About Us
ICSD
ICSD Geneva, Switzerland
ICSD set up ICSD Geneva Chapter in April 2024. The main purpose of the ICSD Geneva Chapter is to leverage the advanced practices of ESG and sustainability in Europe for knowledge transfer to benefit our members. There will be two Free CPD webinars (related ESG and sustainability) each year organised by the Chapter exclusively for our ICSD members. The Chapter is situated in the Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development (CSEND).
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CSEND is accredited by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) with special consultative status and enjoys access to the United Nations organisations and participates actively in its policy deliberations in New York, Geneva and Vienna where CSEND has its own representatives.
https://unsse.org/about/observers/csend/
ICSD Geneva Chapter's Partners
Dr. Lichia Yiu
​President of CSEND
Born in Taipei in 1949 and a Swiss citizen, she holds a doctorate in Educational Psychology from Indiana University. A former associate professor at Chinese Culture University, Chinese Taipei, she was a post-doctoral fellow at Columbia University in organisational psychology. She is fluent in English and Mandarin.
Dr. Yiu has over 20 years of experience as an advisor to governments and international organisations on organisational development and reform of public administration. She recently directed a two-year, bilateral Swiss-Slovene project to reform the public administration of Slovenia and a three-year Sino-Swiss bilateral programme to modernise management training of senior civil service officials in China. She has also been a consultant to the United Nations Development Programme and other specialised UN agencies, as well as to private-sector organisations.
Dr. Raymond Saner
​Director of CSEND​
Born in Switzerland in 1947 and a Swiss citizen, he is fluent in German, English and French. He holds a doctorate in Social Psychology from the Union Graduate School, Cincinnati, Ohio, Master in Edu, Lesley U. Cambridge and a BA in Economics, U. of Basle.
Dr. Saner has over 20 years of experience in designing and managing institution development and capacity-building projects in the public sector throughout the world. He has been a consultant to European and Asian governments, multinational companies and international organisations, including the United Nations Development Programme, the World Trade Organisation and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. His recent project leadership responsibilities have included the development of management training centres in Russia and institutional reform in Eastern Europe and South America. A former adjunct professor at New York University's Graduate School of Business, he currently teaches on international negotiation at the University of Basle (Switzerland), and was a visiting professor at INSEAD (France).