Governing Board Meeting Friday 3 July 2009 OECD
Governing Board Meeting Friday 3 July 2009 OECD Development Centre 3 July 2009
2 Approval of the Draft Summary of the 13 May Meeting 3 Briefing by the Chair and Report by Director 4 Implementation Issues 5 Policy Tank Dialogue GOVERNING BOARD MEETING OECD Development Centre 2
1 Adoption of the Agenda 3 Briefing by the Chair and Report by Director 4 Implementation Issues 5 Policy Tank Dialogue GOVERNING BOARD MEETING OECD Development Centre 3
1 Adoption of the Agenda 2 Approval of the Draft Summary of the 13 May Meeting 4 Implementation Issues 5 Policy Tank Dialogue GOVERNING BOARD MEETING OECD Development Centre 4
Policy Impact: Stepping Stones May- July 2009 (a) Africa & Middle East Presentation of the 2009 African Economic Outlook at Sciences Po Presentation of the 2009 African Economic Outlook to the European Commission 22 May, Paris 25 May, Brussels DSG Padoan’s presentation to the Italian Presidency in Rome on the occasion of the 2009 Africa Day includes substantial references to the 2009 African Economic Outlook. High-level attendance, including the Italian President and the Minister of Economy; the President of IFAD; the Director General for Development of the European Commission. 28 May, Rome Presentation of 2009 African Economic Outlook at Casa Africa in Spain 28 May, Las Palmas Presentation of the African Economic Outlook at UNCTAD in cooperation with the African Union and the ITU 9 th annual International Forum on Africa at French Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Employment Presentation of the 2009 African Economic Outlook at the Italian Instituto Affari Internazionali 3 June, Geneva 5 June, Paris 11 June, Rome OECD Development Centre
Policy Impact: Stepping Stones May- July 2009 (b) Africa & Middle East Presentation of the 2009 African Economic Outlook to the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts of the UN Economic Commission for Africa Presentation of the 2009 African Economic Outlook at the United Nations, US State Department, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, US Capitol Hill, Institute for Policy Studies, World Bank, IMF 12 June, Rabat 16 -19 June, New York, Washington Presentation of the 2009 African Economic Outlook - Organised with UN Economic Commission for Africa 25 June, Addis Abeba Presentation of the 2009 African Economic Outlook – Organised with the Portuguese Embassy 27 June, Luanda Presentation of the 2009 African Economic Outlook to the Institut Catalunya Africa, Patronat Catalunya. Mon, Cambra de Comerço de Barcelona 30 June, Barcelona OECD Development Centre 6
Policy Impact: Stepping Stones May- July 2009 (c) Global Development Outlook & Latin America New industries from new places: the emergence of hardware and software industries in China and India – seminar co-organised with the International Finance Corporation 20 May, Paris Development Centre invited to present research on the future of the global currency reserve system and suggestion to extend the reach of the DSRs at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum: High-level attendance, including Arkady Dvorkovych, Special Aide to the Russian President; John Lipsky, Deputy Managing Director at the IMF; Roland Nash, Head of Research at Renaissance Capital; Gertrude Tumpel. Gugerell, Former Board Member at the ECB 6 June, St. Petersburg In. Went Aid Efficiency Meeting. Attended with DAC Chair E Deutscher, on “Aid Effectiveness” (15 – 16 June) 16 June, Berlin Development Centre invited to speak about the multilateral donor non-system to the Development Committee of the Deutscher Bundestag at a panel on UN Reform 17 June, Berlin Migration in Central America: Governance and Links to Labour Markets – Experts meeting and presentation of the Latin American Economic Outlook 2009 organised with the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) 25 June, San José de Costa Rica OECD Development Centre 7
Policy Impact: Stepping Stones May- July 2009 (d) Latin America & Caribbean Experts’ Meeting on Migration and Development in Latin America: Towards LEO 2010 18 May, Paris Latin America and the Global Economic Crisis: What Future Prospects? – Seminar coorganised with the Inter-American Development Bank and La Maison de l’Amerique latine 20 May, Paris Democracy and Fiscal Legitimacy in Latin America – seminar co-organised with Latinobarometro and La Maison de l’Amerique latine 29 May, Paris Development Centre invited by the new Spanish Secretary of State for Latin America for a closed-door, high-level brainstorming session on policies and priorities for the Spanish Government towards Latin America and the Caribbean, in light of the forthcoming Spanish Presidency of the EU and the next EU-LAC Summit 19 June, Madrid DEV Special Lecture Making Reform Happen in Brazil: A seminar led by Mr. Gilmar Ferreira Mendes, President of the Supreme Court of Brazil 18 May, Paris Partnerships (Dev. Com) Achieving the MDGs in Times of Crises and Change – Workshop by the Development Communications Network in cooperation with the UN Millennium Campaign and the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs 4 June, Warsaw Partnerships (Em. Net) Quarterly Meeting of the Emerging Markets Network: Asia and Protectionism OECD Development Centre 8 26 June, Paris
1 Adoption of the Agenda 2 Approval of the Draft Summary of the 30 March Meeting 3 Briefing by the Chair and Report by Director 4 Implementation Issues 5 Policy Tank Dialogue GOVERNING BOARD MEETING OECD Development Centre 9
4 Implementation Issues FIRST SEMESTER REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CENTRE’S 2009 -10 PROGRAMME OF WORK AND BUDGET OECD Development Centre 10
Key achievements: Some examples q Institutional level q Regional level q Global level OECD Development Centre
Institutional impact Providing policy recommendations to SWFs § October 2008: WP on Sovereign Development Funds: “Should SWFs allocate 10% of their portfolio to other emerging and developing economies over the next decade, this could generate inflows of USD 1 400 billion: a yearly amount higher than all OECD countries development aid put together. ” § December 2008: Em. Net meeting on SWF attended by Central Bank of Nigeria, Dubai International Capital, SCIC (Vietnam), Bank of Uganda, Ministry of Finance (Chile), Caisse des Dépôts (France), Reserve Bank of India, NBIM (Norway) “This is an excellent analysis, well documented. I share its views entirely. Congratulations on this coup de maître!” Jacques de Larosière Former Managing Director of the IMF § May 2009: Temasek Holdings, the Singapore state investment company pulls out of its investment in Bank of America and announces its strategy to cut planned investments in developed economies and invest more in emerging markets. OECD Development Centre
AEO in the Media: Milestones and firsts § Hits in major US, UK, French, German, Chinese, Italian, South African dailies § DEV-signed opinion letter in the International Herald Tribune § Over half of articles directly quote DEV economists § More even coverage across Europe than in 2008 § 50 % increase in TV and radio appearances compared to 2008 OECD Development Centre
Global impact African Economic Outloook 2009: A reference for world leaders § March 2009: AEO 2009 growth projections used in paper submitted to G-20 Sherpas by the Committee of African Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors ahead of the G-20 summit in April in London § June 2009: During Africa Day ceremony at the Italian Presidency in Rome, President of the African Union and Dean of African Ambassadors to Italy used AEO figures (rather than IMF figures) to illustrate their arguments § June 2009: Request by Italian G-8 Sherpa for briefing note on implications of ICT for development with recommendations on investment and regulations, for distribution to Ministers and Heads of States during the G-8 and for possible inclusion in the G-8 declaration § June 209: At the AEO launch in Addis Abeba, the head of the ICT division of the African Union requested inputs and data to be used at the next African Union Heads of State Meeting, the focus of which will be on ICT OECD Development Centre
Regional impact Increasing African ownership for the AEO through the Af. DB § § § Over 20 presentations since the launch of the African Economic Outlook 2009 at international conferences and seminars all over the world: Berlin, Brussels, Dakar, Abuja, Addis Abeba, Yaoundé, Madrid, Frankfurt, Geneva, Kigali, Las Palmas, Lisbon, Luanda, New York, Paris, Pretoria, Rabat, Rome, Washington D. C. Increasing visibility and demand in African countries Increasing leadership and ownership by the African Development Bank in the dissemination process Af. DB-led events (planned and occurred) DEV-led events OECD Development Centre
Regional impact African. Economic. Outlook. org A new one-stop web platform for monitoring Africa’s economic performance § Puts rigorous and independent data on performance of African economies at fingertips of African citizens, for FREE § Tailored to browsers in Africa: accessible through low bandwidth connections (created with Open Source, uses HTML codes, no flash animations); Content available for easy downloading and printing in PDF and Excel files § The only place where African countries are examined through a common analytical framework, allowing you to compare economic prospects at the regional, sub-regional and country levels Top visitors (May - June 2009) Visits / Month - Jan. May 2009 DEV Wikigender African. Economic. Outlook Gender. Index 2079 15. 2 11. 9 Europe (43%) 2 Africa (32%) 3 Americas (16%) 4 Asia (8%) 5 Oceania (1%) 6. 9 OECD Development Centre co oc da M or al na Ca ne g sia 3. 0 2. 5 Se 4. 5 Tu ni % of visits 16. 0 14. 0 12. 0 10. 0 8. 0 6. 0 4. 0 2. 0 0. 0 Fr an Un ce ite d Un St at ite es d Ki ng do So m ut h Af ric Ge a rm an y Be lgi um Apr-09 Mar-09 Apr-09 20133 19971 Mar-09 Feb-09 Jan-09 20963 18366 13416 12681 Apr-09 15336 10741 15976 Jan-09 4259 163 Mar-09 117 99 7819 12162 3221 135 1
Regional impact Launch of AEO. ORG: Furthering governance in Africa http: //www. youtube. com/v/h. LQ 8 MXW_Iv. M&hl=en&fs=1& OECD Development Centre
Regional impact Building bridges: 9 th International Economic Forum on Africa § The only meeting hosted by the OECD that is free and open to the public § More than 600 participants have a rare opportunity to exchange with high-level business and government representatives. § Panelists included: – – – Soulé Mana Lawani, Minister of Economy and Finance, Benin Samuel Poghisio, Minister of Information and Communications, Kenya Abdourahim Agne, Minister of Information and Telecommunication, Senegal Marc Rennard, Executive Vice President for Africa, ME and Asia, France Telecom Gordon G. Graylish, Deputy General Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa, INTEL OECD Development Centre
Regional impact Building bridges: 9 th International Economic Forum on Africa “It was a stimulating event. I liked the format and the ability of the audience to interact. ” - Gordon G. Graylish, Deputy General Manager for EMEA, INTEL Corporation “The interactivity between the speakers and the audience has been a positive surprise, with a lot of constructive ideas. ” - Vincenzo Nesci, President, Africa & Middle East, Alcatel Lucent “ My congratulations on the International Economic Forum on Africa, a very efficient, high profile and professional forum which focused on some of the most important issues which Africa currently faces. ” - Chris Derksen, Head of Africa Private Equity, Investec Asset Management (South Africa) “Unilever is serious about its commitment to Africa, and the conference was an excellent forum to exchange views with key stakeholders. ” - Harish Manwani, President for Asia, Africa, Central & Eastern Europe, Unilever OECD Development Centre
Is Informal Normal? Web Impact - April 2009 Wednesday 8 Column 1 April Thursday 9 April Mean Wednesdays Mean Thursdays Visits 998 (+38%) 1189 (+67%) 722 711 Visitors 886 (+36%) 1077 (+66%) 651 646 Page views 3862 (+64%) 3248 (+44%) 2346 2242 OECD Development Centre
Is Informal Normal? Media Impact - April 2009 • BBC News (UK): “Job insecurity ‘is increasing’” • The Economic Times: “Half of global labour force works with no contract: OECD” • The Times (UK): “Informal economy a force in its own right” • Libération (France): “L’économie souterraine en passe de devenir la norme” • Courrier International (France): “L’economie informelle amortit les effets de la récession” • Les Échos (France): “Les deux-tiers de la population active mondiale travaillera au noir en 2020, selon l’OCDE” • Los Angeles Times (USA): “OECD study says informal employment at record levels, urges help for under-the-table employers” OECD Development Centre
• La Jornada (Mexico): “OCDE: mil 800 millones de personas en el mundo laboran sin contrato” • Le Devoir (Canada): “La moitié de la population active mondiale travaille au noir” • Médiapart (France): “Avec la crise, le tavail informel se normalise” • La Tribuna (Honduras): “Empleo informal llega a 58. 2% en Honduras” • El País (Spain): “EL 60% de los trabajadores del mundo carece de contrato” • Il Sole 24 Ore (Italy): “Allarme dell’Osce: lavoro nero in aumento” • Deutsche Welle (Germany): “ Fast zwei Milliarden ohne soziale Absicherung” • Financial Times (Germany): “Jeder Zweite arbeitet weltweit ohne Festvertrag” • Diário do Nordeste (Brazil): “ 1, 8 bi trabalha sem contrato” OECD Development Centre
Global impact An Development ability to influence global policies Finance anddevelopment the G-20 Summit § February 2008: The Centre finds the claim that China is “free riding” on Western debt relief efforts to be unfounded and suggests a more flexible debt sustainability framework. § March 2009: The Centre argues that the crisis will affect developing countries through unexpected channels and suggests strengthening South-South linkages. § April 2009: The London G 20 Summit Communiqué states that participants had “agreed to review the flexibility of the Debt Sustainability Framework”. OECD Development Centre
Output funding needs to date 0% 20% for 2009 -2010 40% 60% 80% 100% Global Development Outlook Output Results Africa & Middle East Desk Core allocation 09 Estimated core allocation 10 VC in Hand Latin America & Caribbean Desk VC with written pledge shortfall Asia & Pacific Desk Networks OECD Development Centre
1 Adoption of the Agenda 2 Approval of the Draft Summary of the 30 March Meeting 3 Briefing by the Chair and Report by Director 4 Implementation Issues GOVERNING BOARD MEETING OECD Development Centre 25
5 Policy Tank Dialogue RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGES RAISED BY THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS Presentation by Mr. Juan Montás, Minister of Economic Affairs, Planning and Development, Dominican Republic. OECD Development Centre 26
5 Policy Tank Dialogue RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGES RAISED BY THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS Presentation by Dr. Rama Sithanen, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Mauritius. OECD Development Centre 27
Schedule for future Governing Board meetings • Monday 5 October (pm) • Monday 2 November (pm) • Monday 14 December (pm) GOVERNING BOARD MEETING OECD Development Centre 28
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