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Le rapport final "La Bioéconomie à l'horizon 2030" vient de paraître

15-May-2009

Ce rapport examine les différents domaines influant sur le développement de la bioéconomie, tels que le progrès technologique, le financement de R&D, les ressources humaines, la propriété intellectuelle, la réglementation et les modèles économiques. L’ouvrage se penche ensuite sur les choix politiques qui permettraient de tirer parti des avantages sociaux, environnementaux et économiques d’une bioéconomie.
La version française du rapport, actuellement disponible en anglais, sera publiée dans les mois à venir. Pour plus d’information : david.sawaya@oecd.org.

The Bioeconomy to 2030 Final Report Now Available

15-Apr-2009

The OECD IFP has released the final report of “The Bioeconomy to 2030” project. The report examines many areas influencing the development of the bioeconomy, including technological advance, R&D funding, human resources, intellectual property, regulation, and business models. The book goes on to explore policy options to support the social, environmental and economic benefits of a bioeconomy. For more information, please contact David Sawaya at david.sawaya@oecd.org.

New report, "Intellectual Property Issues in Biotechnology: Health and Industry"

28-Feb-2008

This report, which was prepared by Matthew Herder and E. Richard Gold of The Innovation Partnership and covers intellectual property issues in health and industrial biotechnology,  is an example of work being undertaken within the Bioeconomy to 2030 project. For more information, please contact either Mr. Anthony Arundel at Anthony.Arundel@oecd.org or Mr. David Sawaya at David.Sawaya@oecd.org.

Preliminary Project Timetable

14-Jun-2006

The bioeconomy project will run until mid-2008. The preliminary project timetable shows the project's main phases and the tentative schedule for completion.

The Bioeconomy to 2030: Designing a Policy Agenda - Project Documents

09-Jun-2006

In 2006, the International Futures Programme (IFP) started an eighteen month project that aims to draft a broad policy agenda for governments in respect to the bioeconomy. The bioeconomy, a new concept, covers a broad range of economic activities, each benefiting from new discoveries, related products and services arising out of the biosciences. The project will assess how pervasive biotechnological applications are likely to become, the prospects for further development over the next two to three decades and the potential impact on the economy and society. For more info, click here.

Our new website www.biosecuritycodes.org is constantly evolving

16-Sep-2005

We have just launched a new “Codes Archive”. The archive, which can be found at www.biosecuritycodes.org/codes_archive.htm, lists over 20 guidelines, principles and codes from 10 different countries and international organizations that are directly relevant to biosecurity. The website has evolved a great deal since its launch in June, and has received a lot of attention in the biosecurity community. Detailed information is now available and more is being sought. If you have information and want to become involved, please contact webmater@biosecuritycodes.org.


Events

Bioeconomy to 2030: Fourth meeting of the Steering Group

from 09-Jun-2008 to 10-Jun-2008

The fourth and final meeting of the Steering Group reviewed a draft of the final report which will be released towards the end of the year. It includes overviews of the work undertaken in the earlier stages of the project along with new research on biofuels and cross-sectoral elements on emerging business models. For more information, please contact either Mr. Pierre-Alain Schieb at Pierre-Alain.Schieb@oecd.org or Mr. David Sawaya at David.Sawaya@oecd.org.

Bioeconomy to 2030: Third meeting of the Steering Group

from 07-Feb-2008 to 08-Feb-2008

The meeting looked at work being undertaken on scenarios, business models, intellectual property rights, and regulation for health, industrial and agricultural biotechnologies. In addition, cross-sectoral elements were discussed. For more information, please contact either Mr. Pierre-Alain Schieb at Pierre-Alain.Schieb@oecd.org or Mr. David Sawaya at David.Sawaya@oecd.org.

Bioeconomy to 2030: Second meeting of the Steering Group

on 01-Jun-2007

The meeting intended to tackle the forward-looking work for the second part of the project focusing on Health, Industry and Agriculture. This was covered in two time-intervals: the first (projections), covering the present up to 2012/15, estimated trends in the use and application of biotechnologies; the second (scenarios) covered the period 2012/15-2030. For more information, please contact either Mr. Pierre-Alain Schieb at Pierre-Alain.Schieb@oecd.org or Mr. David Sawaya at David.Sawaya@oecd.org.

The Bioeconomy to 2030: A Policy Agenda - 1st Steering Group Meeting

on 17-Nov-2006

The IFP hosted the first Steering Group meeting for the Bioeconomy Project on November 17th in Paris. At the meeting,  the finalised work plan was approved and a draft report on the current state of the bioeconomy – “the analytical baseline” – was presented to the Group for discussion. For more information, please contact Mr. Pierre-Alain Schieb at Pierre-Alain.Schieb@oecd.org or Mr. David Sawaya at David.Sawaya@oecd.org.

The Bioeconomy to 2030: Informal Experts' Meeting

on 06-Mar-2006

The IFP organised a one day meeting on March 6 to bring together decision makers from the public and private sectors to discuss the launch of an innovative OECD Futures Project on the bioeconomy and scope out interest for potential participation in the project.  The meeting allowed to participants to review the scoping documents, discuss the deliverables, examine a provisional timetable, and receive further details for partners wishing to join the project.

The Bioeconomy to 2030: Scoping Meeting

on 02-Nov-2005

A one-day experts meeting was organised at OECD headquarters on 2nd November 2005 to examine the current state of the bioeconomy and help craft the project documentation. The eighteen-month project will assess emerging developments in biotechnology, how they will impact the economy and society, and what policy agenda will be needed to promote and diffuse the new wave of developments in a way that is consistent with broader socio-economic goals.

"Promoting Responsible Stewardship in the Biosciences", Frascati, Italy

from 17-Nov-2004 to 19-Nov-2004

In September 2004, 55 participants selected from government, academia, industry, public research organisations, scientific societies, and the science publishing field gathered in Frascati, Italy for three days to discuss the promotion of responsible stewardship in the biosciences and means of avoiding the potential abuse of research and resources. Please contact david.sawaya@oecd.org.  
For more information on biosecurity and codes of conduct see  www.biosecuritycodes.org
Related Document: "Promoting Responsible Stewardship in the Biosciences", Chairman's Summary

 



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