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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. […]

Raymond Saner & Lichia Yiu, CSEND, Geneva The role of governance and innovation policy can help cities and countries achieve the goal of creating smart cities and sustainable human development. In view of challenges that countries and citizens face when attempting to create sustainable smart cities, it is of paramount importance to take into consideration […]

CSEND statement by R. Saner, L. Yiu and A. Ajith on the importance of measuring sustainability of cities. In view of challenges that countries and citizens face when attempting to create sustainable smart cities, it is of paramount importance to take into consideration how the 2030 agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals can help support […]

The international agreement on the Sustainable Development Goals signed in 2015 specify that the SDGs will be implemented by national governments and that countries should also embark on SDG implementation at subnational level such as municipalities or provinces. This paper focuses on SDG implementation at local authority level of large cities and explores the needed […]

Chapter 91 Article Making E-Training Cost Effective through Quality Assurance (pages 623-631) Lichia Yiu, Raymond Saner Chapter 119 Article Standards for Skill Training and Development (pages 810-816) Lichia Yiu, Raymond Saner

This note is structured into five parts. Part I presents a theoretic review of relevant literature related to the topic of the workshop. Part II describes some case examples from field then followed with action based practices in various cultural contexts (Part III). Part IV summarises the lessons learnt. Article Workshop (2012)