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OECD Global Forums | The Global Forum on the Knowledge Economy
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OECD Global Forums
OECD Global Forums are created by OECD committees as a way to involve a broader range of stakeholders in their work. The OECD Global Forums are not official bodies, nor are they meetings. Instead, they are networks or communities of stakeholders that meet on the responsibility of one or more OECD committees.
Meetings of Global Forums are often major events, attracting large numbers of participants from different regional and cultural backgrounds. The OECD Global Forums provide platforms for peer learning and policy dialogue on issues for which the relevance of OECD work is dependent on interaction with relevant non-members world-wide. Global Forums can also promote multidisciplinary and horizontal approaches beyond the scope of any single committee, and foster partnerships with other intergovernmental organisations. They:
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help the committee identify relevant issues, including ‘next generation issues’,
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promote a convergence of views on the committee’s outputs among a broad range of non-members and other stakeholders,
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ensure that these outputs are known and used among these stakeholders,
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share best practices in the implementation of the results.
The Global Forums are only one of the tools for Committees to work with stakeholders and non-member economies. Committees can also consider observership and full participant status in the Committees themselves. If a non-member does not qualify for regular observer status, the Committee could make it a designated participant to the Global Forum, meaning it is entitled to attend all meetings of this Global Forum.
The Global Forum on the Knowledge Economy
The OECD Global Forum on the Knowledge Economy (GFKE) was established in March and April 2011 by four DSTI Committees jointly:
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the Committee on Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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the Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy
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the Committee for Information, Computer and Communications Policy
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the Committee on Consumer Policy.
The aim of this forum is to strengthen the OECD’s global relations in the areas of work covered by these committees.
This Global Forum will enable the committees to take a broad and coherent view of the contribution of science, technology and innovation to the knowledge economy, essential for designing policy frameworks that will drive economic growth and social welfare in the 21st century. It also provides a vehicle for dialogue among policy makers, business, consumers and other stakeholders in Member and non-Member economies on policy approaches that will help expand the benefits of the knowledge economy to all countries, including the less developed ones.
The first meeting of this Global Forum will be held in Paris on 12-13 September 2011. It is intended to become an annual event, with varying themes, open to participants from OECD member countries and partners outside the OECD membership.
Past event: Better innovation policies for better lives, 12-13 September 2011
The 2011 Global Forum on the Knowledge Economy will focus on the role that science and innovation policies should play in fostering growth and sustainable development and in improving the quality of life. It will be held as a major conference in the context of the 50th Anniversary of the OECD.
Participants will explore the current state of science and innovation, identify the key challenges for policy today and explore good national policy practices and major steps to be taken at the international level. They will also identify critical policy priorities that should be addressed in future work, drawing on background material prepared by the OECD.
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For more information, please contact: gfke@oecd.org
Permanent URL: www.oecd.org/knowledgeeconomy
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