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News & Events
News
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22-Mar-2007
This article, published in The Quality of Corporate Law and the role of Corporate Law Judges, summarises the OECD's work to date on corporate governance and dispute resolution.
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20-Mar-2007
OECD and the Latin American Roundtable on Corporate Governance were recognized as being among the five main institutional supporters of Bovespa's Novo Mercado in a ceremony on March 1, 2007 . Bovespa was celebrating the 100th company to join the special corporate governance listing segments of the trading board. OECD has been providing advice and support since the first Latin American Roundtable on Corporate Governance was held in Brazil in April 2000, the same year the Novo Mercado was launched.
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02-Mar-2007
FAIR partner organisations and participants are in favour of intensifying information sharing and co-operation on capacity building through the establishment of a FAIR Network of public and private sector experts for on-going dialogue on insolvency.
The proposed regional Network is a key for ensuring sustainability of the outcomes of the FAIR meetings and the relevance of its future work.
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02-Mar-2007
This conference proceedings discusses progress with Asian insolvency reforms made since 1997-98 and presents summaries of the situation in each country.
Have Asian risk management systems helped in avoiding new non-performing loans? How much progress has been made in improving the law and the practice for addressing the existing stock of bad debts? What are the new initiatives underway? Some answers to these questions can be found in this volume.
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22-Jan-2007
This co-operative project between the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs and the OECD provides an opportunity for participants in East Germany to stand back and reflect on their overall options, needs and priorities and by facilitating an international exchange of information on innovations and best practices from a range of OECD Member countries.
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10-Dec-2006
Companies can boost their stock market valuations and lower their cost of capital through improved reporting of intellectual assets and value creation strategies that overcome the limits of accounting standards, according to a report by the OECD. While there is an important role for governments and standard setters in underpinning such improvements, the OECD cautions against rigid standards in this complex and evolving area.
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04-Dec-2006
The OECD has taken an important step to reinforce the role of its Principles of Corporate Governance as a global standard by issuing guidance for users in assessing their implementation. The Principles, agreed by governments in 1999 and revised in 2004, are designed to maintain public trust in companies and stock markets.
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24-Nov-2006
Multinational enterprises investing in countries characterised by weak or non-existent government need to take special care in handling a range of risks and ethical dilemmas not usually encountered in countries with stronger governance arrangements. OECD's Risk Awareness Tool for Multinational Enterprises in Weak Governance Zones is designed to help them.
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22-Nov-2006
"The Latin American Roundtable Companies Circle 2nd Edition", featuring the experience of 13 leading Latin American companies, was launched on the occasion of the 4th meeting of the Latin American Roundtable Companies Circle , held on November 22, 2006 in São Paulo, Brazil. The meeting also advanced work on the development of a Companies Circle practical guide to implementation of good corporate governance.
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Events
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from 15-May-2006 to 16-May-2006
A new Asia Network is developing into a high-level hub for a structured policy dialogue on corporate governance of State Owned Enterprises, using the OECD Guidelines as a framework for discussion.
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on 20-Mar-2006
This experts meeting explored a range of alternatives for settling corporate governance-related disputes, including the use of arbitration, mediation and specialised courts.
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from 16-Feb-2006 to 17-Feb-2006
On 16 and 17 February 2006 the Indian Ministry of Company Affairs together with the OECD organised the 2006 Policy Dialogue on Corporate Governance in India.
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from 31-Aug-2006 to 02-Sep-2006
The 6th IEF conference will address the theme “New Ventures and the Creative Trajectory: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Creativity in Business”. This event is a collaborative venture between the Riga International School for Economics and Business Administration, the University of Essex Southend, and the OECD LEED Programme.
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Festival of Economics "Wealth and Poverty", Trento, Italy
from 01-Jun-2006 to 04-Jun-2006
This event was organised by the Autonomous Province of Trento in cooperation with its numerous partners. The festival broughttogether internationally renowned experts who sought to promote a better understanding of the global key issues such as poverty and inequality.
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from 10-Jul-2006 to 12-Jul-2006
The seminar will bring together the policy makers and practitioners from the CEE and SEE countries allowing for discussion i) how to best introduce and implement prior assessment so that it serves as a tool for local strategy design and delivery ii) how to best support the local level so that evaluation becomes an opportunity for learning and stops being perceived as a threat.
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on 27-Feb-2006
This event was a follow-up of the Trento Centre capacity building seminar on entrepreneurship and further explored the theme of Entrepreneurship Spirit and Skills. It was organised by the OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Development in collaboration with the Agency for Entrepreneurship Support of the Republic of Macedonia.
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from 15-Feb-2006 to 16-Feb-2006
The Sixth Eurasia Corporate Governance Roundtable Meeting took place in Istanbul, Turkey, on 15 February, back to back with the South East Europe Corporate Governance Roundtable and the joint meeting of both Roundtables on 16 February. The meeting focused on corporate governance reform and enforcement in the region.
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Seminar on “Evaluating Local Development Strategies” Bratislava, Slovak Republic
on 19-Jul-2005
This seminar was organised by the OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Development. It focused on disseminating information and tools for best practice evaluation approaches. The event is a part of the activities of the Evaluation Unit at the OECD LEED Trento Centre which aims to promote and develop culture of evaluation of local development strategies for entrepreneurship, local cohesion and good governance. For further information contact Ivana.Studena@oecd.org
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from 23-Nov-2005 to 24-Nov-2005
This year, the CEI SEF addressed the theme of Reforms key to Competitiveness. It was a platform to make business contacts and establish co-operation on investment projects and development programmes. The SEF also provided a unique chance to discuss structural reforms for improving business environment, development strategies for raising competitiveness, with a special focus on energy, infrastructure, and human resources. For more information, please contact Ekaterina.Travkina@oecd.org
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