Regional dialogue and peer learning
The OECD promotes policy dialogue between OECD and Eurasia countries, as well as among countries of the region, through country-specific work, peer review processes and knowledge sharing.
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Held every year during OECD Eurasia Week, the OECD Eurasia Competitiveness Roundtable serves as a platform to:
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Country-specific support
The OECD supports partner countries in Eurasia at both regional and country levels.
Country-specific support for individual countries in the region includes:
- The Kazakhstan Country Programme, which addresses such issues as social policy, public governance, environmental protection, innovation, and education and skills.
- The Ukraine Action Plan, which supports reform in the areas of anti-corruption, governance and the rule of law, and investment and business climate.
Thematic work in Eurasia
- Promoting Sustainable and Inclusive Growth: improving regional development and urbanisation, agricultural policy performance, promoting responsible business conduct and measuring green growth
- Building Open, Competitive and Well-Regulated Markets: promoting sound competition, enhancing the investment environment, improving international trade and supporting SME development and entrepreneurship
- Improving Public Governance for Better Service Delivery and Public-Sector Integrity: delivering better quality public services, improving regulation for productivity and growth, enhancing integrity and openness in government and improving tax transparency and compliance
- Developing Cleaner Energy and Greener Growth: accelerating green policy reforms, leveraging and diversifying financing for green investment, reforming water policies for inclusive green growth, and ensuring reliable and clean energy
- Strengthening Education, Employment and Social Development: improving education systems and learning outcomes, seeking best practices of social and health policies, improving youth inclusion, fostering dialogue on development co-operation and managing international migration
- Fostering Innovation: building a knowledge economy and working towards a more open international markets for steel
OECD Programmes
- Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ACN): the ACN is a forum to exchange information about new developments and trends in the area of preventing and combatting corruption, international standards and practices.
- Eurasia Competitiveness Programme (ECP): the ECP carries out country-specific projects and involves Eurasia countries in its regional work through peer reviews and the regular assessment of SME policies.
- GREEN Action Programme: this Programme promotes the integration of environmental considerations into economic, social and political reforms of countries in the region.
- SIGMA: the EU-OECD Support for the Improvement of Governance and Management (SIGMA) Programme provides assistance in such areas as financial control, civil service legislation, public administration reform and public finance management.