 (plus a handover session in September 2022)
Reflect on the role and uses of the Museum within the City
Identify themes and topics to be addressed during the next cultural season

Meetings and exchanges with the Museum's professionals

Expand your knowledge of the inner workings of a cultural institution and discover the different professions within the museum
Build your own professional network

Participation in museum events

To be defined according to the Museum's agenda

Career Centre Workshop "How to “sell” the experience to an employer" (May 2022)

Registration and selection processes

Interested students fill out the online form and attach their CV and cover letter. Application deadline: April 25, 2021
The Career Centre pre-selects students on the basis of their motivation. .
Those shortlisted will be invited to meet with the Museum's management in May 2021. The discussion will focus on the ideas you wish to propose to the Museum. Please note, that depending on the coronavirus situation, these exchanges will be organized remotely.
Selected students will be notified during in May 2021.

Please register on our platform!

The Director's note

The International Museum of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (MICR) asks a central question: how does humanitarian action affect us all, here and now? To reflect on this with its visitors, the museum invites artists and cultural partners to consider the issues, values and current events of humanitarian action. It thus positions itself, in an open, agile and welcoming way, as a place of memory, creation and debate. By launching a young advisory board in partnership with the University of Geneva, the museum has two main objectives: to embrace the challenge of collective intelligence by opening itself up to the critical approach of students’ and to unveil the inner workings of the museum in terms of knowledge sharing and professional development opportunities.

Pascal Hufschmid, Director of the Museum