Governing the Use of Landscape and Habitats in the Alpine Areas: Negotiations as a Means to co-ordinate Stakeholder Interests

Research project titled “Governing the Use of Landscape and Habitats in the Alpine Areas: Negotiations as a Means to co-ordinate Stakeholder Interests”, CSEND (Raymond Saner) as consortium member, funded by Swiss National Science Foundation, 2002- 2004. Final document in book form “Staehelin, Elke, Saner, Raymond, Wagner Beatrice, “Verhandlungen bei Umweltkonflikten: ökonomische, soziologische und rechtliche Aspekte des Verhandlungsansatzes im alpinen Raum”, (Negotiations of environmental conflicts: economic, sociological and legal factors of Negotiations in the Alpine Region) , VDF Hochschulverlag AG, ETH Zürich, 2005.

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In-Service Training as an Instrument for Organisational Change in the Public Administration: An International Comparative Study

Research project titled “In-Service Training as an Instrument for Organisational Change in the Public Administration: An International Comparative Study”, CSEND (Raymond Saner, Lichia Yiu) Initiator and Rapporteur of this Research Working Group, secretariat at International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) Brussels, participating countries Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, Slovakia, Mexico, Hong Kong., 1994- 1997), final book publications: Saner, R.; Strehl, F; Yiu, L; ” In-Service Training as an Instrument for Organisational Change in Public Administration: A Comparative Study”, (in English and French) International Institute of Administrative Sciences, Brussels, 1997, and Saner, R.; Yiu, L.; Mindt, B. “Interface management of in-service training within the federal administration of Switzerland (German), Paul Haupt Verlag, Berne, ( 170 pp), 1997

1st Introductory Workshop on “Reconstructing the Social Fabric of Communities after War Trauma”

Humanitarian workers are confronted with systemic challenges when helping post-traumatic communities reconnect and rebuild. Specific skills and knowledge are needed to provide social reconstruction of the community and healing of collective and individual traumas. At the same time, support is also needed for the helping professionals who are often exposed to the danger of burn-out. “Sense making” is an important element in dealing with this occupational stress.

This one-day workshop aims at introducing key social science theories and techniques in reconstructing post-traumatic communities while lending support to the “helpers” who are pressed to intervene in uncertain territory with limited authority and leverage.

Learning Outcome and Benefits

Attending in this workshop, participants will be able to,

acquire a understanding of the complex dynamics which Characterise humanitarian work and assess how the concepts presented during the workshop can be fruitfuly applied to their own work .
become familiar with work tools which are part of emotional intelligence and supportive of artistic expressions of human experience that can help transcend barriers to human interaction and communication.
develop further their own working models of effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian work in situations of community development in post-conflict situations.

Brochure and application form here

1st Introductory Workshop Minutes – CSEND Technical Notes

Coast

A nominal fee of EUR 395/CHF 475 is charged to cover lunch, coffee breaks and administrative fees (click on Brochure for more payment information). All other expenses are to be covered by the participants such as accommodation in Geneva and travel to and from Switzerland. The CSEND staff will assist in making reservations for accommodation if so required.

Language Requirement

The workshop will be held in English. No interpretation will be provided.

Venue: World Council of Churches, Salle 4.The workshop will be held in English. No interpretation will be provided.

Venue: World Council of Churches, Salle 4.