Actualités & Evénements

Economic crisis threatens China’s rural strategy, says OECD

24-mars-2009

China should speed up investment in rural services and infrastructure and create jobs in non-agricultural sectors for returning migrants. This will help offset the fast-rising impact of the economic slowdown on the rural economy.

OECD Regions at a Glance 2009

23-mars-2009

OECD launches 'Regions at a Glance 2009'  the one-stop guide for understanding regional competitiveness and performance. This third edition provides the latest comparable data and trends across regions in OECD countries, including a special focus on the spatial dimension for innovation.

OECD Rural Policy Reviews: China

23-mars-2009

The OECD will launch this publication in April 2009. The report analyses the key socio-economic forces at work in China's rural areas and discusses the current government strategy for rural development.

Ministerial meeting on regional development

23-mars-2009

The OECD will hold a Ministerial-level meeting entitled 'Investing for Growth: Building Innovative Regions' on 31 March 2009.  The meeting will be held at the OECD Headquarters in Paris and will be chaired by Ms. Mari Kiviniemi, Minister of Public Administration and Local Government, Finland.

"The Interaction between Local Employment Development and Corporate Social Responsibility", January 2009

18-mars-2009

The Austrian Institute for SME Research published a detailed report on January 2009, in co-operation with the European Association for Information on Local Development (AEIDL) and the European Network for Social and Economic Research. The study focuses on companies’ activities which aim at achieving a benefit for the enterprises’ employees, the market (i.e. clients, suppliers, business partners etc.) and/or the physical environment in local communities (Executive Summary).

Invitation for participation: survey about local responses to the crisis

04-mars-2009

“Is your locality affected by the crisis?” “What is being done to address the problems?” “Do you want to know what others are doing?”

The OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governances invites you to share your experience by filling in a simple questionnaire. The results will be processed and fed back to all Forum members.

Examens territoriaux de l'OCDE : Pologne

26-févr.-2009

Ce rapport étudie les multiples défis pour la politique de développement régional en Pologne, et formule des recommandations, en s’attachant en particulier aux problèmes de gouvernance.

Mayors, Ministers call for Joint Action on Climate Change at OECD Conference

10-oct.-2008

A major international conference on "Competitive Cities and Climate Change″ organised by OECD concluded today in Milan. It underlined the central and critical role to be played by cities in successfully addressing the major global challenge of climate change.

Pour rester compétitives, les villes doivent s’attaquer au changement climatique - Milan, 9-10 octobre 2008

02-oct.-2008

Les villes sont parmi les principales sources de pollution de l’air et doivent prendre des mesures pour combattre le changement climatique. Les 9 et 10 octobre, des maires et des ministres se réuniront à Milan pour une conférence où il sera question des moyens de faire prévaloir des services écologiquement viables dans les secteurs des transports, de l’énergie, des déchets et de l’eau sans sacrifier la compétitivité économique.

Experts meeting - Employment and Skills Strategies in South-East Asia (ESSSA): Indonesia and the Philippines

le 03-déc.-2008

The ILO and the OECD jointly organised an experts meeting on fostering employment and skills development strategies in Indonesia and the Philippines, as part of OECD LEED’s initiative on Employment and Skills Development in South East Asia (ESSSA), in Jakarta on 3 December 2008. The meeting addressed issues of decentralisation, partnerships, skills upgrading and integration of the disadvantaged in the labour market and learn the lessons from the OECD experience in these areas.

OECD Territorial Reviews: Poland

le 17-nov.-2008

The Territorial Review of Poland highlights that while Poland has maintained high growth levels since the mid-1990s, territorial disparities are persistent and rising. This publication also explores challenges for Polish regional development policy and provides recommendations to best implement the policy mix.

Inter-Agency Conference on Local Economic Development (LED), Turin, Italy

du 22-oct.-2008 au 24-oct.-2008

The ILO in collaboration with the OECD LEED Programme is organising an inter-agency conference on local economic development, meant to take stock of practices around the world and develop a joint strategy for knowledge development and networking. The event will involve several agencies such as UN-HABITAT, UNIDO, UNCDF, SDC (LEDNA), GTZ and IADB.

International Conference on Regional Policy around the World

le 29-sept.-2008

Government leaders, policy makers and practitioners discussed the impact of regional policy, present and future perspectives, at an international conference on “Regional Policy around the World”, held in Porto, Portugal, 29 September 2008. This conference was organised by the Portuguese Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development, in co-operation with the OECD. On this occasion the report “OECD Territorial Review of Portugal” was officially launched.

FORUM OCDE 2008: Session spéciale sur "Le Financement des Infrastructures" présidée par M. Oborne (Programme)

du 03-juin-2008 au 04-juin-2008

Le 4 juin dernier, Michael Oborne, Directeur du Programme de l'OCDE sur l'avenir, a présidé une session sur "Le Financement des infrastructures " composée de Messieurs Agustín Carstens, Ministre des Finances et du Crédit public, Mexique, Andrew Hunter, Directeur, Macquarie Europe; Richard Lavergne, Secrétaire général, Observatoire de l’énergie, France; Pierre Lortie, Conseiller principal, Affaires, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (Montréal), Canada; Hamish McRae, Rédacteur adjoint, The Independent, Royaume-Uni. Ne manquez pas les discours et les photos de la session.

Conference on "Partnerships for Social Inclusion", Melbourne, Australia

du 15-oct.-2008 au 16-oct.-2008

Increasing social inclusion requires a joined-up approach that cuts across policy departments. The public sector should re-think the way it operates, moving from a traditional hierarchical model to one characterised by multi-sectoral partnerships and flexibility in policy delivery. These topics will be discussed at this conference co-organised by the Centre for Public Policy at the University of Melbourne, the Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development and the OECD LEED Programme.

Final Seminar on "Strategic Planning and Evaluation for Regional and Local Development in Latvia", Riga, Latvia

le 17-juin-2008

This seminar presented and debated the result of work undertaken by the OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme on how best to support the design, implementation and evaluation of local development strategies in Latvia.

Conférence de l’OCDE sur la décentralisation et les politiques du marché du travail, Venise, Italie, 17 19 avril 2008

du 17-avr.-2008 au 19-avr.-2008

Le gouvernement central devrait-il confier le développement économique et de l’emploi aux décideurs locaux ? Les ministres des pays de l’OCDE ont traité de ces questions lors d’une conférence qui s'est tenue à Venise, en Italie, du 17 au 19 avril 2008.

Conference on "Decentralisation and Co-ordination: The Twin Challenges of Labour Market Policy", Venice, Italy

du 17-avr.-2008 au 19-avr.-2008

This high-level conference was organised by the Senate and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security of Italy and the OECD LEED Programme, in collaboration with Italia Lavoro and Isfol.  It took stock of 10 years of decentralisation since the initial Venice conference which the LEED Programme organised in 1998 at the request of the Italian government.