News & Events

The DAC Policy Statement on Biodiversity

17-Sep-2010

The DAC Policy Statement on Integrating Biodiversity and Associated Ecosystem Services into Development Co-operation outlines 30 key actions that international donors can help to halt to loss of biodiversity and  associated ecosystems. The OECD Development Assistance Committee endorsed this Statement on 15 April, 2010.

eChemPortal new participant - U.S. EPA Aggregated Computational Toxicology Resource (ACToR)

11-Aug-2010

The United States Environmental Protection Agency's Aggregated Computational Toxicology Resource (ACToR) has been added as a participant in eChemPortal. ACTor makes links available to more than 400 sources of publicly available data on environmental chemicals. Data includes chemical structure, physico-chemical values, in vitro assay data and in vivo toxicology data. The database contains both tabular, quantitative data as well as links to text reports at other sites.

Dix Lignes directrices nouvelles ou mises à jour ont été adoptées!

10-Aug-2010

Dix Lignes directrices nouvelles ou mises à jour ont été adoptées!

Dix Lignes directrices nouvelles ou mises à jour ont été adoptées!

10-Aug-2010

Dix Lignes directrices nouvelles ou mises à jour ont été adoptées!

OECD Factbook 2010

05-Aug-2010

OECD Factbook is the best-selling, annual title from the OECD.  It provides a global overview of today’s major economic, social and environmental indicators, in a range of user-friendly formats.

New and updated Test Guidelines

03-Aug-2010

Ten new or updated Test Guidelines have been adopted by Council on 22 July 2010.

OECD releases preliminary findings on green growth

08-Jul-2010

Green growth provides opportunities for new green industries, jobs and technologies. The Interim Report of the Green Growth Strategy provides some first insights into how countries can achieve greener growth, and discusses what steps countries have already taken, as well as some of the barriers to transition. It also proposes a framework for green growth strategies to help ensure an efficient shift to more sustainable economies. Also see the overview of the report.

Biotechnology Update No.20

07-Jul-2010

Biotechnology Update No.20   

The new issue of the Newsletter prepared by the OECD Internal Co-ordination Group for Biotechnology (ICGB) is now available. It provides up-to-date information on OECD activities related to biotechnology. It is mainly intended for delegates to OECD meetings already familiar with certain aspects of the work, but is expected to be also informative for the wider biotech community.

Key principles, tools and approaches to improve mid-term budget planning for water supply and sanitation in EECCA

29-Jun-2010

The implementation of a feasible Finance Strategy (FS)/Strategic Financial Plan (SFP) is even a bigger challenge than just developing it, as it requires a number of measures to integrate the FS/SFP into the policy framework, foremost into the country development strategy (equivalent of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, PRSP), regional and WSS sector development strategies (if exist) and the budget process, i.e. the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and annual budgets. Read more..