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Results of the Forum on Space Economics' Third Steering Group Meeting, 25-26 Sept. 2008
06-Nov-2008
The third meeting of the Space Forum's Steering Group was held in Paris on 25-26 Sept. 2008. After taking stock of the major outputs resulting from the Forum three years' existence (2006-2008), the members stated their continuing strategic interest. The Forum should therefore continue its activities in 2009 for a one-year transition period. It could then potentially evolve into an upgraded institutional format, subject to political support in supporting Member States and agencies.
For more information, contact: pierre-alain.schieb@oecd.org.
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23-Nov-2007
This new publication is an innovative compilation of statistics on the space sector and its contributions to economic activity. In addition, it offers critical insights into some of the main problems involved in deriving internationally comparable data for the industry and its downstream activities, notably the lack of detailed data, and conceptual and definitional problems.
For more information, please contact Mr. Schieb at Pierre-Alain.Schieb@oecd.org or Ms. Claire Jolly at Claire.Jolly@oecd.org
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08-Sep-2006
The studies cover topics such as flood management, information security and safety of the elderly in a changing society. They have been produced within the framework of the OECD Futures Project on Risk Management Policies.
For more information, please contact Mr. Pierre-Alain Schieb at Pierre-Alain.Schieb@oecd.org or Ms. Anita Gibson at Anita.Gibson@oecd.org.
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11-May-2006
Scarcity, pollution, investment, geopolitics: however murky the challenges ahead may seem, meeting them will require the utmost lucidiy. And because the future of water is at stake, everyone is involved.
This article was published by the OECD Observer on March 2006.
Learn more about water shortages, read "The water challenge: understanding the issues".
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20-Sep-2005
Last June, the OECD published jointly with the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre at the University of South Australia a publication on "Regional Integration in the Asia Pacific: Issues and Prospects ".
The Asia Pacific region, with its dynamic economy and rich cultural diversity, is growing rapidly in significance and is set to play a critical and important role in the world as the 21st century unfolds.
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03-Dec-2003
This report was drafted in response to a proposal submitted by the United States Delegation at the March 2003 meeting of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's Executive Committee in Special Session. It analyzes the economic and social impacts of recent large-scale disasters, and draws key lessons for the managment of future disasters. Its focus in primarily on restoring trust and securing recovery after a major harmful event has occurred.
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13-Nov-2003
Risk has been an inherent concern of humans since the dawn of recorded history. Not only are there more risks situations today, but modern technological development has brought a heightened awareness of risk - both of those risks that we knew about in the past, and the emerging, new risks that are associated with the march of progress. A key element in this awareness is that we now know a great deal more about the physical world than we did in the 19th and much of the 20th century; in addition, the mechanization of much of daily life has brought human being into contact with new risks.
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16-Oct-2003
“The Security Economy” aims at gaining a better understanding of the broader implications of increased security activity. Organised crime, terrorism, disruption of global supply chains, computer viruses – all have played a role in raising people’s awareness of the risks they face in today’s world. The result has been the emergence of a USD 100 billion market for security goods and services fed by growing demand from governments, businesses and private households. The security economy is expected to...
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10-Sep-2003
What is new about major risks in the 21st century? Recent years have witnessed a host of large-scale disasters of various kinds throughout the world: hugely damaging windstorms and flooding in Europe and ice storms in Canada; new diseases infecting both humans (AIDS, the Ebola virus) and animals (BSE); terrorist attacks such as those of 11 September 2001 in the United States and the Sarin gas attack in Japan; major disruptions to critical infrastructures caused by computer viruses or simply technical failure.
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Proceedings of the December Forum for the Future Conference on Policies for Economic and Social Transition in the 21st Century
11-Mar-2002
On 27 and 28 November 2001, the OECD held a Forum for the Future conference on "Policies for Economic and Social Transition in the 21st Century". The meeting build on four previous Forum conferences that examined the prospects for technology, economy, society and governance in the 21st Century.
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