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News & Events
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28-Jan-2011
This Guide was presented by Angel Gurria, OECD Secretary-General, at a conference in Mexico. It provides concrete recommendations of high-impact reforms to improve the processes to start-up a business, obtain construction permits, register property, procurement, and upgrade regulatory transparency and efficiency in the management of formalities.
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03-Dec-2010
Denmark is a leader in using ICT to improve the delivery of public services and to boost a more efficient and effective public sector. To maintain these excellent results, Denmark should further strengthen the whole-of-government approach towards citizen and business engagement, says OECD report.
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25-Nov-2010
Governments must improve public sector productivity and foster innovation, was the message that emerged from the recent Ministerial Meeting held in Venise. This draws on the results of the Expert Group meeting on Innovative and Open Government which took place in Paris in June 2010.
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10-Nov-2010
G20 Leaders are convening in Seoul on 11 and 12 November with the primary aim of achieving a G20 Framework for "strong, sustainable and balanced growth". International business supports these efforts and wishes to reaffirm the key role of the private sector in this endeavour.
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10-Nov-2010
NComVA and OECD proudly announce the release of Dynamic Histogram.This improved version of OECD Regional eXplorer (V3.7) contains new features, including: a dynamic histogram to plot regions and countries, focus on selected regions and follow trends over time; improved Table lens for negative and positive data values; improved high resolution image capture; and wider user control to customize the display, share the results and save documents.
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12-Oct-2010
The OECD convened the 2010 E-Leaders Meeting on 11-12 October in Brussels, Belgium as part of continuing efforts to help member countries plan and implement their e-government strategies.
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01-Sep-2010
The Netherlands is successfully transforming the way it manages specific areas of the country. Investments in infrastructure and housing are now better coordinated and focus on strong city-regions. These place-based policies strengthen regions in the Netherlands, complement other national initiatives, and fit with the growing importance of cities as economic drivers. However, accessibility and housing remain major challenges, according to OECD’s new National place-based policies in the Netherlands.
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19-Jul-2010
The OECD review on the results of Spain’s comprehensive strategy for ICT and Information Society policy highlights the need to continue to invest in Information Society policies as a driver of future growth and competiveness. Despite important achievements, policy gaps remain to improve co-ordination and cost effectiveness.
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02-Jul-2010
This review offers a comprehensive assessment of the city-region’s economy and the extent to which its land use, labour market and environmental policies embrace a metropolitan vision. The report also appraises the quality of metropolitan water governance and Venice’s potential to become a powerful reference for climate change adaptation.
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28-Jun-2010
The OECD has developed new guidelines to help make lobbying more transparent and even-handed. The principles support fostering integrity, assuring compliance and encouraging policymakers to level the playing field.
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Events
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on 06-Nov-2009
This Symposium discussed strategic directions for the future of regulatory reform. Current and emerging regulatory policy challenges are truly global and the Regulatory Policy Committee will help to move this agenda forward.
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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 discussed 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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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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on 15-May-2009
This workshop was organised by the OECD, METREX, l'IAU Île-de-France and Région Île-de-France. It brought together strategic planning experts from more than 40 European metropolitan areas and they shared their experiences and discussed the challenges of sustainable development and planning.
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