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Workshop on Enhancing Research Performance through Evaluation and Priority Setting
from 15-Sep-2008 to 16-Sep-2008
How can OECD countries design, implement and use evaluations to improve research quality and impacts? How can they improve the ways through which they identify and set priorities for public support to research and innovation? This two-day workshop brought together practitioners and experts to explore new developments in evaluation for policy making and to identify general principles and practices for priority setting.
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106th meeting of the Council Working Party on Shipbuilding
from 03-Jul-2008 to 04-Jul-2008
A brief summary of the meeting can be found here .
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from 23-Sep-2008 to 24-Sep-2008
This conference, to take place in Rochester, NY, USA, will aim to promote the concepts and practices of sustainable manufacturing among diverse businesses, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Leading academics and industry practitioners are expected to be among the speakers and panelists, along with high-level policy makers. The presentations and discussions will help the OECD to identify the needs for the future work in this area.
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The OECD Steel Committee in Paris, La Défense, on 22-23 May 2008
from 22-May-2008 to 23-May-2008
The Steel Committee, a global platform where multilateral steel problems and policy solutions are discussed, held its 64th session in Paris, La Défense, on 22-23 May 2008. Governments, industry representatives and other stakeholders met to discuss issues including the outlook for steel and raw material markets, steel trade and trade policy developments, government support measures for steel, and environmental challenges.
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on 05-May-2008
The OECD Washington Center regularly holds OECD Breakfast Series events to promote OECD work, and to give the Washington audience a chance to interact with OECD officials. The presentation will provide information on developments and trends, focusing in particular on the growing use of the Internet to conduct ID crime. Efforts to combat the theft will be described, as will policy guidance that was recently approved by the OECD's Committee on Consumer Policy. The discussants will provide further insights on how issues are affecting consumers in Canada and the United States.
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from 10-Apr-2008 to 11-Apr-2008
The aim of this workshop was to examine fibre investment across the OECD and look for best practices across a range of investment scenarios. Participants' presentations are now available.
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from 10-Dec-2007 to 11-Dec-2007
A brief summary of the meeting can be found here.
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from 04-Feb-2008 to 05-Feb-2008
This expert workshop was designed to provide analysis and insights into the measurement and impacts of public sector information access and use.
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on 05-Dec-2007
In co-operation with the OECD, the Federal Public Service of Foreign Affairs of Belgium is organising a presentation of the main findings of the forthcoming OECD review of China’s innovation policy on 5 December in Brussels.
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from 27-Aug-2007 to 28-Aug-2007
This conference launched the synthesis report of the first OECD review on Chinese national innovation system (NIS). Based on the findings of the synthesis report, a high-level international business symposium took place back-to-back with the conference to address the issue of globalisation of R&D.
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