ede Sweden: Tackling mental health problems is critical to boosting job prospects of young Swedes By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:00:00 GMT Sweden should make greater efforts to prevent and address mental health problems among people under the age of 30, in order to boost their job prospects and reduce government spending on health care and out-of-work benefits, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
ede Irish recovery underway, but more inclusive growth and job creation needed, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 11:00:00 GMT Ireland’s economy is now showing encouraging signs of recovery from the financial crisis, but more must be done to reinvigorate growth and create the jobs that will get the country back to full health, according to the OECD. Full Article
ede Spain’s labour market reforms on track but more assistance needed for young jobseekers, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:30:00 GMT Spain has taken courageous steps to strengthen its labour market. Recent reforms have helped create jobs and should further boost competitiveness and employment in the years to come. But additional efforts are needed to boost competition in product markets and to improve assistance to job seekers, particularly young people, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
ede OECD LEED-Cedefop 2nd Green Skills Forum 2014 (Paris, France) By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMT LEED and Cedefop organise the second edition of the Green Skills Forum which will bring together experts in innovation, employability and skills development and lessons from work conducted by the OECD, Cedefop, and other organisations on the implications of the green economy for skills development and training policies. Full Article
ede 10th Annual Meeting of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Development (Stockholm, Sweden) By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 08:00:00 GMT In partnership with the Swedish Public Employment Service, Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR), Swedish Ministry of Employment and the World Association of Public Employment Services (WAPES), LEED held the 10th Annual Meeting of the Forum on Partnerships and Local Development in Stockholm 23 April – 25 April, on the theme of ‘job creation just ahead: building adaptable labour markets’. Full Article
ede New approach needed to tackle mental ill-health at work, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 04 Mar 2015 11:00:00 GMT Health and employment services should intervene earlier, involve key stakeholders and ensure they work together in order to help people with mental-health issues find work and stay in a job, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
ede Further reforms needed to tackle growing risk of pensioner poverty By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 01 Dec 2015 11:00:00 GMT Recent reforms have made pension systems more financially sustainable and pensioners have higher living standards than ever before. But future generations are likely to find their pension entitlements much less generous than today’s and many may face a serious risk of pensioner poverty, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
ede Unequal access to employment support hurts vulnerable laid-off workers in Sweden By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 12:00:00 GMT More equal access to employment services and better co-ordination between the government and social partners could help disadvantaged laid-off workers get back into employment, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
ede Sweden in a strong position to integrate refugees, but support for the low skilled needs to be strengthened By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 13 May 2016 12:30:00 GMT Sweden should address housing shortages, begin integration activities early, and improve the support for those with low skills to speed up the effective integration of refugees, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
ede What skills are needed for tomorrow’s digital world? By oecdskillsandwork.wordpress.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:04:00 GMT Information and communication technologies (ICT) are changing profoundly the skill profile of jobs. To thrive in the digital economy, ICT skills will not be enough and other complementary skills will be needed, ranging from good literacy and numeracy skills through to the right socio-emotional skills to work collaboratively and flexibly. Full Article
ede Costa Rica has made major socio-economic progress but more efforts needed to reduce inequality and poverty By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 17:00:00 GMT Costa Rica enjoys relatively high life satisfaction levels, but should do more to develop a more inclusive and sustainable economy, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
ede Action needed to tackle stalled social mobility By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 11:00:00 GMT As income inequality has increased since the 1990s, social mobility has stalled, meaning that fewer people at the bottom have moved up while the richest have largely kept their fortunes. This has severe social, economic and political consequences, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
ede Rising employment overshadowed by unprecedented wage stagnation By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 04 Jul 2018 11:00:00 GMT Economic growth is picking up and unemployment has reached record lows in some OECD countries but wages continue to stagnate. Unless countries can break this cycle, public belief in the recovery will be undermined and labour market inequality will widen, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
ede Iceland: Better coordination among authorities needed to tackle foreign bribery, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT Iceland must do more to ensure its law enforcement authorities are coordinated and adequately resourced to investigate and prosecute economic and financial crime, including foreign bribery, says the OECD in a new report. Full Article
ede Korea making notable progress on fighting foreign bribery; further improvements needed, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT Korea has improved its information and intelligence gathering capacity in foreign bribery cases, but should be more proactive in investigating allegations, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
ede Sweden's enforcement of foreign bribery laws far too weak By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:30:00 GMT More than twelve years after making foreign bribery a crime, Sweden needs to make much greater efforts to actively enforce its anti-bribery legislation, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
ede OECD seriously concerned by lack of foreign bribery convictions, but encouraged by recent efforts by the Australian Federal Police By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:00:00 GMT Australia’s enforcement of its foreign bribery laws has been extremely low, with just a single case leading to prosecutions out of 28 referrals in 13 years. Cases may have been closed prematurely. Australia must vigorously pursue foreign bribery allegations. Full Article
ede Spain has strong measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing but improvements needed, says FATF By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 14:19:00 GMT Spain has created a strong system to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, but improvements are needed in certain key areas, according to a new report by the Financial Action Task Force. Full Article
ede Spain has strong measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing but improvements needed, says FATF By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 15:00:00 GMT Spain has created a strong system to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, but improvements are needed in certain key areas, according to a new report by the Financial Action Task Force. Full Article
ede Concrete actions needed to advance global tax transparency, OECD says By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 18:00:00 GMT The international community should call time on all remaining holdouts who have yet to implement internationally agreed tax transparency standards, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurría said in a new report to the G20. Full Article
ede 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
ede 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
ede Equity and Quality in Education: Supporting Disadvantaged Students and Schools - Spotlight Report: Sweden By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT This spotlight report draws upon the OECD report Equity and Quality in Education: Supporting Disadvantaged Students and Schools. Full Article
ede Education at a Glance 2012: Country Notes - Russian Federation By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:50:00 GMT The high educational attainment level of the Russian population continues to increase. 88% of the adult population have attained at least upper secondary education and 54% have a tertiary qualification. Full Article
ede Education at a Glance 2012: Country Notes - Sweden By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:37:00 GMT Sweden enjoys an 81.5% employment rate for all levels of education – the second highest rate of all OECD countries after Iceland (Table A7.1b). Full Article
ede Further education reforms needed to improve performance and equity in Slovak Republic By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:00:00 GMT The Slovak Republic has undertaken a series of reforms to improve its education system, and the country now needs to use resources more efficiently and improve equity and inclusion in schools, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
ede The Netherlands should step up its efforts to give people the skills needed to thrive in an increasingly interconnected and rapidly changing world, according to a new OECD report. By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:53:00 GMT The Dutch education system and the skills of the Dutch population are very strong overall. But there are concerns that too many people in the Netherlands are not developing the “right” skills to succeed or taking sufficient responsibility for maintaining and further developing their skills in adulthood. Full Article
ede More efforts needed to help children from disadvantaged families succeed By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 06 Dec 2017 11:00:00 GMT Too many people from disadvantaged backgrounds are falling behind in education and future job market, according to a new OECD report. Educational Opportunity For All says that children, students and adults from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds receive too little support to succeed in school and in learning opportunities later in life. Full Article
ede Redefining Urban: a new way to measure metropolitan areas By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT This report compares urbanisation trends on the basis of a common methodology which helps cross-country comparison of the socio-economic and environmental performance of metropolitan areas in 28 OECD countries. Full Article
ede Brazil: better co-ordination needed to support sustained and equitable growth By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:30:00 GMT Brazil’s economic growth has been supported in recent years by important government investment and social programmes that mobilise resources across the country. These programmes could help Brazil to meet its goals of sustaining economic growth and fostering social development, while reducing regional disparities. Full Article
ede Irish recovery underway, but more inclusive growth and job creation needed, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 11:00:00 GMT Ireland’s economy is now showing encouraging signs of recovery from the financial crisis, but more must be done to reinvigorate growth and create the jobs that will get the country back to full health, according to the OECD. Full Article
ede OECD LEED-Cedefop 2nd Green Skills Forum 2014 (Paris, France) By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMT LEED and Cedefop organise the second edition of the Green Skills Forum which will bring together experts in innovation, employability and skills development and lessons from work conducted by the OECD, Cedefop, and other organisations on the implications of the green economy for skills development and training policies. Full Article
ede 10th Annual Meeting of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Development (Stockholm, Sweden) By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 08:00:00 GMT In partnership with the Swedish Public Employment Service, Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR), Swedish Ministry of Employment and the World Association of Public Employment Services (WAPES), LEED held the 10th Annual Meeting of the Forum on Partnerships and Local Development in Stockholm 23 April – 25 April, on the theme of ‘job creation just ahead: building adaptable labour markets’. Full Article
ede Action is needed to secure future livelihoods in developed and emerging economies, says the OECD Development Centre By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 10:28:00 GMT New global trend such as jobless growth, a rising youth population and resource scarcity threaten to undo much of the progress of recent decades in securing people’s ability to make a living, according to a new report by the OECD Development Centre launched in Paris today at the OECD Global Forum on Development. Full Article
ede Multi-level governance and robust water allocation regimes needed to secure Brazil’s future water needs By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 02 Sep 2015 19:00:00 GMT The recent droughts in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo states have exposed the need to shift from crisis management to effective risk governance of the country’s water resources, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
ede Active policies needed for a competitive and sustainable tourism sector By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:00:00 GMT The tourism industry in OECD countries continues to grow strongly despite economic weakness in advanced economies, and outperformed tourism globally in 2014. However, active, innovative and integrated policies are needed to ensure that tourism remains a competitive and sustainable sector, says OECD. Full Article
ede Further improvements needed to manage major flood risk in Paris and Seine basin By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 11:00:00 GMT Action to prevent the risk of major flooding in Paris and the Ile de France region has improved in recent years – particularly after the Seine burst its banks in May and June 2016 – but urban and territorial planning needs to be better adapted, governance strengthened and long-term funding clarified, according to the OECD. Full Article
ede The joint Substance Data Pool of the German Federal Government and the German Federal States (GSBL) is the 30th database linked to eChemPortal By www.echemportal.org Published On :: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 14:11:00 GMT The Joint Substance Data Pool of the German Federal Government and Federal States (GSBL) is now linked to eChemPortal. Records contain information on physical and chemical properties, on ecotoxicological and toxicological parameters and on environmental fate. They provide descriptions of environmental hazards, health dangers, fire and other technical hazards and give information on relevant chemicals-related legislation. Full Article
ede The Slow Lane: Gifts from the court of Federer By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 16:33:21 GMT The extraordinary thing about Roger Federer is that he still loves playing tennis after all these years Full Article
ede Sweden unlikely to feel economic benefit of no-lockdown approach By www.ft.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 04:00:07 GMT Analysts forecast that growth will contract at similar rate to rest of Europe Full Article
ede Fuel duty frozen as Chancellor concedes 'people still rely on cars' By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 19:00:07 GMT Rishi Sunak confirmed in today's Budget statement that taxation on petrol and diesel will remain at 57.95p per litre, as it has since March 2011. Full Article
ede The Mercedes SL R129 and how to drive a car that pays for itself By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 13:08:39 GMT Savvy buyers can pick up cars that will may only retain their value, but could be sold for more down the line. in our new Cash Cars column Tony Middlehurst looks for models that fit the bill Full Article
ede It's not totally clear why The Worst Witch at the Vaudeville Theatre needed to be a musical By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 21:01:45 GMT Long before Harry Potter there was Mildred Hubble - a luckless pupil at Miss Cackle's Academy For Witches. Full Article
ede Zinedine Zidane says Eden Hazard may NOT make Real Madrid debut against Levante By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 14:55:09 GMT Hazard is yet to make an appearance since joining Madrid from Chelsea this summer after suffering a thigh injury which kept him out of the club's opening three games and he could miss Saturday's clash. Full Article
ede 'His path to redemption is long... very long': Neymar warned by PSG fans he won't be welcomed back By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 12:33:23 GMT Paris Saint-Germain's ultras have warned Neymar they are not prepared to give him a warm welcome as he prepares to return to the French side's starting line-up. Full Article
ede New indicators needed to track SSA By indiatogether.org Published On :: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Since the introduction of the central government's Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) programme, enrolment numbers in schools have gone up. But how reliable and meaningful are the enrolment figures? Deepa A uncovers major indications of things having gone wrong in SSA's quest for targets. Full Article
ede Federalism, citizenship and decentralisation By indiatogether.org Published On :: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Ramesh Ramanathan Full Article
ede Pope’s Encyclical: Is this the push the world needed? By indiatogether.org Published On :: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 09:59:17 +0000 Pope Francis’s Encyclical talks about poverty, social inequality, climate change, and other global crises mankind has created and proposes newer ways to resolve them. Ashish Kothari finds the Encyclical lacking in certain aspects but hopes that other religious and political leaders will learn to stand up and speak up like the Pope. Full Article
ede Any capital redesign must move towards a participatory culture By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:30:37 +0000 At a time when the government should be deeply troubled by the coronavirus pandemic and devising long-term health strategies, its inner circles are busy planning the upgrade of Parliament House and the Central Vista. But... Full Article Edit Page India bureaucratic culture digital-age featured vista
ede Sweden admits failure to protect elderly in care homes By timesofindia.indiatimes.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 12:31:52 IST Her coronavirus test came back negative two days after her death, but Branngard, who claims she died of neglect, says the nursing home staff lacked protective gear and were spreading the virus around the home. Sweden, whose softer approach to the coronavirus has garnered international attention, admits it has failed to adequately protect the elderly, with around half of Covid-19 deaths occurring among nursing home residents. Full Article