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News & Events
News
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05-May-2011
This report highlights a number of important initiatives under the Recommendation including the launch of a new global network (GPEN), the collection of national contact points and domestic improvements for privacy authorities, while also noting a number of continuing challenges.
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22-Apr-2011
This paper reports on a roundtable held on 1 December 2010 that explored the recent transformation in the ways that personal data is gathered and used to generate economic and social value, along with parallel growth in a privacy profession to protect it.
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19-Apr-2011
This new book analyses the current trends in international investment in innovation and the attractiveness policies already implemented. The report also explores in more detail the role of investment incentives that governments tend to give to international investors.
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13-Apr-2011
The Working Group’s final report contains a strategic vision of needed large research infrastructures, reflecting the perspectives of agency officials, laboratory administrators, and scientists. It incorporates considerations of cost, schedule, human resources, benefits to society, and the prospects for international cooperation. The findings and recommendations in the report are addressed to governmental funding agencies and to the scientific community.
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13-Apr-2011
This publication reports on steelmaking capacity on an economy-by-economy, plant or project basis and likely changes up to 2012. It includes detailed tables on existing capacity and equipment, the starting date of planned projects, works ownership and the information sources used. It also briefly describes projects' progress, recent changes at existing works, and, where known, the financing of projects.
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11-Apr-2011
This paper recalls the Guidelines' influence and describes a number of trends in the processing of personal data and the privacy risks in this evolving environment. It identifies current challenges for protecting privacy and highlights current initiatives and innovative approaches to privacy, with a primary focus on economic activities.
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04-Apr-2011
This paper analyses and compares national strategies for digital identity management in OECD countries. These strategies aim to drive innovation for e-government and for the broader Internet economy while remaining consistent with current national identity practices.
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Consumer protection: OECD PISA Financial Literacy Study
15-Mar-2011
The OECD is testing 15 year-olds on their knowledge of personal finances and ability to apply it to their financial situation. Financial literacy and consumer protection are among the key agenda items for the French G20 presidency during 2011.
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14-Mar-2011
Skilled people play a crucial role in innovation through the new knowledge they generate, how they adopt and develop existing ideas, and their ability to learn new competencies and adapt to a changing environment. This new book seeks to increase understanding of the links between skills and innovation, and presents data and evidence on countries' stocks and flows of skills and the links between skill inputs and innovation outputs.
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04-Feb-2011
The Egyptian government has taken great steps in the past years to develop and promote the use and uptake of technologies. But the recent shutdown of Internet and communications services will have a pronounced economic impact.
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Events
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from 25-Oct-2010 to 26-Oct-2010
The second of three events marking the OECD Privacy Guidelines, the conference was hosted by the Israeli Law, Information and Technology Authority in Jerusalem, Israel. The conference was held back-to-back with the 32nd International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners.
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from 28-Oct-2010 to 29-Oct-2010
The delivery of sustainable economic growth across multiple disciplines is a high priority on the policy agendas of the OECD member and non-member countries. Reviewing the industrial biotechnology innovation systems of these countries provides an excellent opportunity to evaluate the contribution to sustainable growth of this highly innovative and complex industrial sector.
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on 21-Jul-2010
US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz welcomed stakeholders and journalists at a roundtable discussion in Washington, DC on the OECD's just-published "Consumer Policy Toolkit". Ambassador Karen Kornbluh and OECD Director for Science, Technology and Industry Andrew Wyckoff highlighted the relevance of this work for policy makers and welcomed questions from the public. For more information on the event, click here.
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from 29-Jun-2010 to 17-Sep-2010
Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology are part of the core industrial sectors, which drives the transition of the main body of manufacturing sectors (e.g. IT, pharmaceutical, chemical, automotive, textile, food/feed, agriculture, etc.) towards more sustainable and greener economic and environmental models. Two major workshops are being held in these areas.
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on 27-May-2010
New sources of growth are urgently needed to help the world recover from the economic crisis and move towards a more sustainable growth path. Innovation is a critical part of this solution. Key findings of the OECD Innovation Strategy including two new publications were presented by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría at the OECD Forum 2010.
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from 16-Sep-2010 to 17-Sep-2010
The overall goal of the workshop is to understand the framework conditions that govern innovation in environmental biotechnology with a view to identifying and addressing inefficiencies. Workshop participants will include experts from industry, government, academia and international organisations, and non-governmental organisations.
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from 06-May-2010 to 07-May-2010
The 68th Session of the OECD Steel Committee meeting was held on 6-7 May 2010 at OECD headquarters in Paris. The presentations made at the meeting can be found here.
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on 15-Mar-2010
Each year on 15 March, the World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated by organizations, promoting consumer rights and demanding that they are respected all over the world. For this year’s celebrations, the International Consumer Enforcement Protection Network has launched a new website which was co-developed by national and international consumer organisations, including the OECD. It is aimed at providing consumers with essential information about their rights and facilitating consumer disputes across the borders.
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from 15-Apr-2010 to 16-Apr-2010
Environmental claims have the potential to play an important role in encouraging consumers to make choices which support environmental goals, while rewarding innovative companies for their efforts in this regard. The impact of claims will be reduced, however, to the extent that they are unclear, confusing or fraudulent, diminishing consumer interest and confidence in green products and services. Thus, policymakers are challenged to provide consumers with meaningful information that could influence their behaviour, thereby expanding consumer choices that support sustainable consumption.
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ICPHSO International Day on consumer product safety
from 15-Feb-2010 to 18-Feb-2010
The OECD will participate in the ICPHSO event, which will be held on 15-18 February 2010, in Washington D.C. During the meeting, the OECD outcomes of an analytic review of cross-border information sharing mechanisms will be shared and discussed. The conclusions of the debate will be then taken into account for the OECD future work on consumer product safety. More information about the ICPHSO International Day can be found at http://www.icphso.org/conference/2010annual/index.html
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