I. Innovation for Harnessing Globalisation, WTO Public Forum2007 Geneva.
The OECD session at this year’s WTO Public Forum began with the premise that innovation and globalisation are mutually reinforcing and can bring huge benefits if technology is used to promote the greater good. It concluded on the note that much more can be done to encourage innovation, particularly in developing countries. Developed countries have a moral obligation to build the innovation capacity of developing countries. Multilateral institutions, such as the OECD through its analyses and policy advice backed up by statistics, and the WTO with its ability to negotiate global rules on trade agreed upon by both developing and developed countries large and small, should play a greater role in helping the developing world become more involved in globalisation and more innovative. They should continue to promote open markets and solid democratic governments able to sustain consistent policies.
Highlights of the discussion:
 |
The overarching theme of the WTO Forum was How can the WTO Help Harness Globalization? while the OECD session focused more specifically on Innovation for Harnessing Globalization. Participants in the OECD panel included Mr. Warren Giles, journalist, Bloomberg News, as moderator, Dirk Pilat, head of the Science and Technology Policy Division of the OECD; H.E. Mr. Mario Matus, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Chile to the WTO; Dr. Xuan Li, Lead Economist & Acting Coordinator, Innovation and Access to Knowledge Programme, South Centre.
|
OECD analysis shows that innovation allows a freer, faster flow of people, ideas and new technologies, driving globalization. Globalisation, in turn, opens up competition in global markets, spurring countries to become increasingly innovative in order to compete. Having more people engaging in science and innovation can help strengthen productivity and income growth, and thus reduce poverty. This can help to address major global problems such as climate change, energy security, water and health.
But some countries are more innovative than others. Why? What policies help to spawn innovation? What to do about the “losers”? What can be done at the national and international level to help developing countries to become more involved? To what extent can innovation sharpen the gap between rich and poor within countries?
The global drive for innovation depends on international flows of knowledge through trade, foreign direct investment, people and ideas. The session sought to identify some of the barriers to the exchange of knowledge, as well as the characteristics of a policy environment favourable to innovation.
Participants agreed that globalisation is a force for change. World economies are more open, and countries must adjust to that change by being competitive. There are new opportunities for countries to exploit, new ways of thinking and more efficient ways of doing things Governments need to invest more in people through education and training to prepare them for finding new jobs. .
The knowledge-based market place is made up of intangibles. Governments decide whether to treat knowledge as a public good and prone free access or to attach a price tag to every piece of knowledge. Society offers incentives in return for knowledge like open capital markets and intellectual property rights, which can be an incentive or an inhibitor. But society also has an obligation to make knowledge available. and to transfer knowledge. Helping the poorest countries in the world is a moral and ethical issue. Developing countries need more support and fewer barriers. There is a need for global policies and global rules.
There is also a need for more choice: choice for innovators to choose business models, for consumers to choose products, to go beyond classical education because soft skills are necessary. Society must find ways to inspire people and encourage creativity. Different skills are needed: coming up with new software requires creativity; writing new software requires engineering skills; testing new software falls in the domain of science. Finally, speed in decision-making is, for example, a competitive advantage. But do our societies know how to deal with this?
II. Ten years later…the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention
The Government of Italy and the OECD Working Group on Bribery will hold an international celebration of the tenth anniversary of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention on 21 November in Rome. OECD Secretary General Angel Gurría will participate along with ministers from countries party to the Convention, CEOs of major companies and high level representatives from China, India, Indonesia, Israel and Russia. International government and non-government organisations have also been invited.
The celebration will mark the ten years, day for day, since OECD member countries along with Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile and the Slovak Republic adopted a Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions on 21 November 1997; the signing ceremony took place in Paris on 17 December 1997.
 |
The conference is expected to broaden public understanding of the Convention and demonstrate important progress and changes that have occurred over the last decade as State Parties have strengthened their anti-bribery legislation. The recent increases in foreign bribery investigations and prosecutions testify to a new business environment where unfair, unethical and unlawful behaviour is no longer tolerated. The celebration will have three components: |
-
High Level Conference on The Tenth Anniversary of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention – Its Impact and Its achievements where ministers and other high level officials of State Parties will reaffirm their commitment to enforcing the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention (21 November 2007 in the morning).
-
Expert meeting on The OECD Anti-Bribery Convention: the Road Ahead which will discuss the effectiveness of means adopted to date to ensure detection, investigation and prosecution of foreign bribery offences (21 November 2007 in the afternoon).
-
Prosecutors’ meeting on “Detection, investigation and prosecution of foreign bribery which will allow prosecutors from State Parties to the OECD Convention to discuss ways to overcome difficulties in detecting, investigating and prosecuting foreign bribery (20 November 2007).
Updates and additional information will be posted as the tenth anniversary celebration draws nearer: www.oecd.org/bribery/anniversary. For more information, please contact anti-corruption.contact@oecd.org. Non-government organisations have been invited to attend this conference as well as the subsequent expert meeting on “The OECD Anti-Bribery Convention: The Road Ahead”. Contact: Nicola.Ehlermann-Cache or anti-corruption.contact@oecd.org
III. Side by Side in Harmony: integrating nuclear waste management facilities into host communities
Radioactive waste management facilities will be present for a very long time in their host community. If the facility is repellent to the local residents, it will be regarded as an unwanted heritage. If designed properly, the facility can be woven into the fabric of local life and bring added value over the generations.
The OECD Forum on Stakeholder Confidence (FSC), * a working party of the NEA Radioactive Waste Management Committee, has studied some design features that have helped such facilities to blend into the landscape and serve the local community in innovative ways.
“Firmitas, utilitas, and venustas" -- durable, useful and beautiful – are what describe a good building, according to the 1st century BC Roman architect Vitruvius. This certainly applies to the design of a radioactive waste management installation as well. Everyone is aware of the financial benefits or socio-economic development packages that can come along with a radioactive waste management facility, but rarely has anyone looked how such installations could improve the quality of life. This can amount to a new coat of paint that helps an existing facility blend into the landscape (see photo Vandellós I site in Spain), or a process that engages the entire community in planning their future.
 |
Spain's Vandellós-I reactor was shut down in 1990. Buildings were re-styled to for better integration in the local landscape, a beach resort: the reactor building was reduced in height by 30 meters and painted in a way to make it blend into the natural setting. |
Parallel uses of radioactive waste management installations may add scientific value. Zero-gravity experiments are carried out at Japan's Tono Mine underground laboratory. Laboratory facilities at Spain's El Cabril and WIPP in the US are available for regional environmental analysis or monitoring. When creating a new facility, it is necessary to anticipate future needs. With a flexible facility, it is possible to transform the structure into a community facility at a reasonable cost when it is no longer used for industrial purposes.
 |
In Canada, the Port Hope End Use Advisory Committee designed features that ensure long-term adaptability: self-renewing flower gardens, walking paths, an observation station along with active recreation and cultural uses. Port Hope web site - www.porthope.ca . |
Adding cultural value to nuclear facilities creates a virtuous circle. It helps to make the area more attractive to visitors as well as residents and the community’s investment in the site helps ensure the long-term safety of the facility.
* Beginning in 2000, the Forum has explored means of ensuring an effective dialogue between technical and institutional actors and civil society, and considers ways to strengthen confidence in decision-making processes. The FSC report on Fostering a Durable Relationship can be downloaded from www.nea.fr/html/rwm/fsc.html or a brochure requested from Claudio.pescatore@oecd.org . For further information contact Claudio Pescatore (NEA RPWM).
IV. Calendar of recent and coming OECD events involving civil society
October 2007
1-4 October, Kyoto: Annual Congress of the International Fiscal Association . The OECD participates in this major annual conference on a wide range of taxation topics. There are ongoing meetings between OECD government representatives and representatives from business . Issues to be discussed in the coming months include (i) the impact of business restructuring on taxation; (ii) the international tax treaty; (iii) implications of Collective Investment Vehicles; (iv) the application of value added taxes to internationally traded services and intangibles.
4 October, Paris: OECD Investment Committee Consultations with BIAC, TUAC and NGOs. These consultations take place 4 times each year within the framework of Investment Committee meetings. The October discussions will focus on freedom of investment, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and follow-up to the G8 Summit Declaration.
4-5 October, Geneva: WTO Public Forum How Can The WTO Help Harness Globalisation? OECD plenary session on the Role of Innovation in Harnessing Globalisation (see feature article 1).
16 October, Wellington, New Zealand: Seminar for the presentation of the OECD report "Jobs for Youth: New Zealand", organized jointly by the Directorate for Employment Labour and Social Affairs at OECD and the New Zealand Ministry for Youth Development. The seminar presented findings on the length and nature of school-to-work transitions in New Zealand and offered recommendations to make such transitions smoother, in particular for at-risk youth. It was followed by a public lecture delivered by John P. Martin - Director of Employment Labour and Social Affairs at OECD - on "The Changing Nature of the School-to-Work Transition Process in OECD Countries". Both seminars brought together, in addition to New Zealand senior government representatives and experts, representatives of the New Zealand civil society. For further information, contact glenda.quintini@oecd.org
18-20 October, Munich: The Eighth Annual Global Conference on Environmental Taxation, Innovation, Technology and Employment Impacts of Environmental Fiscal Reforms and Other Market-based Instruments; The workshop took place in the context of Germany’s G8 presidency in 2007 and built upon the results of the OECD Environment-Development Ministerial Meeting in 2006 which aimed to strengthen the co-operation between the sectors. It is organised by Green Budget Germany, an NGO that supports tax reform, hosted by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ); and supported by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).The Economics Faculty at the University of Regensburg is the main academic partner of the conference.
The Eighth Annual Global Conference on Environmental Taxation is part of an annual series of international conferences focusing on environmental fiscal reform. The conference provides a forum for legal scholars, economists, political scientists, conservationists, representatives of the private sector and non-governmental organisations to exchange the latest research on the use of environmental taxes and other market-based instruments, as well as other economic instruments such as tax relief and subsidies, to advance environmental policy objectives.
This year’s conference focused on the positive effects of environmental taxation and environmental fiscal reform. The focus was not only on their ecological benefits, as these are already well-documented, but rather on less well-publicised aspects of EFR, such as the stimulation of innovation, the development of new technologies, and job creation. For more information, contact Remy Parris, OECD tel. or the GCET 2007 website.
November 2007
21 November 2007, Rome (Italy): The Tenth Anniversary Celebration of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. The Government of Italy and the OECD Working Group on Bribery will host a High Level Conference to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention (see Article II).
23 November, Paris: Financing local development: understanding the role of cooperative banks, international conference organised under the auspices of the OECD Local Economic and Employment Development Programme, at OECD headquarters.
27-28 Lusaka, Zambia: NEPAD-OECD Africa Investment Initiative, Lusaka Roundtable. The Roundtable’s overall aim is to develop policy capacity building tools that will help NEPAD countries improve the investment related content of Africa’s peer review process (APRM) and to support implementation of investment climate reform policies, with a specific focus on the investment environment conditions conducive to attracting investment for development in the water and sanitation sector. Representatives of civil society with expertise in APRM and the water and sanitation sector will participate in the Roundtable along with the private sector, the donor community, high-level government officials and investment promotion specialists from Africa and the OECD area. The NEPAD-OECD Africa Investment Initiative aims to foster sustainable growth, employment creation and poverty reduction by advancing private sector development in African countries. In June 2007 the G8 Heiligendamm Summit Declaration on Africa recognized the work of the Initiative. See www.oecd.org/daf/investment/africa for further information.
Representatives from civil society are invited to all NEPAD-OECD events. For further information contact Jonathan Coppel.
27-28, Cairo: MENA Investment Ministerial Meeting and Business Day. Following a successful meeting of Middle East and North African and OECD ministers in 2006, a second meeting will take place in Cairo later this year with the participation of ministers from MENA and OECD countries. The focus of the meeting will be on MENA investment policies and reforms enacted over the past year. Representatives of civil society and business organisations will participate in this meeting along with national personalities from the region. The MENA-OECD investment programme was established in 2004 at the request of Middle East and North African countries to provide advice on improving the investment policy climate. MENA countries realise the urgency to implement significant economic and regulatory reforms to increase private sector participation in their economies. For further information see OECD website: www.oecd.org/mena/investment.
Representatives from Civil Society are invited to all MENA events. For information regarding this meeting contact Patrice Dubus.
December 2007
5-6 December 2007, Beijing: OECD-China Multi-Stakeholder Symposium on Chinese and OECD Government Approaches to Encouraging Responsible Business Conduct. The symposium will discuss a background report that outlines China’s recent progress in encouraging responsible business conduct (RBC), examines remaining challenges and offers proposals for advancing work in this area. Stakeholders will include Chinese and OECD government, business, labour and civil society representatives. This event takes place in the context of OECD co-operation with China on investment policies, which began in 1995. For details, please see www.oecd.org/daf/investment/development. For further information, please contact kenneth.davies@oecd.org.
March 2008
27-28 March 2008, Paris: This year’s OECD Global Forum on International Investment (GFII) will focus on best practice in promoting investment for development. The relationship between investment and development was a key theme during the 2007 G-8 Summit, which called upon “UNCTAD and the OECD to jointly engage industrialized countries, emerging economies and developing countries in the development of best practices for creating an institutional environment conducive to increased foreign investment and sustainable development.”
The GFII seeks to promote investment for growth and sustainable development by engaging governments worldwide and interested stakeholders in peer learning and dialogue on emerging issues facing the investment policy community. See www.oecd.org/daf/investment/gfii for further information or contact michael.gestrin@oecd.org.
Paris: A Conference on business conduct as regards the OECD Guidelines of Multinational Enterprises will take place, organised by the OECD Directorate for Finance and Enterprise Affairs and the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. For further information, contact marie-france.houde@oecd.org or peter.tergeist@oecd.org
September 2008
11-13 September: The Institutional Management Higher Education General Conference on the theme The quality, relevance and impact of higher education: www.oecd.org/edu/imhegeneralconference2008. The OECD Programme of Institutional Management (IMHE) interacts directly with civil society through its membership forum serving higher education institutions. It plays a prominent role in helping keep members up to date with the latest innovations in education and in management, by using an interactive, dynamic approach to make available a greater scope for information exchange, experience sharing and enhanced professionalism. Website: www.oecd.org/edu/higher
V. Recent or Upcoming OECD Publications of interest to civil society
Protecting Pensions: Policy Analysis and Examples from OECD Countries. Pension fund members across OECD countries have seen the loss or reduction of pension benefits in recent years. This has been associated with declining assets and increasing liabilities, with accounting and regulation changes crystallizing these problems. Consequently, the issue of how to protect pension benefits has returned as a major topic of policy debate for many governments and for the pension industry worldwide. OECD countries have responded in different ways: re-examining and altering accounting and funding rules; strengthening or introducing pension benefit guarantee schemes; and looking at the related issue of whether pension benefits should receive protection in bankruptcy and insolvency procedures.
Debate has also focused on whether pension fund related risks can or should be shared, with guarantees for insured or pension products attracting renewed attention. This volume looks at various methods of protecting pension benefits. It provides in-depth information on the application of these methods in OECD countries and analyses their advantages and drawbacks. Methods of risk sharing amongst pension fund beneficiaries, providers and sponsors are discussed through an analysis of insured pension contracts and of the pension systems in place in Denmark and Iceland. This publication offers unique international comparative and analytical data for policy makers and pension industry participants globally. Contact: Edward Smiley +(33-1) 45 24 98 07.
International Investment Perspectives 2007: Freedom of Investment in a Changing World. International Investment Perspectives is an annual publication. Each issue offers an update of recent trends and prospects in international direct investment and provides analyses of investment policy questions of topical interest. The publication aims to provide timely information to members of the international investment policy community, academia and members of the public with an interest in international investment. The 2007 issue contains two core analytic sections. The first includes four articles related to OECD work on Freedom of Investment, National Security and “Strategic” Industries. The second analytic section contains a series of articles that focus on the new opportunities arising from FDI, and the changing nature of the international economy in which investment takes place. Contact: Edward Smiley +(33-1) 45 24 98 07.
OECD Investment Policy Review of Egypt. In July 2007, Egypt became the 40th country to adhere to the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises. As part of the process, Egypt undertook a thorough review by OECD members of its international investment policies using the Policy Framework for Investment. This publication presents the results of this review. One of the main findings of the review is that international investors responded quickly to the government’s policy reform efforts: foreign direct investment into Egypt increased eightfold in just three years, diversifying away from the petroleum sector and bringing investment to a broad range of manufacturing and service industries. However, the review also shows that investment climate reforms take time and many challenges still lie ahead. Contact: Edward Smiley +(33-1) 45 24 98 07.
2007 Annual Report on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
Corporate Responsibility in the Financial Sector (forthcoming). The Guidelines are recommendations on international business conduct in such areas as labour, environment, consumer protection and the fight against corruption. The recommendations are made by the adhering governments and, although they are not binding, governments are committed to promoting their observance. This book provides an account of what the 39 adhering governments have taken over the 12 months to June 2007 to enhance the contribution of the Guidelines to the improved functioning of the global economy. This publication also contains the results of the 2007 OECD Roundtable on Corporate Responsibility which focused on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the financial sector.
Investment for Development: 2007 Annual Report (forthcoming). Investment for Development provides a record of the OECD Investment Committee’s co-operation programmes with non-member economies and their results. These extensive co-operation activities are organised around three dimensions: global events, regional initiatives and dialogue with individual countries. This report documents how these initiatives help to strengthen implementation capacities and best practices among non-members, drawing on the broad applicability of the principles and expertise the OECD has developed in the area of international investment, including the positive contribution of responsible international business.
OECD Working Papers:
No. 56 French Migratory Policy at a Turning Point (La Politique migratoire Française à un tournant)(2007), Martine Durand and Georges Lemaître (in French only). Contact: georges.lemaitre@oecd.org
No.57 Unauthorized Migrants in the United States: Estimates, Methods and Characteristics (2007), Jeffrey Passel
No. 58 Trends in International Migration Flows and Stocks, 1975-2005
B. Lindsay Lowell (2007). Contact: georges.lemaitre@oecd.org
No. 59 Public Employment Service (Service public de l'emploi : Audit du Service public de l'emploi au Luxembourg), David Grubb. (www.oecd.org/els/documentsdetravail).
Audit of the public employment service in Luxemburg. Up until the second millennium, Luxemburg managed to maintain one of the lowest unemployment rates in Europe, but, like many other European countries, may now have to start spending more on active policies for employment and adopt “activation” strategies. At the public presentation of this audit, which took place on September 27th, the Labour and Employment Minister announced the transfer of the Public Employment Service to a new location in the South of the country, and opened the discussion on its future status with the participation of social partners. The numerous detailed recommendations should be of interest to the actors of national labour policies. Contact: david.grubb@oecd.org
No. 61 Addressing Labour Market Duality in Korea, Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, D. Grubb, J-K. Lee and P. Tergeist (www.oecd.org/els/workingpapers).
Good aggregate employment outcomes have in recent years gone hand‑in‑hand with great concern in society about emerging and persistent labour market duality, due to the rapid increase of temporary employment and other flexible or atypical work arrangements, usually called “non‑regular” work in Korea. After long delays, related to the differing stances of the social partners, the Act on the Protection of Fixed‑term and Part‑time Employees came into effect this July. This paper sets out OECD experts' analysis of the situation and policy measures including anti-discrimination legislation, revisions of employment protection legislation (EPL) and extending the social safety net to worker groups that have still low coverage rates. Contact: peter.tergeist@oecd.org
German version of the International Migration Outlook : Internationaler Migrationsausblick: SOPEMI – Ausgabe 2007 will be publised in October. Contact: thomas.liebig@oecd.org
A synthesis of the thematic review Babies and Bosses: Reconciliation of Work and Family Life will be published in November. Contact: willem.adema@oecd.org
Higher Education and Regions: Globally Competitive, Locally Engaged
In order to be competitive in the globalising knowledge economy, the OECD countries need to invest in their innovation systems at the national and regional levels. As countries are turning their production towards value-added segments and knowledge-intensive products and services, there is greater dependency on access to new technologies, knowledge and skills. And, with the parallel processes of globalisation and localisation, the local availability of knowledge and skills is becoming increasingly important. OECD countries are thus putting considerable emphasis on meeting regional development goals, by nurturing the unique assets and circumstances of each region, particularly in developing knowledge-based industries. As key sources of knowledge and innovation, higher education institutions can be central to this process.
The 2007 edition of Education at a Glance was released on 18 September 2007 with events in Paris, London, Berlin, Washington D.C., Tokyo, Mexico City and Budapest. For a PDF of the publication, the executive summary, the full data tables, pod casts, country notes and more, please visit www.oecd.org/edu/eag2007.
The results of PISA 2006 will be released on 4 December 2007. For PISA publications, data and more, please visit www.pisa.oecd.org.
No More Failures: Ten Steps to Equity in Education
This new OECD report on equity in education challenges the assumption that there will always be failures and dropouts and students who can’t or won’t make it in school. It argues that equity in education is a key objective of education systems that needs to be addressed on three fronts: the design of education systems, education practices and resourcing. Among the issues explored are tracking, streaming and academic selection; school choice; secondary education structures and second chance programmes; grade repetition; links between school and home; early childhood education; resource allocation; targets for equity; and the special needs of migrants and minorities. Based on an OECD study in ten countries, this book offers a valuable comparative perspective on how different countries have handled equity in education.
FRENCH TITLE: En finir avec l'échec scolaire: Dix mesures pour une éducation équitable
Understanding the Brain: The Birth of a Learning Science
Drawing on rapidly developing work in cognitive neuroscience and brain research, this book reveals new insights into how we learn. It shows what the latest brain imaging techniques and other advances in the neuroscientific field actually reveal about how the brain develops and operates at different stages in life from birth to old age and how the brain acquires skills such as reading and counting. It also presents scientific insights into diagnosis and remediation to conditions such as dyslexia or Alzheimer’s disease.
Giving Knowledge for Free: The Emergence of Open Educational Resources
Learning resources are often considered key intellectual property in a competitive higher education world. However, more and more institutions and individuals are sharing their digital learning resources over the Internet, openly and for free, as Open Educational Resources (OER). This study asks why this is happening, who is involved and what the most important implications of this development are.
Evidence in Education: Linking Research and Policy
This volume brings together international experts on evidence-informed policy in education from a wide range of OECD countries. It looks at the issues facing educational policy makers, researchers, and stakeholders – teachers, media, parents – in using evidence to best effect. It focuses on the challenge of effective brokering between policy makers and researchers, offers specific examples of major policy-related research, and presents perspectives from several senior politicians.
Cross-border Tertiary Education: A Way towards Capacity Development
Co-edition with the World Bank
The purpose of this book is to cast light on the opportunities and challenges presented by the growing mobility of higher education programmes and providers, especially for developing countries willing to leverage cross-border higher education as a tool for development. The book discusses the concept of capacity-building through cross-border education, emphasising the critical role of quality assurance and trade negotiations.
Students with Disabilities, Learning Difficulties and Disadvantages: Policies, Statistics and Indicators - 2007 Edition ( Planned date of publication November 2007)
This book provides an internationally comparable set of indicators on educational provision for students with disabilities, learning difficulties and disadvantages (DDD). It highlights the number of students involved, where they are educated – special schools, special classes or regular classes – and in what phases of education – pre-primary, primary, lower secondary and upper secondary education. It also includes information on the physical provision and on student/teacher ratios and discusses policy implications concerning special education. A strong and consistent finding is the preponderance of the number of boys over girls among DDD students in a wide range of analyses. This new edition presents for the first time trends in the data for students with DDD from 1999 to 2003. It presents quantitative and qualitative data for the school year 2002-03 in the following OECD countries : Belgium (Flemish and French Communities.), the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, the Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom (England) and the United States and in the non-member economy Chile.
FRENCH TITLE: Élèves présentant des déficiences, des difficultés et des désavantages sociaux: Politiques, statistiques et indicateurs - Édition 2007
Social economy: building inclusive societies, produced by the OECD LEED Programme, will be released in November.
Nuclear Energy
Regional Development and Community Support in Radioactive Waste Management
Article published in NEA News, 2007, No. 25.1.
Stakeholder Involvement in Decommissioning Nuclear Facilities
International Lessons Learnt, 40 pages. ISBN: 978-92-64-99011-1.
Free on request (download at www.nea.fr or write to neapub@nea.fr).
Significant numbers of nuclear facilities will need to be decommissioned in the coming decades. In this context, NEA member countries are placing increasing emphasis on the involvement of stakeholders in the associated decision procedures. This study reviews decommissioning experience with a view to identifying stakeholder concerns and best practice in addressing them. The lessons learnt about the end of the facility life cycle can also contribute to better foresight in choosing locations for and building new facilities. This report will be of interest to all major players in the field of decommissioning, in particular policy makers, implementers, regulators and representatives of local host communities. Also available in French: Implication des parties prenantes dans le déclassement des installations nucléaires - Enseignements internationaux
Fostering a Durable Relationship Between a Waste Management Facility and its Host Community
Adding Value Through Design and Process
60 pages. ISBN: 978-92-64-99015-9.
Free on request (download at www.nea.fr or write to neapub@nea.fr).
Any long-term radioactive waste management project is likely to last decades to centuries. It requires a physical site and will impact in a variety of ways on the surrounding community over that whole period. The societal durability of an agreed solution is essential to success. This report identifies a number of design elements (including functional, cultural and physical features) that favour a durable relationship between the facility and its host community by improving prospects for quality of life across generations (see Article III). In French: Créer un lien durable entre une installation de gestion de déchets et sa collectivité d'accueil - Valeur ajoutée à travers la conception et les processus
Fostering a Durable Relationship Between a Waste Management Facility and its Host Community (Article published in NEA News, 2007, No. 25.1)
Further information about the activities of the NEA as related to civil society may be found at: http://www.nea.fr/html/civil/welcome.html
OECD Observer Magazine, July 2007 issue: What Globalisation needs
|
