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from 25-Oct-2011 to 26-Oct-2011
The objective of the Global Forum on Water is to gather a broad range of senior policy makers and leaders in the water sector to debate and discuss the key messages emerging from the recent OECD work on water. This work focusses on the policy issues related to pricing and financing, multi-level governance, public-private partnerships, and managing water resources in agriculture.
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from 25-May-2011 to 27-May-2011
Transport Ministers and high-level decision-makers from industry, civil society and academia will gather in Leipzig at the 2011 International Transport Forum to explore the implications of transport for society and individuals. Focusing on all modes of passenger and freight transport, they will examine how to increase the benefits of transport for individuals and communities and ensure that transport continues to contribute to sustainable growth.
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from 29-Nov-2010 to 10-Dec-2010
The UN Climate Change Conference was held in Cancún (COP16, 29 Nov-10 Dec 2010). What were the actions taken? For OECD experts involved in Cancún, policy focused on financing, market solutions and technological change.
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on 18-Oct-2010
Date: 18 October 2010
Venue: United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
This one day workshop aims to enhance knowledge sharing and mutual learning on LCG among countries in the Asia-Pacific region and international donor agencies.
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Aid effectiveness and environment: How to enhance environmental governance and management through the use of country systems?, Lilongwe, Malawi
on 04-Mar-2010
This meeting focused on integratation of environment into planning and public financial management.
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from 11-Nov-2009 to 12-Nov-2009
African ministers and business leaders will meet in Johannesburg, South Africa on 11-12 November to discuss how African countries can exit the financial crisis and build stronger and more sustainable economies at the NEPAD-OECD ministerial and roundtable.
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2009 OECD Annual Sustainable Development Meeting
from 19-Oct-2009 to 20-Oct-2009
The OECD Annual Meeting of Sustainable Development Experts (AMSDE) met on 19-20 October 2009, bringing together Delegates from capitals and stakeholders to discuss, among others, contribution to the development of the OECD Green Growth Strategy, integration of sustainable development perspectives into OECD country/peer reviews, and roles sustainability impact assessments and measurements play in furthering sustainable development.
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from 10-Sep-2009 to 11-Sep-2009
Information communication technologies (ICTs) are crucial to reducing poverty, improving access to health and education services and creating new sources of income and employment for the poor. But there are substantial discrepancies in access to ICTs between, but also within, countries, depending on key factors such as gender, rural coverage, skills and educational levels. This workshop, organised jointly by the World Bank/infoDev and the OECD, aimed to share best practices in coherent approaches to meeting development objectives laid out by Ministers.
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from 04-Nov-2009 to 05-Nov-2009
Most OECD countries consider eco-innovation as an important part of the response to contemporary challenges, including climate change and energy security. In addition, many countries consider that eco-innovation could be a source of competitive advantages in the fast-growing environmental goods and services sector. A number of policy issues have emerged from an inventory of policies and programmes that OECD countries have put in place to promote eco-innovation.
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on 22-Jun-2009
This event, held on 22 June 2009 at the OECD Conference Centre, focused on discussing roles of education and employment in promoting eco-innovation/sustainable development, with the aim of feeding into the OECD innovation strategy currently under development. This event was open to the public, please see the attached programme for details.
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