Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: December 2012

The OECD unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage point to 8.0% in October 2012 compared to the previous month.

Women in work: The Norwegian experience

An interview with Sigbjørn Johnsen, Minister of Finance, Norway. High female participation in the workforce has a decisive effect on a country’s performance, as Norway shows.

Workshop: Does Asia need a unique model for skills development? (Manila, Philippines)

This one-day workshop will serve to explore ideas and initiatives that may be most suited to the Asian region. It will present case studies from middle to high income countries in Asia and review completed and ongoing research on skills in Asia. A recent analysis conducted by the OECD LEED ESSSA initiative in 15 countries in Asia and the Pacific will be shared.

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Workshop: Measuring the potential of green growth in Chile (Santiago, Chile)

Chile's OECD membership presents challenges both in the context of changing patterns of production and consumption, and in the framework of a more sustainable economy. Specifically, green growth emphasizes improving growth rates, particularly through greening existing industries, as well as through new eco-businesses.

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Capacity building seminar: Developing tourism outside of established localities (Trento, Italy) - 3rd Edition

The capacity building seminar was based on an active exchange of experiences between the participants duly provided in advance. The strength of such a roundtable event lies in the discussion of these experiences in an interactive setting.

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Human Resources Management: Country Profiles

These country notes profile public sector human resource practices and policies, covering issues including legal frameworks; age and gender composition of workers; public sector restructuring; management practices; industrial relations and reforms.

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: November 2012

The OECD unemployment rate was 7.9% in September 2012, broadly the same rate observed since January 2011.

Economic Survey of the United Kingdom 2011

The UK economy is gradually emerging from the recession and rebalancing away from overreliance on debt–finance and government spending towards more investment and exports. A wide ranging programme of fiscal consolidation and structural reforms aims at ensuring a sustainable and balanced recovery

Workshop: Demographic change and labour market - Policies and strategies in the Province of Limburg (Maastricht, Netherlands)

This workshop was organised by The Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations and the Province of Limburg within the framework of the OECD LEED project on local scenarios of demographic change.

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• Workshop: Demographic change and labour market - Policies and strategies in the Province of Zeeland (Terneuzen, Netherlands) - 7 Nov 2012
• Workshop: Demographic change and labour market - Policies and strategies in the Province of Drenthe and Groningen (Assen, Netherlands) - 5 Nov 2012

Workshop: Demographic change and labour market - Policies and strategies in the Province of Zeeland (Terneuzen, Netherlands)

This workshop was organised by The Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations and the Province of Zeeland within the framework of the OECD LEED project on local scenarios of demographic change.

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• Workshop: Demographic change and labour market - Policies and strategies in the Province of Limburg (Maastricht, Netherlands) - 9 Nov 2012
• Workshop: Demographic change and labour market - Policies and strategies in the Province of Drenthe and Groningen (Assen, Netherlands) - 5 Nov 2012