News & Events

News

Economic crisis threatens China’s rural strategy, says OECD

24-Mar-2009

China should speed up investment in rural services and infrastructure and create jobs in non-agricultural sectors for returning migrants. This will help offset the fast-rising impact of the economic slowdown on the rural economy.

OECD Regions at a Glance 2009

23-Mar-2009

OECD launches 'Regions at a Glance 2009'  the one-stop guide for understanding regional competitiveness and performance. This third edition provides the latest comparable data and trends across regions in OECD countries, including a special focus on the spatial dimension for innovation.

OECD Rural Policy Reviews: China

23-Mar-2009

The OECD will launch this publication in April 2009. The report analyses the key socio-economic forces at work in China's rural areas and discusses the current government strategy for rural development.

Ministerial meeting on regional development

23-Mar-2009

The OECD will hold a Ministerial-level meeting entitled 'Investing for Growth: Building Innovative Regions' on 31 March 2009.  The meeting will be held at the OECD Headquarters in Paris and will be chaired by Ms. Mari Kiviniemi, Minister of Public Administration and Local Government, Finland.

"The Interaction between Local Employment Development and Corporate Social Responsibility", January 2009

18-Mar-2009

The Austrian Institute for SME Research published a detailed report on January 2009, in co-operation with the European Association for Information on Local Development (AEIDL) and the European Network for Social and Economic Research. The study focuses on companies’ activities which aim at achieving a benefit for the enterprises’ employees, the market (i.e. clients, suppliers, business partners etc.) and/or the physical environment in local communities (Executive Summary).

Invitation for participation: survey about local responses to the crisis

04-Mar-2009

“Is your locality affected by the crisis?” “What is being done to address the problems?” “Do you want to know what others are doing?”

The OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governances invites you to share your experience by filling in a simple questionnaire. The results will be processed and fed back to all Forum members.

Examens territoriaux de l'OCDE : Pologne

26-Feb-2009

Ce rapport étudie les multiples défis pour la politique de développement régional en Pologne, et formule des recommandations, en s’attachant en particulier aux problèmes de gouvernance.

Participation de l'OCDE à une conférence de l'UN sur le changement climatique en Pologne, COP14 Poznan

08-Dec-2008

L'OCDE est présente de plusieurs manières à la conférence UN sur le changement climatique, qui se tient du 1er au 12 décembre à Poznan, et à d'autres évènements associés en Pologne.

Mayors, Ministers call for Joint Action on Climate Change at OECD Conference

10-Oct-2008

A major international conference on "Competitive Cities and Climate Change″ organised by OECD concluded today in Milan. It underlined the central and critical role to be played by cities in successfully addressing the major global challenge of climate change.

Cities should tackle climate change to stay competitive - Milan, 9-10 October

02-Oct-2008

Cities are a major source of air pollution and must lead efforts to combat climate change. Mayors and ministers will meet in Milan to discuss ways to promote environmentally sound transport, energy, waste and water services, while retaining economic competitiveness.


Events

Experts meeting - Employment and Skills Strategies in South-East Asia (ESSSA): Indonesia and the Philippines

on 03-Dec-2008

The ILO and the OECD jointly organised an experts meeting on fostering employment and skills development strategies in Indonesia and the Philippines, as part of OECD LEED’s initiative on Employment and Skills Development in South East Asia (ESSSA), in Jakarta on 3 December 2008. The meeting addressed issues of decentralisation, partnerships, skills upgrading and integration of the disadvantaged in the labour market and learn the lessons from the OECD experience in these areas.

OECD Territorial Reviews: Poland

on 17-Nov-2008

The Territorial Review of Poland highlights that while Poland has maintained high growth levels since the mid-1990s, territorial disparities are persistent and rising. This publication also explores challenges for Polish regional development policy and provides recommendations to best implement the policy mix.

Inter-Agency Conference on Local Economic Development (LED), Turin, Italy

from 22-Oct-2008 to 24-Oct-2008

The ILO in collaboration with the OECD LEED Programme is organising an inter-agency conference on local economic development, meant to take stock of practices around the world and develop a joint strategy for knowledge development and networking. The event will involve several agencies such as UN-HABITAT, UNIDO, UNCDF, SDC (LEDNA), GTZ and IADB.

International Conference on Regional Policy around the World

on 29-Sep-2008

Government leaders, policy makers and practitioners discussed the impact of regional policy, present and future perspectives, at an international conference on “Regional Policy around the World”, held in Porto, Portugal, 29 September 2008. This conference was organised by the Portuguese Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development, in co-operation with the OECD. On this occasion the report “OECD Territorial Review of Portugal” was officially launched.

Competitive Cities and Climate Change

from 09-Oct-2008 to 10-Oct-2008

This high-level event, was jointly organised by the OECD, the Milan City Council and the Province of Milan. It brought together ministers, mayors, eminent personalities from the Club of Madrid (former Heads of States and Governments), prominent experts, and representatives of international organisations and government networks, to examine one of the key global challenges facing cities today - climate change.  The conference looked at the relationships between urbanisation and climate change, and the implications of urban policy making in relation to competitiveness objectives. 

OECD Forum 2008: Special session on "Financing Infrastructure" chaired by Michael Oborne (Programme)

from 03-Jun-2008 to 04-Jun-2008

On 4 June, Michael Oborne, Director of the IFP, chaired a session on "Financing Infrastructure" composed of Messrs. Agustín Carstens, Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, Mexico; Andrew Hunter, Head, Macquarie Europe; Richard Lavergne, Secretary-General, Observatoire de l’énergie, France; Pierre Lortie, Senior Business Advisor, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (Montreal), Canada; Hamish McRae, Associate Editor, The Independent, United Kingdom. Don't miss the speeches and the pictures of the session.

Conference on "Partnerships for Social Inclusion", Melbourne, Australia

from 15-Oct-2008 to 16-Oct-2008

Increasing social inclusion requires a joined-up approach that cuts across policy departments. The public sector should re-think the way it operates, moving from a traditional hierarchical model to one characterised by multi-sectoral partnerships and flexibility in policy delivery. These topics will be discussed at this conference co-organised by the Centre for Public Policy at the University of Melbourne, the Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development and the OECD LEED Programme.

Final Seminar on "Strategic Planning and Evaluation for Regional and Local Development in Latvia", Riga, Latvia

on 17-Jun-2008

This seminar presented and debated the result of work undertaken by the OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme on how best to support the design, implementation and evaluation of local development strategies in Latvia.

OECD conference on labour market policy, Venice, Italy, 17-19 April 2008

from 17-Apr-2008 to 19-Apr-2008

Should central government leave economic and employment development to local policy makers? Employment ministers from OECD countries, including Finland, Italy, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States, will address such questions at a conference in Venice, Italy, from 17-19 April 2008.

Conference on "Decentralisation and Co-ordination: The Twin Challenges of Labour Market Policy", Venice, Italy

from 17-Apr-2008 to 19-Apr-2008

This high-level conference was organised by the Senate and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security of Italy and the OECD LEED Programme, in collaboration with Italia Lavoro and Isfol.  It took stock of 10 years of decentralisation since the initial Venice conference which the LEED Programme organised in 1998 at the request of the Italian government.



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