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 & 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.
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
Raymond Saner
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”.
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.
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"