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News

The Financial Crisis: Reform and Exit Strategies

17-Sep-2009

The financial crisis required governments to make massive interventions in their financial systems. This book sets out priorities for reforming incentives in financial markets as well as for phasing out these emergency measures.

Publication of the Practical Guide to Corporate Governance

09-Sep-2009

The Practical Guide to Corporate Governance: Experiences from the Latin American Companies Circle highlights the challenges, priorities and tangible benefits of adopting leading corporate governance practices in the region. The publication offers a first look at Latin American company results during the recent period of financial crisis showing that firms recognized for better corporate governance practices suffered less damage than average listed Latin American companies. It is now available for dowload. 

Currently Recruiting Corporate Governance Expert

07-Aug-2009

The Corporate Affairs Division is seeking a corporate governance expert to join its team in Paris supporting the work of the Steering Group on Corporate Governance.  The job vacancy number is 3296 and the deadline for submitting applications is 9 September 2009.

The OECD’s effort to help build a stronger, cleaner and fairer global economy

03-Jun-2009

The current economic crisis has exposed the deficiencies of economic global governance and the risk of having a highly integrated global economy with fragmented global economic decision-making and regulation. To improve our impact, we do need stronger, more inclusive and better coordinated international organisations, warned the OECD Secretary-General.


Events

Corporate governance in Asia – conference and press briefing – Manila, the Philippines, 9 September 2009

on 09-Sep-2009

The financial crisis revealed serious shortcomings in corporate governance around the world. What lessons can companies and regulators learn from the crisis? And what role can they play in improving global governance standards to help rebuild trust and confidence in financial markets?

Third Annual Conference of the Egyptian Institute of Directors (EIOD), Cairo, Egypt

on 15-Jun-2009

The conference focused on three key themes: the role of internal audit and audit committees, the role of external auditors, and disclosure and accounting standards.

Reinforcing Financial Supervision and Regulation - Lessons from the Crisis, Beirut, Lebanon

from 28-May-2009 to 29-May-2009

The conference focused primarily on corporate governance lessons emerging from the current financial crisis.

Regional Symposium on Insolvency and Creditor Rights in the MENA countries, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

from 26-May-2009 to 27-Jun-2009

The conference took place to advance the level of understanding of the insolvency systems in countries in the region.

6th Forum on Asian Insolvency Reform (FAIR)

from 17-Jul-2009 to 18-Jul-2009

Taking place in Bangkok on 17-18 July 2009, the theme for this event is 'Asian Insolvency Reforms following the Global Financial Crisis: Policy Responses and Opportunities'. Emphasis will be on a review of progress made by Asian governments in reform implementation and in-depth discussion on the policy options for insolvency reform.

4th meeting of the Network on Corporate Governance of SOEs in Asia

from 20-May-2009 to 21-May-2009

Taking place in Bangkok, this year's meeting focussed on implementation of the Policy Brief on priorities and recommendations for improving the corporate governance of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in Asia using case studies on good practice from around the Asia region.

Second meeting of the Southern African State Owned Enterprise Network

from 27-May-2009 to 28-May-2009

After a successful launch in 2008, the Southern African State Owned Enterprise Network met again on 27-28 May 2009 in Maputo, Mozambique. The substantive issues on the agenda included appropriate legal and regulatory frameworks for SOEs, relations with stakeholders and the equitable treatment of minority shareholders.



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