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News

Risk and Regulatory Policy: Improving the Governance of Risk

14-Apr-2010

This publication presents recent OECD research and analysis on risk and regulatory policy. The chapters discuss core challenges and offer measures for developing, or improving, coherent risk governance policies.

Regulatory Reform for Recovery: Lessons from Implementation during Crises

14-Apr-2010

This publication presents recent OECD research and analysis on risk and regulatory policy. The collected chapters are intended to assist policy makers in OECD governments to consider how to develop, or improve, the design of a coherent risk governance policy for managing regulation and improving the welfare of citizens.

Corporate governance after the crisis - conclusions and emerging good practices

25-Feb-2010

This report, phase 3 of the OECD's action plan on corporate governance and the financial crisis, aims to help companies and governments to overcome weaknesses and support a more effective implementation of the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance, one of the Financial Stability Board’s 12 key standards.

Australia 2010 - Towards a Seamless National Economy

15-Feb-2010

This review presents a general picture, set within a macroeconomic context, of regulatory achievements and challenges, including regulatory quality at the Commonwealth level as well as across levels of government, competition policy and market openness. It also provides a special focus on Commonwealth-state relationships.

Accountability and Transparency Guide for State Ownership

02-Feb-2010

One priority in implementing the OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of SOEs is to ensure a high quality of transparency and accountability. This guide aims to facilitate practical implementation of the OECD Guidelines in this area by evaluating existing practices and providing viable policy options, giving many specific examples.

MENA-OECD Task Force Meeting on Corporate Governance of SOEs, 1 March 2010, Paris, France

27-Jan-2010

This meeting focused on two areas of governance reform that are priorities for the Middle East North Africa region: Transparency and accountability and the selection and quality of SOE boards. 

OECD Regulatory Reform Forum, Mexico, January 2010 - Strengthening Competitiveness in Mexico

21-Jan-2010

On 12-13 January the Mexican Ministry of Economy (Secretaria de Economia), and OECD’s Regulatory Policy Division organised a Forum on Regulatory Reform. The event aimed at raising awareness of the regulatory challenges for Mexico and discussing ideas and international reform experiences. During the forum, the Mexican President, Felipe Calderon, announced a general regulatory review to be conducted by the federal government to eliminate unnecessary burdens and simplify the interactions between the government and citizens and businesses.

Tools for regulatory quality and financial sector regulation: A cross-country perspective

21-Dec-2009

This report provides a comparative perspective on the application of quality regulation principles to financial sector regulators, in the US, Canada, Australia, the UK and France. The report compares key provisions of the codes of the Basle Committee and IOSCO, with the OECD's 2005 Guiding Principles for Regulatory Quality and Performance, and the 2009 Policy Framework for Effective and Efficient Financial Regulation (PFEEFR). The report analyses the independence and accountability of the regulators, as well as their powers.

Indicators of Regulatory Management Systems

18-Dec-2009

This report presents indicators of the development of the regulatory management systems used in OECD countries to improve the quality of regulation. It covers data for 1998, 2005 and 2008 and includes indicators on regulatory policy settings, administrative simplification and burden reduction programs, regulatory impact assessment, institutional arrangements, consultation and transparency, and changes in the numbers of laws. The indicators provide practical information on the development over time of tools, policies and institutions for improving regulatory management throughout the OECD.

Are the OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance still relevant when SOEs operate abroad?

16-Dec-2009

This report identifies the concrete guidance provided by the OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance when SOEs operate in foreign jurisdictions.


Events

Asian Roundtable Task Force on Related Party Transactions

from 05-Feb-2009 to 06-Feb-2009

For the first time, Asian and OECD policy makers met to discuss concrete solutions to detecting and curbing abusive related party transactions – one of the most serious corporate governances failures. Participants focused on policy options, including assessing strengths and weaknesses of various regulatory approaches, tightening enforcement and facilitating a change in culture and practice, particularly in the boardroom.

2008 meeting of the Latin American Roundtable on Corporate Governance

from 02-Dec-2008 to 03-Dec-2008

Organised in Mexico City, 2-3 December 2008, this meeting provided an important opportunity to take stock of recent corporate governance-related developments in Latin America, particularly in the wake of the current global financial turmoil. 

Building the Public Services of Tomorrow With, For and Around Customers

from 20-Oct-2008 to 22-Oct-2008

In his speech at the 5th Quality Conference for Public Administration in the EU, Secretary-General Angel Gurría emphasised that is it important for governments to put citizens at the centre of public services and increase their confidence in the state, especially in times of turmoil. 

OECD Secretary-General opens the 2008 International Corporate Goverance Network (ICGN) Conference

from 18-Jun-2008 to 20-Jun-2008

This event, which took place in Seoul, focused on the globalisation of capital markets and its impact on corporate governance. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, gave a keynote address on the progress of international corporate governance reform and next steps.

E-Leaders Conference 2008: The Future of E-Government - Agenda 2020, The Hague, 06-07 March 2008

from 06-Mar-2008 to 07-Mar-2008

The 2008 E-Leaders Conference brought together senior government officials responsible for e-government from OECD countries to discuss the role of e-government in 2020, the impact of e-government on economic development and the creation of an agenda for e-government and public sector delivery. The event was organised in co-operation with The Netherlands's Ministry of the Interior and Kingdgom Relations.

2008 OECD Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance

from 13-May-2008 to 14-May-2008

Senior decision makers from OECD and Asian economies met on 13-14 May 2008 in Hong Kong, China, to discuss improving monitoring and disclosure of related party transactions as a key corporate governance enforcement challenge.

OECD-IMF Conference on Structural Reform in Europe

on 17-Mar-2008

What reforms are needed to boost jobs and productivity in Europe and how can they be implemented?  Presentations tackling these and other questions discussed at a joint OECD-IMF conference on 17 March 2008 are now available. They include keynote speeches by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría and IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

First Meeting of the Task Force on Corporate Governance of Banks in Eurasia

on 17-May-2007

The Eurasian Corporate Governance Roundtable established a task force to develop a policy options paper (“policy brief”) addressing corporate governance challenges shared by commercial banks in Eurasia. Based on some existing norms developed by the OECD or the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the policy brief is to be developed through active discussion within the Task Force that includes experts from Eurasian countries, OECD member countries and international organisations.  The Task Force has its meeting to discuss the draft policy brief in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 17 May 2007.

Meeting of the Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance in Singapore

from 26-Jun-2007 to 27-Jun-2007

The OECD organises the Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance to support corporate governance reforms in 13 Asian economies. The Roundtable comprises Asian policy-makers, regulators and business leaders, as well as regional and international experts. The last meeting of the Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance was hosted by Singapore on 26-27 June 2007.

Policy Dialogue on Corporate Governance in China, Shanghai, China

from 29-Mar-2007 to 30-Mar-2007

Chairmen of the boards of China’s largest listed companies met with OECD decision-makers to discuss boardroom challenges and how to make improvements, at a meeting hosted by the Shanghai Stock Exchange on 29-30 March, 2007.



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