The IUED ceases its activities in 2008 following the creation of the new Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID),[2] the result of the merger with the Graduate Institute of International Studies (IUHEI) and the IUED.
[3][4][5][6] The Geneva center for the training of African executives was created by the Canton of Geneva with the contribution of Jacques Freymond in 1961, with the aim of offering African executives a reception center and creating a place for reflection and research for people interested in development issues.
[8] The IUED trained several generations of development activists in Switzerland and in the world (including at PhD level after 1995) and was at the center of a huge international network.
Among its directors were Roy Preiswerk, Pierre Bungener, Jacques Forster (actual head of IHEID Foundation Board), Jean-Luc Maurer and Michel Carton.
The new Institute combines the fields of development studies and international relations and offers a much wider choice of teaching and research activities.