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12-Sep-2006
The OECD Futures Project on Risk Management Policies has published two new studies on Japan: one on Floods and one on Earthquakes. This programme aims to assist OECD countries in identifying the challenges of managing risks in the 21st century, and contributing to their reflection on how best to address those challenges.
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08-Sep-2006
Of all natural hazards, flooding causes the greatest damage in OECD countries, particularly in France. According to data gathered by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), flooding resulted in the loss of more than 85 000 lives and USD 180 billion worldwide over the period 1995-2004.
Also available in French under the title "Etudes de l'OCDE sur la gestion des risques - France: Politiques de prévention et d'indemnisation des dommages liés aux inondations "
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14-Jun-2006
The bioeconomy project will run until mid-2008. The preliminary project timetable shows the project's main phases and the tentative schedule for completion.
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09-Jun-2006
In 2006, the International Futures Programme (IFP) started an eighteen month project that aims to draft a broad policy agenda for governments in respect to the bioeconomy. The bioeconomy, a new concept, covers a broad range of economic activities, each benefiting from new discoveries, related products and services arising out of the biosciences. The project will assess how pervasive biotechnological applications are likely to become, the prospects for further development over the next two to three decades and the potential impact on the economy and society. For more info, click here.
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01-Jun-2006
This report provides a thorough description of information security policies in Norway as well as practices in other OECD countries, identifies strengths and areas for improvement in Norway's approach to information security, and makes policy recommendations. The report's analysis is in part based on the working paper: OECD Study in Risk Management - Information Security , which gave a first introduction to the topic.
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22-Feb-2006
Denmark is currently reappraising its strategy for managing major risks. The aim of the study is to contribute to ongoing reflections on how to better assess the country’s vulnerabilities and exposure to hazards.
The study has been produced within the framework of the OECD Futures Project on Risk Management Policies.
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22-Feb-2006
Ethnic minorities may for different reasons be more exposed to disasters than other groups in the population, due to geographic exposure to natural and man-made hazards, and social or cultural factors. This calls for a risk management approach which is directly tailored to their needs. The report looks specifically at the disaster information needs of Native American tribes in New Mexico.
The study has been produced within the framework of the OECD Futures Project on Risk Management Policies.
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21-Feb-2006
The OECD has launched a Global Forum on Space Economics to help space agencies and governments better analyse the opportunities and challenges of the space sector and its technology applications.
For more information please contact Mr. Pierre-Alain Schieb at pierre-alain.schieb@oecd.org.
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20-Feb-2006
OECD countries have been struck by a number of spectacular tunnel fires in the last ten years. The report describes the different risk factors when it comes to tunnel fires, such as the increase in dangerous goods transport - how these have evolved in the last decades and how they may change in the future. The report furthermore looks at international and national responses to improve safety.
The study has been produced within the framework of the OECD Futures Project on Risk Management Policies.
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20-Feb-2006
The elderly are more exposed to injury and death in the event of a disaster than other groups in the population. Future societal changes such as large-scale ageing, technological evolution and economic reform may create new vulnerabilities among the elderly that need to be accounted for in the public risk management system. The report has a special focus on the management of falls.
The study has been produced within the framework of the OECD Futures Project on Risk Management Policies.
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Events
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Space technology has huge potential to provide practical responses to society’s major challenges. Over the coming decades, governments will increasingly be confronted with long-term problems such as threats to the environment or the management of decreasing natural resources.
The report was presented at a news conference in Luxembourg, on 6 July 2005.
Speech by Michael Oborne, Director of the International Futures Programme/OECD in English and in French .
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on 03-Jun-2005
The first meeting of the Steering Group on Future Global Infrastructure Needs took place at OECD Headquarters on 3rd June 2005. It was organised by the OECD’s International Futures Programme (IFP), and brought together 25 high-level government officials and business executives involved in various infrastructure-related activities.
For more information please contact Mr. Pierre-Alain Schieb at pierre-alain.schieb@oecd.org
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