OECD Best Practice Guidelines for Biological Resource Centres

This report presents the outcome of discussions held by the OECD member countries, together with a number of key partner countries, under the auspices of an expert Task Force established by the OECD Working Party on Biotechnology.

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• BRC
• OECD Best Practice Guidelines on Biosecurity for BRCs
• Joint OECD/Russian Federation Workshop on “Biosecurity of Microbial Biological Resources – Complementing Innovation"
• OECD Workshop on "Biosecurity of Microbial Biological Resources – Complementing Innovation" - Chairman's summary

OECD Recommendation on Cross-border Co-operation in the Enforcement of Laws Protecting Privacy

OECD governments have agreed on a new framework for co-operation in the enforcement of privacy laws as cross-border data flows have elevated privacy risks for individuals and highlighted the need for better co-operation among the authorities charged with providing them protection.

Staying Competitive in the Global Economy: Moving Up the Value Chain (Synthesis Report)

The globalisation of production has changed the industrial structure within OECD countries, and in some sectors blunted their competitiveness. Another major consequence has been fears of job losses, due to outsourcing and offshoring. How should OECD countries respond?

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• Staying Competitive in the Global Economy: Compendium of Studies on Global Value Chains
• Moving Up the Value Chain: Staying Competitive in the Global Economy: Main Findings
• Policy Brief: Moving up the (Global) Value Chain
• The Export Performance of Countries within Global Value Chains (OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Paper 2012/2)
• International Comparative Evidence on Global Value Chains (OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Paper 2012/3)

OECD calls on governments to clamp down on counterfeiting

Governments should work more closely with companies and strengthen enforcement to fight the rising global trade in counterfeit and pirated goods, according to a new OECD report.

OECD Steel Committee Meeting and Roundtable on Consolidation in the world steel industry

OECD 62nd Session of the Steel Committee took place in Istanbul on 17 May 2007

OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy: Luxembourg

This review assesses the governance of Luxembourg’s innovation system and suggests the reforms needed to ensure that additional public investment in R&D will yield the expected economic and social benefits.

Globalisation and Innovation in the Business Services Sector

This document looks at business support services and their strong linkages with other sectors. It aims to identify factors that affect delivery of business support services and could enhance growth prospects more broadly, with a focus on productivity, standardisation, regulation and trade.

OECD Forum on Space Economics: Briefing Note

Origines, objectives, participants and activities of the OECD Forum on Space Economics are described in this note.

OECD Principles and Guidelines for Access to Research Data from Public Funding

These recommendations are intended to assist all actors involved when trying to improve the international sharing of, and access to, research data.

Compendium of OECD Work on Intellectual Property as of 2007

This document is intended as a descriptive panorama on recent and ongoing OECD activities on IP issues as of 2007.