Investment in Water Provision and Water Systems can be financed as government-paid PPP or as concession-paid PPP. Crucial considerations about how to finance Water Provisions should be the link between PPP, financing, and the SDGs.

Raymond Saner presented the basic concepts during the UNOSD conference in Dakar, Senegal on 25th April 2023 at the International Mayors Forum. The title of his presentation was “Water as a Public Good”

Financing the localization of the SDGs is a crucial issue for cities and local administrations. They need to know how to assess the advantages & disadvantages of different forms of financing by local governments such as through innovative and operational approaches to concession PPPs.

Raymond Saner presented the various options for financing essential Public Service Infrastructures at the Annual Meeting of the UNECE PPP conference in Barcelona in 2023.

Sustainable Success of PPPs are determined by the ability of the PPP operators in engaging a multi-stakeholder dialogue and partnership. A lack of inclusion of civil society and particularly of CSO citizens who are impacted positively or negatively by an infrastructure PPP can result in conflicts which in the worst case can lead to a premature end of a PPP project.

Raymond Saner gave a presentation during the Conference-Debate session at the Fédération Nationale des Travaux Publics in Paris which took place during the Paris InfraWeek on 11th October 2023

Panelists and their Topics: 

Raymond Saner, Director, Diplomacy Dialogue, Geneva. Topic: Introduction - the PMSC Industry.


Valentin Zellweger, Ambassador & Permanent Representative of Switzerland, to the United Nations and other International Organization in Geneva. Topic: International standard setting for PMSCs: a model for other areas?

Kelisiana Thynne, Legal Advisor, Advisory Services on International Humanitarian Law International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva. Topic: PMSC & International  Humanitarian Law: the need for implementation.

Jamie A. Williamson, Executive Director, International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers’ Association (ICoCA), Geneva. Topic: The International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers’ Association.

Moderator: Dr. Lichia Yiu, President, CSEND, Geneva

Raymond Saner, (2021) « PPPs and SDGs, the Missing Stakeholder Is Civil Society”

In A. Farazmand (ed.), Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, pp 1-10, Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_4320-1

The SDGs suggest the achievement of sustain able economic, social, and environmental goals (triple bottom line) for each member country of the United Nations. To implement the SDGs, each government is supposed to set its triple bottom line goals, communicate them to their citizens, make the goal setting inclusive and participatory, and provide for means to review and monitor the implementation of the SDGs from 2015 to 2030. The UNECE PPP standard setting process is too crucial for the future of our societies to be left to private sector providers (construction companies, financial brokers) and government offices often short of democratic legitimacy. Without the inclusion of the civil society actors like consumer groups, cooperatives, labor unions, academic scholars, and teaching faculty, the risk of misguided investment decisions and related rent- seeking behavior by private and public sector actors is too high to be left to experts alone, however competent they might be. What is needed is a PPP Observatory which could add information on PPPs that are often missing or not fully reliable. Such a PPP Observatory could support UNECE and other international organizations but also governments and civil society stake holders involved in PPPs. A PPP Observatory could help the PPP-SDG process stay on course and ensure that the implementation of PPPs is aligned with SDG principles such as inclusiveness, participation, and transparency.

Raymond Saner & Lichia Yiu; (2018); “System Change at National Government Level”, Published in Research in Organizational Change and Development, Published online: 30 Jul 2018; 341-388.

The authors present and discuss a large system transformation project which they designed and implemented in Slovenia at the start of its independence in the early 1990s. Post-mortem analysis generates insights that are useful for practitioners who embark on a similarly broad and cross-sectoral level of transformation process. ODC design issues are discussed giving special consideration on structuring the pre-contracting phase to guarantee good enough inclusive stakeholder representation and participation throughout the transformation process. Intervention design needs to allow for experimentation and multi-stakeholder alliance building. Application of Action Research and Action Learning in a politicized and risk averse environment typical of central governments helped to enforce a sense of ownership, control and collective accountability in the partner country.

Keywords: Republic of Slovenia, social system change, public administrative reform, organization development, transition country challenges, action research, action learning, institution development.

Raymond Saner & Lichia Yiu; (2018); “System Change at National Government Level”, Published in Research in Organizational Change and Development, Published online: 30 Jul 2018; 341-388.

The authors present and discuss a large system transformation project which they designed and implemented in Slovenia at the start of its independence in the early 1990s. Post-mortem analysis generates insights that are useful for practitioners who embark on a similarly broad and cross-sectoral level of transformation process. ODC design issues are discussed giving special consideration on structuring the pre-contracting phase to guarantee good enough inclusive stakeholder representation and participation throughout the transformation process. Intervention design needs to allow for experimentation and multi-stakeholder alliance building. Application of Action Research and Action Learning in a politicized and risk averse environment typical of central governments helped to enforce a sense of ownership, control and collective accountability in the partner country.

Keywords: Republic of Slovenia, social system change, public administrative reform, organization development, transition country challenges, action research, action learning, institution development.

Lichia Yiu and Raymond Saner, (2006-2007), “Witkin’s Cognitive Styles and Field Theory applied to the study of Global Managers and OD Practioners”, Book chapter 6, winter 2006-2007: Research in Organizational Change and Development, volume 16- edited by Willam a. Pasmore and Richard w. Woodman, JAI Publ. San Jose CA ; United States of America

This paper builds on current and past research of Witkin et al., and applies his concepts to the study of global managers and OD practitioners. The goal is to describe core aspects of culture related challenges which global mangers and OD practitioners have to overcome, and ends with proposing future research on possibilities of training global managers and OD practitioners in order to develop Integrated Perceptual-Cognitive Ability (IPCA). Such an IPCA competence would allow them to master both field-dependent and field-independent perceptual- cognitive skills.

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UNECE PPP Forum 2022, Barcelona, 6th May 2022


Panel session on “Strengthening coordination of urban development PPPs with the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs”.


Co-Chairs: Prof Raymond Saner, University of Basel & Prof Mateu Turró, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). with the participation of PPP experts:

· Mrs Sedef YAVUZ NOYAN, Head of PPP Department, General Directorate of Sectors and Public Investments, Presidency of Republic of Türkiye, Presidency of Strategy and Budget

· Mrs Angelina Nuñez (Lead Operations Office, World Bank) and Mr Yan F. Zhang (Senior Urban Specialist, World Bank)

· Mr Juraj Jurik, Director, Nature-Based Solutions, Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation (GIB)

· Prof Irina Zapatrina Chairman of the Board, Ukrainian PPP center, Founder of the PPP Academy, Kiev- UKRAINE

· Mr Andrea Tinagli (EIB - Union for the Mediterranean) & Prof Mateu Turró (ESGPAR - UPC Barcelona)

· Prof Lichia Saner-Yiu, President, CSEND- Geneva & Prof Raymond Saner, University of Basel

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Imprese e organizzazioni dell’economia sociale e solidale. È tempo di raccogliere la sfida e rivendicare un ruolo legittimo sulla scena internazionale

Numero 1/2022 - Impresa Sociale ha sede presso Iris Network, via Torre Verde 7, 38122 Trento.

Raymond Saner made a presentation at the Social Impact Public Private Partnership Conference on 10th November 2021 organized by SOS Children’s Villages International. His presentation was titled “ What Role for NGOs and Civil Society in Next Level PPPs”.

pdf Presentation

Raymond Saner & Lichia Yiu made a presentation at the Second Festival of Socio-Economic Management organized by ISEOR, Lyon on 8, 9 and 1O November 2021 in Lyon, France during the book vernissage of the book titled ''Treatise of Socio­ Economic Approach to Management: Theory and Practice . Raymond Saner & Lichia Yiu’s book chapter is called “ Succesful sustainable development goals (SDG) transformation through Socio-Economic Co-Creation”. pp 1038-1048.

Side Event, UNECE 5th PPP Forum
Monday, 26 April 2021

 

This Side Event was co-organised by CSEND and WAPPP. PPP experts present chapters of a new publication titled “Making PPPs fit the 2030 Agenda”. The research has been undertaken jointly by seven authors, all are members of WAPPP and two are also members of the UNECE PPP Bureau. The intention of this paper is to contribute to the development of PPP theory and best practice and to align PPPs with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The seven chapters reflect the individual authors’ insights into different aspects of the current state of PPP development and areas for policy and practice improvement including: - The need for harmonized actions and - The evolving theoretical developments of PPP and their alignment with the 2030 SDG Agenda. The topics of the presentations will be: - The Need for a High-Quality SDG 17.17.1 Indicator; Evolution of PPP Concepts and Practice; The Emergence of People-first PPP; When Public-Private Partnerships Put People First; PPPs and ESG; Intergenerational Redistributive Effects in Value for People and Value for the Future; Closing Comments .

This paper proposes a post-covid-19 reconstruction strategy in the designated Special Economic Zone (SEZ) of East Naples by proposing a local economy oriented towards circular economy in combination with socio-economic activities that are part of the creative industry. The objective of this exploratory research is to provide alternative redevelopment strategies going beyond “business as usual” but are more aligned with sustainable development of tomorrow.

On 22nd June 2020, Prof Raymond Saner joined the WAPPP webinar on "How to increase the ESG impact in public-private partnership investments"

Academy of Management, Boston, 9th August 2019

Since the Great Depression of 2008 interest has grown in inclusive organizations that share ownership, participation and profits such as worker cooperatives, employee stock ownership plans (ESOP’s), perpetual trusts, and employee-owned collectives. All such organizations fall under Paul Adler’s (2016) definition of alternative economic futures. Some countries such as the United States and United Kingdom have passed legislation to encourage the development of such enterprises. Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) emphasizing ESOP and cooperative associations have been established or have become more visible in multiple countries. The United Nations declared 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives. On July 28, 2017, the China Daily reported that employee-owned firms were growing rapidly in China. Furthermore, it attributed the resurgence of the Chinese stock market and investor confidence to the growth in shared ownership. Despite the interest and application of alternate economic forms, there is little coverage of them in both the academic (Thompson, 2014) and popular press (Alperovitz, 2017). Consequently, understanding how to develop such enterprises is not well disseminated. Thus, the purpose of this workshop was to bring together some of the leaders in this area to present some ideas and for all the participants in the workshop to work collaboratively to examine and generate additional ideas on how to disseminate knowledge about growing inclusive organizations that share ownership, participation and profits.

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Paper and power point presentation titled “ Living Wage and Sustainable Development Goal # 8” by Raymond Saner and Lichia Yiu, CSEND, Geneva given during the “6th Conference of the Regulating for Decent Work Network” (RDW) at the International Labour Office Geneva, Switzerland, 8-10 July 2019

The lnternational Labour Organization (ILO) was created in 1919 at the end of World War 1. lts establishment was part of the Treaty of Versailles. The initial ILO statutes pointed out that lasting peace depends on social justice. To stay relevant, the ILO must now rise to huge challenges and contribute to solve the socio-economic problems humanity is facing today.

09 /12 /2018 - by Raymond Saner, CSEND-D+C

Raymond Saner (2018); Successful financing of the SDGs through PPPs requires building capacities for a PCSD approach.

In OECD (2018), Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development 2018: Towards Sustainable and Resilient Societies, OECD Publishing, Paris; http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264301061-en, p.220-222


Many developing country governments are not aware of the legal implications of PPP+s, the potential risk in regard to financial liabilities nor of the potential alternative financing instruments available to finance SDG-related physical and social infrastructure projects.

UN Library Talk: Roundtable on “How to Ensure Ageing with Dignity?” – A Contribution to the Implementation of SDG3 of the “2030 Sustainable Development Goals”

All Academy Symposium on "INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC GOODS" AoM Annual Conference, Atlanta, August 2017

pdf Overview of Symposium Objective

pdf Programme Schedule

A Colloquium on “Is A Living Wage Bad for The Economy?” A contribution to the implementation of SDG 8 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

pdf Programme

Greening the World Trade Organisation is an imperative to accompany the implementation of the Paris Agreement adopted during the COP 21 in December 2015.

“Yet, there is no place for complacency. Time is running out, and unless decisive steps are taken to speedily walk the talk and translate ambitious global commitments into concrete actions at global, regional, national and local levels, the Paris Agreement will fail to deliver and sufficiently reduce climate change” (ECPDM editorial, May/June 2016).

CSEND management team participated in the 2016 UNECE conference on PPP and SDGs. Particularly, Raymond Saner developed an evaluation grid to assess PPP case examples which were discussed during the morning session of the 3-day conference. 

Democratizing the PPP standard setting process of the health sector. 

Participation of Civil Society Organisations in the United Nations and in the Aid Effectiveness Discourse and Related Standard-Setting Negotiations. 

Is Private-Sector Participation in Water Provision the Right Option for Developing Countries? An Analysis through Case Studies. 

A special CSEND Dialogue session on "Socio-Economic Dimensions of Formalising Informal Economy: Impediments, needs and gender issues" on the 17 July 2014.
The majority of economic activities in the least developed countries are in the "informal sector". Workers and micro entrepreneurs alike in the informal economy are often trapped for a whole lifetime in conditions of precarious living and rarely get out of poverty. What could be the appropriate intervention strategies and the timing for such interventions so that the micro entrepreneurs really benefit from formalisation? What are the socio-economic and gender issues yet to be addressed?

CSEND organised a book vernissage in La Paz, Bolivia in June 2001. The book’s title is “Negociaciones en Cambio Climático y Ambiente:Dinámica global y local (Climate Change and Environmental Negotiations: Global and Local Dynamics)” and is edited by Raymond Saner, Sergio Jauregui, Lichia Yiu and published by Los Amigos del Libro, La Paz, 2001. The book consists 308 pages see below. here

At the core of Biotrade activities is the commercialisation of biodiversity based products and raw materials. This paper will look into one specific aspect of the BioTrade; namely: Natural ingredients from medicinal and aromatic plants for cosmetics and bio- pharmaceuticals. These natural ingredients include essential oils, natural dyes, soapy, creams, butter, and moisturizers in case of cosmetics and extracts and infusions from medicinal plants, natural medicines capsules in case of pharmaceuticals. Constraints and challenges in implementing BioTrade based on Nagoya Protocol for fair benefits sharing will also be discussed in order to meet the basic principles of BioTrade.

People are at the core of organizations whose mission is to deliver aid, through local communities working to generate income, and through national and international leaders working to shape policies and create good governance. At various levels, these interventions aim to lift people and communities out of poverty and ensure a decent standard of living.

 

Invitation and Programme, see link

Introductory Remark by UNOG DG, see link

Summary of the Discussion, see link

Table of Content, see link

Introduction (Chapter 1) of the book, see link

WTO Public Forum on BioTrade: CSEND + UNCTAD, September 2015

Biodiversity is essential for the health of the planet's ecosystems and for the livelihood of rural communities in developing countries where 70 per cent of the world’s poor live (CBD Secretariat). These communities are highly dependent on sourcing natural resources to satisfy their basic needs and to generate income and are increasingly threatened by the loss of biodiversity. The roundtable was organized by the Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development (CSEND) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Panelists were from international and intergovernmental organizations, a development bank, academia and from civil society who together discussed the opportunities and challenges for scaling up BioTrade while respecting the sustainable development policy objectives.

This Round Table offered an opportunity to exchange between diplomats, representatives of international organizations, experts, academics, researchers, journalists, and civil society actors, the principles and activities that contribute to sustainable development in a globalized world in constant change. In an open discussion, panelists, who are experienced professionals, expressed their opinions and made recommendations. During the second part of the Round Table, the panelists focused on different issues relevant for sustainable development such as security (inside and outside borders), employment, education and training, health, environment and sanitation of the environment, and information and communications technology (ICT). The event was organized by CSEND and COMDEV in collaboration with the Geneva Welcome Center and the Swiss Press Club.

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SESSION 29: PLURILATERALISM AGAINST MULTILATERALISM?: A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVE*

Tuesday, 25 September 2012, 18:15 — 20:15, Room S3

 

This session aimed to discuss the concepts of multilateralism and plurilateralism and to assess the potential impact of plurilateral agreements within the WTO multilateral trading system. Plurilateral agreements can be concluded by three or more WTO members and cover trade issues labelled WTO plus, extra or minus. They can be adopted both within and outside the WTO framework. They can be "preferential" agreements or agreements based on the most-favoured-nation (MFN) principles. Future plurilateral trade agreements negotiated within the WTO could bring more transparency, and third parties' rights would be better protected under the WTO dispute settlement procedure.

If a plurilateral agreement is adopted outside the WTO framework, other WTO members need not be included, and negotiations would not include other WTO members not party to the agreement. It would then lead to the creation of a "soft law", since a plurilateral agreement outside the WTO would not have the same legal and political weight and could not aspire to an "international standard". A plurilateral trade agreement within the WTO that extends MFN benefits to non-treaty WTO members would avoid trade distortions. Conversely, if a WTO-based plurilateral trade agreement is kept as a preferential agreement (non-MFN), it would avoid free-riding by non-members and provide an incentive for others to join.

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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 countries. This debate is part of the larger discourse on Post-2015 sustainable development goals.

Important ideas were discussed such as the need to bring back immediacy and depth to the notion of sustainability; the need to measure comprehensively sustainable development (e.g. the current analytic framework does not measure social sustainability); the interface between individual behavior and institutional rules; the inter-generational aspect of sustainability and its cross-cultural perspective; and the importance of measuring progress towards human development goals.

 

25 June 2012

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.

How can organizations like the United Nations, the World Bank, the World Health Organization, and the Red Cross become more effective in their vital and laudable mission? How can multinational corporations contribute meaningfully to global issues like climate change, poverty reduction and equitable economic growth? What enables enterprises to grow and develop in challenging settings like the aftermath of a devastating Tsunami?

These questions are all related to humanitarian work psychology and have so far been largely overlooked by global development policy and policy makers. A first roundtable was organised in Geneva to discuss the relevance and needs to form a new area of study, namely, humanitarian work psychology in order to effectively address the needs of the humanitarian workers.

 

pdf Summary of the Roundtable Discussion

pdf Programme

CSEND organized a side event on Monday, 23rd April titled ‘Linking human capital development with employability organizational and national competitiveness for sustainable growth and social cohesion’, from 12.30-14.30 hrs at Qatar conference site QNNC.

Presentations were made by Prof Raymond Saner, Diplomacy Dialogue, Geneva, Mrs Shaza Khalil and Mr. Ganim Al-Naimi, both from Qatar Foundation, Prof Lichia Saner Yiu, CSEND and Dr. Magdi Faharat, UN-ECA who also acted as discussant.

Seminar during the WTO Ministerial Conference (MC-8) of 15-17 December 2011). CSEND organised a side event focusing on the analysis of policy coherence of assistance instruments and policies made available to LDCsin to improve their service export sector. A case example from the tourism sector was used to illustrate existing policy fragmentation and lack of complementarity amongst key development instruments, i.e., DTIS, AM, PRSP etc. The Analysis was based on an in-depth study of 14 LDCs published in 2011.

Monday, 30 May 2011 15:39

Summary of AoM meeting 2010

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Summary of AoM meeting 2010 Montréal/Canada, 9TH August, 2010 (Session 706)

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csend Forum8th of December 2008The CSEND Dialogue Forum held a session on the 8th of December 2008 on the topic of "The role of participatory approaches in civic change processes" presented by Christine Ziegler, an expert for participatory processes.


Place: University of Geneva, Uni Mail

20081020-dialogueforum-India v1The Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development (CSEND) is pleased to invite you to a CSEND Dialogue Forum session on the topic of Creating Sustainable Decent Work Conditions for the Informal Sector workers in India presented by Mr Solomon on the 20th of October 2008.

 

Place: University of Geneva, Uni Mail

20081016-dialogueforum-CaribbeanThe Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development (CSEND) is pleased to invite you to a CSEND Dialogue Forum session on the topic of Implementing Sustainable HeritageTourism in the Caribbean presented by Dr. Keith Nurse on the 6th of October 2008.

Place: University of Geneva, Uni Mail

20080723-icon-DialogueForumCSEND is pleased to present Dr. Aboubakr Abdeen Badawi as the speaker at the CSEND Dialogue Forum. The forum is entitled “Career Guidance, Migration, Labor Markets’ Efficiency, Quality of Training and Democracy: Is There a Link?” and is scheduled for the 23rd of July, 2008.

Place: Uni-Mail, Room M R170, Geneva

20080519-thirdDialogueForumThird edition of CSEND Dialogue Forum on the topic of "Beauty, Art, Nature and Chaos" presented by Prof. John Briggs, on the 19th of May 2008, at University of Geneva, Uni Mail.

Place: Uni-Mail, Room M S030, Geneva

20071015-seconddialogueForumSecond edition of CSEND Dialogue Forum on the topic of "The Arts as Inspiration for Innovative Social Change" presented by Prof. Pierre Guillet de Monthoux on the 15th of October 2007, University of Geneva, Uni Mail.

Place: University of Geneva, Uni Mail

20070913-FirstDialogueForumAnnouncing the first CSEND Dialogue Forum on the topic of "Social entrepreneurship and Sustainable Livelihood for the Poor" with a case example from Maya Organic in India. 13 Septembre 2007

Place: Uni Mail, University of Geneva, Room 1130

Benchmarking conference on "Best Management Practices of In-Service Training Functions" for Swiss and Chinese officials, and executives of state-owned Chinese enterprises, Geneva, 1996.

Place: Geneva

Since 1997, CSEND is also responsible for one of the research networks of SASE, "Development, Social Change and Governance", and organised panels for the annual conference in Vienna (1998) and Madison, Wisconsin, (1999).

Place:

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icon-saseCSEND organised five panels for the Eighth Annual Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) in July, 1996. The conference, held in Geneva, drew nearly 700 participants from throughout the world. Speakers and panelists, representing disciplines as diverse as sociology, economics, psychology, political science and anthropology, presented papers and stimulated discussions of conference issues.
Place: Geneva

Special Interest Group on "Quality Management in the In-Service Training Institutions of Public Administration", Paris, 1998.
Place: Paris
Panel on In-Service Training as a Strategic Instrument for Change: International Comparative Examples", Quebec, 1997.
Place: Quebec
International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration (IASIA).

Seminar on "Telecommunications and Information Technology:Tools for Sustainable Development in Asia (jointly organised with International Telecommunication Union). A programme seminar organised in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of Asian Development Bank,Geneva, 27-29 April, 1997.
Place: Geneva

All Academy Symposium on "SME Development in Economically Depressed Areas: A World-wide Comparative Evaluation of Organisational Goals, Vitality, and Outcomes", Chicago, 1999
Place: Chicago
Showcase Symposium on "Cross-Border Transfer of Management Knowledge for Large System Change", Chicago, 1999.
Place: Chicago
Multi-divisional Symposium on "Management and Organisation Development Across Borders: The Use of Technology Based Learning Processes by Multinational Companies" Chicago, 1999.
Place: Chicago
Multi-divisional Symposium on "European Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research: Methodological Openness and Contextual Differences", San Diego, 1998.
Place: San Diego
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Symposium on Cross-National Views on Micro-Enterprise and Micro-Finance, San Diego, 1998.
Place: San Diego
Caucus on "Action Learning with Virtual Transnational Teams: Management Training in Asia", San Diego, 1998.
Place: San Diego
Caucus on "Conducting Change Projects in the United Nations and Related Intergovernmental Organisations: How to Deal with Porous Boundaries?", Boston, 1997.
Place: Boston
Caucus on "Information Technology & National Competitiveness in Developing Countries", Boston, 1997.
Place: Boston

International Seminar on Governance Policy of Tertiary Education Development, hosted by the Ministry of Education, China.

Place: Beijing and Guiyang, China

CSEND made a presentation entitled "Designing OD Interventions based on the use of Blended Learning for MNCs" at the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities' (EADTU), 20th Anniversary Conference in November 2007 hosted by the Universidade Aberta, Lisbon, Portugal
Place: Universidade Aberta, Lisbon, Portugal

pdf EADTU Conference Programme

CSEND sponsored a side event : Scaling Up Energy Efficiency under the CDM - Do We Need a "Plan B" ? at 2007 COP 13 of the UNFCCC .
Place: Bali, Indonesia

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International Search Conference on Governance, Financing and Quality Assurance of Higher Education in China and Switzerland 17th - 18th April 2007 in Zurich, Switzerland, hosted by ETH Zurich
Place: Zurich, Switzerland

Learning technologies for Institution Building and Government Learning, 26 October, 2006
Place: Ljubljana
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ISO standards come to the aid of HRD, 6 July, 2006
Place: New Delhi, India
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Multi-stakeholder Diplomacy: Challenges and Opportunities, MPA Sciences Po, 22 March 2006
Place: Paris, France
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Decent Work, Poverty Reduction and PRSPs, Thematic Review and Cross-country Experiences, ILO Staff Seminar, Turin, 16-19 September, 2003
Place: Turin, Italy
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Pursuing the Kyoto Protocol: International Cooperation in Global Climate Changes, AOM, Denver 2002
Place: Denver
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An All Academy symposium at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Washington DC in 2001
Place: Washington DC
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Geneva 2000 Forum for the World Summit for Social Development, 22-30 June 2000, Geneva
Place: Geneva


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Chaos Theory and the Arts in the Context of Social, Economic and Organisational Development
18-21 March, 2000, Pari, Italy
Place: Pari, Italy