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25-Feb-2009
Governments should improve how they prioritise efforts to prepare for large-scale disasters and work more closely with the private sector to ensure they can deal with crises quickly and cost-effectively, according to a new OECD report….more .
For more information, please contact Jack Radisch at jack.radisch@oecd.org.
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New Publication: Space Technologies and Climate Change
25-Nov-2008
This book examines space technologies' contributions in tackling some of the serious problems posed by climate change. It underlines the need to consider satellites not just as research and development systems, but as an important component of a critical communication- and information-based infrastructure for modern societies. For more information, please contact: claire.jolly@oecd.org.
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30-Jun-2008
The IFP has released a number of documents prepared within the context of “The Bioeconomy to 2030” project. These documents include scenarios as well as analytical reports and cover business models, ethics, intellectual property, and regulation. The reports are inputs to the project’s final report which is being prepared by the OECD and will be available in early 2009. For more information, please contact David Sawaya at david.sawaya@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
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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Bioeconomy to 2030: Second meeting of the Steering Group
on 01-Jun-2007
The meeting intended to tackle the forward-looking work for the second part of the project focusing on Health, Industry and Agriculture. This was covered in two time-intervals: the first (projections), covering the present up to 2012/15, estimated trends in the use and application of biotechnologies; the second (scenarios) covered the period 2012/15-2030. 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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on 15-May-2007
The OECD Forum 2007 "Innovation, Growth & Equity" took place in Paris on 14-15 May. Michael Oborne, Director of the IFP, chaired a session on "Infrastructure to 2030: Growth, Innovation and Finance" on 15 May. The press release is available here .
For more information about the Forum, visit the OECD Forum website.
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Global Forum on Space Economics: Steering Group and Working Group meeting
from 22-Mar-2007 to 23-Mar-2007
The Steering Group and the Working Group of the OECD Global Forum on Space Economics met on the 22nd and 23rd of March 2007 at the OECD. The future OECD publication The Space Economy at a Glance will also be discussed. For more information please contact Mr. Pierre-Alain Schieb at Pierre-Alain.Schieb@oecd.org or Claire Jolly at Claire.Jolly@oecd.org.
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Global Forum on Space Economics: 1st Meeting of the Steering Group
from 16-Feb-2006 to 17-Feb-2006
On 16 and 17 February 2006, the Steering Group of the OECD Global Forum on Space Economics met to discuss the directions of work of the Forum. The Steering Group is composed of representatives of space agencies and ministries, in line with the intergovernmental nature of OECD Forums. A companion Working Group will be launched in June which will include representatives of the private sector and other interested parties. To learn more about the launch of the Forum, check our press release or read the descriptive overview . You can also address enquiries to Pierre-Alain.Schieb@oecd.org.
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The Bioeconomy to 2030: A Policy Agenda - 1st Steering Group Meeting
on 17-Nov-2006
The IFP hosted the first Steering Group meeting for the Bioeconomy Project on November 17th in Paris. At the meeting, the finalised work plan was approved and a draft report on the current state of the bioeconomy – “the analytical baseline” – was presented to the Group for discussion. For more information, please contact Mr. Pierre-Alain Schieb at Pierre-Alain.Schieb@oecd.org or Mr. David Sawaya at David.Sawaya@oecd.org.
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