Monitoring, Transparency and Accountability Framework within Global Partnerships in the global health sector: Considerations for Post 2015 SDGs Implementation.
Lichia Yiu, CSEND
publication_autor: Lichia Yiu
Lecture given on Economic Diplomacy
Lecture given on Economic Diplomacy at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic on 10th April 2015.
Presentation has also been uploaded on website of Jan Masaryk Centre of International Studies at the Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics, Prague.
Sustainable Development: Post-2015 Implications A closer look at the SDG and MDG processes
Synopsis
The objective of this paper was to analyze the emerging scope of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the successor development instrument to the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) which are scheduled to end by 2015. The top priorities of the stakeholders involved in the processes include poverty eradication, water sanitation, energy, economic growth, green growth, governance, and employment. Current trends appear to favour a progression of the shaping and negotiation process which goes beyond the established MDG goals.
Intercultural Communication and Diplomacy
Saner, R. & Yiu, L. 2004. Organisational Culture of UN Agencies: The Need for Diplomats to Manage Porous Boundary Phenomena. In H. Slavik (Ed.), Intercultural Communication and Diplomacy: 241-252. Malta/Geneva: DiploFoundation.
Contextual Constraints of Organisation Development Change Projects in the United Nations Organisations
Saner, Raymond; Yiu, Lichia: ” Porous Boundary and Power Politics: Contextual Constraints of Organisation Development Change Projects in the United Nations Organisations”, Gestalt Review, vol. 6, Nr. 2, 2002.
Business – Government – NGO Relation: Their Impact on Global Economic Governance
Non state actors like Business Diplomats and Transnational Economic NGO Diplomats with their multitude of transborder alliances and pressure groups have added to the traditional domain of economic diplomacy a “supraterritorial relations” component and are thereby partially undermining sovereignty of states in conducting international economic relations. At the same time, faced with globalisation and competition for foreign direct investment as well as with the growing influence of international economic standard setting organisations (WTO, ITU,ILO etc), …
Organizational Dynamics
Saner, R., & Yiu, L. 2005. Swiss Executives as Business Diplomats in the New Europe: Evidence from Swiss Pharmaceutical and Agro-Industrial Global Companies. Organizational Dynamics, 34 (3).
29th Meeting of Directors and Deans of Diplomatic Academies and Institutes of International Relations
18th September 2001, Vienna : 29th Meeting of Directors and Deans of Diplomatic Academies and Institutes of International Relations. A presentation by Professor Raymond Saner (Director, Centre for Socio-Economic Development, CSEND) together with Mr. Rodrick M. Wright (research Associate, CSEND) and Dr. Lichia Yiu ( President, CSEND) to be followed by round table and discussion.
Academy of Management Executive
Saner, R., Yiu, L., & Sondergaard, M. 2000. Business Diplomacy Management: A Core Competency for Global Companies. Academy of Management Executive, 14 (1): 80-92.
Witkin’s Cognitive Styles and Field Theory applied to the Study of Global Managers and OD Practitioners
Yiu, L. ; Saner, R., “Witkin’s Cognitive Styles and Field Theory applied to the Study of Global Managers and OD Practitioners”, in Research in Organizational Change and Development, Vol. 16, edited by Pasmore, W. and Woodman, R. 2007. Oxford: Elsevier. pp 191-219.