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The Department of Ageing and Life Course organises its work according to the 5 strategic priority areas identified in the Global strategy and action plan on ageing and health 2016-202 such as commitment to action, age-friendly environments, health systems that meet the needs of older people, long-term-care systems and data and research. http://www.who.int/ageing/en/

The overall goals and objectives of the NGO Committee are to further the United Nations’ mission of building a society for all ages; to raise awareness of ageing and intergenerational issues and ensure that they are adequately addressed by the UN System; to advocate for a new convention on the rights of older persons; and […]

The Working Group on Ageing is an intergovernmental body which was first convened in 2008. It is made up of national focal points on ageing representing the member States of the UNECE region, along with representatives from international organizations, NGOs and academia. https://www.unece.org/population/wga.html 10th meeting of the Working Group on Ageing, 23rd November 2017, Geneva […]

NIIA organized the first China (Sichuan) Senior Welfare and Wellness Industry Development Summit Programme, on 26-28 October 2017, Chengu- China. Presentation by Raymond Saner titled “ Silver Tsunami or Silver Opportunities? Platforms for Engagement. Presentation

CSEND is an independent, project-financed, non-profit research & development organization founded in 1993 in Geneva and accredited by ECOSOC with special consultative status to the United Nations. CSEND’s goal is to enhance collaboration between social, economic and political actors and to strengthen global governance through multi-stakeholder negotiations and inter-generational dialogue. UN Library Talk: Roundtable on […]

The First China (Sichuan) Senior Welfare and Wellness Industry Development Summit Programme, Chengdu, 26th October 2017 Presentation given by Raymond Saner titled “Silver Tsunami or Silver Opportunities? Platforms for Engagement” Presentation

Swiss Executives as Business Diplomats in the New Europe: Evidence from Swiss Pharmaceutical and Agro-Industrial Global Companies. 2005. Organisational Dynamics, Vol 34(3): 298-312. This paper discusses the situation facing Switzerland for being in the middle of the European continent surrounded by EU member countries but at the same time being isolated due to its status […]

Trade in Educational Services (ES) is affecting the interests of many countries in trade, economics, education and culture resulting in heated debates between government representatives, private sector investors, teacher unions and student associations on how to approach liberalisation of this sector, if at all. What ever the approach, an agreement on GATS/ES should be sufficiently […]

Organization Development (OD) Practitioners working within the UN system encounter difficulties because of ill-defined organisational structures, multiple political interferences (external and internal), cross-cultural value differences of UN staff and different management practices of UN Agency leadership best described as “Porous Boundaries”. This article introduces and defines “Porous Boundaries”, shows its relation to power politics frequently […]

Research project titled “Trends and influence of private finance on global health initiatives and development goals in resource-constrained countries”, funded by the Swiss Network of International Studies (SNIS), CSEND (Lichia Yiu; Raymond Saner) as Consortium member with Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basle; Global Health Programme, Graduate Institute, University of Geneva, FUNDS, […]