6-February-2017
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Portugal has carved the way to a brighter future with its reform agenda. It now needs to sustain this momentum. Please count on the OECD to continue working with Portugal and for Portugal in order to design, develop and deliver better policies for better lives.
27-January-2017
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Given the very pressing and very present challenges, it may seem paradoxical that we would gather today to discuss the world in 2050. But it is precisely because of the challenges that we face today that we need to be thinking ahead, so we are not caught by surprise, so we are not left behind, so we are not overwhelmed by successive crises we don’t fully understand.
17-January-2017
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Developing knowledge-driven health systems will depend on our ability to use health data more effectively. The OECD is leading the way on managing the potential of health data to improve clinical practice, research, health system management and surveillance. The Council Recommendation on Health Data Governance that you released today reflects international consensus on a set of guiding conditions to achieve these important public goals.
17-January-2017
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The people in this room today have expertise in areas as diverse as nuclear regulation, radioactive waste management, radiological protection, nuclear law, technology and public affairs. Despite the great differences between your respective fields, a common thread which runs through all of your work is the need to build transparency, trust and support with members of the public.
17-January-2017
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Good health is the foundation for well-being, for labour-markets, and for inclusive societies. We cannot afford to get health policy wrong. The lives of citizens depend on it. To build the health systems of tomorrow, the hard work must start today. Together, we can build the evidence, identify the best practices, and set the vision that we need for stronger health systems, better health policies, and better, healthier, lives.
16-January-2017
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The speed and intensity with which the OECD’s collaboration with Peru has increased in just a few years has been remarkable. Peru has made the best use of our ambitious Country Programme, launched in 2015.
16-January-2017
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After this meeting, the Prime Minister and I will sign a Memorandum of Understanding which will see the OECD working evermore closely with Slovakia – and for Slovakia – as it builds on its achievements to increase transparency and strengthen the fight against corruption. This is another positive example of how Slovakia is engaging actively with some of the recommendations we made in our last Economic Survey.
16-January-2017
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People-centeredness means treating people, patients, their loved ones, carers and others with compassion, dignity and respect. It means involving them in decision-making about their health and their care. It means doing things ‘with’ people, not ‘to’ them. It means involving people in system design and in policy making.
13-January-2017
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Tourism plays an essential role in Mexico’s economy. In 2015, over 32 million international tourists visited the country, spending over USD 15 billion. In recent years, the increase in financial flows and people towards this sector has been greater than for many other advanced or emerging economies.
11-January-2017
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With this crusade against corruption, with these new laws, with this new culture of integrity that we are striving to build, we can lay the basis for what will be the most important transformation in Mexico's recent history. But the hard work is just beginning. We need now to translate the letter of the law into a wide-ranging change of institutional conduct and culture.