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VMR – Voluntary Metropolitan Review 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 […]

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, […]

VMR – Voluntary Metropolitan Review IIAS/DARPG Conference, 11 February 2025 Session Chair: Raymond Saner, Basle University & CSEND, Geneva, Switzerland Stronger Together Voluntary Metropolitan Coordination Across Local Boundaries on SDGs and Governance – Cases from Europe and Asia Are there any models and mechanisms for effective planning and governance coordination within metropolitan and mega-urban regions? […]

Raymond Saner (2025) “Emeriti Professors as entrepreneurs”Emerald Publ. UK Retirement and average life expectations in the European and North American regions indicate that retired persons, in general, are in good health between 60/65 to 80/85 years of age. Some use this window of longer life expectations to work because their pension fund is insufficient to […]

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