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06-Dec-2006
Further raising its high performance in innovation is of key importance for boosting Switzerland’s economic growth and maintaining high living standards. This review suggests some reforms in innovation policy which would help to cope with this challenge.
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29-Nov-2006
This document provides information on current or planned activities related to the safety of manufactured nanomaterials in OECD member countries. This information was provided as written reports by delegations who participated in the 1st Meeting of OECD's Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (WPMN). There are also written reports on relevant current activities in other International Organisations such as the UNESCO and the ISO. Additional information on the programme of work of the WPMN can be found in here .
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20-Nov-2006
This publication presents the proceedings of an international workshop that assessed the underlying causes behind the low participation of women in scientific careers, especially at senior levels, and aimed to identify good practice policies to attract, recruit and retain women in scientific careers in public and private research.
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The establishment of Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials, 14 September 2006
20-Sep-2006
The OECD Council agreed to the establishment of the Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials, as a subsidiary body of the Chemicals Committee on Thursday, 14 September. This working party is established to address human health and environmental safety aspects of manufactured nanomaterials, in the chemicals sector. The 1st Meeting of the Working Party will be held 26-27 October in London, UK. The main objective of this meeting is to agree a draft Programme of Work on the safety of manufactured nanomaterials, 2006-2008, to be forwarded to the Chemicals Committee.
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27-Jun-2006
We are pleased to announce that the OECD workshop - Beyond the Blue Book: Framework for Risk Assessment of Transgenic Plants - will be held on 29 September 2006 in conjunction with the 9th International Symposium on the Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms. For questions related to registration, please contact us.
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14-Jun-2006
This new publication explores the emerging concept of behavioural additionality (how government funding of business R&D affects the behaviour of firms) and summarises results of a multinational effort to measure it.
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18-May-2006
The purpose of the OECD Biotechnology Update is to provide up-to-date information on the diverse activities at OECD related to biotechnology. The newsletter is mainly intended for delegates to OECD meetings who are familiar with OECD's work. However, we hope that it also serves a purpose to the wider biotech community.
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09-May-2006
The effectiveness of innovation policy depends not only on the design and implementation of individual policy instruments for innovation (e.g. tax incentives, public/private partnership programmes),but also on the way instruments are combined into policy mixes. The report reviews the policy mix for innovation in Iceland.
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