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News & Events
News
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02-Oct-2009
What are the regulatory management capacities of EU countries? How do they address the challenges of moving forward their policies, institutions, and processes to ensure that the regulatory framework contributes to achieving policy objectives? These reports – the first four of a series of 15 country reports - offer a comprehensive analysis of Better Regulation policies in Denmark, the Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom.
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15-Sep-2009
This new publication provides valuable, practical guidance on how to improve the performance of Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) systems to promote economic welfare through better quality regulation. The publication brings together recent OECD research and analysis concerning methodological issues and country experiences with RIA.
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18-Aug-2009
Weak governance and lack of transparency were some of the root causes of today’s financial turmoil. OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría explains how governments can safeguard integrity and avoid bias in public procurement as they spend massive stimulus packages. (The Globalist)
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27-Jul-2009
Chile’s economy has strengthened over the last 20 years. Yet, to date Chilean regions have not been able to fully utilise their assets and reach their growth potential, limiting national capacity for growth. An OECD Territorial Review of Chile recommends that Chile adopt a stronger regional approach to economic development in order to better exploit opportunities and improve the country’s overall performance.
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Events
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on 01-Oct-2009
Workforce diversity contributes to a stronger and fairer public service that is better equiped to understand and meet public expectations. Experts from OECD countries will discuss the challenges and innovative practices in fostering diversity at a meeting at the OECD Headquarters in Paris.
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from 13-Oct-2009 to 15-Oct-2009
The Annual OECD Rural Development Conference was this year held in Quebec, Canada. Combining a series of workshops, exhibits and field visits, this broad ranging conference looked at rural policy in relation to a vast array of sectors including forestry, energy, climate change, tourism and more. It focused on responding to the financial crisis and recession in rural areas.
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from 11-Jun-2009 to 12-Jun-2009
This workshop brought together European and national officials involved in the implementation of Directive 2006/123 EC on services in the internal market. The workshop took place on 11-12 June 2009 at the European Institute of Public Administration in Maastricht (NL).
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on 03-Jul-2009
The earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy, killed almost 300 people and destroyed a large part of the built environment, as well as essential infrastructure networks. International experts and policy practitioners from around the world discussed and assessed policy options to restore and re-launch the regional economy which was severely hit by the earthquake.
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from 19-Jun-2009 to 15-Jul-2009
The launch of OECD Review of Regional Innovation: 15 Mexican States was held in Mexico city on 16th June 2009. The Secretary-General as well as national and state public officials participated in the presentation and discussion which had record attendance.
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on 10-Jun-2009
In what ways can governments engage better with citizens? How can we assess the results of public dialogue? Can blogs, wikis, Twitter and Facebook enhance public participation, transparency, and democracy? Teknologirådet and the Ministry of Government Administration and Reform (FAD) held a workshop in Oslo where they launched the new OECD report 'Focus on Citizens: Public Engagement for Better Policy and Services' .
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from 11-Jun-2009 to 12-Jun-2009
Cet atelier interactif va explorer et identifier les nouvelles tendences et approches de l’innovation dans le domaine la conception et réalisation du service public. Des acteurs venus d’un grand nombre de pays, représentant différents secteurs et niveaux de gouvernemnt pourront partager leurs expériences.
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on 04-May-2009
The Secretary-General of the OECD, Angel Gurria, and Siim Kallas, EC Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-fraud will outline the main challenges and strategies for greater government integrity, transparency and accountability. This Global Forum on Public Governance will map risks of corruption, particularly related to public procurement, lobbying and conflict of interest.
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from 11-Jun-2009 to 12-Jun-2009
This interactive workshop explored and identified emerging thoughts and approaches to innovation in public service design and delivery. Practitioners from a wide range of countries, sectors and levels of government had the opportunity to share their experiences.
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