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Handbook for Appraisal of Environmental Projects Financed from Public Funds

15-Jun-2007

The Handbook proposes a set of management tools and approaches to designing realistic public environmental expenditure programmes and selecting and financing the most cost-effective projects supported with public funds. It focuses on appraising investment projects in the water sector. It is tailored to the perspective of the public financier, not the project promoter.
 

G8 calls on OECD to lead work on freedom of investment, investment environment and corporate responsibility

12-Jun-2007

The G8 Summit Declaration of 7 June 2007 called for continuation of the OECD Investment Committee's project on Freedom of Investment, National Security and "Strategic" Industries, additional non-member adherences to the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises, active use of the Policy Framework for Investment in developing countries, effective implementation of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and wider dissemination of the OECD Risk Awareness Tool for Multinational Enterprises in Weak Governance Zones.

OECD work with G8 for Summit, 6-8 June 2007

01-Jun-2007

At the Summit, G8 leaders asked the OECD, together with the IEA, to act as a platform for dialogue between G8 countries and the major emerging economies of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa on issues including innovation, freedom of investment, corporate social responsibility and development in Africa, and energy efficiency.

Expert meeting to discuss OECD and World Bank methodologies to support the development of strategic financial plans for the water supply and sanitation sector in developing countries

31-May-2007

This expert meeting took place on the 27th of April 2007 in the OECD premises and was organised jointly by the OECD, the EUWI Finance Working Group and the World Bank's Water and Sanitation Programme.  More about this work.

G8 Labour and Employment Ministers provide strong support for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

07-May-2007

G8 Labour and Employment Ministers met in Dresden on 6-8 May 2007 to discuss the opportunities and challenges that globalisation brings with it for the working world. In referring to the contribution companies can make to shaping the social dimension of globalisation, the G8 Chair's conclusions strongly emphasised the role of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.

Human rights, alternative dispute resolution and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

24-Apr-2007

This note gives an OECD perspective on alternative dispute resolution based on experiences with the specific instances procedure of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. It was prepared for a workshop on "Accountability and Dispute Resolution" organised by Harvard's Kennedy School in support of work in this area by the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Business & Human Rights.

First Training in Appraisal of Environmental Projects Financed from Public Funds

19-Feb-2007

The first training on Appraisal of Environmental Projects Financed from Public Funds was held 16-19 January 2007 in Chisina, Moldova.

Using Market Mechanisms to Manage Fisheries: Smoothing the Path

30-May-2006

In demystifying the concept of market-like insruments, this study explains how to make better use of market-like insruments in fisheries management by identifying practical steps that can be taken to further their use.

OECD warns climate change is threatening Europe's skiing trade

13-Dec-2006

Many regions in the Alps had the warmest November on record, delaying the arrival of snow by several weeks and worrying ski operators. As the first flurries are coating Alpine slopes, questions arise: was this balmy autumn an exception or a harbinger of the effects of climate change? How sensitive are the Alps to climate change?  

Tenth Meeting of the EECCA Environmental Finance Network

08-Dec-2006

The EAP Task Force is preparing the tenth annual meeting of the EECCA Environmental Finance Network. The meeting will be held on 22-23 February 2007 at the OECD Headquarters in Paris.




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