sse Boosting skills essential for tackling joblessness and improving well-being, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 11:00:00 GMT The low-skilled are more likely than others to be unemployed, have bad health and earn much less, according to the first OECD Survey of Adult Skills. Countries with greater inequality in skills proficiency also have higher income inequality. Full Article
sse 1st OECD/IZA World of Labor Seminar: Minimum Wages – Impacts and Institutional Processes - 17 November 2014 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:34:00 GMT Joint Seminar on "Minimum Wages – Impacts and Institutional Processes" Full Article
sse Improving job quality and reducing gender gaps are essential to tackling growing inequality By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 21 May 2015 10:00:00 GMT Income inequality has reached record highs in most OECD countries and remains at even higher levels in many emerging economies. The richest 10 per cent of the population in the OECD now earn 9.6 times the income of the poorest 10 per cent, up from 7:1 in the 1980s and 9:1 in the 2000s, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
sse Are we getting it right? The importance of assessing and anticipating skill needs By oecdskillsandwork.wordpress.com Published On :: Wed, 09 Sep 2015 17:18:00 GMT This blog post looks at the importance of assessing and anticipating skill needs as recent empirical literature warns about the negative impact that skills mismatch can have on individuals and economies as a whole. Full Article
sse The importance of acquiring and disseminating skills needs information By oecdskillsandwork.wordpress.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 17:42:00 GMT Agreeing on skill needs is fundamental to develop a coherent response to skills imbalances. This can only be achieved if information is disseminated to all stakeholders in a pro-active way. For this, in turn, there is the need for the developers of skills anticipation exercises to engage their audience more effectively Full Article
sse Some well-known (and some lesser-known) facts about digitalisation, deindustrialisation and the future of work By oecdskillsandwork.wordpress.com Published On :: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 09:29:00 GMT The OECD has just released a new working paper by Thor Berger and Carl Frey which provides a systematic overview of the literature examining the impact of digitalisation on labour markets. The paper highlights some well-known as well as some lesser-known facts about digitalisation, deindustrialisation and the future of work. Full Article
sse OECD Assessment of Ireland’s second Public Service Reform Plan (2014 - 2016) By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:25:00 GMT The OECD was invited to assess key elements of the Second Irish Public Service Reform Plan (PSRP 2014-2016), with a view to informing future public service reform efforts in Ireland. Full Article
sse Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) in the Czech Republic and other countries By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT The aim of this workshop was to present recent developments in implementing Regulatory Impact Assessment in the Czech Republic as well as to enable an exposure to different approaches in some leading OECD countries. Full Article
sse Workshop on competition assessment in Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT The OECD, in co-ordination with Mexico's Ministry of Economy and COFEMER, organised a workshop to train federal officials to understake competition assessment as part of the RIA framework. Full Article
sse Hermosillo progresses steadily in the implementation of OECD recommendations to simplify formalities By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT The Municipality of Hermosillo in Mexico shows a 12% progress in the implementation of OECD recommendations to simplify formalities to boost entrepreneurship and create employment. Full Article
sse Workshop: Elaboration and evaluation of regulatory impact assessment (RIA) at sub-national level By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT This workshop provided practical information and learning through case studies, group exercises and presentations from government officials with extensive experience in applying regulatory impact assessment (RIA) systems. Full Article
sse Workshop on the elaboration and evaluation of regulatory impact assessment, Colombia By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 08:00:00 GMT The objective of this workshop was to provide basic facts and theory related to RIA and best practices when undertaking RIA. Full Article
sse Training Workshop on Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 07 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMT Training Workshop on the elaboration and evaluation of regulatory impact assessment (RIA) Full Article
sse Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Brussels on 6 May 2019 By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 03 May 2019 18:00:00 GMT Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, will be in Brussels on 6 May 2019 to present the OECD publication “The European Union: a People-Centred Agenda - An International Perspective”. Full Article
sse Public consultation: Draft OECD Best Practice Principles on Regulatory Impact Assessment By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT Comments are to be submitted electronically to bppria@oecd.org by 17 July 2019. Full Article
sse Regulatory Impact Assessment in the Netherlands By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT This report provides an analysis of RIA in the Netherlands Full Article
sse 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
sse OECD takes aim at software technologies used by businesses to evade taxes By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:00:00 GMT The OECD has released a study to help all countries understand and address the risks of sales suppression software. It describes some of the most common electronic sales suppression techniques and shows how these methods can be detected by tax auditors. The report also considers the approaches already adopted by countries in combating this risk and highlights a number of best practices. Full Article
sse Latvia’s fight against foreign bribery overshadowed by enforcement weaknesses By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 15:25:00 GMT Latvia has improved its laws since acceding to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention in 2014. Yet serious personnel issues until recently as well as negative government commentary concerning KNAB, Latvia’s anti-corruption law enforcement agency, have cast doubts over its capacity to enforce those laws. Full Article
sse Public consultation on the revised Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems (MAPS) By www.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:32:00 GMT The public consultation took place from 1 August to 31 October 2016. Full Article
sse 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
sse 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
sse 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
sse 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
sse 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
sse 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
sse 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
sse 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
sse 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
sse More competition essential for future of mobile innovation, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:00:00 GMT OECD countries must ensure mobile markets remain open and competitive in order to sustain innovation and meet rising demand for data services, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
sse Boosting skills essential for tackling joblessness and improving well-being, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 11:00:00 GMT The low-skilled are more likely than others to be unemployed, have bad health and earn much less, according to the first OECD Survey of Adult Skills. Countries with greater inequality in skills proficiency also have higher income inequality. Full Article
sse 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
sse 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
sse 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
sse 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
sse Helping the weakest students essential for society and the economy, says OECD By www.oecd.org Published On :: Fri, 05 Feb 2016 14:22:00 GMT Most countries have made little progress helping their weakest students improve their performance in reading, mathematics and science over the past decade. This means too many young people are still leaving school without the basic skills needed in today’s society and workplace, hurting their futures and long-term economic growth, according to a new OECD report. Full Article
sse PISA in Focus No. 66 - How does PISA assess science literacy? By dx.doi.org Published On :: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 13:37:00 GMT The most recent round of the assessment, PISA 2015, focused on 15-year-olds’ science literacy, defined as "the ability to engage with science-related issues, and with the ideas of science, as a reflective citizen". Full Article
sse Launch: OECD PISA financial literacy assessment of students By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 24 May 2017 10:30:00 GMT 24 May 2017: PISA 2015 Results (Volume IV): Students’ Financial Literacy explores students’ experience with and knowledge about money and provides an overall picture of 15-year-olds’ ability to apply their accumulated knowledge and skills to real-life situations involving financial issues and decisions. Full Article
sse Mother's Day special: 9 Bollywood actresses from Sridevi to Priyanka, who portrayed the most iconic on-screen mothers By Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 05:58:07 +0530 Whether it's off-screen or on-screen mothers don't have it easy. It's taken Bollywood a long time to get their idea of a mom right, so on this mother's day let's look at some of the actresses who gave 'mother' a whole new dimension. Full Article
sse Compact City Policies: A Comparative Assessment By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT This comprehensive review of compact city policies will provide food for thought for national, sub-national and municipal governments as they seek to address their economic and environmental challenges through the development and implementation of spatial strategies. Full Article
sse 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
sse Future Flood Losses in Major Coastal Cities By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 14:26:00 GMT Climate change combined with rapid population increases, economic growth and land subsidence could lead to a more than 9-fold increase in the global risk of floods in large port cities between now and 2050. Full Article
sse Launch of the new OECD Environmental Risk Assessment Toolkit By envriskassessmenttoolkit.oecd.org Published On :: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:32:00 GMT The OECD Environmental Risk Assessment Toolkit describes the work flow for environmental risk assessment and management of chemicals with links to available OECD material relevant for the different steps in risk assessment and management. This new version of the Toolkit is more interactive and has added functionalities. It will be populated with additional tools and case studies in the future. Full Article
sse Descriptions of existing models and tools used for exposure assessment: Results of OECD Survey By search.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:49:00 GMT This document includes a table which summarises descriptions of existing models and tools used for exposure assessment, as well as responses to a 2010 survey – conducted by the OECD Task Force on Exposure Assessment - upon which the table was based. The summary table and the responses are also available in the OECD Environmental Risk Assessment Toolkit (http://envriskassessmenttoolkit.oecd.org/). Full Article
sse Guidance Document for Exposure Assessment Based on Environmental Monitoring By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:21:00 GMT This document provides guidance for performing an exposure assessment based on environmental monitoring data.It covers topics such as environmental levels and distribution of contaminants, ways of using monitoring data in exposure assessments for differing purposes, the collection of data, quality of monitoring activities, as well as several examples of data compilation in member countries and their use in exposure assessment. Full Article
sse Guidance Document On Developing And Assessing Adverse Outcome Pathways By search.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 21 May 2013 11:16:00 GMT This guidance document intends to provide an insight into which pieces of information that are necessary to identify and document an adverse outcome pathway (AOP) and how to present them. The AOP concept has been developed as a means of providing transparent mechanistic justification and weight-of-evidence to reduce uncertainty in the predictions for complex toxicological endpoints. Full Article
sse Guidance for Assessment of the Efficacy of Baits Against Garden Ants By www.oecd.org Published On :: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 17:53:00 GMT This biocide document provides guidance on the conduct of laboratory and field tests aimed to assess the efficacy of anti-ants baits for indoor use. A bait contains one or more insecticidal active ingredients combined with food for garden ants. Full Article
sse Co-Operation on Risk Assessment: Prioritisation of Important Issues on Risk Assessment of Manufactured Nanomaterials - Final Report By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 18:07:00 GMT This document follows on from a report entitled Important Issues on Risk Assessment of Manufactured Nanomaterials [ENV/JM/MONO(2012)8]. This report identified a range of issues which the WPMN considered important in risk assessment and which should be addressed in the future. It summarised results of a survey which was circulated to delegations of the WPMN, methodologies used to analyze the survey, and the identified priorities. Full Article
sse Low-level presence of transgenic plants in seed and grain commodities: Environmental risk/safety Assessment, and availability and use of information By www.oecd.org Published On :: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 11:23:00 GMT This Biosafety document aims to serve as an aid to risk assessors and regulators; providing guidance on handling the aspects of an environmental safety assessment, accessing and using information in situations of low-level presence (LLP) of transgenic plants in seed and grain commodities. Full Article
sse OECD’s chemical hazard assessment programme to shift focus By www.oecd.org Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:50:00 GMT The OECD is to review its chemical hazard assessment programme with the aim of providing a more specialised service for member countries from 2015. Full Article