Poor weather, rich conversations
A dull and cold November weekend on the banks of Lake Geneva is not an obvious attraction.

However, some 50 hard-working and talented men and women of all ages and backgrounds, and from three continents, chose to pass a grey weekend near Geneva for a series of "conversations". The overall aim was to contribute to advancing global society in a positive direction by reinforcing existing links, creating new networks and optimising synergies in their multiple projects and competencies to move forward with greater efficiency and effectiveness.

The catalyst and link between these participants was the 20^th anniversary of the Geneva-based CSEND organization (www.csend.org), a focus for social and economic development. The idea of the co-founders, Prof. Raymond Saner and Prof. Lichia Yiu, was to gather friends, colleagues, partners and contacts from multiple sectors encountered over the years to share experience, avoid re-inventing the wheel, develop synergy and provide mutual encouragement with the general aim of advancing triple bottom line development (economic, environmental and social) on a global scale.

(Transcontinental migration planned to reduce the Swiss labor market imbalance and reduce poverty in African countries and Balkan / Middle East)

Synopsis

Switzerland has for many years a labor deficit in all sectors of its economy. The system governing the entry of foreign workers in Switzerland responds inadequately to the labor demand. With the pending problem of aging of the population affect Switzerland and its main providers of labor in Europe, effective solutions must be found to allow Switzerland to maintain its workforce afloat.