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21-Oct-2008
Income gaps have widened over the past two decades in three-fourths of OECD countries. In today’s changing world economy, that means ever more people at risk of being left behind. According to Secretary-General Angel Gurria, “Ensuring growth for all, not just the rich, is the task we must set for ourselves.” Governments need not sit on the sidelines: they should respond to income inequality with policies that help lift people up.
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24-Sep-2008
Short videos (5 minutes maximum) summarise the key concepts of the issues addressed in the Capacity Building Seminar for Partnerships on "Designing and Delivering Skills Strategies for Cities", Trento, Italy, 11-13 June 2008. You can also listen to the contributors’ speeches (25 minutes maximum) or download their presentations.
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10-Sep-2008
OECD countries should adapt their labour migration policies more closely to likely future demand for workers in all areas of their economies, opening up to lower-skilled workers as well as to those with high skills, according to OECD's International Migration Outlook 2008.
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09-Sep-2008
The International Migration Outlook has been published in September 2008. International migration has jumped up the policy agenda in OECD countries. This annual publication analyses recent developments in migration movements and policies in OECD countries.
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29-Aug-2008
Find statistics and indicators on: unemployment, employment, labour force and population of working-age; job duration, working time and earnings and; statutory minimum wages, employment protection legislation, labour market policies and union membership.
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29-Aug-2008
The Statistical Annex from the OECD Employment Outlook 2008 , contains data, in PDF format, on standardised unemployment rates in 27 OECD countries; employment/population ratios; activity and unemployment rates, by gender, selected age groups and educational attainment; part-time employment; annual hours worked; long-term unemployment; and public expenditures and participant stocks in labour market programmes.
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27-Aug-2008
On many counts, the youth labour market in Norway is performing very well. The unemployment rate among young people aged 16-24 was 7.3% in 2007, 6 percentage points below the OECD average and the employment rate was almost 12 percentage points above the OECD average.
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Disability Seminar Vol III - Ireland, June 2008
27-Jul-2008
June 2008: Seminar on Disability in Dublin, Ireland, jointly organised by the OECD and the Irish Department of Social and Family Affairs, to discuss the main findings of Vol. 3.
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09-Jul-2008
Young people in Britain who leave school without qualifications find it particularly hard to get jobs and U.K. authorities need to take vigorous action to help them with education and training and with job-search support, according to a new OECD publication.
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09-Jul-2008
Young people in Britain who leave school without qualifications find it particularly hard to get jobs, and U.K. authorities need to take vigorous action to help them with education and training and with job-search support, according to a new OECD report, Jobs for Youth: United Kingdom.
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Events
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on 15-Dec-2005
The results of the LEED's five country reviews on the local integration of immigrants into the labour market were discussed at this conference co-organised with the Federal Bank of New York. The event was attended by 140 delegates, from the US and overseas, including leaders and directors of major US workforce training programmes, community development organisations, unions, foundations, and community colleges, as well as academics, and state and local political leadership.
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on 12-Oct-2005
This event was jointly organised with the Korean Labour Institute, a LEED Partner. Korea is looking to transform its labour market policy as a tool to foster regional competitiveness and social cohesion. This conference shared LEED's expertise in this field to facilitate the adoption of models from abroad, such as area-based partnerships and decentralised frameworks. For more information, please contact Sylvain.Giguere@oecd.org
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on 21-Nov-2005
This seminar was jointly organised by the OECD LEED Programme and the Center for Public Policy Seminars (CPPS). It looked at how development and successes of UK agencies fits with the global situation and examined the strenghts and weaknesses of the various development bodies in the UK.
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OECD Entrepreneurship Indicators Project Expert Workshop - "Understanding Entrepreneurship: Issues and Numbers", Paris
from 26-Oct-2005 to 27-Oct-2005
This workshop convened experts in the field of entrepreneurship research, policy and statistics to discuss policy priorities and associated data requirements in order to inform the work of an internationally comparable system of indicators to be developed by the OECD. It was held at the OECD Headquarters.
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on 28-Nov-2005
This conference sought to increase awareness of policy makers and the private sector on the importance of culture in development policies. It was jointly organised by the LEED Programme and the Autonomous Province of Trento in cooperation with Federculture.
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on 11-Oct-2005
This seminar was organised by the OECD Trento Centre for Local Development. It focused on disseminating information and tools for best practice evaluation approaches. The event was a part of the activities of the Evaluation Unit at the OECD LEED Trento Centre that aims to develop a culture of evaluation of local development strategies which promote entrepreneurship, local cohesion and good governance. For further information please contact Ivana.Studena@oecd.org.
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on 19-Oct-2005
This event was organised by the OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Development in collaboration with Sub-department for Strategy and Economy in Government District Brčko and in co-operation with the Central European Initiative. It was a follow-up of the Trento Centre capacity building seminar on entrepreneurship and will further explore the theme of Promoting SME Innovation. For more information, please contact alessandra.proto@oecd.org
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from 17-Oct-2005 to 18-Oct-2005
The purpose of this Forum was to present and discuss the main lessons and issues that have emerged from the thematic review on policies to improve labour market prospects for older workers. For more information on the Forum, please refer to www.oecd.org/olderworkersforum
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from 07-Sep-2005 to 09-Sep-2005
This 5th International Entrepreneurship Forum Conference was jointly organised by the OECD LEED Programme and the University of Essex, member of the LEED Partners Club. Representatives from academic institutions, policy makers and practitioners around the world took part in this event. For more information, please contact jmitra@essex.ac.uk
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