Media Information

[Last update 3 May 2005]
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1. Media Accreditation
2. Briefings, News Conferences and Events
3. Photo Opportunities
4. Practical Information

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1. Media Accreditation

Journalists can register for the OECD Ministerial Council meeting using our online registration form.

For further information about the OECD Ministerial Council meeting, journalists should contact the OECD Media Relations Division (tel. [33] 1 45 24 97 00].

2. Briefings, News Conferences and Events

The news conference schedule will be updated regularly.

Monday 2 May

=> at OECD Forum, Centre international des conférences, Avenue Kléber, Paris 16

• 12:30 - OECD Secretary-General Donald J. Johnston and Swedish Minister for Sustainable Development Mona Sahlin.

• 14:00 - Media briefing on OECD work on pensions financing and ageing based on the publication "Pensions at a Glance - Public Policies across OECD Countries", presented by Monika Queisser and Edward Whitehouse.

• 15:00 - Briefing on structural reforms in Europe by Jean-Philippe Cotis, OECD Chief Economist and Head of the Economics Department.

Tuesday 3 May

=> at OECD Forum, Centre international des conférences, Avenue Kléber, Paris 16

• 12:30 - Press conference Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Roberto Maroni, Italy.
• 12:30 - Briefing with Climate Change panellists.
• 13:00 - TUAC news conference given by John Sweeney, President AFL/CIO and John Evans, General Secretary, Trade Union Advisory Committee at the OECD.
• 13:30 - Thomas Östros, Trade Minister, Sweden.

=> at OECD Headquarters

• 13:00 - Media briefing by Pedro Solbes, Spanish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.
• 15:45 - Joint OECD/IEA press meeting with the Swedish Prime Minister and Australian Energy Minister.
• 15:45 - Media briefing by Karien van Gennip, Minister for Foreign Trade (Netherlands) at the Delegation, 12-14 rue Octave Feuillet, Paris 16.
• 18:15 - Interim briefing with Göran Persson, Swedish Prime Minister and Chair at the end of the first day (to be confirmed).

Wednesday 4 May

=> at OECD Headquarters

• 10:30 - Media briefing by Martin Jahn, Vice Prime Minister, Economic Affairs (Czech Republic).
• 11:00 - Media briefing by George Alogoskoufis, Minister for Economy and Finances (Greece).
• 11:00 - Media briefing by Mario Baldassarri, Italian Vice-Minister for Economy and Finance.
• 12:30 - Media briefing by Peter Mandelson, European Union Commissioner for Trade.
• 12:30 - Media briefing given by Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, Minister of Economic Affairs (Netherlands).
• 13:00 - Closing news conference at OECD headquarters by the Chair of the Ministerial Council Meeting, Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden and Donald J. Johnston, OECD Secretary-General (Room 2).
• 14:00 - Media briefing by US Trade (Room 2).

3. Photo Opportunities are the following:

Tuesday 3 May

• 12:00 - Ministerial Council Meeting (opening session, Room 2) 
• 16:00 - Ministerial Council Meeting (Room 2)

Wednesday 4 May

• 10:00 - Ministerial Council Meeting (Room 1)
• 13:00 - Ministerial Council Meeting news conference (Room  2)

4. Practical Information

• For security reasons, journalists will be required to show their press card, national identity card or passport.
• Journalists will be informed of national media briefings as they are organised.
• Outside formal news conferences, interviews with ministers can be arranged on an individual basis through their national delegations or OECD Media-Relations staff.
• Press rooms with computer and phone hook-ups will be available.
• The OECD TV, radio and videoconference studios will be available to all broadcast journalists on a first come, first served basis. This includes cameras, editing facilities, ISDN lines and the necessary technicians. These facilities are available free of charge.
• Photos of the meeting will be uploaded on the Web site as they become available. High-resolution photos can then be obtained through: Silvia.Thompson@oecd.org