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Project Design and Coordinators: Professor Raymond Saner, University of Basle & CSEND Geneva Professor Lichia Yiu, Centre for Socio-Economic Development, Geneva Overview Port cities are facing today new challenges related to environmental management and the management of territorial conflicts (conflicting uses of coastal space, conflicts for the allocation of coastal resources, etc.). As a consequence, […]

The seminar was organized jointly by Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development (CSEND), UNCTAD, Future of the UN Development System (FUNDS) and Business Systems Laboratory. A newly published book was introduced and a subsequent thematic debate focused on the question whether the current approach to measuring sustainable development is good enough to support sustainable development in developing […]

Raymond Saner, “Implementing the SDGs by subnational governments- urgent need to strengthen administrative capacities”, WASD Conference, Thematic Panel/Knowledge Partnership, Geneva 12 April 2018

Raymond Saner, “Financing the localization of the SDGs through PPPs: Need to assess advantages & disadvantages by local governments”; International Conference on the Localization of the SDGs and the Co-Construction of the Means of Implementation, Yonsei University, South Korea ROK, 23-24 February 2019

Lichia Saner Yiu, “Agile and Sustainable Cities: Managing System Vulnerability through Process Transparency”, International Conference on the Localisation of the SDGs and the Co-Construction of the Means of Implementation

International Conference on the Localisation of the SDGs and the Co-Construction of the Means of Implementation , Yonsei University, South Korea ROK, 23-24 February 2019

Raymond Saner, “Strengthening coordination of urban development PPPs with the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs”, 6th International UNECE PPP Forum, Barcelona, 4-6 May, 2022.

Lichia Saner Yiu, “Good Governance to Accelerate SDG Implementation at National and Subnational Levels”, World Urban Forum (WUF11) UNOSD – UNDESA, Katowicze, 30 June 2022, Poland Raymond Saner Impact Investment in Cities: Innovations to Finance SDGs Implementation at Local Level”, World Urban Forum (WUF11) UNOSD – UNDESA, Katowicze, 30 June 2022, Poland

Raymond Saner & Lichia Yiu, CSEND, Geneva Current literature from ‘United for Smart Sustainable Cities’ details key performance indicators that can be utilized by cities to track their progress based on SDG indicators. This can be extremely helpful for cities who have trouble collecting or displaying data. In many of the VLRs reviewed, cities used […]

According to the OECD, metropolitan areas are defined as a population between 500 000 and 1.5 million people. For instance, the region of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) has several such metropolitan areas which are often agglomerations of different separate cities and towns which became integrated into a larger size urban areas. […]