Actualités & Evénements

L’OCDE, l’OMC et la CNUCED invitent les pays du G20 à s’engager plus résolument à ouvrir leurs frontières aux échanges et à l’investissement

14-sept.-2009

L’OCDE, l’Organisation mondiale du commerce et la Conférence des Nations unies sur le commerce et le développement appellent les chefs d’État et de gouvernement des pays du G20 à prendre des engagements plus fermes en faveur de l’ouverture des échanges et de l’investissement, au moment où s’amorce une reprise de l’économie mondiale  suite à la crise.

Publication of the Practical Guide to Corporate Governance

09-sept.-2009

The Practical Guide to Corporate Governance: Experiences from the Latin American Companies Circle highlights the challenges, priorities and tangible benefits of adopting leading corporate governance practices in the region. The publication offers a first look at Latin American company results during the recent period of financial crisis showing that firms recognized for better corporate governance practices suffered less damage than average listed Latin American companies. It is now available for dowload. 

Fighting abusive related party transactions in Asia

09-sept.-2009

Where a party in control of a company enters into a transaction to the detriment of non controlling shareholders – is one of the biggest corporate governance challenges facing the Asian business landscape. This Guide provides options for monitoring and curbing such abusive related party transactions. 

Refusals to Deal

08-sept.-2009

The term “refusal to deal” describes a situation in which one firm refuses to sell to another firm, or is willing to sell only at a price that is considered “too high” or only under conditions that are deemed unacceptable. RTDs may harm competition by preventing entry that would have eroded or eliminated the dominant firm’s position.  They may also restrict competition in markets where the dominant firm’s product is an input or a complement.

Financing retirement and healthcare in a rapidly ageing world

02-sept.-2009

Demographic trends challenge the financial sustainability of pay-as-you-go pension and healthcare systems, as well as capital-funded systems and risk undermining access and quality. Published by the World Economic Forum, with the support of the OECD and Mercer, this report highlights options to better cater for changing retirement and healthcare expectations.

Dernières données sur les actifs et l'allocation d'actifs des fonds de pension de l'OCDE

Dans la zone OCDE, le ratio moyen pondéré des actifs des fonds de pension/PIB a diminué de 75.5 % en 2007 à 63.4 % en 2008, les Etats-Unis ayant enregistré une chute de 24.2 % de la valeur de leurs actifs l'an dernier, ce qui équivaut à une perte de 2 600 milliards USD. En 2008, seuls trois pays ont affiché un ratio actifs/PIB supérieur à 100 %, à savoir la Suisse (119 %), les Pays-Bas (113 %) et l'Islande (113 %).

Currently Recruiting Corporate Governance Expert

07-août-2009

The Corporate Affairs Division is seeking a corporate governance expert to join its team in Paris supporting the work of the Steering Group on Corporate Governance.  The job vacancy number is 3296 and the deadline for submitting applications is 9 September 2009.

Privatisation in the 21st Century: Recent Experiences of OECD Countries

06-août-2009

The OECD has released a stocktaking of good practices in privatisation, based on OECD member countries’ experiences since 2000. This report reviews the main challenges during the privatisation process and offers advice to public authorities on how to address them.

OECD adopts guidelines to avoid protectionist use of national security measures

23-juil.-2009

Guidelines for Recipient Country Investment Policies relating to National Security have been adopted by the OECD to help governments maintain fair treatment of international investors while meeting their countries' security needs.

OECD countries improve their investment commitments under the Codes of Liberalisation

22-juil.-2009

The 30 OECD country positions under the legally binding OECD Codes of Liberalisation of Capital Movements and of Current Invisible Operations, as well as the companion OECD National Treatment instrument, have been revised in a report issued by the OECD Council.

Corporate governance in Asia – conference and press briefing – Manila, the Philippines, 9 September 2009

le 09-sept.-2009

The financial crisis revealed serious shortcomings in corporate governance around the world. What lessons can companies and regulators learn from the crisis? And what role can they play in improving global governance standards to help rebuild trust and confidence in financial markets?

Annual Working Party on Debt Management

du 20-oct.-2009 au 21-oct.-2009

The annual meeting of the Working Party on Debt Management (WPDM) was held in Paris on 20-21 October 2009.  Following on the discussions held during the Second Special Session of the Working Party on Debt Management , topics for the WPDM included:
- Impact of guarantees on the operations by DMOs
- Rating issues, including the impact (if any) of the increase in borrowing requirements and guarantees on sovereign ratings
- Secondary market liquidity and the scope and usefulness of market-making obligations 

Conference on corporate responsibility in Asia: Why responsible business conduct matters

du 02-nov.-2009 au 03-nov.-2009

Co-organised by OECD and ESCAP in Bangkok, this conference focused on OECD and Asian country responses to the main challenges in responsible business conduct, with a special focus on climate change, finance and education.

South Caucasus and Ukraine address investment strategies in times of economic crisis and beyond

le 03-juil.-2009

The OECD Eurasia Competitiveness Programme and governments from the South Caucasus and Ukraine met in Bodrum, Turkey, on 3 July 2009 to initiate dialogue on investment climate policy and promotion.

OECD-Brazilian International Conference on Financial Education

du 15-déc.-2009 au 16-déc.-2009

Taking place in Rio de Janeiro, this conference seeks to advance and elevate the dialogue on financial education in the international arena, particularly in Latin America. This event is co-organised by the OECD and the Brazilian government, with sponsorship from the Japanese government.

Developing and promoting the automotive industry in the Western Balkans

le 19-juin-2009

The Investment Compact for South East Europe working group on investment promotion met in Brussels on 19 June 2009 to focuse on development of the automotive components sector in the framework of the project Defining and Strengthening Sector Specific Sources of Competitiveness.

Progress in tax policy analysis and the Investment Reform Index

du 16-juin-2009 au 19-juin-2009

The South East Europe (SEE) Working Group on Tax Policy Analysis held its second meeting on 29 June 2009 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, bringing together high-level officials and policy experts from South East Europe and the OECD to build on the process of addressing tax reform priorities along the lines of the Investment Reform index (IRI).

Third Annual Conference of the Egyptian Institute of Directors (EIOD), Cairo, Egypt

le 15-juin-2009

The conference focused on three key themes: the role of internal audit and audit committees, the role of external auditors, and disclosure and accounting standards.

Reinforcing Financial Supervision and Regulation - Lessons from the Crisis, Beirut, Lebanon

du 28-mai-2009 au 29-mai-2009

The conference focused primarily on corporate governance lessons emerging from the current financial crisis.

Regional Symposium on Insolvency and Creditor Rights in the MENA countries, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

du 26-mai-2009 au 27-juin-2009

The conference took place to advance the level of understanding of the insolvency systems in countries in the region.