News & Events

Benefits and Wages - OECD Indicators - 2002

08-Mar-2004

Unemployment and related welfare benefits help prevent those without work from falling into poverty but at the same time, reduce the incentive to work; this is one of the main dilemmas of social policy.

Conference on Women Entrepreneurs and Social Innovation, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 9-10 December 2003

07-Jan-2004

This international workshop was hosted by the Slovenian government, and organised by the LEED Programme in collaboration with the CEI-EBRD, the Municipality of Ljubljana, the Association ZAVOD M.E.T.A. and the Slovenian Ministry of Economy. To know more about the speakers and their expertise please click here. For more information, please contact Antonella.Noya@oecd.org

Conference on From Co-operative to Social Enterprise, Trento, Italy, 19-20 December 2003

This international seminar, is jointly promoted by ISSAN and the EMES Network, in partnership with the LEED Programme. It aims at exploring the evolution of the co-operative form from a mutuality tradition towards a new model with a large participation, by focusing on some national co-operative experiences.

Career Interruptions due to Parental Leave: A Comparative Study of Denmark and Sweden (OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper No.1)

08-Sep-2003

by Elina Pylkkänen and Nina Smith

Entrepreneurship and Local Development in Distressed Urban Areas, Rome, Italy, 7-8 October 2003

This conference is jointly organised by the LEED Programme and  the City of Rome, in the framework of the LEED Forum on Social Innovation and the LEED Forum on Cities and Regions. For more information, please contact: Antonella.Noya@oecd.org or Jonathan.Potter@oecd.org

OECD Reviews of Health Care Systems - Korea

02-May-2003

How can the performance of the Korean health care system be improved? How have the July 2000 health sector reforms affected performance?

Transforming Disability into Ability: Policies to Promote Work and Income Security

19-Feb-2003

How OECD countries can reconcile the twin, but potentially contradictory, goals of disability policy has yet to be resolved.