OECD-ILO Conference on employment and industrial relations: Promoting responsible business conduct in a globalising economy

Organised in Paris on 23-24 June 2008, this year’s roundtable was devoted to a high-level policy dialogue between governments, business, labour and other stakeholders around the theme “Employment and Industrial Relations: Promoting Responsible Business Conduct in a Globalising Economy”.

UK/OECD Conference: New Models of Innovation for Economic Growth and Sustainability

New Models of Innovation for Economic Growth and Sustainability

OECD Kansas City Workshop

How can policymakers encourage entrepreneurship and the fast growth of innovative small firms? The OECD Kansas City workshop examined innovation and the global impact of high-growth SMEs.

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Seventh Roundtable on Freedom of Investment, National Security and “Strategic” Industries: Progress Report

This progress report was issued following the 7th Roundtable on Freedom of Investment, National Security and ‘Strategic’ Industries which took place in Paris on 26 March 2008. Since early 2006, OECD has provided a forum for intergovernmental dialogue on how governments can reconcile the need to preserve and expand an open international investment environment with their duty to safeguard the essential security interests of their people.

Summary of the 105th Meeting of the Council Working Party on Shipbuilding (WP6)

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9th International Forum on Tourism Statistics

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Sixth OECD Roundtable on Freedom of Investment, National Security and “Strategic” Industries: Summary of Findings

Organised in Paris on 13 December 2007, discussions covered recent policy developments; the transparency and predictability of investment policies addressing essential security concerns; and the benefits of open investment markets for energy security. In addition, a consultation was held in which business and trade union partners discussed the policy issues raised by investments of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs).

NEPAD-OECD Roundtable on Strengthening Investment Climate Assessment and Reform in NEPAD Countries

The NEPAD-OECD Roundtable in Lusaka, Zambia, 27-28 November 2007 aimed to develop policy capacity building tools that will help NEPAD countries improve the investment related content of Africa’s peer review process (APRM) and support implementation of investment climate reform policies, with a specific focus on the investment environment conditions conducive to attracting investment for development in the water and sanitation sector.

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