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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: pdf 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
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