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News & Events
News
“Innovation in Country Risk Management: A Cross –National Analysis”
25-Jun-2008
In the past decade, several OECD governments have reorganized their institutions, laws and policies to better take into account emerging risks and update their procedures for the assessment, protection, response and recovery from large scale disasters. This comparative study focuses on novel practices in 6 countries, with a focus on risk assessment and priority setting for investments in pre-disaster mitigation activities. For more information, please contact Jack Radisch at jack.radisch@oecd.org.
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25-Jun-2008
The OECD review of Italy’s national system of civil protection is designed to take a holistic view of the country’s risk management system, with a focus on cooperation between authorities at all levels of government and their coordination of activities to address : forest fires, floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes and landslides. For more information, click here or contact Jack Radisch at jack.radisch@oecd.org.
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13-Jun-2008
Since May 2008 passengers travelling on the Thalys high-speed train between Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Cologne can now access broadband thanks to technology combining the Internet and satellite communications. Review in this article some interesting aspects of broadband via satellite.
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13-Jun-2008
How big is “space” really? The industry is relatively small, but its economic and strategic importance may be as boundless as space itself. Check this article, which presents selected findings from the recently published OECD publication “The Space Economy at a Glance”.
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22-May-2008
Learn in one brief document what the OECD Forum on Space Economics is all about.
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28-Feb-2008
This report, which was prepared by Matthew Herder and E. Richard Gold of The Innovation Partnership and covers intellectual property issues in health and industrial biotechnology, is an example of work being undertaken within the Bioeconomy to 2030 project. For more information, please contact either Mr. Anthony Arundel at Anthony.Arundel@oecd.org or Mr. David Sawaya at David.Sawaya@oecd.org.
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Events
The Future of International Migration: Second preparatory meeting of the organising group
from 07-Jul-2008 to 08-Jul-2008
The secretariat was pleased to welcome the organising group for a second preparatory meeting of The Future of International Migration on 7-8 July 2008. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the work carried out by the IFP secretariat to date, especially the commissioned papers and the indicators that were developed. Moreover, the participants were to agree on the shape and content of the December workshop and build four future scenarios for international migration in small break-out groups. The scenarios will be published in early 2009. The workshop will take place 1-2 December 2008.
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on 18-Nov-2008
The IFP has recently completed a Futures Project on Infrastructure Needs to 2030 (2005-2007) which covered telecoms, water, electricity and surface transport, but did not include ports, airports and other major infrastructures crossing or connecting continents. This meeting will present the key elements of a new planned infrastructure project on Transcontinental Infrastructure Needs to 2030: Ports, Airports, Rail Corridors, Oil and Gas Pipelines...
For information, please find attached the options for further work document and the agenda of the meeting (also available in Japanese ).
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Kick-off meeting of the Italian Civil Protection System's review
on 06-May-2008
The International Futures Programme is conducting a review on risk management policies. In this framework, a kick-off meeting was held in Rome on 6 May to present the review methodology to the Italian stakeholders, who shall be identified by the Italian Department of Civil Protection. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Guido Bertolaso, Head of the IDCP .
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Bioeconomy to 2030: Fourth meeting of the Steering Group
from 09-Jun-2008 to 10-Jun-2008
The fourth and final meeting of the Steering Group reviewed a draft of the final report which will be released towards the end of the year. It includes overviews of the work undertaken in the earlier stages of the project along with new research on biofuels and cross-sectoral elements on emerging business models. For more information, please contact either Mr. Pierre-Alain Schieb at Pierre-Alain.Schieb@oecd.org or Mr. David Sawaya at David.Sawaya@oecd.org.
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from 03-Jun-2008 to 04-Jun-2008
On 4 June, Michael Oborne, Director of the IFP, chaired a session on "Financing Infrastructure" composed of Messrs. Agustín Carstens, Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, Mexico; Andrew Hunter, Head, Macquarie Europe; Richard Lavergne, Secretary-General, Observatoire de l’énergie, France; Pierre Lortie, Senior Business Advisor, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (Montreal), Canada; Hamish McRae, Associate Editor, The Independent, United Kingdom. Don't miss the speeches and the pictures of the session.
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OECD ministers to discuss climate change, trade and global economy at annual meeting, Paris, 4-5 June
from 04-Jun-2008 to 05-Jun-2008
The economic impact of climate change, trade, growth and development issues will be discussed at the OECD’s annual ministerial meeting, in Paris on 4-5 June 2008. A brochure providing the background for the main topics that ministers will address is now online. It include a section on space applications and climate change. Read the document: “Meeting of the OECD Council at Ministerial Level 2008 - Key Information” (http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/32/44/40627761.pdf)
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Working Group - 5th meeting: indicators and statistics on the space economy
on 19-Feb-2008
The OECD Forum on Space Economics Working Group met in Paris on February 19th. The main theme of discussions concerned indicators and statistics on the space economy (definition…). Working Group members particularly encouraged the development of an innovative OECD Working Paper entitled “The Guide to Measuring the Space Economy”, to become available in summer 2008.
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Bioeconomy to 2030: Third meeting of the Steering Group
from 07-Feb-2008 to 08-Feb-2008
The meeting looked at work being undertaken on scenarios, business models, intellectual property rights, and regulation for health, industrial and agricultural biotechnologies. In addition, cross-sectoral elements were discussed. For more information, please contact either Mr. Pierre-Alain Schieb at Pierre-Alain.Schieb@oecd.org or Mr. David Sawaya at David.Sawaya@oecd.org.
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SPACE
This publication is an innovative compilation of statistics on the space sector and its contributions to economic activity.
The Space Economy at a Glance
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