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Managing for and Communicating about Development Results

10-Apr-2008

This DevCom Network meeting was organised in collaboration with the Joint Venture on Managing for Development Results and attended by representatives of more than twenty bilateral and multilateral aid agencies. Policy makers and development communicators were able to share their respective views on development results. Discussions constituted a first step in the development of guiding principles on the role of communications in managing results.

Public consultation on an Implementation Guide to Ensure Accountability and Transparency in State Ownership

06-Mar-2008

Adopted in 2005, the OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises have become a global benchmark. To assist countries in implementing the Guidelines, the OECD is developing an implementation guide in the area of accountability and transparency. The draft text was made available for public comment through an online consultation between 15 February and 3 March 2008.

OECD launches Global Network on Privatisation and Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises

06-Mar-2008

The OECD launched its Global Network on Privatisation and Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises with an inaugural meeting in Paris on 5 March 2008. Participants from 45 countries agreed that the Global Network will serve as a platform for policy dialogue and exchange of experience in the areas of corporate governance of state-owned enterprises and privatisation. This meeting also provided Network members with the opportunity to discuss the draft Implementation Guide for Transparency and Accountability in State Ownership.

The OECD examines the issue of proportionality and corporate governance

07-Feb-2008

At its meeting on 14 November 2007, the Steering Group on Corporate Governance agreed on a common position based on the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance about the issue of whether there should be proportionality between ownership and control (also known as one-share-one-vote)  in listed companies. 

The OECD will release good practices on financial education relating to private pensions in 2008

30-Jan-2008

After taking into consideration comments and updates received during the public consultation held between 26 June and 1 September 2007, the OECD will release `Good Practices on Financial Education relating to Private Pensions’ and a background report in 2008. 

The OECD will release good practices for enhanced risk awareness and education on insurance issues in 2008

23-Jan-2008

After taking into consideration comments and updates received during the public consultation held between 26 June and 1 September 2007, the OECD will release `Good Practices for Enhanced Risk Awareness and Education on Insurance Issues’ and a background report in 2008.


Events

OECD/US Treasury International Conference on Financial Education, 7-8 May 2008, Washington DC, USA

from 07-May-2008 to 08-May-2008

Co-hosted by the OECD and the US Treasury, this conference aimed to advance and elevate the dialogue on financial education in the international arena, share experiences on best practices and look at applied research. 

Ninth roundtable on Capital Market Reform in Asia

from 26-Feb-2008 to 27-Feb-2008

This year’s Roundtable focuses on: Ten years after: Implications of the Current Financial Market turmoil; Enhancing Regulatory Framework; Bond Markets Development; Equity Markets Development; Roles of Capital Market in Infrastructure Financing; Corporate Governance and Capital Market Developments.

First Meeting of the Task Force on Corporate Governance of Banks in Eurasia

on 17-May-2007

The Eurasian Corporate Governance Roundtable established a task force to develop a policy options paper (“policy brief”) addressing corporate governance challenges shared by commercial banks in Eurasia. Based on some existing norms developed by the OECD or the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the policy brief is to be developed through active discussion within the Task Force that includes experts from Eurasian countries, OECD member countries and international organisations.  The Task Force has its meeting to discuss the draft policy brief in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 17 May 2007.

2nd OECD Forum on African Public Debt Management

from 12-Dec-2007 to 13-Dec-2007

The development of robust government bond markets, as well as sound debt management policies and practices, is increasingly important in avoiding unsustainable public debt.

The policy dialogue of this forum affords African debt managers, policymakers and government bond market officials an opportunity to enhance their understanding of these activities, providing access to the worldwide OECD-led global knowledge network of debt managers.

17th OECD Global Forum on Public Debt Management

from 11-Dec-2007 to 12-Dec-2007

Took place in Amsterdam on 11-12 December 2007, the 17th Annual Forum on Public Debt Management focused on price discovery in government bond markets, government debt in Asia 10 years after the crisis and credit risk management.

2007 International Experts Meeting on Corporate Governance of Non-Listed Companies

on 22-Jun-2007

This Experts Meeting on Private Equity, Corporate Governance and Non-Listed Companies discussed the challenges and opportunities for corporate governance in private equity-backed companies both in OECD and non-OECD countries, particularly what specific implications they have on public policy.

8th OECD-IAIS-ASSAL Conference on Insurance Regulation and Supervision in Latin America, Rio de Janeiro, 9-11 May 2007

from 09-May-2007 to 11-May-2007

This conference discussed current topics in insurance regulation and supervision such as: financial management of large-scale disasters; strengthening of risk awareness and education on insurance issues; information disclosure on financial and insurance products; and development of the life insurance products, namely taxation.

9th OECD-World Bank-IMF Global Bond Market Forum, 22-23 May 2007, Paris

from 22-May-2007 to 23-May-2007

The Ninth Annual OECD-World Bank-IMF Global Bond Market Forum was held at the OECD in Paris. "Derivatives markets" were a major focus of the meeting, including perspectives on the use of derivatives by debt managers, foreign investor participation in domestic bond and derivatives markets, and the importance of derivatives for primary dealer operations.

Non-listed Companies Focus Group meeting

on 02-Dec-2005

The focus group met in Paris in December 2005 to further advance discussion on corporate governance in non-listed companies on the legal and regulatory framework, transparency requirements, and ownership structures and financing.

National Treasury of South Africa/OECD/Bond Exchange of South Africa Regional Workshop on African Debt Management and Bond Markets

from 24-Apr-2007 to 26-Apr-2007

This Regional Workshop was held in Johannesburg, complementing the first annual OECD Forum on African Public Debt Management and Bond Markets which was held in Amsterdam in December 2006.  Motivated by African countries, the workshop’s purpose was to disseminate the recommendations and conclusions from the OECD Forum to a wider audience of officials in Africa.



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