Actualités & Evénements

ICCP Technology Foresight Forum - "Cloud Computing: The Next Computing Paradigm?"

28-oct.-2009

First launched in 2005, Technology Foresight Forums are an annual event organised by the OECD Committee for Information, Computer, and Communications Policy to help identify opportunities and challenges for the Internet Economy posed by technical developments.  Foresight forums represent a collaborative effort of policy makers from member and non-member governments, business, civil society, and the Internet technical community.  Past forum topics include RFID, Participative Web, and Next Generation Networks.

The impact of the crisis on ICT and ICT-related employment

28-oct.-2009

This paper provides an overview of short-term and long-term developments in ICT employment trends. Preliminary analysis of available indicators shows that employment is dropping in the ICT sector - notably in ICT goods sectors and mostly remaining flat in ICT services. The paper also highlights some niche ICT activities where ICT employment is increasing despite the crisis.

Rapport sur les applications des sciences de la complexité en matière de politique publique : de nouveaux instruments pour découvrir conséquences imprévues et opportunités inédites

15-oct.-2009

Les responsables politiques rencontrent de façon croissante des problèmes critiques impliquant un grand nombre de composantes interdépendantes, susceptibles de comportements imprévisibles et incontrôlables à grande échelle. Ceux-ci sont appelés par les scientifiques des « systèmes complexes ».  Les sciences de la complexité constituent un domaine émergeant dédié à la compréhension, à la prédiction et à la gestion de tels systèmes complexes. Ce rapport explore les possibilités d’applications de cette science en matière de conception et d’implémentation des politiques gouvernementales.

OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: Mexico

07-oct.-2009

This publication assesses the current status of Mexico's innovation system and policies, and identifies where and how the government should focus its efforts to improve the country’s innovation capabilities.

OECD Communications Outlook 2009

11-août-2009

This new edition presents the most recent comparable data on the performance of the communication sector in OECD countries and on their policy frameworks. The 2009 edition analyses the communications sector over the years following the "dot com bubble" crisis and explores future developments. It provides an extensive range of indicators for the development of different communications networks and compares performance indicators such as revenue, investment, employment and prices for service throughout the OECD area.

Improving measurement of links between ICT and environmental outcomes

31-juil.-2009

This report explores available statistics and data from official statistical sources and from product life cycle studies, suggests a conceptual framework for the statistical field “ICT and the environment” and makes recommendations on how to improve statistical collection.

Indicateurs de biotechnologie de l'OCDE 2009

30-juil.-2009

Les Indicateurs de biotechnologie de l'OCDE rassemblent les dernières données économiques sur les activités de biotechnologie et d’innovation pour 22 pays membres de l’OCDE et quatre non membres. Elle reflète les efforts conjoints de l’OCDE et d’experts nationaux pour améliorer la comparabilité des statistiques biotechnologies.

OECD Workshop on Transforming Innovation to Address Social Challenges

du 09-nov.-2009 au 10-nov.-2009

While the contribution of innovation to economic growth is well established,  there is growing awareness that innovation can be used to address social challenges from urban poverty,  education, to environmental sustainability that have resisted conventional market and government approaches to solving them.   For further information, please contact: mario.cervantes@oecd.org.

“Green ICT” side-event at UN Climate Change talks in Barcelona

le 05-nov.-2009

Innovation in ICTs is key to achieving ambitious CO2 emissions reductions. At the UN Climate Change talks in Barcelona - four weeks ahead of COP15 - the OECD, ITU, GeSI and international partners discussed how ICTs can help combat global warming.

OECD events at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)

du 14-nov.-2009 au 18-nov.-2009

The OECD is organizing several events at the IGF in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, including workshops on 'Global ICT services sourcing post-crisis', on 'Expanding access to the Internet and broadband for development' and on 'Using ICTs and the Internet to meet environmental challenges', as well as an open forum on 'The importance of Internet Access and Openness for a sustainable economic recovery'.

OECD-UK Conference on Innovation for Economic Growth and Sustainability

du 12-nov.-2009 au 13-nov.-2009

Sustainability and Green Growth are high on the political agenda in the run up to the UN Conference on Climate Change in December 2009. But it is businesses which face some of the greatest challenges, and perhaps opportunities, from the move towards a green economy. How can firms incorporate sustainability into their strategies, and what effect will this have on their performance? Will this effect vary between sectors? Can governments effectively create demand for innovation and sustainable demand through regulation and public procurement?

OECD workshop on demand-led innovation policies

du 14-sept.-2009 au 15-sept.-2009

A key finding from this workshop was that governments need to align technology-push instruments like grants and incentives for R&D with demand-pull policy instruments such as public procurement and regulations. The discussions and expert presentations provided further insights and examples as to how countries are attempting to implement this in practice.

Global ICT Services Sourcing Post-Crisis: Trends and Developments

le 14-nov.-2009

This workshop, to be held in Egypt, will address developments in international ICT services sourcing enabled by the Internet, analyse the impacts of the economic crisis, and suggest frameworks for development and supply of these services from developing countries. A live webcast is available.

Workshop on Policy Coherence in the Application of Information and Communication Technologies for Development

du 10-sept.-2009 au 11-sept.-2009

Information communication technologies (ICTs)s are crucial to reducing poverty, improving access to health and education services and  creating new sources of income and employment for the poor. But there are substantial discrepancies in access to ICTs between, but also within, countries, depending on key factors such as gender, rural coverage, skills and educational levels.
This workshop, organised jointly by the World Bank/infoDev and the OECD, aims to share best practices in coherent approaches to meeting development objectives laid out by Ministers.

OECD Workshop on Demand-Led Innovation Policies

du 14-sept.-2009 au 15-sept.-2009

The OECD Workshop on Demand-led Innovation Policies will be held on 14-15 September 2009 at the OECD Headquarters in Paris.

The aim of this workshop  is thus to exchange views and draw lessons from a range of demand-side innovation policies, including public procurement, regulations, standards and lead markets.

APEC-OECD Joint Symposium on Initiatives among Member Economies Promoting Safer Internet Environment for Children

le 15-avr.-2009

The Internet is an extraordinary tool for children’s education and development. However, children also face a variety of risks online such as exposure to harmful content, cyberbullying, breach of privacy, etc. The joint APEC-OECD Symposium aimed at sharing experience with regards to initiatives to protect children online including government measures, public-private partnerships and regional/international co-operation.

Empowering E-Consumers: Strengthening Consumer Protection in the Internet Economy - An OECD Conference

du 08-déc.-2009 au 10-déc.-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 will discuss these and related issues at this conference.