Actualités & Evénements

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.

Il faut durcir les règles pour protéger les consommateurs, selon l’OCDE

07-juil.-2009

Les entreprises de services financiers doivent impérativement s’assurer que leurs clients comprennent ce à quoi ils s’exposent lorsqu’ils signent pour des emprunts hypothécaires, des prêts à la consommation et d’autres produits. C’est ce qu’il ressort de nouvelles lignes directrices de l’OCDE visant à éviter  une répétition de la crise des prêts « subprime » et la  contraction du crédit qui s’en est suivie et qui a précipité l’économie mondiale dans la récession.

Financial Literacy and Consumer Protection: Overlooked Aspects of the Crisis - Release of OECD’s Recommendation on Good Practices on Financial Education and Awareness Relating to Credit

07-juil.-2009

Financial services firms must make sure their customers understand what they are letting themselves in for when they sign up for mortgages, consumer loans and other products, under new OECD guidelines designed to avoid a repeat of the sub-prime mortgage crisis and ensuing credit crunch that sent the world economy into recession.

La soutenabilité du compte courant brésilien : une approche non linéaire

06-juil.-2009

Les fonctions de réponse suggèrent que la situation budgétaire initiale, ainsi que le signe et la magnitude du choc, jouent sur la réponse du compte courant aux variations non anticipées du revenu, des dépenses publiques et de l’investissement. En particulier, les réponses à un choc positif sur les dépenses publiques sont plus fortes en période d’expansion budgétaire (croissance des dépenses publiques) qu’en période de contraction.

Le Sommet du G8 examine des principes et normes pour les transactions commerciales mondiales

06-juil.-2009

L’un des points de l’agenda du sommet du G8 de cette semaine à L’Aquila portera sur un projet de nouvelle « Norme mondiale » pour les transactions commerciales internationales. Un groupe de travail italien a rédigé, avec l’assistance de l’OCDE, une liste de 12 « principes et normes communs » pour supporter ce projet. Pour favoriser l’examen des questions  soulevées par le projet de Norme mondiale, l’OCDE a lancé un blog qui invite les internautes à transmettre leurs commentaires

OECD research supports risk-sharing in private pension arrangements

23-juin-2009

A new article ("Evaluating Risk Sharing in Private Pension Plans") analyses the main trade-offs embedded in different pension arrangements. The stochastic simulations performed show that hybrid plans (those in between traditional DB and individual DC) appear to offer efficient and sustainable forms of risk sharing.

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.

6th Forum on Asian Insolvency Reform (FAIR)

du 17-juil.-2009 au 18-juil.-2009

The theme for this event, which took place in Bangkok 17-18 July 2009, was 'Asian Insolvency Reforms following the Global Financial Crisis: Policy Responses and Opportunities'. Emphasis was on a review of progress made by Asian governments in reform implementation and in-depth discussion on the policy options for insolvency reform.

Migration in Central America: Governance and Links to Labour Markets

le 25-juin-2009

The OECD Development Centre and FLACSO co-hosted a workshop on June 25th, 2009 in San Jose, Costa Rica to discuss migration issues in Central America, focusing on the themes of governance of migration and the links between migration and labour markets.

10 year anniversary of the Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance, Manila, 9-10 September 2009

du 09-sept.-2009 au 10-sept.-2009

This meeting evaluated whether corporate governance standards and practices are working. What will the next decade of Corporate Governance in Asia be like?

4th meeting of the Network on Corporate Governance of SOEs in Asia

du 20-mai-2009 au 21-mai-2009

Taking place in Bangkok, this year's meeting focussed on implementation of the Policy Brief on priorities and recommendations for improving the corporate governance of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in Asia using case studies on good practice from around the Asia region.

Second Special Session of the Working Party on Public Debt Management

le 21-avr.-2009

This special meeting, to be held on 21 April 2009, will allow participants to  discuss further on key implications of the crisis.

Please note that only members of the WPDM were invited to this special meeting.

OECD-IEFP Symposium on Financial Education

le 20-mai-2009

This symposium focused on the role of financial education in the context of the financial crisis. High-level officials and decision-makers from around the world met in Paris to discuss and elevate the international policy dialogue on the importance of financial education on a global scale and as one of the long-term possible responses to the current financial crisis.

3rd OECD Regional Workshop on African Debt Management and Bond Markets

du 24-juin-2009 au 26-juin-2009

The Third OECD Regional Workshop on African Debt Management and Bond Markets was held on 24-26 June 2009.  The workshop provided  another opportunity to African countries to discuss and debate practical market-infrastructure issues which are of major concern for debt managers in the African debt markets.

Global consultation on corporate governance and the financial crisis

le 18-mars-2009

This consultation addressed the role of corporate governance in the financial crisis, focusing on monitoring, implementation and enforcement of standards and codes, as well as specific areas for improvement.

Second meeting of the Southern African State Owned Enterprise Network

du 27-mai-2009 au 28-mai-2009

After a successful launch in 2008, the Southern African State Owned Enterprise Network met again on 27-28 May 2009 in Maputo, Mozambique. The substantive issues on the agenda included appropriate legal and regulatory frameworks for SOEs, relations with stakeholders and the equitable treatment of minority shareholders.