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News & Events
News
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06-Jun-2008
This database presents patent data linked to regions according to the addresses of the applicants and inventors. The data have been regionalised at a very detailed level so that over 2000 regions are covered across OECD countries. REGPAT allows patent data to be used in connection with other regional data, thus providing researchers with the means to develop a rich set of new indicators and undertake a broad range of analyses to address the regional dimension of innovation.
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26-May-2008
This electronic publication provides recent statistics on the resources devoted to R&D in OECD countries and in nine non-member economies.
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22-May-2008
Learn in one brief document what the OECD Forum on Space Economics is all about.
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20-May-2008
Progress in Nuclear Physics should be a global response to recognized scientific challenges, using an optimal set of national and regional facilities. To achieve this, funding agency programme managers, laboratory officials, representatives of advisory bodies, and the scientific community met to discuss the future of the field. Their report identifies the major challenges in the field, and describes a global-scale roadmap of national and regional facilities. Recommendations for actions are addressed to the funding agencies and to the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.
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08-Apr-2008
Labour productivity has grown strongly in the Slovak Republic, Hungary and Korea in recent years while growth rates in some other OECD countries such as Italy, Mexico, Portugal and New Zealand have slowed markedly.
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11-Feb-2008
Adults with low skills in language, literacy and numeracy are numerous in many OECD countries. The consequences of these low foundation skills span the economic, health and social well-being of individuals, families and communities. Investment in this sector of adult education is therefore crucial. A new OECD report looks specifically inside the programmes for these adult learners, with a focus on formative assessment.
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28-Jan-2008
The last two decades have seen a significant growth in the mobility of higher education programmes and providers through physical and virtual modes of delivery. This presents many new opportunities, but also a certain number of challenges, as shows the new report "Cross-border Tertiary Education: A Way towards Capacity Development", published jointly by OECD/CERI and the World Bank.
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21-Jan-2008
International scientific years have a long history. Some are intended to enhance public awareness of a scientific domain or issue; others are meant to strengthen collaborative research and to produce real scientific results. But their record of accomplishment is mixed. To assist proponents of future scientific years, the Global Science Forum commissioned a study by Dr. George Stirling, examining the establishment of the the International Polar Year.
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18-Dec-2007
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank have agreed to step up their co-operation in a number of key areas, including efforts to promote sustainable and inclusive growth in emerging economies, the economics of climate change, aid for trade, innovation and the design of comprehensive country frameworks for investment.
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14-Nov-2007
In September 2007, the OECD Global Forum on Space Economics issued an innovative 35-page report “Monitoring of the OECD Space Project Recommendations”. This document briefly reviews recent developments in the space sector (spring 2005-spring 2007) through the prism of the OECD IFP recommendations presented in the publication “Space 2030: Tackling Society’s Challenges”.
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Events
Third Meeting of the Lifelong Learning Network
from 21-Jan-2005 to 22-Feb-2005
The 3rd meeting of the Lifelong Learning network of OECD/CERI’s Learning Sciences and Brain Research project took place at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Wako-Shi, Saitama, Japan on 21-22 January 2005. The meeting brought together some 30 experts, mixing neuroscience and educational researchers with a few practitioners and policymakers. Participants were present from Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, UK and USA.
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