Education and Socio-economic Development, OECD

CSEND gave two policy presentations entitled "Economic Growth, National Competitiveness and Education" (Raymond Saner) and "Continuous Learning: Key Driver for Social and Economic Development" (Lichia Yiu) at an international conference on "Governance and Education for Sustainable Development and European Integration" organized by OECD, Paris for government officials of Central and South-Eastern European countries. The conference was held in Graz, Austria, January 2005.

Higher Education, OECD

CSEND chaired an expert panel and gave two papers during an International Seminar on the Development of Higher Education and Financing Policies co-organised by OECD, Paris and the Ministry of Education, Beijing, China July 2004. Papers presented were on "The link between higher education and employability" (Raymond Saner) and "Quality Evaluation in a Diversified Higher Education System (Lichia Saner-Yiu).