Throughout its 25 years of history, CSEND has played a leadership role in several knowledge areas. Below are some examples of concrete contributions that the Centre has put forward and that were acknowledged and sometimes further developed by other scholars and institutions. Contributions made by CSEND take the form of seminars, publications as well as training activities and informal meetings.

Interview with Prof. Raymond Saner on the mutation of diplomacy in the 21st century and implication for Indonesia. This web exclusive was published on 15th April 2015 by the Strategic Review.

This interview can be seen at: here

Poor weather, rich conversations
A dull and cold November weekend on the banks of Lake Geneva is not an obvious attraction.

However, some 50 hard-working and talented men and women of all ages and backgrounds, and from three continents, chose to pass a grey weekend near Geneva for a series of "conversations". The overall aim was to contribute to advancing global society in a positive direction by reinforcing existing links, creating new networks and optimising synergies in their multiple projects and competencies to move forward with greater efficiency and effectiveness.

The catalyst and link between these participants was the 20^th anniversary of the Geneva-based CSEND organization (www.csend.org), a focus for social and economic development. The idea of the co-founders, Prof. Raymond Saner and Prof. Lichia Yiu, was to gather friends, colleagues, partners and contacts from multiple sectors encountered over the years to share experience, avoid re-inventing the wheel, develop synergy and provide mutual encouragement with the general aim of advancing triple bottom line development (economic, environmental and social) on a global scale.

(Transcontinental migration planned to reduce the Swiss labor market imbalance and reduce poverty in African countries and Balkan / Middle East)

Synopsis

Switzerland has for many years a labor deficit in all sectors of its economy. The system governing the entry of foreign workers in Switzerland responds inadequately to the labor demand. With the pending problem of aging of the population affect Switzerland and its main providers of labor in Europe, effective solutions must be found to allow Switzerland to maintain its workforce afloat.

International negotiation is an essential activity for many managers. This PDW will help management teachers enrich their coverage of international negotiation. It is intended for all instructors who have taught or are interested in teaching international negotiation as a stand-alone course or as part of another course. The negotiation modules may be used to teach a variety of courses and subjects.

This PDW examines how organization development and change (OD&C) theories and practices provide adequate guidance to solve problems that are of large scale (beyond single organization focus) and are culturally complex. We broadly focus on West-East concerns by engaging in critical discussion and evaluation with applied scholars working in China, Lebanon, Turkey, Switzerland, and the Nordic region. (..)

Sustainable Tourism, Green Jobs and Climate Change Adaptation: Possible Linkages?”, 19th Oct 2010

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Development Finance Network (DeFiNe)

DeFiNe is a global network of think tanks and academic establishments. Institutions belonging to DeFiNe come both from developing and OECD countries. They provide perspectives on the ongoing work themes at the OECD and help establish dialogue on development issues between OECD and non-OECD members. DeFiNe’s work feeds into the content of various OECD development fora.

Following the economic crisis and the reduction of many jobs worldwide, it is difficult to address the question of labour shortage in such a context. In Switzerland, the shortage of skilled and semi-skilled work force has been an important issue for its economic dynamism prior to the global economic crisis and will continue to be important in the decades to come due to its demographic "time bomb" caused by an aging population. At all skills levels, this greying effect will increasingly exasperate the already evident labour shortages in several key sectors of the economy such as tourism, construction and agriculture. In the next decades, the demographic impact of an aging society will be felt in all sectors if no effective mitigation measures are undertaken now.

This chapter provides an overview of the non-formal management education and in-service training and identifies various assessment tools used in Western Europe and Northern America. The chapter ends with an examination of options of safeguarding the value of non-formal management education and management development programmes in the spirit and context of life-long learning. Published in June 2009 in The Sage Handbook of Management Learning, Education and Development by Steven J Armstrong and Cynthia V Fukami.

Dr. Falou Samb has been invited by the IQsensato, a Geneva based research and communications organisation whose Goal is to shape international policy-making on development to contribute to its coming "Seminar on Copyright and Access to Knowledge in Africa: Evidence from an Eight Country Study Project", 20 May 2009, Geneva. Dr. Samb will be speaking on the Panel 1 on issues of translating research into policy.

Dr Falou Samb, Senior Trade Policy Advisor, has been invited by enda Tiers Monde and ICTSD to attend a regional workshop in Dakar, on 14-16 March 2009, to discuss pending legal and systemic issues regarding EPA negotiations.

A new publication edited by Prof. Raymond Saner and M. Varinia Michalun will soon be published by Republic of Letters Publishing BV, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. The book is titled, "Negotiations between State Actors and Non-State Actors: Case Analyses From Different Parts of the World". 2009. in Druchman, D. & Donohue, W. (eds), International Negotiation Series, vol.7.

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IMD - Lichia Saner-Yiu's view on IMD Responsible Leadership Summit 2009

Round Table on "Economic and Trade Activities and Global Warming. Heading towards Which production and Consumption Modes?", on 4th December 2008. Organised by the International Association on Trade and Sustainable (COMDEV), a partner organisation of the CSEND.

Prof. Prof. Raymond Saner and Lichia Yiu will address the international conference on “The European Entrepreneurship in the Globalising Economy - Challenges and Opportunities”, 9-12 September 2008 at Varna, Bulgaria.

This conference is organised by the Bulgarian Association for Management Development and Entrepreneurship (www.bamde.org).

The title of CSEND’s presentation will be “Cross Border Co-operation and Entrepreneurship:
the Role of Social Capital” ( item:  abstract here)

Prof. Lichia Saner-Yiu has being appointed as the Secretary of the CUTS Geneva Resource Centre (CUTS-GRC). CUTS-GRC is a newly established NGO with the vision to pursue social justice and economic equity within and across borders by persuading governments and empowering people. More information on CUTS GRC is available at: Website

The CSEND Group consists of different branches one being DiplomacyDialogue which fosters multistakeholder dialogues and promotes the pursuit of equitable and sustainable development. For information, see www.diplomacydialogue.org

“CSEND has organized an international conference on the Food Crisis together with the group of the Least Developed Country members of the WTO. The title of the conference was " WTO Rules and Food Crisis in the Least Developed Countries” . The conference took place on 17th July at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy in Geneva. The working programme including presentations and related documents are available here.”

UNCTAD Regional Conference on Policy Consultation Workshop on Using TRIPS Flexibility for the Promotion of Licenses for Pharmaceutical Patents - 19-23 March 2007, Addis Ababa

United Nations Climate Change Conference UNFCCC Side Event organized by CSEND: Energy Efficiency - With or Without the CDM

Energy efficiency is among the cheapest, cleanest and most rapidly deployed energy sources. This interactive panel session – with representatives of the International Energy Agency, the World Bank Carbon Finance business and the UN Development Program, as well as Parties to the UNFCCC – will address energy efficiency mitigation potential; promotion of energy efficiency under the UNFCCC/Kyoto Protocol going forward; and energy efficiency under the CDM.Contact for futher information: Anne Arquit Niederberger (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; +1 917 518 5094)

16 Nov. 2006, Nairobi

Dr. Raymond Saner contributed to the discourse and exchanges that took place at the the International Organization Development Association IODA conference. “The conference was the global platform for professionals in the field of organisational development.”

The International Organization Development Association IODA conference. “The conference is the global platform for professionals in the field of organisational development.”

27-31 August 2006, Zeist, The Netherlands

26th International Congress of Applied Psychology - 16-21 July 2006, Athens, Greece.

CSEND Celebrates Jubilee Year of Russian-Swiss RelationsLeaders of five of Russia’s most distinguished universities launched the Morozov Project in 1991 to provide business training programmes on a large scale throughout Russia. CSEND staff were part of the expert team which advised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London on the design of a strategy to implement the Morozov project.

Awareness Training Session on ISO 10015 CSEND/AdeQuaTE and the Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE), the Ohio State University, will offer an awareness training session on ISO-10015 - Quality of Training. - 2 March 2006, Columbus, OH.