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OECD has several channels of communciation with parliamentarians:
Other OECD activities with parliamentarians:
Specific OECD activities with parliamentarians:
Council of Europe and NATO Parliamentary Assembly
OECD has longstanding institutional relations with parliamentarians through the Council of Europe and NATO Parliamentary Assemblies.
Council of Europe
Each autumn, the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly debates the work of the OECD. In preparation for this report, the Committee for Economic Affairs and Development of the Parliamentary Assembly visits the OECD for briefings each spring.
NATO Parliamentary Assembly
Members of the Economics and Security Committee of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly have met with the OECD Secretariat every February in Paris since 1976.
High-Level Parliamentary Seminars
In 2003, OECD launched a programme of High-Level Parliamentary Seminars with a view to disseminating its work to parliamentarians as well as to obtain parliamentarians’ views on OECD policy analysis.
Other OECD activities with parliamentarians:
OECD Visits Programme
Over the course of the year, the Visits Programme works in conjunction with Member Country delegations to arrange visits by Parliamentarians to the OECD. For example, in February 2003 a group of Swedish parliamentarians from the Standing Committee of Finance visited the OECD.
OECD Centres
Each of the four OECD Centres (Berlin, Mexico City, Tokyo, Washington) conducts outreach to parliaments in their capitals on an on-going basis. They regularly forward Policy Briefs, publications, newsletters, news releases and other materials to interested parliamentarians and their staff. They also suggest and arrange for visits with parliamentarians by OECD Secretariat staff on mission to these countries.
OECD staff missions
The Secretary-General and the Deputy Secretaries-General frequently meet with parliamentarians on the occasion of their missions to both Member and non-member countries. In addition, each OECD Directorate maintains contacts with individual parliamentarians in Member countries. Research for Economic Surveys and other country studies often include discussions with parliaments.
OECD Directorate work
The Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate’s work on government budgeting includes an annual meeting with OECD Member country budget committee chairpersons. Outreach activities have also included meetings with the People’s Congress in China.
OECD Forum
Parliamentarians are regularly invited to the OECD Forum.
Distribution of public information
The OECD disseminates information to parliamentarians through the OECD Observer magazine, Annual Report, Ministerial Key Information booklet, and Policy Briefs, among other documentation. The OECD also communicates with parliamentarians via OLISnet, an Internet system available to member governments which provides subscribers with easy online access to OECD documentation.
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