List of Manufactured Nanomaterials and List of Endpoints for Phase One of the OECD Testing Programme

OECD’s Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials has launched a “sponsorship programme” in which countries will share the testing of specific nanomaterials (MNs) at its 3rd meeting (November 2008). Much valuable information on the safety of MNs can be derived by testing a representative set for human health and environmental safety. In launching this “sponsorship programme” the Working Party agreed a priority list of MNs for

Current Development and Activities on the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials/Nanotechnologies

Current Developments and Activities on the Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials (3rd Meeting of the Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials held on 28-30 November 2007)

Intellectual Assets and Value Creation: Synthesis Report

Intellectual assets are central to value creation, economic growth and competitiveness in a modern economy. Building on these issues, this brochure provides an integrated perspective on recent OECD work covering three dimensions: macro, regional and firm-level.

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Getting the Policy Mix Right for Innovation in Poland

This report sheds light on ways to get the right mix of innovation policies in Poland.

Programme of work on Manufactured Nanomaterials 2006-2008

This Programme of Work on Manufactured Nanomaterials 2006-2008 was agreed in September 2006 September by OECD’s Chemicals Committee. To implement this work the Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (WPMN) was established. The Terms of Reference for the WPMN are found in Annex II.

OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: Chile

Over the last decade, Chile has been the most successful Latin American country in reducing the per capita income gap compared to the advanced countries. Chile now needs to further strengthen some institutional pillars of an efficient market-oriented economy, notably its innovation system.

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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2007

Bringing together over 200 internationally comparable quality indicators to explore the progress of national innovation strategies and recent developments in science, technology and industry.

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Bio-based Economy

The focus at the OECD on industrial biotechnology is to identify the potential contribution of biotechnology to sustainable growth and development, and identify and appraise policy options for supply and demand side interventions that can drive efficient transition towards bio-based economy.

OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: South Africa

This comprehensive assessment of the innovation system of South Africa focuses on the role of government, and provides concrete recommendations on how to improve policies which impact on innovation performance, including R&D policies.

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R&D and Innovation in Spain: Improving the Policy Mix (I+D e innovación en España: Mejorando los instrumentos)

Bilingual (English/Spanish) final report on the OECD peer review of Spain’s “policy mix” for research and innovation policies.

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