men Advisory Group on Anti-Corruption and Integrity Delivers Recommendations for OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 07 Apr 2017 16:19:00 GMT An independent group of leading anti-corruption and integrity experts recommends doing more to enforce and develop anti-corruption standards and enhancing collaboration with other international organisations in a report on ways the OECD can strengthen its vital work in combating bribery and promoting integrity. Full Article
men Assessment of key anti-corruption related legislation in the Slovak Republic's public sector By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 10:05:00 GMT The OECD assessed the legal framework of key anti-corruption related legislation in the Slovak Republic in order to set the ground for strengthening integrity in the Slovak public sector and beyond. Full Article
men The Czech Republic must take significant steps to enforce its foreign bribery laws, but demonstrates commitment to improve By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 11:00:00 GMT The Czech Republic must strengthen its efforts to detect, investigate and prosecute foreign bribery. Seventeen years after ratifying the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, the Czech Republic has yet to prosecute a case involving the bribery of foreign public officials. Full Article
men 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
men Data on enforcement of the Anti-Bribery Convention By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 15:42:00 GMT This enforcement data includes the number of criminal, administrative and civil cases of foreign bribery that have resulted in a final disposition, such as a criminal conviction or acquittal, or similar findings under an administrative or civil procedure. Full Article
men Statement by Drago Kos, Chair of the OECD Working Group on Bribery, on the 20th anniversary of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 14:10:00 GMT Corruption facilitates some of the most important global threats of our time, such as terrorism, climate change and the refugee crisis. It’s vital that we ramp up our fight to contain this threat to our economies and societies. Full Article
men Lithuania has made significant legislative reforms to fight foreign bribery and should now ensure effective anti-bribery enforcement By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:28:00 GMT Lithuania has taken significant steps to strengthen its legislative framework to combat foreign bribery. Yet further efforts are needed to ensure effective enforcement of anti-bribery laws with regard to corporate liability and imposing sanctions for foreign bribery, including confiscation, according to a new report by the OECD Working Group on Bribery. Full Article
men Government at a Glance By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 12:06:00 GMT Government at a Glance provides a dashboard of key indicators to help you analyse international comparisons of public sector performance. Full Article
men Australia takes major steps to combat foreign bribery, but OECD wants to see more enforcement By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 14:00:00 GMT Australia has stepped up its enforcement of foreign bribery since 2012, when the OECD Working Group on Bribery last evaluated Australia’s implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, with seven convictions in two cases and 19 ongoing investigations. Full Article
men Switzerland’s significant foreign bribery enforcement should be accompanied by harsher penalties and private sector whistleblower protection By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 11:00:00 GMT The OECD Working Group on Bribery has just completed a review of Switzerland's enforcement of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and related instruments. The Working Group welcomes the significant level of enforcement by the Federal Office of the Attorney General. Switzerland has cracked down on the bribery of foreign public officials in recent years. Full Article
men Germany’s strong anti-bribery enforcement against individuals needs to be matched by comparably strong enforcement against companies By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 11:00:00 GMT Germany continues to demonstrate a high level of anti-bribery enforcement having prosecuted and sanctioned 328 individuals and 18 companies in foreign bribery cases since 1999. Full Article
men Armenia should take vigorous measures against entrenched corruption By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 04 Sep 2018 09:27:00 GMT Armenia should take vigorous measures to tackle entrenched corruption and widespread conflict of interest, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
men Mexico must increase foreign bribery enforcement: full implementation of anti-corruption reforms could help By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 11:00:00 GMT Mexico needs to give more priority to foreign bribery enforcement, having yet to prosecute a case involving the bribery of foreign public officials 19 years after ratifying the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. Full Article
men OECD and World Bank call for whole-of-government approach to combating tax evasion and corruption By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 15:00:00 GMT Countries must step up work to ensure that tax authorities and anti-corruption authorities can effectively co-operate in the fight against tax evasion, bribery, and other forms of corruption, according to a joint OECD/World Bank report. Full Article
men Strengthening the Anti-Bribery Convention: Review of the 2009 OECD Anti-Bribery Recommendation By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 15:31:00 GMT The OECD Anti-Bribery is the first and only international anti-corruption instrument focused on the ‘supply side’ of the bribery transaction. To ensure that it continues to respond to the challenges of fighting foreign bribery, the OECD has launched a review of the 2009 OECD Recommendation for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (OECD Anti-Bribery Recommendation). Full Article
men OECD Reviews of Evaluation and Assessment in Education: Australia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT Evaluation and assessment policies are key in Australia’s national school reform agenda. The Australian approach combines the development of goals, monitoring and reporting at national level with local evaluation and assessment practices shaped by jurisdiction-level school improvement frameworks Full Article
men OECD Reviews of Evaluation and Assessment in Education: Denmark 2011 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT This book provides, for Australia, an independent analysis of major issues facing its educational evaluation and assessment framework, current policy initiatives, and possible future approaches. Full Article
men OECD Reviews of Evaluation and Assessment in Education: Sweden 2011 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT This book provides, for Sweden an independent analysis from an international perspective of major issues facing the evaluation and assessment framework in education, along with current policy initiatives and possible future approaches. Full Article
men OECD Reviews of Evaluation and Assessment in Education: Norway 2011 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT This book provides, for Norway, an independent analysis from an international perspective of major issues facing the evaluation and assessment framework in education along with current policy initiatives and possible future approaches. Full Article
men OECD Reviews of Evaluation and Assessment in Education: School Evaluation in the Flemish Community of Belgium 2011 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT This report provides, for the Flemish community of Belgium, an independent analysis of major issues facing the educational evaluation and assessment framework, current policy initiatives, and possible future approaches. Full Article
men OECD Reviews of Evaluation and Assessment in Education: Czech Republic By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT This report for the Czech Republic forms part of the OECD Review on Evaluationand Assessment Frameworks for Improving School Outcomes. The purpose of the Review is to explore how systems of evaluation and assessment can be used to improve the quality, equity and efficiency of school education. Full Article
men More parent and community engagement would boost quality in early childhood education and care in England By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT The report highlights strategies from other countries that could serve as a model for England as it develops its early childhood education and care programme. Full Article
men 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
men Are countries educating to protect against unemployment? by Dirk Van Damme By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:37:00 GMT More people than even before now reach a level of educational attainment equivalent to upper secondary education. The available evidence is very conclusive: this level of education can be considered a minimum level to ensure a job and a living wage. Full Article
men Women leaders can break the mould, interview with Indira Samarasekera, PresidentUniversity of Alberta, Canada By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:56:00 GMT Indira Samarasekera, President of the University of Alberta in Canada, was one of the keynote speakers at this year’s Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) Conference, held at OECD headquarters in Paris this past September. Marilyn Achiron, Editor at the OECD’s Education Directorate, spoke with her about a variety of subjects Full Article
men 15th OECD/Japan Seminar - Global Strategies for Higher Education-Global Trends and Rethinking the Role of Government” By www.medical-bank.org Published On :: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:17:00 GMT This seminar will provide an opportunity for participants to share experiences on issues such as the influence of accelerated commercialization of education and a knowledge-based society. Full Article
men Synergies for Better Learning: An International Perspective on Evaluation and Assessment By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:30:00 GMT How can assessment and evaluation policies work together more effectively to improve student outcomes in primary and secondary schools? This report provides an international comparative analysis and policy advice to countries on how evaluation and assessment arrangements can be embedded within a consistent framework to improve the quality, equity and efficiency of school education. Full Article
men Value of education rises in crisis but investment in this area is falling, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 11:00:00 GMT The jobs gap between well-educated young people and those who left school early has continued to widen during the crisis. A good education is the best insurance against a lack of work experience, according to the latest edition of the OECD’s annual Education at a Glance. Full Article
men Financial education and women By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 21:19:00 GMT Both women and men need to be sufficiently financially literate to effectively participate in economic activities and to take appropriate financial decisions for themselves and their families, but women often have less financial knowledge and lower access to formal financial products than men. Women therefore have specific and additional financial literacy needs. Full Article
men 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
men OECD Reviews of Evaluation and Assessment in Education - Teacher Evaluation in Chile By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 16:27:00 GMT This book provides, from an international perspective, an independent analysis of major issues facing teacher evaluation, current policy initiatives, and possible future approaches in Chile. Full Article
men Evaluation and Assessment Review Netherlands By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 23 May 2014 13:30:00 GMT This review report for the Netherlands provides, from an international perspective, an independent analysis of major issues facing the Dutch evaluation and assessment framework in education, current policy initiatives and possible future approaches. This series forms part of the OECD Review on Evaluation and Assessment Frameworks for Improving School Outcomes. Full Article
men Launch of the OECD PISA financial literacy assessment of students By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:08:00 GMT The results of the first international assessment of 15-year-old students’ financial literacy competencies were presented in Paris on 9 July 2014. Full Article
men Korea: Promote inclusive growth through greater employer involvement in the employment and skills system, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 09:00:00 GMT Korea has made significant progress towards decentralising the management of employment and training programmes, but can still do more to create stronger links with employers at the local level, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
men Addressing inequities in the Slovak Republic through evaluation and assessment (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 08:00:00 GMT OECD Education Today - Addressing inequities in the Slovak Republic through evaluation and assessment Full Article
men 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
men Teaching in Focus No. 10 - Embedding Professional Development in Schools for Teacher Success By dx.doi.org Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 13:59:00 GMT Teachers report participating in more non-school than school embedded professional development (i.e. professional development that is grounded in teachers daily professional practices). Participation in non-school and school embedded professional development varies greatly between countries. Full Article
men OECD Ministers reinforce importance of investment for strong, green and inclusive growth By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:24:00 GMT The OECD’s Annual Meeting at Ministerial Level reinforced member governments’ support across a broad range of key OECD work. Full Article
men Are we getting returns on our investments in education? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 14:22:00 GMT Countries and economies participating in PISA have invested substantial resources and used a wide variety of strategies during the past ten years to improve the quality of their schools. Have these efforts paid off? Full Article
men A Skills Beyond School Commentary on Canada By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 10:53:00 GMT This commentary is one of a series of country reports on postsecondary vocational education and training (VET) in OECD countries, prepared as part of an OECD study. The series includes reviews, involving an in-depth analysis of a country system leading to a set of policy recommendations backed by analysis. Full Article
men Colombia’s moment of truth (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 07:59:00 GMT Over the past 15 years, Colombia’s education system has undergone an extraordinary transformation. Full Article
men OECD Action Plan on the Sustainable Development Goals By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 02 Jun 2016 14:59:00 GMT Sound public policies grounded in evidence – and implemented effectively – will be crucial for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This document outlines four broad areas for future action for the OECD, highlighting what it could do more of – or do differently – to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. C/MIN(2016)6. Full Article
men Closing the gap between education and employment (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 12:31:00 GMT Employer engagement in education and training has become a hot topic for policy makers and practitioners around the world. Full Article
men The effects of reform scenarios for unemployment benefits and social assistance on financial incentives to work and poverty in Lithuania By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 04 Jul 2016 17:30:00 GMT In 2015 the Lithuanian government launched an ambitious Social Model reform agenda aimed at balancing flexibility of the labour market and security provided through the system of social protection. Full Article
men Achieving Sustainable Development Goal for education by 2030 will be major challenge for all countries By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 11:30:00 GMT OECD countries must step up their efforts to improve the quality and equity of their education systems as part of their commitments to meet the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for education by 2030, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
men Empowering teachers with high-quality professional development (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Wed, 05 Oct 2016 15:33:00 GMT Exposure to high quality teacher professional development varies greatly both between and within countries, which broadens the scope of work for policy makers. Full Article
men Do men’s and women’s choices of field of study explain why women earn less than men? (OECD Education Today Blog By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 17:34:00 GMT Why women and men choose to pursue different fields of study, and why those choices vary among countries, is not easy to determine. Full Article
men Register for a webinar "PISA 2015: Q&A Session Closing the Achievement Gap" with Andreas Schleicher (December 15th, 14h Paris time) By oecd1000.webex.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 14:50:00 GMT Register for a webinar "PISA 2015: Q&A Session Closing the Achievement Gap" with Andreas Schleicher (December 15th, 14h Paris time) Full Article
men Closing the Achievement Gap - Archived webinar with Andreas Schleicher, Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills, OECD. By youtu.be Published On :: Tue, 03 Jan 2017 15:43:00 GMT The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) examines not just what students know in science, reading and mathematics, but what they can do with what they know. Results from PISA show educators and policy makers the quality and equity of learning outcomes achieved elsewhere, and allow them to learn from the policies and practices applied in other countries. Full Article
men How Wales can ensure the successful implementation of its reforms (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 10:46:00 GMT How Wales can ensure the successful implementation of its reforms (OECD Education Today Blog) Full Article