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[Last update 14 May 2004]
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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 or the Economic Outook, 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.

Tuesday 11 May

  • 11:00  - Jean-Philippe Cotis, OECD Chief Economist, willl hold a news conference to present the OECD's Economic Outlook No.75, giving latest OECD forecasts for major world economies. Public web cast of the event.

Wednesday 12 May

  • 10:30 - Luis Ernesto Derbez, Chair of the OECD Ministerial Council, and Donald J. Johnston, OECD Secretary-General,will hold a news conference following their opening key note speeches at the OECD Forum (Centre international des conférences, Avenue Kléber, Paris 16ème).
  • 11:15 - Media seminar for journalists given by Jean-Philippe Cotis on the economic and social implications of ageing (Centre international des conférences, Avenue Kléber, Paris 16ème).
  • 13:15 - Launch at OECD Forum 2004 of the new OECD publication Towards High Performing Health Systems, with Mexican Health Minister Julio Frenk, Chair of the meeting of OECD Health Ministers, and OECD Secretary-General Donald Johnston.
  • 15:30 - News briefing on Corporate Governance Principles with Mats Isaksson, OECD Directorate for financial and entreprise affairs and Veronique Ingram, Chair of the Steering Group on Corporate Governance (Centre international des conférences, Avenue Kléber, Paris 16ème).


Thursday 13 May

  • 09:00 - Breakfeast media at OECD Forum 2004 (Centre international des conférences, Avenue Kléber, Paris 16ème), with Jean-François Martin, President of The Vaccine Fund (France).
  • 10:00 - Media briefing at OECD Forum 2004 on the OECD's Economic Outlook No.75, by Jean-Philippe Cotis.
  • 12:30 - Media briefing at OECD Forum 2004 following roundtable discussion with OECD health ministers.
  • 17:30 - Media briefing by David Vegara, Secretary of State for the Economy (Spain) followed by Elena Salgado, Spanish Health Minister.
  • 18:15 - News conference at OECD headquarters on the first session of the Ministerial Council Meeting on economic issues and the economic impact of ageing populations, by the Chair of the session, Mexican Finance Minister Francisco Gil Díaz, with the two vice-chairs, Netherlands Minister of Economic Affairs Laurens Jan Brinkhorst and Iceland's Finance Minister Geir H. Haarde, OECD Secretary-General Donald Johnston and OECD Chief Economist Jean-Philippe Cotis.
  • 18:15 - Briefing by Leif Pagrotsky, Minister for Trade and Industry, and Gunnar Lund, Minister for International Economic Affairs and Financial Markets (Sweden).
  • 19:00 - Briefing by Gregory Mankiw, Chair of the US Council of Economic Adviser (USA).
  • 19:00 - Briefing by Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, Economic Affairs Minister (Netherlands).


Friday 14 May

  • 09:30 - Briefing at OECD headquarters given by Berglind Asgeirsdottir, OECD Deputy Secretary General, on the conclusions of the OECD's three-year project on sustainable development.
  • 10:00 - News conference at OECD headquarters on future activities of the Financial Action Task Force.Gunnar Lund, Minister for International Economic Affairs and Financial Markets, Sweden, will chair. Claes Norgren, FATF President and Patrick Moulette, Executive Secretary will participate.
  • 10:00 - Briefing by Mario Baldassari, Deputy Minister for Economy and Finance (Italy).
  • 11:00 - Briefing by Adolfo Urso, Deputy Minister for Productive Activities, Minister for Foreign Trade (Italy).
  • 11:30 - Briefing by Joseph Deiss, President of the Confederation and Minister of Economic Affairs, and by Pascal Couchepin, Head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs (Switzerland).
  • 12:15 - Briefing by Hans Hoogervorst, Minister for Health, Welfare and Sport (Netherlands).
  • 12:30 - Closing news conference at OECD headquarters by the Chair of the Health Minister's meeting Julio Frenk with the two vice-chairs, US Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson and Hungary's Minister of Health, Social and Family Affairs, Mihaly Kökeny.
  • 13:00 - Briefing by Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, Economic Affairs Minister (Netherlands).
  • 13:00 - Briefing by Clement J. Rohee, Minister of Foreign Trade and International Co-operation (Guyana).
  • 13:15 - Closing news conference at OECD headquarters by the Chair of the Ministerial Council Meeting, Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez, with Mexico's Minister of Economy, Fernando Canales, OECD Secretary-General Donald Johnston and the two vice-chairs, Netherlands Minister of Economic Affairs Laurens Jan Brinkhorst and Iceland’s Finance Minister Geir H. Haarde. 
  •  14:00 - Briefing at OECD headquarters by US Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick. 
  •  14:30 - Breifing by EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy.

3. Photo Opportunities are the following:

Thursday 13 May
11:00 - Ministerial Council Meeting (plenary sesion, Room 1) 
 15:15 - Health Ministerial Meeting (plenary session, Room 1)
15:15 - Ministerial Council Meeting (structural issue session, Room 2)
18:15 - News conference on the first session of the Ministerial Council Meeting (Room 2)

Friday 14 May
08:00 - FATF Ministerial Meeting (Room C)
09:15 - Ministerial Council Meeting (trade session, Room 1)
09:15 - Health Ministerial Meeting (plenary session, Room 2)
10:00 - FATF news conference (Room C)
12:30 - Health Ministerial Meeting news conference (Room C)
13:15 - Ministerial Council Meeting news conference (Room C)

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
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