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Tunisia and Morocco join multilateral business integrity and green growth instruments

23-May-2012

Tunisia and Morocco signed up today to a series of international instruments in areas ranging from business integrity to international investment and green growth. Adherence to these instruments is an expression of a long-standing co-operation between countries in North Africa and the OECD.

Colombia improves its investment policy framework

26-Apr-2012

Launched in Barranquilla on 25 April 2012, this report examines Colombia's progress in fostering investment liberalisation, deepening its international integration and promoting responsible business conduct.

Reviving private investment in the Deauville Partnership countries

from 07-May-2012 to 08-May-2012

Organised in Cairo, this conference identified actions to be taken on both regional and country-specific levels to revive urgently needed investment to stimulate job creation.

Kazakhstan needs to streamline its foreign investment regime, says OECD

15-Mar-2012

Kazakhstan needs to streamline its foreign investment regime, improve its investment climate and promote responsible business conduct in order to attract more foreign direct investment and help diversify its economy, according to a new OECD Investment Policy Review.

ICGLR-OECD-UN forum on implementation of due diligence in the 3Ts supply chain

from 03-May-2012 to 04-May-2012

Participants in this multi-stakeholder meeting were updated on the findings from interim progress reports on the implementation of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance's Supplement on tin, tantalum and tungsten.

Forum on due diligence in the gold supply-chain

from 02-May-2012 to 03-May-2012

This Forum provided the first opportunity to introduce the finalised Gold Supplement of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, and discuss how best to implement it to tackle the unique challenges for carrying out due diligence on gold.

Greater Mekong Subregion Investment Policy Forum

from 28-Mar-2012 to 29-Mar-2012

This Forum provided a regional platform for participating countries to showcase their current reforms, and increase the subregion's visibility to international investors. It also helped raise awareness of the investment policy challenges in the region and how international initiatives, such as the OECD Policy Framework for Investment, can help address these.

A new agenda for the future - 2011 Annual report on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

08-Dec-2011

The 2011 annual report outlines the major improvements brought about by the 5th revision of the Guidelines since they were first adopted in 1976 and describes highlights from a multi-stakeholder brainstorming on how best to implement them.

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