UN Library Talk: Roundtable on “How to Ensure Ageing with Dignity?” – A Contribution to the Implementation of SDG3 of the “2030 Sustainable Development Goals”
All Academy Symposium on "INTERRELATIONSHIP OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC GOODS" AoM Annual Conference, Atlanta, August 2017
A Colloquium on “Is A Living Wage Bad for The Economy?” A contribution to the implementation of SDG 8 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Greening the World Trade Organisation is an imperative to accompany the implementation of the Paris Agreement adopted during the COP 21 in December 2015.
“Yet, there is no place for complacency. Time is running out, and unless decisive steps are taken to speedily walk the talk and translate ambitious global commitments into concrete actions at global, regional, national and local levels, the Paris Agreement will fail to deliver and sufficiently reduce climate change” (ECPDM editorial, May/June 2016).
A UN Library organised by the United Nations Office Geneva in collaboration with CSEND on Wednesday 15 June 2017. This Library event aims to debate the philosophical, economic, social, and pedagogical aspect of education in the context of achieving SDG Goal 4, “Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all”.
Setting the Scene by Raymond Saner, DiplomacyDialogue, CSEND 
SDGs and Agenda 2030 by Joost Monk, NORRAG
International Cooperation on TVSD by Michel Carton
Neoliberalism and Education: a book presentation by Sacha Varin
Book Leaflet on “Neoliberalism and Education”
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Reflections on the SDG Implementation as A Holistic Endeavour – SDC’s Contribution by Sabina Handschin, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Cognitive Capacity to Adapt and Reinvent by Lichia Yiu, CSEND
CSEND management team participated in the 2016 UNECE conference on PPP and SDGs. Particularly, Raymond Saner developed an evaluation grid to assess PPP case examples which were discussed during the morning session of the 3-day conference.
Democratizing the PPP standard setting process of the health sector.
Participation of Civil Society Organisations in the United Nations and in the Aid Effectiveness Discourse and Related Standard-Setting Negotiations.
Is Private-Sector Participation in Water Provision the Right Option for Developing Countries? An Analysis through Case Studies.
A special CSEND Dialogue session on "Socio-Economic Dimensions of Formalising Informal Economy: Impediments, needs and gender issues" on the 17 July 2014.
The majority of economic activities in the least developed countries are in the "informal sector". Workers and micro entrepreneurs alike in the informal economy are often trapped for a whole lifetime in conditions of precarious living and rarely get out of poverty. What could be the appropriate intervention strategies and the timing for such interventions so that the micro entrepreneurs really benefit from formalisation? What are the socio-economic and gender issues yet to be addressed?