8-10 July G8 Summit L'Aquila, Italy
Efforts to boost employment levels through “green growth” economic policies and new ways to help developing countries were among the topics that OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría addressed in discussions with G8 leaders at the Summit.
The OECD is working with member and partner countries to boost investment and other sources of innovation in developing countries while at the same time helping them to develop internal revenue-generating capacities through efficient tax policies as a complement development aid. |
![]() G8: family picture, L'Aquila, 9 July 2009. |
“Closer and stronger ties between the G8 and G5 countries are critical for tackling the increasingly complex global challenges facing our countries, and never more so than in the current economic crisis,” OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said at the Summit, following the announcement that the G8-G5 Heiligendamm Dialogue Process (HDP) will be continued and strengthened over coming years.
Secretary-General Angel Gurría explains how the OECD and G8 worked together in the run-up to the Summit and the key issues policymakers need to address. |
In the run-up to the Summit, the OECD and its affiliate organisations, have worked closely with the Italian presidency. In March, Secretary-General Angel Gurría gave a Labour Ministerial at the Labour Ministerial meeting in Rome. He highlighted the importance of countries working together quickly and effectively to avoid the financial crisis from becoming a full-blown social crisis with dramatic effects on vulnerable workers and low income households.
The OECD held its annual Meeting of the OECD Council at Ministerial Level at the end of June in order to facilitate co-ordination and addressed many of the issues being discussed in Italy. For more details, visit www.oecd.org/mcm2009.
Standards and rules for the global economy
The OECD has assisted the Italian Presidency in developing the Global Standard for propriety, integrity and transparency. This initiative complements the Global Charter launched by the German government within the G20. Its aim is to to develop a set of common principles and standards in order to ensure a more stable and sustainable development of the global economy.
It includes OECD instruments such as the Anti-Bribery Convention, Principles of Corporate Governance and Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, as well as standards and guidelines on everything from taxation and competition to development aid and public governance.
Read here about the Global Standard and the OECD's work.
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Trade
Ron Kirk, United States Trade Representative, discusses the importance of resisting trade protectionism. |
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Read here about the OECD's work with Italian authorities to relaunch the economy of the L'Aquila region following the earthquake of June 2009.
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