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How can we meet the needs of today without diminishing the capacity of future generations to meet theirs? Sustainable development implies a broad view of human welfare, a long term perspective about the consequences of today's activities, and the full involvement of civil society to reach viable solutions.
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on 22-Jun-2009
This event, held on 22 June 2009 at the OECD Conference Centre, focused on discussing roles of education and employment in promoting eco-innovation/sustainable development, with the aim of feeding into the OECD innovation strategy currently under development. This event was open to the public, please see the attached programme for details.
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on 15-May-2009
The workshop, held on 15 May 2009 and organised jointly by the OECD, METREX, l'IAU Île-de-France and Région Île-de-France, brought together strategic planning experts from more than 40 European metropolitan areas to share their experiences and discuss the challenges of sustainable development and planning.
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on 11-Feb-2009
Techniques for assessing economic, social and environmental impacts and integrating sustainability assessments into policy-making and national strategies were discussed at a Finnish workshop on 11 February 2009.
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13-Feb-2009
Read all about the range of 2008 sustainable development work (economic, environment and social) in the OECD – statistics, analyses, policy discussions and more.
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from 20-Oct-2008 to 21-Oct-2008
The OECD Annual Meeting of Sustainable Development Experts (AMSDE) met on 20-21 October 2008, bringing together Delegates from capitals and stakeholders to discuss governance approaches, corporate responsibility, statistics, assessments and other means for furthering sustainable development.
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01-Oct-2008
A statistical approach to measuring sustainable development in a “capital framework” is described in this report. Sustainable development depends on maintaining adequate stocks of financial, produced, natural, human and social capital.
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02-Jul-2008
A new publication presents the state-of-the-art in sustainability impact assessments, including how to identify the cross-cutting economic, environmental and social impacts of policies.
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from 11-Sep-2008 to 12-Sep-2008
A workshop on 11-12 September 2008 explored how the OECD can contribute to the development of strategies, curricula, and sustainable schools for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014).
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06-Mar-2008
This brochure summarises the OECD's cross-cutting work on gender and aims to increase understanding of the role of women in maintaining the three pillars – economic, social and environmental – of sustainable development.
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