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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 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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Global Infrastructure Needs: Prospects and Implications for Public and Private Actors
from 12-Dec-2006 to 13-Dec-2006
The last OECD Futures project meeting on Global Infrastructure Needs took place at the OECD on the 12th and 13th December 2006. For more information, please contact Mr. Pierre-Alain Schieb at Pierre-Alain.Schieb@oecd.org or Anita Gibson at Anita.Gibson@oecd.org.
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from 25-Sep-2006 to 27-Sep-2006
This event brought together key policy makers, community leaders and researchers from around Australia and other OECD countries to deepen the academic and policy debate about the impact and value of efforts to ‘join-up' different public services and related initiatives to strengthen communities. It was organised by the LEED Programme in collaboration with the Centre for Public Policy.
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Key Publications
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Competitive Regional Clusters: National Policy Approaches
Competitive Cities in the Global Economy
OECD Regions at a Glance
The New Rural Paradigm: Policies and Governance
Linking Regions and Central Governments: Contracts for Regional Development
