Upcoming Events

June
2012

OECD at Rio+20

 Past Events

March
2012

OECD participation in the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille, 12-17 March 2012. The Secretary General participated in a series of high-level panels. The OECD organised a side event, where several reports were launched. A series of sessions were organised by the Secretariat on selected Core Groups and Target Solution Groups.

Dec.
2011

COP17. OECD expert involvement focused on green growth and climate change, adaptation and mitigation, carbon accounting, improving transparency (“MRV”), climate finance and technology.

Oct. 2011

Global Forum on Environment: Making Water Reform Happen, 25-26 October 2011, OECD Conference Centre, Paris

Global Forum on Environment on the OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050

Sept.

2010

7th "Environment for Europe" Ministerial Conference organised by the UN Economic Commission for Europe. OECD participation and launch "Ten Years of Water Sector Reform in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia" (Astana, Kazakhstan, 21-23 September 2011)

Aug. 2011

World Water Week 2011: Responding to Global Changes - Water in an Urbanising World (Stockholm, 21-27 August 2011)

Dec. 2010

COP16 in Cancun, Mexico, was a crucial step in the international effort to address climate change. The OECD actively participated in several ways, including through OECD side events, participation in other side events, an official statement and a publication stand.

Sept.
2010

OECD at 2010 World Water Week in Stockholm: The Water Quality Challenge, 5-11 Sept.

May
2010

OECD Workshop on Improving the information base to better guide water resource management decision making (Zaragoza, Spain).

March
2010

OECD Expert Meeting on Water Economics and Financing (Paris, 15-17 March 2010). The aim of this meeting was to seek expert input to two on-going OECD projects on financing water resources management and the benefits of water supply and sanitation policies.

March
2010

As a contribution to World Water Day, celebrated each year on 22 March, the OECD released three new publications on water: Pricing Water Resources and Water and Sanitation Services; Sustainable Management of Water Resources in Agriculture; and Innovative Financing Mechanisms for the Water Sector. The OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría made a special address on the occasion of the release of these reports on 16 March during the OECD Expert Meeting on Water Economics and Financing (15-17 March), OECD Conference Centre, Paris.

Feb.
2010

OECD Agriculture Ministerial Meeting (Paris, 25-26 February 2010). As part of this meeting, ministers of agriculture from OECD and emerging countries discussed how should agriculture face new challenges and opportunities related to climate change and water shortages.

Jan.
2010

Regional Meeting on Private Sector Participation in water and sanitation in EECCA – Recent Experience and the Way Forward. The main objective of the meeting was to attract the attention of key stakeholders, foremost EECCA policy-makers, to international “good practices” and tools that can help countries to assess and improve their legal and institutional frameworks for PSP in the water and sanitation sector, and to discuss the reforms that could help to improve the framework for PSP.

Nov.
2009

Joint Meeting of the EU Water Initiative's EECCA Working Group and the OECD EAP Task Force’s Group of Senior Officials for Water Sector Reform in EECCA. The Joint Meeting was held on 24-25 November 2009 in Bucharest, Romania with the Romanian Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development hosting the event.

June
2009  

OECD Expert Meeting on Financing Water Management (Paris, 10-11 June 2009). This brainstorming meeting brought together a number of experts to discuss policy analysis needs in the area of financing water management. (See summary of the meeting).

March
2009 

World Water Forum (Istanbul, 21-26 March 2009). The OECD convened or co-convened nine session in the official programme of the fifth edition of the World Water Forum.

Dec.
2008  

OECD Global Forum: Financing and Pricing Water: the roles of government policies, the private sector and civil society (Paris, 1-2 December 2008). This meeting discussed  the key policy conclusions and recommendations emerging from the OECD work on water in 2007 and 2008.

Sept.
2008 

IMTA-OECD Expert Meeting for a beneficial private sector participation in the water and sanitation sector, lessons learnt from Latin American country experiences (Mexico). The joint IMTA/OECD expert meeting provided a third opportunity to discuss the elements of a beneficial private sector participation in the water and sanitation sector and the draft OECD Checklist for Public Action, building on the experience of Latin American countries.

March
2008

ADB-OECD Expert Meeting for a beneficial private sector participation in the water and sanitation sector, lessons learnt from Asian country experiences (Manila, Philippines). The expert meeting aimed to advance the debate on private sector participation in the water and sanitation sector, by providing a forum for participants to help guide the ADB and OECD in their efforts to develop a better understanding of the key elements of a beneficial partnership. This joint ADB/OECD meeting supported the development of the OECD Checklist for Public Action building on the experience of Asian countries.

Nov.
2007

OECD Expert Meeting on Sustainable Financing for Affordable Water Services: From Theory to Practice. This meeting brought together water experts to provide guidance to the OECD on how to develop analytical work in the areas of water pricing and water services financing.

Nov.
2007

NEPAD-OECD Roundtable on Strengthening Investment Climate Assessment and Reform in NEPAD Countries (Lusaka, Zambia). The roundtable's overall aim was to develop policy capacity building tools to support implementation of investment climate reform policies in African countries, with a specific focus on the investment environment conditions conducive to attracting investment for development in the water and sanitation sector. It is the first of three regional consultations that supported the development of the OECD Checklist for Public Action.

Nov.
2006 

OECD Global Forum: Public-Private Partnerships in Water Supply and Sanitation – Recent Trends and New Opportunities (Paris, 29-30 November 2006). This meeting brought together private operators and government representatives from the OECD and developing countries to discuss the current status of public-private partnerships in the water supply and sanitation sector and examine the possible policy measures that could enable the private sector to play a greater role in helping to achieve the water related MDGs.

Dec.
2003

OECD Global Forum: Financing Water and Environmental Infrastructure for All (Paris, 18-19 December 2003). This meeting discussed how to finance access to drinking water supply and sanitation services, including through the development of financing strategies, tapping local capital markets, and improving the management of public expenditures on water.