Employment Outlook 2009 Country Notes: Italy

The OECD Employment Outlook 2009 indicates that the impact of the crisis on the labour market has been milder in Italy compared to a number of other OECD countries. In Italy, the unemployment rate reached 7.4% in March 2009, an increase of 0.8 percentage points compared to one year before.

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Economic Survey of Italy 2009: Towards better schools and more equal opportunities for learning

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This seminar begins with a day session open to a wider audience of policymakers and practitioners involved in tackling the impact of the crisis on jobs and skills. Day 2 and 3 are structured around a mix of expert presentations, discussion and group work. Presentations are available online.

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« Il faut que les gouvernements prennent des mesures rapides et décisives pour éviter que la crise financière ne devienne une crise sociale à part entière, aux effets dramatiques sur les travailleurs vulnérables et les ménages à faible revenu », selon le Secrétaire général de l’OCDE.

Les gens d’abord : prendre en charge, ensemble, la dimension humaine de la crise

"Les gouvernements doivent agir rapidement et efficacement pour éviter que la crise financière ne devienne une crise sociale à part entière, aux effets dramatiques sur les travailleurs vulnérables et les ménages à faible revenu", a déclaré le Secrétaire général de l'OCDE lors de la réunion des ministres du travail du G8.

Réformes économiques : Objectif croissance 2009 - Notes par pays - Italie

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Conference: Corporate Social Responsibility and Local Development (Trento, Italy)

The objective of this conference was to share experiences on how, trough CRS strategies, public and private sector, Trade Unions and local community organisations can partner to support sustainable development at local level, with a particular focus on Russia.

More flexibility in labour market policy management would boost growth, says OECD

OECD governments could boost economic growth and help create jobs if local agencies and authorities had more power and autonomy to adjust employment and training programmes to meet local needs, concluded OECD employment ministers attending a high level conference in Venice, Italy.