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CSEND conducts research on issues of public interest. The results of this ongoing research on socio-economic topics are published in academic and professional journals, in books or as CSEND monographs. CSEND focuses on the following research areas: Public sector and...

CSEND designs and facilitates stakeholder interactions on issues of public interests through workshops, forums, action research, conferences and use of role-play simulations. Negotiating Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Agreements Workshop

Together with its partner and associates, CSEND has been active in the UNFCCC arena in order to promote public awareness, effective participation and socio-eco-logical sustainable solutions to the climate change challenge. Economic Potentials of CDM click here United Nations Framework...

This Global Leadership programme provides senior university students and young professionals with an in-depth briefing and exposure to the global policy debates on issues related to different aspects of sustainability and governance of the global system. It is envisioned that...

Raymond Saner, Lichia Saner Yiu, and Samuel Bruelisauer, (2022) “Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the Social and Solidarity Economy” Encyclopedia of the Social and Solidarity Economy (forthcoming 2023) published by Edward Elgar Publishing Limited in partnership with United Nations...

The UN Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (TFSSE) was established to raise the visibility of the SSE in international knowledge and policy circles.SSE holds considerable promise for addressing the economic, social and environmental integrated approaches of sustainable...

European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels, 5th September 2017 Hearing in the framework of the EESC opinion on The core role of trade and investment in meeting and implementing the SDGs Raymond Saner, Invited Speaker''The core role of trade and...

Authors: Raymond Saner Lichia Saner-Yiu Publication date: 14 April 2026 Publication categories: Working papers Tags: Cooperatives; Cooperative ESG; Governance; Boundary workers; Members versus externals; Platform support Cooperatives are frequently presumed to align with sustainability due to their democratic governance and...

Principles and values associated with the SSE played an important role in the early production and use of ICT. What began with the ‘free software movement’ which promoted the development of operating systems and applications for computers, servers and smartphones...