Global City Forum: Creating a Sustainable Future

from 17-May-2006 to 19-May-2006

The second Global City Forum, the international urban management summit, will take place in Lyon’s Congress Centre. Drawing together the world’s leading cities and experts, the event focuses on the exchange of best practice and concrete solutions to make our cities more sustainable. Organised with the partnership of the OECD, Global City is expected to attract 1000 urban decision-makers from over 200 cities and 35 countries, including 100 Mayors and City Leaders.

International Symposium, Enhancing City Attractiveness for the Future, on 2-3 June 2005, Nagoya, Japan

from 02-Jun-2005 to 03-Jun-2005

This international symposium will gather leading academics, government leaders, policy makers and practitioners in a unique forum to explore the opportunities policies to enhance city attractiveness can provide for urban economic regeneration.

Designing and Implementing Rural Development Policies, 7-8 April 2005, Oaxaca, Mexico

from 07-Apr-2005 to 08-Apr-2005

The design and implementation of an integrated rural policy requires changes in the inter- and intra-governmental relations and between the public and the private sectors and the civil society. This conference addressed the main issues related tothe design and implementation of place-based policies for rural development. The conclusions of the conference are now available.

OECD Global Forum on Governance: Fighting Corruption and Promoting Integrity in Public Procurement

from 29-Nov-2004 to 30-Nov-2004

The Global Forum on Governance brought together over 200 participants from all over the world to discuss methods, conditions and approaches to preventing, detecting and sanctioning corruption in public procurement.  The Forum addressed challenges and solutions to aspects of public procurement relating to integrity and good governance initiatives as well as to OECD anti-bribery instruments.

[Conference] Competitive Cities in the Global Economy - Sevilla, Spain

from 23-Oct-2003 to 24-Oct-2003

The conference focussed on four themes: metropolitan competitiveness, urban regeneration, events as catalysts for growth and metropolitan governance. Facilitating international dialogue and disseminating best practice are important aspects of our work. This conference offered an important opportunity to address key issues facing metropolitan regions throughout OECD countries.

International Conference on Knowledge-based Regional Development and Innovation, Florence (Italy), 25-26 November 2004

from 25-Nov-2004 to 26-Nov-2004

The OECD, the Regione Toscana, Italy and the ERIK network (European Regions Knowledge based innovation Network, are jointly organising an international meeting in Florence (Italy) on 25/26 November 2004. The meeting will address innovation and knowledge based regional development issues.

The conference will target an audience of national and regional policy makers, practionners and experts.  Participants will take stock of experiences in Member countries, contributing to diffuse assessment results and facilitating the sharing of best practices in innovation policies.

Working Party on Territorial Indicators - 8th Session

from 31-May-2004 to 01-Jun-2004

The 8th Session of the TDPC Working Party on Territorial Indicators was kindly hosted by the National Statistical Office of Portugal and took place at the Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) in Lisbon, Portugal. This session took the form of a workshop and delegates were invited to present papers on Patterns and Trends in Regional Competitiveness based on the data from the OECD Territorial Database.

High level Forum on Implementing Conflict of Interest Policies in Government and the Public Sector

from 24-Nov-2003 to 25-Nov-2003

The Forum, held in Prague, Czech Republic, brought together senior public officials and key civil society actors from eight non-member countries participating in the Stability Pact Anti-Corruption Initiative (SPAI), and representatives of the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Turkey and the United States.

The Forum reviewed progress made by SPAI countries in developing and implementing conflict-of-interest policies in government and the public sector. Participants identified suitable strategies for improving the control of conflict-of-interest situations and endorsed the OECD Guidelines for Managing Conflict of Interest and the OECD Conflict of Interest Toolkit.

OECD Workshop "Managing Conflict of Interest - from Policy to Practice"

from 12-May-2003 to 13-May-2003

The agenda and documents for this workshop, held in Zagreb, Croatia, are now available. The main focus of the workshop was policy approaches and practical management tools for increasing integrity and promoting good governance.

24th annual Senior Budget Officials Meeting

from 03-Jun-2003 to 04-Jun-2003

Rome, Italy. The meeting will be hosted by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance. The meeting is not open to the public.