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OECD posts responses to public consultation on a Risk Management Tool for Investors in Weak Governance Zones

23-Nov-2005

In October 2005, the OECD launched an invitation for public comment on its draft Risk Management Tool for Investors in Weak Governance Zones.  A strong response was received from global and regional organisations, business, labour and other civil society representatives.  These comments can be consulted online and will be used to improve the draft risk management tool which is scheduled for finalisation by Spring 2006.

L’OCDE publie les réponses à une consultation publique sur un outil de gestion du risque destiné aux investisseurs exerçant dans les zones à déficit de gouvernance

23-Nov-2005

Les zones à déficit de gouvernance sont des lieux où les pouvoirs publics sont peu désireux ou incapables d’assumer leurs responsabilités. Elles représentent certains des environnements d’investissement les plus ardus de la planète. C’est dans cette optique que l’OCDE est actuellement en train de préparer un outil de gestion du risque destiné à aider les entreprises à y gérer leurs activités de manière responsable. Le projet de texte a été soumis à la sagacité du public par le biais d’une consultation en ligne.

OECD publishes report on conducting business with integrity in Weak Governance Zones

22-Sep-2005

A recurrent theme of the OECD's work on the Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises is that corporate responsibility goes hand-in-hand with government responsibility.  This report summarises the results of a multi-stakeholder dialogue  that has sought to provide inputs to an answer on the following central question:  Do companies have different roles and responsibilities when operating in weak governance zones, where governments are not working well, than in healthier investment environments?

OECD calls for greater transparency in Investor-State dispute settlement procedures

30-Aug-2005

The OECD Investment Committee has released a statement supporting additional transparency in international investment arbitration.  It has also published a study which examines the current rules, steps taken to improve transparency and the perceived advantages as well as the challenges of additional transparency.

G8 communiqué supports OECD work on guidance for companies in weak governance zones

26-Aug-2005

The Communiqué issued following the G8 Gleneagles summit on 6-8 July 2005 calls on OECD to complete its work on guidance for companies working in zones of weak governance.

OECD Initiative on Investment for Development: Progress Report

27-Apr-2005

Launched in support of the Monterrey Consensus, the OECD Initiative on Investment for Development supports developing countries' sustained efforts to attract and generate more and better investment. This progress report documents work to date on the Policy Framework for Investment, building policy capacity through peer learning and on using ODA more effectively to mobilise investment for development.

OECD Initiative on Investment for Development: Towards a Policy Framework for Investment

01-Mar-2005

Launched in support of the Monterrey Consensus, the Policy Framework for Investment is intended as a non-prescriptive checklist of issues for consideration by any interested governments engaged in domestic reform, regional co-operation or international policy dialogue aimed at creating an environment that is attractive to domestic and foreign investors and that enhances the benefits of investment to society.

OECD publishes an Investment Policy Review of Romania

09-Feb-2005

This comprehensive review of investment policy in Romania assesses the untapped growth potential for foreign investment in Romania, measures the significant progress recently made by Romania to improve its business environment, and identifies the most significant remaining policy challenges.  This review was conducted by the OECD prior to inviting Romania to adhere to the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises.

"Indirect Expropriation" and the "Right to Regulate" in International Investment Law

11-Oct-2004

This OECD study provides factual elements of information on jurisprudence, state practice and literature related to "Indirect Expropriation" and the "Right to Regulate".  It presents the issues at stake and describes the basic concepts of the obligation to compensate for indirect expropriation, reviews whether and how legal instruments and other texts articulate the difference between indirect expropriation and the right of the governments to regulate without compensation and attempts to identify a number of criteria which emerge from jurisprudence and state practice for determining whether an indirect expropriation has occurred.




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