Competitive Regional Clusters: National Policy Approaches

"Competitive Regional Clusters: National Policy Approaches" analyses the objectives, targeting, instruments and inter-governmental role sharing used by 26 programmes in 14 OECD countries.

OECD/CERI and NIME joint seminar: From e-learning to o-learning: Towards collaboration between OECD and Japan (Video Conference, 2 November, 2006)

The theme of the conference was “The recent moves on e-Learning and OER in OECD and Japan”.

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• OECD Country Website - Japan

Creation and Governance of Human Genetic Research Databases

Summarises proceedings of a conference looking at examples of human genetic research databases, how they are established, how they are managed and governed, how they might be commercialised, and what the policy considerations might be.

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Etudes OCDE sur la gestion des risques - Japon

Le Projet de l'avenir de l'OCDE sur les politiques de gestion des risques a pour mission d'assister les pays de l'OCDE dans l'identification des principales difficultés de la gestion des risques au 21ème siècle, et dans la recherche de solutions.

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• OECD Studies in Risk Management - Japan

Education at a Glance 2006 - Briefing Note: Japan

This note summarizes the main characteristics of the Japan's education system. The full edition “Education at a Glance: OECD indicators 2006” provides a comparable and up-to-date array of education indicators enabling countries to see themselves in the light of other countries' performance.

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OECD Studies in Risk Management - Japan: Floods

Floods and flood-related disasters, such as landslides, are a traditional and serious risk in Japan. In the 1940s and 50s, after flood disasters took thousands of lives, the creation of a comprehensive flood risk management programme led to a dramatic reduction in human casualties.

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List of Economic Surveys of Japan

Summary of Economic Survyes: Japan

OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance: Japan

This site contains a list of key references on Japan. The documentary database includes documents on partnership and local governance that have been published by governments, universities and other organisations.

Thematic Review of Tertiary Education - Country Background Report - Japan (English)

This Country Background Report for Japan was prepared by the Higher Education Bureau of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology as an input to the OECD Thematic review of Tertiary Education.

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Innovation in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: Comparing National Innovation Systems at the Sectoral Level

This publication examines the innovation system in pharmaceutical biotechnology in eight OECD countries. Based on rich evidence, it draws policy recommendations to foster innovation in biopharmaceuticals advocating an integrated policy approach.

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