Practical information

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Meeting venue
Organisation of the meeting
Official delegations
Accreditation
Accommodation
Languages
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Meeting venue

The venue for the meeting is the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto. The meeting will start at 10 a.m. on 15 June, preceded by registration of participants from 9 a.m. in the Ballroom Foyer on the Convention Floor at the hotel. The meeting room capacity is 300 participants on 15 June and 200 participants on 16 June.

Fairmont Royal York Hotel
100 Front Street West
Toronto, Ontarion, Canada
M5J 1E3

Tel:  +1 416 368 25 11
Fax: +1 416 368 90 40
Email: royalyorkhotel@fairmont.com

Hotel Website: http://www.fairmont.com/royalyork

How to come to the Fairmont Royal York Hotel?

Organisation of the meeting

On the first day (15 June), experts representative of public authorities, employers organisations, unions, research centres, universities and the civil society will participate.

On the second day (16 June), the meeting is restricted to official OECD Delegations in the context of the Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee and the Economic Policy Committee, at the ministerial level.

Ministers, or Head of Delegation in the minister’s absence, are invited by Minister Finley to a dinner on the evening of 15 June at 19:30 in the Upper Canada Room of  the Fairmont Royal York Hotel.  No interpretation will be provided during the dinner. The invitation will be distributed at the start of the meeting on 15 June.

There are no registration fees and meals, including breakfast, will be offered by Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) on both conference days.

Official delegations

In view of the limited capacity of the meeting room, the number of persons per official Delegation, Minister or Head of Delegation included, is restricted to five persons each day.

Accreditation

For security reasons, all the participants must be registered before the meeting. Access will be denied without the appropriate accreditation.

Accommodation

The organizers are not covering travel and accommodation expenses. A block of rooms, as well as a few suites, have been secured at Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto for participants to the High-Level Policy Forum on 15-16 June, 2006. Special rates have been negotiated for the nights of June 14 and 15, 2006 and can be extended to three days prior and three days following the event. Note that it is possible to cancel a room reservation at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, without charge, up until 6:00 p.m. on the scheduled arrival date.

Participants are invited to make their own reservations by calling the Fairmont Royal York Hotel directly at the numbers bellow. In order to benefit from the special rate, please indicate that you are part of the group called: 
OECD Forum on Jobs Strategy.

When calling from North America:  1.800.441.14 14
When calling from elsewhere in the world:  00.1.506.863.63 10

Languages

Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in English and French with simultaneous interpretation facilities. Two additional booths are available for a third or fourth language.