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from 01-Oct-2009 to 23-Oct-2009
Showcase, the HCA Academy's case study library for sustainable communities is seeking your ideas & views in an online debate: - How leaders should respond to the needs of their local areas. - Sharing risk and learning from experience. - The skills people need to remain in the labour markets.
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from 22-Oct-2009 to 23-Oct-2009
How can governments help innovative small firms continue to grow in the midst of an economic crisis? Entrepreneurs, bankers, policy makers and academics will discuss this and other issues at the conference which is open to media.
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Ahead of the G20 Summit: the Employment Outlook
on 16-Sep-2009
Despite early signs that an economic recovery may be in sight, unemployment is likely to continue rising into 2010. On Wednesday 16 September, ahead of his attendance at the G20 Pittsburgh Summit, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría will brief journalists on OECD recommendations on employment policy and other issues. Webcast live here from 11.00 (Paris time).
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9th International Entrepreneurship Forum (9th IEF), Istanbul
from 16-Sep-2009 to 18-Sep-2009
"Technology and Entrepreneurship: New Ventures and the Creative Use of Technologies"
The role of technology in the generation of entrepreneurial opportunities is the central theme of this major conference.
For further information, please go to www.essex.ac.uk/conferences/ief
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on 20-May-2009
Angel Gurría, Secrétaire général de l’OCDE ; Laurent Wauquiez, Secrétaire d’Etat à l’emploi ; et Martin Hirsch, Haut commissaire à la jeunesse, présenteront les conclusions du rapport « Des emplois pour les jeunes : France » lors d’une conférence de presse au ministère de l’économie et des finances à Bercy, le mercredi 20 mai à 16h30.
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on 20-May-2009
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría ; Laurent Wauquiez, Secretary of State for Employment ; and Martin Hirsch, High Commissioner for Youth, will present “Jobs for Youth – France” at a press conference at the Ministry of Economy and Finance at Bercy at 4.30 PM on Wednesday 20 May 2009.
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on 12-Jun-2009
The aim of the good practice workshop was to follow up the joint policy development project from LEED Programme of the OECD and the German Federal Ministry of Housing, Construction and Urban Affairs with a practical event to enable HEIs and policy makers from eastern Germany to exchange with each other and with participants from other countries around good practice in HEI entrepreneurship support, namely in entrepreneurship education and in start-up support. A rich and diverse programme also offered participants opportunities to engage in dept-interviews with those behind good practices.
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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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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.
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