News & Events

Building integrity in government - a Global Forum

02-Apr-2009

A Global Forum on 'Building a Cleaner World: Tools and Good Practices for Fostering a Culture of Integrity', organised jointly by the OECD and the Dutch National Integrity Office, will review the key challenges decision makers face in promoting integrity in government and discuss cutting edge solutions.

e-Government for Better Government (Spanish version): e-Gobierno para un Mejor Gobierno

01-Apr-2009

e-Government for Better Government was published by the OECD in November 2005 and is now available in Spanish. It is distributed by the National Public Administration Institute (INAP) of Spain under the following title: e-Gobierno para un Mejor Gobierno.

e-Government Studies: Belgium 2008

31-Mar-2009

e-Government in Belgium is clearly positioned to deliver user-focused services and is recognised as a tool for wider public sector reform. This report shows that the development and provision of future user-focused services, such as the common electronic identity (eID), will require the maximisation of synergies between the federal, regional and community governments and local authorities in Belgium.

Regulatory Reform in China: Defining the Boundary Between the Market and the State

20-Mar-2009

This report covers the overall economic context for regulatory reform in China. It assesses the government’s capacity to manage regulatory reform, competition policy and enforcement, and market openness.  Included are specific chapters on the electricity and water sectors.

Surmonter les obstacles à la mise en oeuvre des stratégies de simplification administrative

06-Mar-2009

Ce guide tire parti de l’expérience des pays membres de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OCDE) et des pays du Moyen-Orient et d’Afrique du Nord (MENA), ainsi que de leur concertation sur l’action à mener. Il passe en revue les obstacles communs à la conception et à la mise en oeuvre d’une stratégie de simplification administrative et propose 22 moyens de les surmonter, livrant une synthèse des meilleures méthodes appliquées par les décideurs et les praticiens qui travaillent à la réduction des formalités administratives.

Renforcer l'intégrité dans mes marchés publics

26-Feb-2009

L’OCDE a élaboré une liste de vérification pour renforcer l’intégrité dans les marchés publics. Elle a pour but de guider les responsables de l’élaboration des politiques, au niveau des administrations nationales, en leur inculquant une culture de l’intégrité à toutes les étapes de la passation des marchés publics, depuis l’évaluation des besoins jusqu’à la gestion des marchés et à leur paiement.

Publication on The State of the Public Service

11-Dec-2008

This book takes stock of the main changes in the management of public services across OECD countries and aims to help governments and the public better understand some of the complex issues. It summarises the findings of the OECD Public Employment and Management working party over the past 15 years.

OECD Joint Learning Study on Morocco: Enhancing Integrity in Public Procurement

23-Oct-2008

This study examines Morocco's progress in modernising public procurement, with a focus on fighting corruption and enhancing integrity. This pilot Joint Learning Study introduces a new and innovative activity to share knowledge on key policy issues between OECD countries and countries in the Middle East and North Africa region to support the implementation of preventative mechanisms of the United Nations Convention against Corruption.

Eight Workshop of the APEC-OECD Co-operative Initiative on Regulatory Reform, Gyeongju, Korea

on 09-Sep-2005

Eight Workshop of the APEC-OECD Co-operative Initiative on Regulatory Reform, Gyeongju, Korea.

Ninth Workshop of the APEC-OECD Co-operative Initiative on Regulatory Reform, Hoi An, Vietnam

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.

4th meeting of OECD-Asian Senior Budget Officials

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.

3rd meeting of the SBO Network on Performance and Results

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.

Managing Conflict of Interest in the Public Sector: A Toolkit

Techniques, resources and strategies for identifying, managing and preventing conflict-of-interest situations in the public service.

Fighting Corruption and Promoting Integrity in Procurement

Expert analysis and case studies from experiences of countries in Europe, Asia and Latin America.

Public Sector Integrity: A Framework for Assessment

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.

OECD Symposium on Agencies and Public-Private-Partnerships

from 05-Jul-2006 to 07-Jul-2006

The OECD Symposium on Agencies and Public-Private-Partnerships was held in Madrid, Spain.

27th Annual Meeting of Senior Budget Officials

from 05-Jun-2006 to 06-Jun-2006

The 27th Annual Meeting of Senior Budget Officials took place in Sydney, Australia, on 5-6 June 2006.

Good Governance for Development Initiative in Middle East and North Africa, 1st Meeting of Regional Working Group I on Civil Service and Integrity, Rabat, Morocco

from 18-Jul-2005 to 19-Jul-2005

The first meeting of Regional Working Group I brought together high-level participants from many Arab countries, as well as from UNDP, World Bank, EU, OECD and ARADO. Participants identified the following four specific focus areas for the policy dialogue of the working group: Integrity and prevention of corruption: tools, measures and instruments; HRM reform and reduction in wage bill costs; Fiscally affordable pay reform which creates incentives for performance; Simplification of administrative procedures and customer responsiveness.