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News & Events
News
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08-Jun-2011
Regulators and policy makers should boost competition among mobile telephone operators to cut the high prices being charged for international data roaming, according to a new OECD report. Analysis of pricing plans at 68 operators in the 34 OECD countries points to a strong case for new consumer protection and empowerment measures.
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05-May-2011
This report highlights a number of important initiatives under the Recommendation including the launch of a new global network (GPEN), the collection of national contact points and domestic improvements for privacy authorities, while also noting a number of continuing challenges.
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22-Apr-2011
This paper reports on a roundtable held on 1 December 2010 that explored the recent transformation in the ways that personal data is gathered and used to generate economic and social value, along with parallel growth in a privacy profession to protect it.
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11-Apr-2011
This paper recalls the Guidelines' influence and describes a number of trends in the processing of personal data and the privacy risks in this evolving environment. It identifies current challenges for protecting privacy and highlights current initiatives and innovative approaches to privacy, with a primary focus on economic activities.
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04-Apr-2011
This paper analyses and compares national strategies for digital identity management in OECD countries. These strategies aim to drive innovation for e-government and for the broader Internet economy while remaining consistent with current national identity practices.
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Consumer protection: OECD PISA Financial Literacy Study
15-Mar-2011
The OECD is testing 15 year-olds on their knowledge of personal finances and ability to apply it to their financial situation. Financial literacy and consumer protection are among the key agenda items for the French G20 presidency during 2011.
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04-Feb-2011
The Egyptian government has taken great steps in the past years to develop and promote the use and uptake of technologies. But the recent shutdown of Internet and communications services will have a pronounced economic impact.
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03-Dec-2010
Denmark is a leader in using ICT to improve the delivery of public services and to boost a more efficient and effective public sector. To maintain these excellent results, Denmark should further strengthen the whole-of-government approach towards citizen and business engagement, says OECD report.
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12-Oct-2010
The OECD convened the 2010 E-Leaders Meeting on 11-12 October in Brussels, Belgium as part of continuing efforts to help member countries plan and implement their e-government strategies.
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19-Jul-2010
The OECD review on the results of Spain’s comprehensive strategy for ICT and Information Society policy highlights the need to continue to invest in Information Society policies as a driver of future growth and competiveness. Despite important achievements, policy gaps remain to improve co-ordination and cost effectiveness.
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Events
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from 11-Oct-2010 to 12-Oct-2010
This high-level meeting brought together senior government officials responsible for e-government to discuss strategies on improving public sector performance; open and transparent government and achieving results through monitoring performance.
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on 15-Mar-2010
Each year on 15 March, the World Consumer Rights Day is celebrated by organizations, promoting consumer rights and demanding that they are respected all over the world. For this year’s celebrations, the International Consumer Enforcement Protection Network has launched a new website which was co-developed by national and international consumer organisations, including the OECD. It is aimed at providing consumers with essential information about their rights and facilitating consumer disputes across the borders.
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from 29-Mar-2010 to 30-Mar-2010
The OECD is working on developing a basic set of e-government performance indicators. This Workshop gathered e-government policy officials to discuss and launch the implementation of a framework and methodology for these indicators.
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from 15-Apr-2010 to 16-Apr-2010
Environmental claims have the potential to play an important role in encouraging consumers to make choices which support environmental goals, while rewarding innovative companies for their efforts in this regard. The impact of claims will be reduced, however, to the extent that they are unclear, confusing or fraudulent, diminishing consumer interest and confidence in green products and services. Thus, policymakers are challenged to provide consumers with meaningful information that could influence their behaviour, thereby expanding consumer choices that support sustainable consumption.
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on 04-Dec-2009
A joint OECD-India seminar on good e-government practices took place in New Delhi. The aim of the seminar was to exchange experiences focusing on three areas: the impact of the financial and economic crisis on e-government, strengthening leadership and organisation for successful e-government, serving citizens – becoming user-focused in e-government.
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ICPHSO International Day on consumer product safety
from 15-Feb-2010 to 18-Feb-2010
The OECD will participate in the ICPHSO event, which will be held on 15-18 February 2010, in Washington D.C. During the meeting, the OECD outcomes of an analytic review of cross-border information sharing mechanisms will be shared and discussed. The conclusions of the debate will be then taken into account for the OECD future work on consumer product safety. More information about the ICPHSO International Day can be found at http://www.icphso.org/conference/2010annual/index.html
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on 18-Nov-2009
Plan Avanza highlights Spain’s leading position in the information and knowledge society. As part of its review, the OECD and the Government of Spain hosted an international workshop with policy experts of other national Information Society (IS) strategies to discuss policy design and the common challenges and shared solutions for good governance in information society strategies.
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from 08-Dec-2009 to 10-Dec-2009
The world of electronic commerce has evolved dramatically since 1999, when the OECD issued its first Guidelines for e-Consumer Protection. How effective are they 10 years later? What new opportunities, obstacles and risks face e-consumers? How can consumer trust be strengthened? Senior government officials from OECD and non-member economies, representatives from business, civil society, international organisations, and academics discussed these and related issues at this conference.
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from 11-Jun-2009 to 12-Jun-2009
This workshop brought together European and national officials involved in the implementation of Directive 2006/123 EC on services in the internal market. The workshop took place on 11-12 June 2009 at the European Institute of Public Administration in Maastricht (NL).
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from 27-May-2009 to 28-May-2009
On 27-28 May 2009, the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation hosted a high-level OECD conference on the potential of information and communication technologies to combat climate change and improve environmental performance. Live webcast and Twitter feed available. Internet users had the possibility to send in questions for speakers.
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