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Inaugural Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct - 26-27 June 2013, Paris

Guidelines for multinational enterprises - Panel at the 2013 World Bank/IMF Civil Society Policy Forum, 19 April

Third Annual High-Level Conference for G20 Governments and Business, 25-26 April, Paris

Civil Society Newsletter March 2013

OECD Global Forum on Development - Paris, 4-5 April 2013

OECD Global Youth Video Competition 2013 - How would you shape tomorrow’s global economy?

"Face to Facebook with civil society", OECD Observer article

The OECD and Civil Society

The OECD has been working with civil society since it was founded. Since then the size, scope, and capacity of civil society has increased dramatically. The OECD’s engagement with civil society has expanded too, and both parties to this dialogue benefit: the public’s interest in globalisation is taken into account in the OECD’s work, and OECD analysis is stronger when they include the perspectives of CSOs.

OECD activities with civil society:

Public consultations: Many OECD directorates hold regular consultations with civil society on developing or reviewing OECD work. Online consultations have broadened public participation in OECD’s work. CSOs are also active in implementing and monitoring products of the OECD’s work (more)
Fora and workshops (including the OECD Forum) are convened at the OECD and around the world to elicit stakeholders’—including civil society—opinions.
OECD Centres (in Berlin, Mexico City, Tokyo and Washington DC) offer a place to meet with civil society.

Relations with Business and Labour

Formal relations between the OECD and representatives of business and industry and of trade unions in member countries are conducted through two Organisations officially recognised by the OECD Council. These are the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC) and the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC). Both contribute to most areas of the Organisation's work through policy dialogue and consultations.

Consultations with BIAC and TUAC are a regular and systematic part of most OECD committees' work. In addition annual consultations with BIAC and TUAC take place within the framework of the Liaison Committee of the OECD Council, which is chaired by the Secretary-General and open to all member countries. The OECD Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM) Bureau also consult annually with BIAC and TUAC ahead of the MCM. Since 2010, BIAC and TUAC have participated fully in the MCM.

Civil Society Newsletters

OECD Civil Society Newsletter 28 March 2013

OECD Civil Society Newsletter 27 December 2012

OECD Civil Society Newsletter 26 September 2012

OECD Civil Society Newsletter 25 June 2012

OECD Civil Society Newsletter 24 March 2012

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Consultations and calls for contributions

2013
13 Sept 2013	Consultation on Draft Handbook on Transfer Pricing Risk assessment. Interested parties are invited to provide comments in Word format to TransferPricing@oecd.org. Unless otherwise indicated by the commentators at the time of submission, the comments received may be posted on the OECD website.
24 May 2013	Public consultation on draft high-level principles on long-term investment financing by institutional investors.
15 March 2013	Online consultation on "Reducing poverty is achievable. Finding those who are hidden by inequalities". Outcomes to be presented at the OECD Global Forum on Development, 4-5 April 2013

Guidelines for Online Public Consultation

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