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OECD: Public-private agreements have been highly effective at tackling agricultural emissions in the Netherlands
Recently the OECD published a study assessing whether existing policies in the Netherlands create synergies or trade-offs...
Press Release, 8 June 2017 - LAUNCH NETWORK FOR OPEN ECONOMIES AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETIES
A group of countries announced the formation of a new Network for Open Economies and Inclusive Societies. The announcement was...
UN Security Council Membership 2018
Last year we were very grateful for the broad support for the Split Term of Italy (2017) and the Netherlands (2018) in the UN...
BLOG - Commentary: The untapped potential of energy efficiency
Noé van Hulst Ambassador of The Netherlands at the OECD and Chairman of the IEA Governing Board What is the world’s single most...
BLOG - Smartphones are child’s play, but what about the child labour?
Roel Nieuwenkamp, Chair of the OECD Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct Digital technology depends on energy, and...
Successful kick-off of the Roundtable on Financing Water
On April 12-13 the first Round Table on Financing Water was held at OECD's Headquarters.
Dinner on Responsible Business Conduct and Labour Related issues
On the 10th of April, the Permanent Representation (PR) of the Netherlands to the OECD, hosted a dinner on Responsible Business...
Workshop on international cooperation in STI (Science, Technology and Innovation)
On 22 March 2017 the OECD held a scoping workshop on international cooperation in STI (Science, Technology and Innovation), ...
BLOG - Addressing the imbalance between investment protection and people protection: Making globalisation work for all
Roel Nieuwenkamp, Chair of the OECD Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct (@nieuwenkamp_csr)
UNESCO PERSIST: How long will our digital heritage remain accessible?
We can still read the clay tablets that were made 2000 years ago with our eyes. But the words we wrote in WordPerfect not so ...