During his official visit to the Netherlands, Secretary-General Angel Gurría met with:
- Mr Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister
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Mr Maxime Verhagen, Minister of Foreign Affairs
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Mrs Maria van der Hoeven, Minister of Economic Affairs
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Mr Bert Koenders, Minister for Development Co-operation
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Mr Piet Hein Donner, Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, to address several labour market issues
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Mr Frank Heemskerk, Minister for Foreign Trade, to discuss globalisation issues
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Mr Ahmed Aboutaleb, State Secretary of Social Affairs and Employment, to talk about a recently released OECD report, Jobs for youth: Netherlands.
- The Secretaries-General of the Dutch ministries, to discuss ways to increase the horizontal co-operation within governments
- The Parliamentary Committee for Economic Affairs, to present the latest Economic Survey of the Netherlands.
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Angel Gurría presents Jan Peter Balkenende with the Economic Survey of the Netherlands
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In addition to these bilateral meetings, Mr Gurría held a joint press conference with the Minister of Economic affairs at International Press Centre “Nieuwspoort” to launch the OECD Economic Survey of the Netherlands.
He also attended a round table hosted by Prime Minister Balkenende on the following topic: " How Dutch is the Dutch economy and why does it matter? ".
For further information, journalists are invited to contact the OECD's Media Division (tel: + 331 451249700).
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