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News & Events
News
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20-Aug-2009
The Working Party on Biotechnology (WPB) has been asked by the OECD Council to do a Stakeholder Survey of biotechnology policy needs and whether these are being met by the work of the WPB.
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30-Jul-2009
The Key Biotechnology Indicators brings together the latest available economic and activity data on biotechnology and innovation, collected by OECD member and non-member countries.
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26-Jun-2009
Governments around the world have invested heavily in nanotechnology R&D, and companies are also becoming increasingly engaged. Despite this promise, investments and company involvement in nanotechnology developments are still poorly monitored. The objective of this paper is to provide a comprehensive overview of developments through a systematic and critical analysis of available indicators and statistics.
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24-Jun-2009
OECD countries have agreed to boost official backing for exports of renewable energy and nuclear power equipment by offering more generous terms on government-backed credits in support of export deals.
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22-Jun-2009
To get a picture of the impact of the current economic and financial crisis on educational building programmes so far, the OECD Centre for Effective Learning Environments (CELE) has been conducting a survey of member countries and regions. The survey focuses on three main issues: the impact of the crisis on publicly funded projects, the impact on projects funded by private finance initiatives or through a public-private partnership, and the extent to which the crisis has affected the construction industry’s ability to build schools.
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Events
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from 21-Sep-2009 to 23-Sep-2009
This International Conference jointly organised by the OECD and the Flemish Ministry of Education will take place at the Flemish Ministry of Education & Training in Brussels and has attracted the interest of 250 delegates of more than 30 countries.
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OECD Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials: 6th meeting
from 28-Oct-2009 to 30-Oct-2009
The 6th Meeting of the WPMN was held on 28-30 October 2009. During this meeting, the WPMN discussed the targets that need to be set in order to implement the Programme of Work 2009-2012. Accordinlgy, the WPMN agreed the updated Operational Plans for 2009-2012 for each of its projects and a new project on Co-operation on the Environmental Sustainability Use of Nanotechnology. Finally, the WPMN discussed how to continue progress on the Sponsorship Programme for the Testing of Manufactured Nanomaterials .
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from 10-Sep-2009 to 11-Sep-2009
Information communication technologies (ICTs)s are crucial to reducing poverty, improving access to health and education services and creating new sources of income and employment for the poor. But there are substantial discrepancies in access to ICTs between, but also within, countries, depending on key factors such as gender, rural coverage, skills and educational levels.
This workshop, organised jointly by the World Bank/infoDev and the OECD, aims to share best practices in coherent approaches to meeting development objectives laid out by Ministers.
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OECD Workshop Risk Assessment of Manufactured Nanomaterials in a Regulatory Context
from 16-Sep-2009 to 18-Sep-2009
This workshop was held on 16-18 September 2009 in Washington D.C., United States. This Workshop was co-hosted with the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to OECD (BIAC) and the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA). The objectives were: i) to collect expert input to the critical issues specific for the risk assessments of nanomaterials; ii) to identify possible approaches for risk assessment based on the current state of knowledge; and iii) to identify issues which may be addressed through OECD’s testing programme. The workshop report will be available towards the end of the year.
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OECD Workshop on Demand-Led Innovation Policies
from 14-Sep-2009 to 15-Sep-2009
The OECD Workshop on Demand-led Innovation Policies will be held on 14-15 September 2009 at the OECD Headquarters in Paris.
The aim of this workshop is thus to exchange views and draw lessons from a range of demand-side innovation policies, including public procurement, regulations, standards and lead markets.
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from 16-Jul-2009 to 17-Jul-2009
INNO-tec and the OECD, with the support of the Strike network, are organizing an EPIP conference on Trademarks and Trademark data. The goal of this workshop is to present and discuss current work and analyses conducted on trademarks from various perspectives, so as to better understand their functioning and their effect on firms and markets.
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from 07-Oct-2009 to 08-Oct-2009
Organised by the EPO and the OECD, in cooperation with DIME Network of Excellence, EPIP, Eurostat, JPO, NSF, USPTO and WIPO.
The goal of this conference is to discuss advances in the analysis of patent information in the context of the current economic landscape, and in light of changes within the patent system and its use by applicants.
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from 23-Jul-2009 to 24-Jul-2009
The workshop was held in Montreal, Canada on July 23-24, 2009. Some of the topics dicussed were: existing sector, national, or international approaches for assessment of sustainability of bio-based products, such as bio-based chemicals, bio-based plastics, enzymes, bio-based materials, and biofuels. Please, contact Mr Alexandre Bartsev at alexandre.bartsev@oecd.org for further details.
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from 09-Jul-2009 to 10-Jul-2009
Synthetic biology is a transformative set of technologies which offer great opportunities for the construction of bioengineered parts, devices and microorganisms. However, achieving the rewards offered by synthetic biology will require addressing a range of social, economic, ethical, and legal issues as well as overcoming scientific and technical challenges. Given the enormous promise of synthetic biology, it is critical to develop a framework and to engage the public in an informed dialogue. For more information please contact: Marie-Ange.Baucher@oecd.org
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