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News & Events
News
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08-Jan-2010
Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, was in Mexico City for the launch of the OECD Review of Budgeting in Mexico. This study focuses on Mexico’s budgetary institutions and processes, which are key tools for promoting sustainable public finances and improving public-sector transparency and performance.
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06-Jan-2010
The Pan Yellow Sea Region (PYSR) has been one of the fastest growing economic zones in East Asia since China’s opening in the early 1990's. However, the PYSR has not fully utilised its assets nor reached its potential for growth. This new report looks at a wide range of policies to improve the PYSR’s competitiveness and integration.
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Tools for regulatory quality and financial sector regulation: A cross-country perspective
21-Dec-2009
This report provides a comparative perspective on the application of quality regulation principles to financial sector regulators, in the US, Canada, Australia, the UK and France. The report compares key provisions of the codes of the Basle Committee and IOSCO, with the OECD's 2005 Guiding Principles for Regulatory Quality and Performance, and the 2009 Policy Framework for Effective and Efficient Financial Regulation (PFEEFR). The report analyses the independence and accountability of the regulators, as well as their powers.
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18-Dec-2009
This report presents indicators of the development of the regulatory management systems used in OECD countries to improve the quality of regulation. It covers data for 1998, 2005 and 2008 and includes indicators on regulatory policy settings, administrative simplification and burden reduction programs, regulatory impact assessment, institutional arrangements, consultation and transparency, and changes in the numbers of laws. The indicators provide practical information on the development over time of tools, policies and institutions for improving regulatory management throughout the OECD.
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17-Dec-2009
Speaking at the Copenhagen Climate Summit for Mayors, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría, delivered a speech on how cities have a central role to play in tackling climate change. His speech was delivered on the release of the paper 'Competitive Cities and Climate Change'.
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10-Dec-2009
The OECD is to undertake a review of Egypt’s e-government policies and services, the first such review in the Middle East North African (MENA) region of a country’s use of information and communications technologies for the provision of public services.
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24-Nov-2009
"The crisis has exposed some serious regulatory and prudential failures, serious supervisory failures, serious governance failures" - in his speech delivered at the MENA-OECD Investment Ministerial Meeting, Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, underlines the challenges facing governments in charting the way forward out of the crisis.
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12-Nov-2009
Speaking at the International Forum of the Americas Forum for Global Cities, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría, delivered a speech on how cities can contribute to restoring growth.
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19-Oct-2009
This Policy Brief outlines fundamental concepts in the relationship between national and sub-national levels of government. It discusses the gaps that exist between levels of government as they design and implement public policies, and examines some of the tools being used to help bridge these gaps.
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13-Oct-2009
This new publication describes the shift in governments' focus on e-Government development – from a 'government-centric' to a 'user-centric' approach. It provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges faced in e-Government services in OECD countries and explores ways of improving take-up levels.
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Events
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On 14 December 2005 a first roundtable meeting on sustainable regional policy took place in Beijing, China.
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on 09-Sep-2005
Eight Workshop of the APEC-OECD Co-operative Initiative on Regulatory Reform, Gyeongju, Korea.
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on 12-Sep-2006
This page provides information on the APEC-OECD policy round that took place in Hoi An, Vietnam, on 12 September 2006.
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on 27-Nov-2006
The OECD hosted an international workshop on “Defining and Measuring Metropolitan Regions” on 27 November 2006 in Paris. The workshop brought together major international organisations, National Statistical Offices and researchers from this field.
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from 14-Dec-2006 to 15-Dec-2006
The OECD-Asian Senior Budget Officials 4th meeting, hosted by the Bureau of the Budget, Office of the Prime Minister, Thailand, took place in Bangkok on 14-15 December, 2006.
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from 02-May-2006 to 03-May-2006
The 3rd meeting of the SBO Network on Performance and Results took place in Paris, on 2-3 May 2006.
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Techniques, resources and strategies for identifying, managing and preventing conflict-of-interest situations in the public service.
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Expert analysis and case studies from experiences of countries in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
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A pioneering roadmap for designing and organising sound assessments in public organisations and sectors. Includes an inventory of approaches, methods, and tools used worldwide for crafting assessments and country studies.
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from 05-Jul-2006 to 07-Jul-2006
The OECD Symposium on Agencies and Public-Private-Partnerships was held in Madrid, Spain.
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