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from 03-Apr-2008 to 04-Apr-2008
The international conference on "Innovative Service Delivery: Meeting the Challenges of Rural Regions”, co-organised by the OECD and Germany’s Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, was held 3-4 April 2008 at the Dorint Hotel, in Cologne, Germany. It brought together approximately 250 government leaders, policy makers and practitioners to discuss ways to improve service delivery in rural regions and maximise the contribution of service delivery to rural development.
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from 19-Sep-2007 to 21-Sep-2007
The OECD international conference "Globally Competitive, Locally Engaged - Higher Education and Regions" in Valencia, Spain, looked at ways in which higher education institutions could best contribute to region building in the knowledge-based economy. The sessions drew from the OECD review project entitled “Supporting the Contribution of Higher Education to Regional Development”, as well as the earlier work on the OECD territorial reviews.
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on 20-Jun-2007
The Symposium, Setting standards for local public goods provision: challenges for regional development, is co-organised by the OECD and the Italian Department for Development Policies, of the Ministry of Economic Development, in Rome, Italy.
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from 14-May-2007 to 16-May-2007
The third Global City Forum, the international urban management summit, took place in Lyon’s Congress Centre, 14-16 May 2007.
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from 31-May-2007 to 01-Jun-2007
OECD and Nutek welcome policy makers to take part in the conference "Global Challenges - Regional Strategies: Are today's policies fit for the future?", 31 May - 1 June 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden.
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on 11-Apr-2007
This publication was officially launched on April 11, in The Hague, in presence of the Minister of the Economy and the Minister of Transport, followed by a one-day conference on the implementation of the key recommendations of the Review. Public officials, representatives of central and local governments, mayors, CEOs, academics, civil society representatives attended the conference and the different workshops.
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from 21-Mar-2007 to 23-Mar-2007
More than 150 senior policy officials and experts from 21 OECD countries and delegations from India and Morocco attended this event which was inaugurated by the Prince of Asturias and Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary General of the OECD. In 6 plenary sessions, participants discussed the importance of innovation for rural regions and the critical role of human capital and ICTs in enabling these regions to succeed in the context of globalisation.
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from 29-Nov-2006 to 01-Dec-2006
The Symposium validated the findings of the survey among OECD and observer countries to map out good practices for enhancing integrity in public procurement. The Symposium was immediately followed by the Global Forum on Governance launching a structured policy dialogue on good practices between countries at different levels of economic development to cross-fertilise practices.
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from 18-Nov-2005 to 19-Nov-2005
This Seminar reviewed the effectiveness of current conflict-of-interest policies, legal frameworks and implementation practices in countries that participate in the Stability Pact Anti-Corruption Initiative (SPAI) for South-Eastern Europe.
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from 19-Oct-2006 to 20-Oct-2006
This high-level event, co-sponsored by the Scottish Executive and the OECD, brought together the world’s leading rural policy officials and experts to examine new policy options for boosting economic investment in rural regions. Through the co-operation between private, government and academic resources, this conference provided the opportunity to strengthen existing networks and foster knowledge sharing on rural policy across the OECD.
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Territorial Reviews - Portugal
Public Management Reviews - Ireland: Towards an Integrated Public Service
Public-Private Partnerships: In Pursuit of Risk Sharing and Value for Money
