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Energy Policies of IEA Countries: Switzerland 2018

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Geneva on 22-24 August 2018

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, will be in Geneva from 22 to 24 August 2018 to attend various meetings of the World Economic Forum (WEF), including the Summer Meeting of the International Business Council of the WEF.

Co-operative Research Programme Brochure for 2016-2020

Agricultural research fellowship award grants and international conferences sponsorships of the Co-operative Research Programme (CRP): Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems; advice for applicants for funding.

Switzerland’s significant foreign bribery enforcement should be accompanied by harsher penalties and private sector whistleblower protection

The OECD Working Group on Bribery has just completed a review of Switzerland's enforcement of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and related instruments. The Working Group welcomes the significant level of enforcement by the Federal Office of the Attorney General. Switzerland has cracked down on the bribery of foreign public officials in recent years.

Working Better with Age and Fighting Unequal Ageing in the United States

I am delighted to present a new OECD study on a crucial issue: “Working Better with Age and Fighting Unequal Ageing in the United States”. I would like to thank the AARP for their support and for their continued partnership with the OECD on ageing issues.

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Davos on 22-26 January 2018

The Secretary-General will participate in several sessions of the programme on a wide range of policy issues. While in Davos, he will also hold bilateral meetings with Heads of State and Government and other Senior Officials from several countries attending the Forum, as well as CEOs from various companies.

Policy Paper: Reforming agricultural subsidies to support biodiversity in Switzerland - Country Study

This paper analyses the reform of Switzerland’s agricultural policy framework, which reoriented subsidies to better target policy objectives, including for biodiversity; and outlines the process involved in designing and implementing the reform as well as its environmental and socio-economic impacts. The country study draws on the 2017 OECD report The Political Economy of Biodiversity Policy Reform.

Boosting Disaster Prevention through Innovative Risk Governance - Insights from Austria, France and Switzerland

Pensions at a Glance 2017 - Key findings for Switzerland

Key findings for Switzerland from the report "Pensions at a Glance 2017"

Switzerland should do more to address threats to biodiversity

The OECD’s third Environmental Performance Review of Switzerland finds that despite being one of the greenest OECD countries in terms of energy supply, greenhouse gas emissions and domestic material consumption per unit of GDP, Switzerland urgently needs to address pressures on its biodiversity.