Workshop on Micro-Polices for Entrepreneurship: Summary

on 11-Apr-2003

As part of the project on Micro-Policies for Growth, effective entrepreneurship policies are being identified and better firm-level data is being developed. The Workshop on 11 April 2003 in Finland advanced these efforts.

Forum conjoint CIEE/PIIC sur les TIC et les performances des entreprises, 1er octobre 2003

on 01-Oct-2003

Le CIEE et le PIIC (Comité de la politique de l'information, de l'informatique et des communications) tiendront un forum conjoint dont l'objectif est d'identifier les politiques efficaces en matière de diffusion des technologies informatiques dans les entrperises.

Steel meetings on 12-15 May 2003

from 12-May-2003 to 15-May-2003

The Capacity Working Group will meet on 12-13 May and the Disciplines Study Group on 13-15 May. The two meetings will be preceded, on 12 May, by a consultation with industry representatives.

OECD - Italian National Research Council Workshop - Fostering the Developement of Human Resources for S&T, June 6 - 7, 2003, Rome, Italy

from 05-Jun-2003 to 06-Jun-2003

The workshop aims to inform policy makers in higher education and research about the current challenges to developing human resources in science and technology (HRST) and policy responses in OECD countries.

Workshop on "Science and Funding in Transition - Changing Paradigms and First Experiences of Implementation", Berlin (Germany)

from 06-May-2003 to 07-May-2003

May 6-7, 2002. Jointly organised by the OECD Secretariat and the German Ministry for Education and Research. Primary objective of the workshop was to provide a survey of changes in OECD member states' policies governing public funding and steering of research institutions.

Workshop on Micro Policies for Fostering Entrepreneurship, Helsinki, Finland April 10-11 2003

from 10-Apr-2003 to 11-Apr-2003

The objectives of the workshop are twofold: to learn more on effective policy measures on entrepreneurship and to feed the lessons learned at the Workshop to the Micro-Policies project.

OECD/JRC Workshop on Composite Indicators of Country Performance (Ispra, Italy) 12 May 2003

on 12-May-2003

The EC and the OECD are assessing methodologies for constructing composite indicators of country performance in different policy areas. This workshop will review approaches to developing such composites with a view to developing "quality guidelines" for their construction.

The Disciplines Study Group met on 24-25 February, 2003

from 24-Feb-2003 to 25-Feb-2003

Meeting of the Sub-Group on Supply and Demand - April 2003

on 08-Apr-2003

Special Session with non-member economies.

Meeting of the Special Negotiating Group - July

from 02-Jul-2003 to 04-Jul-2003

3rd meeting of the Special Negotiating Group on a new Shipbuilding Agreement