gen In support of its active enforcement efforts, Italy should urgently extend timeframe for prosecuting foreign bribery By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT The Phase 3 Report on Italy by the OECD Working Group on Bribery evaluates and makes recommendations on Italy's implementation and application of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and related instruments. Full Article
gen Slovak Republic must urgently introduce effective legislation holding companies liable for foreign bribery, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:00:00 GMT 20/06/2012 - The Slovak Republic must urgently meet its obligations under the Convention it signed 12 years ago and introduce an effective corporate liability regime so that Slovak companies are held accountable for the bribery of foreign public officials in cross-border business deals, says a new OECD report. Full Article
gen Gesetze gegen Auslandsbestechung in Österreich unzureichend umgesetzt – OECD setzt auf baldige Verbesserung By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT Die OECD-Arbeitsgruppe gegen Bestechung bedauert, dass in Österreich bisher noch kein Urteil wegen der Bestechung von ausländischen Amtsträgern ergangen ist, obwohl seit der Ratifizierung des entsprechenden OECD-Übereinkommens vor 13 Jahren eine Reihe von Vorwürfen vorlag. Full Article
gen Costa Rica adheres to OECD instruments during visit by OECD Secretary-General By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 20:00:00 GMT Costa Rica adhered today to OECD legal instruments on Internet governance and international business conduct, demonstrating its willingness to align its policies to best practices in these areas and work together with the Organisation. Full Article
gen Ireland must urgently apply more resources to enforce Anti-Bribery Convention, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 12:00:00 GMT Ireland should increase its resources to detect and investigate foreign bribery more efficiently. Resources have, in recent years, been largely devoted to investigating non-bribery cases in the financial sector. Ireland has not prosecuted a foreign bribery case in the twelve years since its foreign bribery offence came into force, and law enforcement has taken few proactive steps to investigate allegations. Full Article
gen Slovenia must urgently prioritise the fight against foreign bribery, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:15:00 GMT Serious steps must be taken by Slovenia to ensure that it effectively detects, investigates and prosecutes allegations of transnational bribery. Full Article
gen Argentina seriously non-compliant with key articles of Anti-Bribery Convention, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 11:00:00 GMT The OECD Working Group on Bribery doubts Argentina’s commitment to fight foreign bribery. Argentina still has no law to punish companies for foreign bribery or prosecute its citizens who commit this crime abroad. Widespread delays continue to plague complex economic crime investigations. Full Article
gen OECD launches report on greater co-operation and information sharing between government agencies to counter financial crimes By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 10:00:00 GMT Vast amounts are lost to illicit financial flows, including tax evasion, money laundering, bribery and corruption. These crimes threaten the strategic, political and economic interests of both developed and developing countries. In a world of limited resources and increasing complexity, it is essential for government authorities to work closely together in a “whole of government” approach to best address these challenges. Full Article
gen High-Level OECD Mission to Meet Argentine Officials on Fighting Foreign Bribery By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 11:33:00 GMT A high-level Working Group mission will visit Buenos Aires on 26-27 April 2016 and meet senior Argentine government officials. Full Article
gen Argentina must seize chance to fight corruption By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 16:07:00 GMT The OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Transactions has repeatedly over 15 years urged Argentina to strengthen its efforts to fight corruption and foreign bribery. During that time, the Working Group has recommended that Argentina change its laws to hold companies liable for corruption and to extend jurisdiction to Argentines who commit foreign bribery overseas. Full Article
gen Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in London on 12 May 2016 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 12 May 2016 11:54:00 GMT The Secretary-General spoke at the Anti-Corruption Summit, hosted by Prime Minister David Cameron. He also met with leaders attending the event and signed a memorandum of understanding with Italian National Anti-Corruption Authority. Full Article
gen Mexico’s National Anti-corruption System - Statement from OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 01 Aug 2016 12:42:00 GMT The OECD welcomes the laws of the National Anti-corruption System that were approved by the Parliament on June 16, 2016 and enacted on July 18, 2016, clearing the way for one of the key pillars of Mexico’s structural reform agenda. The promulgation of these laws substantially transforms the anti-corruption architecture of Mexico by putting in place measures that the OECD considers effective. Full Article
gen Statement of OECD Working Group on Bribery: Ireland’s Laws for Combating International Bribery need Urgent Reform By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 10:53:00 GMT Ireland still needs to make substantial progress on key recommendations issued three times since March 2007 by the OECD Working Group on Bribery with regard to improving its domestic criminal law as it applies to bribery by Irish individuals and companies in their international business transactions. Full Article
gen Statement of OECD Working Group on Bribery: Russia’s Legislation for Combating International Bribery needs Reform as a Matter of Urgency By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 10:19:00 GMT Russia still needs to make substantial progress on key recommendations issued by the OECD Working Group on Bribery in 2012 and 2013. Full Article
gen Conference on business, finance and gender By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 08 Mar 2017 16:09:00 GMT Paris, 8 March 2017: Taking place on International Women's Day, this OECD-hosted conference considered questions such as gender differences in financial literacy and inclusion; women working in the informal economy and the role of business: gender differences in the changing pensions landscape; empowering women to fight back against corruption and engaging men to support gender equality in the workplace. Full Article
gen OECD Working Group on Bribery report on Argentina launches Friday, 24 March 2017 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:26:00 GMT The OECD Working Group on Bribery will release a review of Argentina’s efforts to fight foreign bribery on Friday, 24 March 2017 at 11.00 CET/07.00 Buenos Aires time. Full Article
gen Argentina must urgently enact Corporate Liability Bill to rectify serious non-compliance with Anti-Bribery Convention By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 11:00:00 GMT Some 16 years after joining the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, Argentina remains in serious non-compliance. Full Article
gen Training on asset recovery for Ukraine's Asset Recovery and Management Agency By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 18:17:00 GMT Kyiv, 24-27 July 2017: The OECD, within the framework of the OECD Anti-Corruption Project for Ukraine, and in cooperation with Ukraine's Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA) and the Council of Europe (CoE), has conducted a four-day training for the first recruits of ARMA. Full Article
gen Sweden’s Laws on Corporate Responsibility for International Bribery need Urgent Reform By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 17:01:00 GMT Sweden has still not implemented reforms to its Penal Code initially recommended by the OECD Working Group on Bribery in June 2012. Sweden’s legal provisions on corporate liability do not meet the requirements of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. Full Article
gen Poland must make urgent legislative reforms to combat foreign bribery By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 11:00:00 GMT Poland must make urgent progress on carrying out key recommendations of the OECD Working Group on Bribery that remain unimplemented, more than four years after its Phase 3 evaluation in June 2013. Full Article
gen OECD joins with Argentina to fight financial crime By www.oecd.org Published On :: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 09:13:00 GMT OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría and Argentina’s Minister of Treasury Nicolás Dujovne presided today over the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a centre of the OECD Academy for Tax and Financial Crime Investigation in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Full Article
gen OECD and Argentina continue the fight to tackle tax crime By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 09:53:00 GMT Twenty-eight officials participated in the inaugural “VAT/GST Fraud Investigations” course at the OECD Latin America Academy for Tax and Financial Crime Investigation last week in Buenos Aires. Full Article
gen Registration for the Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) General Conference 2012 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Join around 500 higher education policy-makers, institutional leaders and academic experts active in higher education at the biennial General Conference of the OECD’s Programme for Institutional Management in Higher Education on 17-19 September in Paris. Full Article
gen Why do Russian firms use fixed-term and agency work contracts? By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:49:00 GMT This study looks into the use of fixed term contracts and agency work in Russia during and shortly after the crisis 2009 10 with the help of an enterprise survey. Full Article
gen Getting internationalisation right - by Andreas Schleicher Deputy Director for Education and Skills, Special Advisor on Education Policy to the OECD's Secretary General By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:58:00 GMT The exceptional turnout at the 2013 OECD/Japan Seminar in Tokyo this week, where over 300 participants from over 20 countries discussed global strategies for higher education, shows that the seminar had exactly the right agenda at exactly the right time. I asked myself how many people would have turned up had this seminar been held five years ago; or whether five years ago, Japan would have ventured to take the lead on this theme. Full Article
gen Secretary-General at the International Summit on the Teaching Profession (The Netherlands, 13th - 14th March 2013) By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:34:00 GMT The Secretary-General, Mr. Angel Gurría, will visit The Netherlands on 13th and 14th of March 2013, to attend the 2013 International Summit on the Teaching Profession. He will also go to The Hague and hold a bilateral meeting with Mr. Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Finance Minister. Full Article
gen Getting our youth back to work - by Andreas Schleicher, Deputy Director and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the OECD's Secretary-General By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 28 May 2013 12:48:00 GMT If there’s one lesson we’ve learned over the past few years, it’s that we cannot simply bail ourselves out of a crisis, we cannot solely stimulate ourselves out of a crisis and we cannot just print money our way out of a crisis. But we can become much better in equipping more people with better skills to collaborate, compete and connect in ways that drive our economies forward. Full Article
gen Great Education Debate - We must be able to compete in a global education system (Andreas Schleicher, Deputy Director for Education and Skills and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the OECD's Secretary-General) By www.greateducationdebate.org.uk Published On :: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:06:00 GMT In a global economy, the benchmark for educational success is no longer improvement by national standards alone, but the best performing school systems internationally. Full Article
gen OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría welcomes Brazil’s commitment to improving education and playing greater role in PISA Programme By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:00:00 GMT OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría today welcomed Brazil’s further engagement with the Organisation’s world-leading global education assessment programme (PISA) during a signing ceremony in Brasilia with Brazil’s Minister for Education Aloízio Mercadante. Full Article
gen Early gender gaps drive career choices and employment opportunities, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 05 Mar 2015 10:00:00 GMT Education systems have made major strides to close gender gaps in student performance but girls and boys remain deeply divided in career choices, which are being made much earlier than commonly thought, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
gen Education Indicators in Focus N°30 - What are the gender differences? By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 10:17:00 GMT Gender differences still exist in certain fields, with more men studying science, computing and engineering, and with women dominating education and health and welfare. Full Article
gen Gender equality in education (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2015 11:05:00 GMT To mark International Women’s Day the OECD released an impressive new analysis on gender and education. Full Article
gen Is the gender gap in higher education widening? (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 14:09:00 GMT One of the most remarkable consequences of the expansion of education in OECD countries over the past decades is the reversal of the gender gap in education. From outright exclusion and discrimination in educational institutions less than a century ago, girls and young women have conquered schools and colleges. Full Article
gen Ministers chart future path to boosting skills for productivity, innovation and inclusion at Skills Summit 2016 in Bergen By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 14:33:00 GMT 26 Ministers and State Secretaries representing 15 countries and the European Commission gathered in Bergen, Norway, for the first Skills Summit on 29-30 June 2016. The Summit, hosted by Norway, was opened by Prime Minister Erna Solberg and the OECD’s Secretary General, Angel Gurría. Full Article
gen Growing together: making Lithuania’s convergence process more inclusive By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 04 Jul 2016 14:22:00 GMT Although Lithuania’s growth has been impressive, inequality is high, the risk of poverty is one of the highest of European countries, and life expectancy is comparatively low and strongly dependent on socio-economic background. Full Article
gen Education Indicators in Focus No. 45 - Fields of education, gender and the labour market By dx.doi.org Published On :: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 17:37:00 GMT More and more adults are earning a tertiary qualification, but not all tertiary degrees have the same value on the labour market. In general, postgraduate degrees such as master’s and doctoral degrees are associated with higher employment rates and earnings than bachelor’s degrees. Full Article
gen Education Indicators in Focus No. 49 - Gender imbalances in the teaching profession By dx.doi.org Published On :: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 12:06:00 GMT Historically across the OECD, the teaching profession has been largely dominated by women. The share of female teachers has been increasing over the past decade – reaching 68% in 2014 for all levels of education combined. The gender disparity decreases gradually with the level of education, from 97% of women in pre-primary education to 43% in tertiary education. Full Article
gen Archived webinar - Gender differences in education - through the lens of PISA (March 8, 2017) By youtu.be Published On :: Thu, 09 Mar 2017 11:56:00 GMT In 2015, PISA asked students about the occupation they expect to be working in when they are 30 years old. Students’ responses were later grouped into science-related and non-science-related careers – with the former including science and engineering professionals; health professionals; science technicians and associate professionals; and information and communication technology (ICT) professionals. Full Article
gen Developing an agenda for research and education in Wales (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 12:08:00 GMT Wales is implementing a wave of reforms designed to improve delivery of teacher education. There is a new curriculum; new teacher and leadership standards for teachers; and new accreditation standards for providers of initial teacher education. Full Article
gen Business brief: Empowering the next generation of scientists to change the world By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 31 May 2017 15:07:00 GMT Education has transformed over the last 20 years from being a means to an end to becoming a change agent on the battleground to improve the life chances of all individuals, regardless of where they live, their economic status, gender, ability or religious persuasion. Education has been revitalised as the gateway for equal opportunity. Full Article
gen Improving education outcomes for Indigenous students (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Wed, 09 Aug 2017 11:46:00 GMT Indigenous peoples are the first inhabitants of their lands, but are often poorly served by the education systems in their countries. Why? Is it necessary to wait until issues such as poverty or appropriate legal recognition for Indigenous peoples are resolved? Full Article
gen How can we tell if artificial intelligence threatens work? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 13:01:00 GMT New technologies tend to shift jobs and skills. New technologies bring new products, which shift jobs across occupations: with the arrival of cars, the economy needed more assembly line workers and fewer blacksmiths. Full Article
gen The fork in the road towards gender equality (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 14:42:00 GMT Gender biases can be persistent. Too persistent. A simple exercise to illustrate the point: Picture a doctor or a professor. You will most likely think of a man. Now think of nurses and teachers and you are likely to imagine a woman. This unconscious gender bias is rooted in years of associating male and female attributes to specific roles in society. Inevitably, it also influences students’ career choices. Full Article
gen Education Indicators in Focus N° 55 - What are the gender differences and the labour market outcomes across the different fields of study? By dx.doi.org Published On :: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 11:41:00 GMT Although girls and boys perform similarly in the PISA science assessment at age 15, girls are less likely than boys to envision a career in science and engineering, even in countries where they outperform them. Full Article
gen Report: Delivering local development review to assess the efficiency of the Regional Development Agencies Integrated Network of the Slovak Republic By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:18:00 GMT This project aims to support the Slovak Republic as it seeks to create a clear rationale for the Regional Development Agencies Integrated Network which currently comprises 38 agencies. Full Article
gen Measuring the potential of local green growth: An analysis of Greater Copenhagen By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:42:00 GMT Secretary-General Angel Gurría addresses the Lord Mayor of Copenhagen and others to discuss highlights of the forthcoming OECD report on local green growth, as part of our efforts to develop more effective tools for measuring cities’ progress and monitoring the impact of green policies. Full Article
gen Mexico must improve water governance, financing and regulation, says OECD Secretary General Angel Gurría By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:00:00 GMT Mexico’s river basins are under severe water stress. The quality of rivers, lakes and aquifers is declining and floods, droughts, and hurricanes are more frequent. These are some of the alerts signaled in OECD’s Making Water Reform Happen in Mexico. Full Article
gen Report: Measuring the potential of local green growth - An analysis of Greater Copenhagen By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:37:00 GMT This report presents, for the first time a local ‘green growth’ indicator framework. This indicator framework was developed from the OECD ‘green growth’ strategy at the national level, but modified to highlight issues of transition that are most relevant for local areas. Full Article
gen Report: Local Job Creation - How Employment and Training Agencies Can Help - United States By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:15:00 GMT How to stimulate growth and support job creation are two critical challenges that countries and localities confront and limited resources require lateral thinking about how actions in one area, such as employment and training, can have simultaneous benefits in others, such as creating new jobs and better supporting labour market inclusion. Full Article
gen Australia: Local employment agencies should play a greater role in job creation, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 23:00:00 GMT Slower growth in key markets like China and India is reducing momentum across the Australian economy, cutting into employment opportunities and putting more pressure on the government to ensure that public policy delivers optimal results for growth and job creation. Full Article