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14-Apr-2010
This publication presents recent OECD research and analysis on risk and regulatory policy. The collected chapters are intended to assist policy makers in OECD governments to consider how to develop, or improve, the design of a coherent risk governance policy for managing regulation and improving the welfare of citizens.
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13-Apr-2010
This book sheds light on the use of tax expenditures, mainly through the study of ten OECD countries: Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. It highlights key trends and successful practices.
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24-Mar-2010
This report explores the different approaches OECD countries are taking to foster diversity in the public service in a sustainable and responsive manner. The findings point to an on-going change of perceiving diversity from an equity at entry approach to seeing it as an added value. (PDF 646kb)
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11-Mar-2010
Lors d'un séminaire sur « Comment mieux accompagner les mutations économiques » le Secrétaire général de l'OCDE, A. Gurría, a déclaré que des régions prospères et innovatrices, des métropoles dynamiques et solidaires, des territoires ruraux actifs, sont les pièces maîtresses d’une économie mondiale plus forte, plus saine et plus juste. En France comme dans d'autres pays de l'OCDE, améliorer la coordination entre les niveaux de gouvernement reste une condition cruciale de l’efficacité des politiques nationales.
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19-Feb-2010
This Recommendation is the first international policy instrument of its kind which provides policy makers with guidance on how to promote open government and a level playing field for businesses and stakeholders in developing and implementing public policies.
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25-Jan-2010
As countries come out of the economic and financial crisis with a sharp deterioration in their public finances, they need a fiscal recovery plan to reduce debt burdens before long-term pressures hit with full force. The OECD has found a number of lessons taken from country experiences that may be useful as each country grapples with its own – often unsustainable – fiscal position.
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15-Feb-2010
This review presents a general picture, set within a macroeconomic context, of regulatory achievements and challenges, including regulatory quality at the Commonwealth level as well as across levels of government, competition policy and market openness. It also provides a special focus on Commonwealth-state relationships.
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12-Feb-2010
The OECD Territorial Review of Sweden was launched officially on 3 February 2010 in Stockholm. The review explores the potential for enhanced innovation and entrepreneurship and provides recommendations to strengthen Sweden’s regional development strategies through improved governance mechanisms, both regionally and across levels of government.
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12-Feb-2010
This report reviews the experiences of Australia, Canada, Hungary, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States with government regulations designed to increase scrutiny for lobbying and lobbyists. Current approaches, models, trends and state-of-the-art solutions are examined to support a deeper understanding of the potential and limitations of existing norms.
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21-Jan-2010
On 12-13 January the Mexican Ministry of Economy (Secretaria de Economia), and OECD’s Regulatory Policy Division organised a Forum on Regulatory Reform. The event aimed at raising awareness of the regulatory challenges for Mexico and discussing ideas and international reform experiences. During the forum, the Mexican President, Felipe Calderon, announced a general regulatory review to be conducted by the federal government to eliminate unnecessary burdens and simplify the interactions between the government and citizens and businesses.
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Events
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from 09-Jun-2008 to 10-Jun-2008
This international conference allowed for an exchange of ideas on practical aspects of performance budgeting, on the role of information in the process of assigning budgets, and on economic policy issues behind the implementation of performance budgeting.
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from 06-Mar-2008 to 07-Mar-2008
The 2008 E-Leaders Conference brought together senior government officials responsible for e-government from OECD countries to discuss the role of e-government in 2020, the impact of e-government on economic development and the creation of an agenda for e-government and public sector delivery. The event was organised in co-operation with The Netherlands's Ministry of the Interior and Kingdgom Relations.
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from 21-Feb-2008 to 22-Feb-2008
A two-day seminar entitled "Public-private Partnerships: Affordability, Value for Money and the PPP Process" was held in Zürich, Switzerland, 21-22 February 2008. The overall focus was on sharing practical experience of how countries organise the PPP process and handle the often complex issues that governments face when using PPPs. Particular issues included affordability, risk sharing, value for money, budgeting and accounting for PPPs, and the institutional and regulatory aspects.
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from 10-Jan-2008 to 11-Jan-2008
The 5th Annual Meeting of OECD-Asian Senior Budget Officials, hosted by the Bureau of the Budget of Thailand, took place in Bangkok on 10-11 January 2008.
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from 30-Oct-2007 to 31-Oct-2007
This seminar discussed evaluation for budgeting of public policies that are performed under public-private collaboration. The seminar was jointly organised by the OECD and the Spanish Secretariat of State for Finance and Budgeting, the General Control of State Administration, the Secretariat General of Budget and Expenditure, and the Direction General of Budgets.
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on 10-Nov-2007
At an international roundtable meeting in Beijing, senior officials of the Chinese Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs and of Chongqing Municipality, as well as experts from the German GTZ exchanged views with the OECD Territorial Development Policy Committee. This third roundtable in China, which took place on 10 November 2007, dealt with the development strategy of Chongqing, one of China’s four provincial-level municipalities and an economic centre for the development of the country’s west. Participants also discussed an OECD paper on Chongqing's development strategy.
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on 05-Sep-2007
Jordan’s Legislative Strengthening Program (SUNY) and the Parliamentary Budget Office jointly organised a study visit to the OECD of Members of the Jordanian Parliament. At this occasion, Mr. Barry Anderson, Head of the Budgeting and Public Expenditures Division, OECD made a presentation on the experiences with legislative budget offices.
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from 07-Jun-2007 to 08-Jun-2007
This event brought together for the first time at the international level senior experts from executive and legislative branches in charge of legislation and policy on lobbying. Participants reviewed approaches and options for regulating lobbying in different socio-political and administrative contexts and provided directions on developing principles on transparency and accountability in lobbying. By providing concrete options for regulating lobbying when it reaches the political agenda, these principles will become a critical instrument for policy-makers.
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from 29-Mar-2007 to 30-Mar-2007
The international conference on "What Policies for Globalising Cities? Rethinking the Urban Policy Agenda", co-organised by the OECD and the Spanish authorities, will be held 29-30 March 2007 at the Municipal Congress Hall, in Campo de las Naciones, Madrid. It will bring together government leaders, policy makers and practitioners to examine urban policy in the context of globalisation and the growing challenges for cities.
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from 05-Mar-2007 to 06-Mar-2007
The 7th annual OECD public sector accruals symposium was held in Paris on 5-6 March 2007.
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