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Media Information
last updated: Friday 26 September 2003
1. Media Accreditation
2. News Conferences and Events
3. Practical Information
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1. Media Accreditation
Journalists can register for the Forum and Press Conference of the Meeting of OECD Employment and Labour Ministers by contacting the OECD Media Relations Division (tel: [33] 1 45 24 97 00).
2. News Conferences and Events
Wednesday 17 September 2003
11:00: News conference was held to present the 2003 edition of the "OECD Employment Outlook", at the Centre d'Accueil de la Presse Etrangère (Foreign Press Centre) in the Maison de la Radio, 116 Ave. Président Kennedy, 75116 Paris. The publication is available to journalists in English and French on the OECD's password-protected website.
Monday 29 September 2003
14:30 – 17:45 Forum – Good Jobs/Bad Jobs: Myths and Realities?
(New Building Room 1)
Chair: Mr. Frank Vandenbroucke, Minister for Employment and Pensions, Belgium
14:30 - 14:50 Keynote address: Good Jobs/Bad Jobs – What are the issues for policy?
Keynote speaker : Professor Richard Layard (Director, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science)
14:50 - 15:10 Opening comments by Mr. Frank Vandenbroucke
Mr. Juan Somavia, ILO Director-General
15:10 - 15:30 Comments by BIAC and TUAC
15:30 - 16:00 Discussion
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 - 17:30 Discussion (cont’d)
17:30 - 17:45 Concluding remarks Mr. Jacques Delors (President, Council for Employment, Income and Social Cohesion; Former President of the European Commission)
Tuesday 30 September 2003
09:30 Photo Opportunity (photographers and television cameras will be admitted at the start of the Session 1)
15:00 Photo Opportunity (photographers and television cameras will be admitted at the start of the Session 2)
15:00 Media Seminar: Helping the unemployed: Innovation in public employment services.
15:30 Media Seminar: Successful strategies for worker training.
16:00 Media Seminar: Improving job prospects for women.
16:30 Media Seminar: Why jobless rates are lower than in past slumps.
17:00 Final Press Conference (New Building Room 2)
Mr. François Fillon, Chair of Meeting
Mr. Donald Johnston, OECD Secretary-General
3. 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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