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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.
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from 04-Apr-2008 to 16-May-2008
The OECD is inviting comments on its draft Guidelines for Human Biobanks and Genetic Research Databases, which offer principles and best practices for the establishment, governance, management and use of human biobanks and genetic research databases. The invitation to comment is open to all interested parties. Comments may be submitted until 30 May.
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Workshop on Aligning National Systems for New Chemical Notification and Assessments (Rome, Italy)
from 17-Apr-2002 to 19-Apr-2002
The objective of the workshop is to further OECD's efforts to improve the efficiencies of new chemical notification systems in Member countries, by identifying ways to, among other things, implement a standard notification form across OECD countries, and harmonize exclusion/exemption requirements.
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4th Meeting of the PRTR Release Estimations Techniques Task Force
from 19-Jun-2002 to 20-Jun-2002
This meeting will be held in Oslo, Norway, 19-20 June 2002. A Joint Session in the afternoon of 20 June will be held with the Environmental Exposure Assessment Task Force. For more information on this programme and task force, see Chemical Hazard/Risk Assessment.
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8th Meeting of the IOMC PRTR Co-ordinating Group
on 15-Feb-2002
The meeting will take place in February 2002.
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3rd Meeting of the Task Force on PRTR Release Estimation Techniques
from 01-Nov-2001 to 02-Nov-2001
The meeting will take place in Ottawa, Canada, 1-2 November 2001.
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A celebration of 10 years of the Working Group on Pesticides and the 13th Meeting of the OECD Working Group on Pesticides, 4-6 February 2002, Paris
from 04-Feb-2001 to 06-Feb-2002
The OECD Working Group on Pesticides (WGP) will celebrate the 10 year anniversary of its formation on 4 February 2002. The WGP will hold a Brainstorming Session to identify future challanges in Pesticide Regulation. The Event will be followed by the 13th Meeting of the WGP, 5 and 6 February 2002.
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OECD Workshop on the Economics of Pesticide Risk Reduction, hosted by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, Copenhagen, Denmark
from 28-Nov-2001 to 30-Nov-2001
This November the Pesticide Programme will hold a workshop on the economics of pesticide risk reduction. To be hosted by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, the workshop will look at ways to assess the costs and benefits of pest control and ways to use such assessments for risk reduction.
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Policy Brief - Health
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The most comprehensive source of comparable statistics on health and health systems across OECD countries
