Parliamentarians

OECD relations with parliamentarians are a crucial element of its mission to help policy makers implement reform. The OECD has longstanding formal relations with the Council of Europe and NATO Parliamentary Assemblies, and organises two high-level parliamentary seminars a year on themes related to recent OECD analysis. Find out more.

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High-level Parliamentary Seminar "Beyond the Crisis: Sustainable Recovery and Jobs"

on 01-Oct-2009

An opportunity for parliamentarians and legislators to exchange views with their colleagues and OECD experts on the issues of rising unemployment, falling pension assets, and rising tax burdens. The stimulus packages are starting to take hold, and we are starting to see so-called “green shoots”, but will they last? The OECD has been at the centre of developing a strategic response which aims to address the crisis and seize the opportunity to build a stronger, cleaner, fairer world economy.

Composite leading indicators continue to show strong signals of recovery

06-Nov-2009

OECD composite leading indicators (CLIs) for September 2009 point strongly to growth in Italy, France, United Kingdom and China, while tentative signals of expansion have emerged in Canada and Germany.

Unemployment rate stable at 8.6% in September 2009

09-Nov-2009

The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 8.6% in September 2009, the same as the previous month and 2.3 percentage points higher than a year earlier.

OECD Forum 2009, Paris: The Crisis and Beyond, for a stronger, cleaner, fairer economy

from 23-Jun-2009 to 24-Jun-2009

The 10th OECD Forum provided the chance to join the debate on the economic and financial crisis with representatives from government, business, labour and civil society.
The Forum took place in conjunction with the annual OECD ministerial summit which was be chaired by Korean Prime Minister HAN Seung-soo.

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