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High-Level Forum on Sickness, Disability and Work, Stockholm, Sweden

from 14-May-2009 to 15-May-2009

Employment and social affairs ministers from 15 OECD countries will meet in Stockholm to discuss ways to improve sickness and disability policies and make them central to labour market strategies to deal with the impact of the current crisis and beyond. The Forum on “Sickness, Disability and Work: Addressing Policy Challenges in OECD Countries”, organised by the OECD and the government of Sweden, aims to help policy makers understand the importance of effective social and disability policies and how they can improve longer-term outcomes for the individuals concerned and society as a whole.

OECD news conference,"Sickness, Disability and Work: Finland", Helsinki, 20 November

Finnish State Secretary Ms Terttu Savolainen, Minister of Labour Ms Tarja Cronberg, OECD Deputy Secretary General Aart de Geus and OECD Project Leader Christopher Prinz will present the findings of this new OECD report at a press conference at 09.30 AM on Thursday 20 November.

OECD news conference, "Sickness, Disability and Work: Ireland", Dublin, Thursday 20 November

Billy Kelleher, Irish Minister for Labour Affairs, and John Martin, OECD Director of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, will present the findings of this new OECD report on Thursday 20 November at the Taoiseach, Upper Merrion Street, Dublin.

Next edition of "Benefits & Wages" will be released early 2007

Benefits and Wages (2007) will analyse tax-benefit reforms during the past ten years and summarise their effects on family incomes and work incentives. A special chapter will focus on childcare costs faced by working parents and discuss policy measures that can make childcare more affordable.
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Transforming Disability into Ability - Joint conference organised by OECD and European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research

from 06-Mar-2003 to 07-Mar-2003

6 and 7 March 2003, Vienna

ELS Groupe de travail sur la politique sociale - non ouverte au public

from 18-Nov-2002 to 20-Nov-2002

18 - 20 novembre (matin) 2002

OECD Workshop on Ageing-related Diseases - Paris, 20-21 June 2002

from 20-Jun-2002 to 21-Jun-2002

11/06/2002 - Health economists and policy analysts, policy makers and researchers from 21 OECD countries discussed the implications of Ageing-Related Diseases for research and for health and ageing policy at an international workshop in Paris on 20-21 June 2002

ELS Working Party on Social Policy - closed to the public

from 15-Apr-2002 to 16-Apr-2002

15 - 16 April 2002

OECD Meets with Regional Stakeholders to Promote Business in the Baltic States

from 13-Dec-2001 to 14-Dec-2001

10/12/2001 - Strong growth in the services sector is driving the economies of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, creating employment and boosting external accounts. In 2000, services in the three Baltic States attracted an average of 75% of foreign direct investment and accounted for 70% of GDP.

OECD Seminar on Implementing Social Assistance Schemes

from 10-Dec-2001 to 14-Dec-2001

10-14 December 2001 (Joint Vienna Institute, Vienna, Austria)