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The Center works on a daily basis with the US and Canadian government, business, and labor community. We also work closely with civil society and the media to provide trusted analysis, testimony, data and information related to the range of the OECD's policy work. The Washington Center also is a resource for OECD publications and subscriptions to OECD iLibrary.
Mission: For 50 years, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has been one of the world's largest and most reliable sources of comparable, independent statistics and economic and social data. The OECD promotes policies that seek to improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world and achieve "Better Policies for Better Lives."
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Choice Reviews
As the year winds down we're revisiting some of the most viewed #ACRLChoiceWebinars of 2020! From May:
Impacts & consequences of the coronavirus pandemic: OECD’s data, analysis, and recommendations
Watch now: http://ow.ly/OxIM50CNbfS
#Academic #Libraries #COVID19 OECD Washington Center
See Justin Trudeau and Antonio Guterrez UNSG, among other world leaders, celebrating 60 years of the OECD 🥳
Our #OECD60 anniversary is a time to look back - and to look forward.
World leaders & key stakeholders reflect on the OECD's history, and what we're doing today to support #BetterLives 📽️⤵️
Choice Reviews
Join the January 12th Choice-ACRL Webinar :
Impacts of COVID-19: How STI systems responded to the crisis, & the challenges that lie ahead. Learn about findings from the new OECD Science, Technology & Innovation Outlook 2021 followed by a conversation with OECD STI Director Andrew Wyckoff and RAND Corporation Senior Policy Researcher Marjory Blumenthal about the implications for research and innovation in the US.
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As people continue to live longer and often healthier lives, the need to work longer will also increase. This longevity concept thus presents an opportunity and responsibility for governments, employers, and people of all ages to reimagine what it means to earn and learn over a lifetime.
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Learn more about the OECD Young Associates Program below. Applications are now open until the end of the year.
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This week's newsletter:
🥳 60 Years of the OECD: A Week of Events
👩💼 Job Creation & Local Economic Development Webinar w/ Choice Reviews
🐟 Review of Fisheries 2020
🔧 Benefits of a Multigenerational Workforce Webinar w/ Forbes & AARP
Here ➡️ bit.ly/34hWmtn
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U.S. Mission to the OECD
The United States was among #OECD's first members and a signatory of its founding Convention 60 years ago. Today, there has never been a more critical time to keep supporting its mission and work with other members toward a peaceful and prosperous future for all #BetterLives #OECD60
#StatOfTheWeek
With 10 hospital beds 🏥 per every 1,000 inhabitants, #regions close to metropolitan areas have almost twice as many beds as remote regions.
Hospital bed rates per 1,000 people
Read more ➡️ oe.cd/il/3oY
OECD Education and Skills
🆕 Just released: A Policy Maker's Handbook for More Resilient Education Systems
Discover 3⃣ key #LessonsForEducation from COVID-19
Get the handbook 👉 https://oe.cd/3oP
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As people continue to live longer and often healthier lives, the need to work longer will also increase. Join us virtually on 12/16 for insightful discussions on what will be needed to help employers build, support and sustain multigenerational workforces. Sponsored by AARP. Register for free here: http://spr.ly/6187H3tXN
ICYMI, here is U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien's video message on the 60th Anniversary of the signing of the OECD Convention. #OECD60 ➡️ http://oecd.org/60-years
ICYMI, here is Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's 🇨🇦 video message to mark today's anniversary of the signing of the OECD Convention in 1960. ➡️ http://oecd.org/60-years #OECD60 #buildbackbetter
We're turning 6️⃣0️⃣ today! Just as we transformed in the last decade by acting on the lessons of the 2008 financial crisis, so the coronavirus reminds us that we can build our world back better only if we work closely together. #BuildBackBetter #OECD60
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development marks its 60th anniversary in the unique and uncertain times of the COVID-19 pandemic. We know we ...
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🔴 WATCH NOW | Commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the signing of the OECD Convention, co-hosted by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón.
Agenda & speakers ➡️ oe.cd/60years #OECD60
#COVID19 containment measures have pushed many people to work remotely, but the shift was not equal across places. On average, #cities have 13% higher share of jobs amenable to remote working than #rural areas.
More from the OECD Center for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities ➡️ oe.cd/3m6
U.S. Mission to the OECD
🎉🎉The United States is proud to participate to the celebration of the @OECD's 60th anniversary next week! On December 14, world leaders and key stakeholders will commemorate the signing of the OECD convention and several online events will be held. Find out more about the #OECD60 celebrations ➡oecd.org/60-yearsworld
During the next 30 years, the population in metropolitan areas with over 5 million inhabitants will grow more than three times as fast as in smaller ones.
Discover more in the 2020 edition of the OECD Regions and Cities at Glance ➡️ oe.cd/3m6
How prepared are #regions and #cities to face the current #COVID19 crisis?
Discover the 2020 edition of the OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance! ➡️ oe.cd/3m6
Choice Reviews
Register for the 12/15 Choice-ACRL Webinar:
Job Creation & Local Economic Development 2020: Rebuilding Better.
This webinar will focus on how to address the local #economic #development impacts of COVID-19. Featuring Karen Maguire, Head of Division: Local Employment, Skills and Social Innovation at OECD
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🎉 The OECD is turning 60 in a few days!
On 14 December, world leaders and key stakeholders will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the OECD Convention, marking the beginning of #OECD60 celebrations.
Find out more ➡️ http://oecd.org/60-years #BetterLives
Join our webinar 💻 on Dec. 15 to discuss what policies regions can consider to boost local job creation and promote more inclusive and sustainable economic growth in 2021 📈
Register here ➡ bit.ly/2JFXrnh
This week's newsletter:
🎉 60th Anniversary of the signing of the OECD Convention
💰 Pensions Outlook 2020
📈 ICYMI: #EconomicOutlook 2020
🎙️ How to Help Young People Navigate Pandemic Misinformation
Here ➡️ bit.ly/3goirLu
Subscribe 🇺🇸🇨🇦➡️ oe.cd/3e1
#StatOfTheWeek
One in three households in rural 🚜 areas does not have access to high-speed broadband, on average.
Percentage households with access to internet 💻 >30Mbit/s, 2019
More in the 🆕 OECD Regions and Cities at Glance 2020 ➡️ oe.cd/il/3nV
#COVID19 has had an unprecedented impact on local labor and economies. How do regions respond to the effects on jobs, digitalization and migration?
Join our webinar on 📅 Dec. 15 to discuss rebuilding better w/ skills expert Karen Maguire.
Register ➡️ bit.ly/2JFXrnh
OECD Education and Skills
👩🏫🧑🏫👨🏫 Teachers are innovative and full of ideas
💡 We want teachers to share these ideas to highlight the key role they're playing during #COVID
📽️ Teachers, upload your video here 👉 bit.ly/ShareYourInSights
In collaboration with UNESCO and International Task Force on Teachers
#GlobalTeachingInSights
Today is Finland's National Day 🇫🇮 Happy Independence Day Embassy of Finland in the U.S.!
Did you know that Finland joined the OECD in 1969, and that life satisfaction in Finland is above the OECD average? 🎉 Explore 'How's Life' in Finland ➡️ oe.cd/3m2
For early birds ⏰
How can governments tackle the impact of #COVID19 on old-age #pensions and retirement savings?
📽️ Join us on Mon, Dec 7 at 🕛 6am EST for the launch of the 2020 OECD Pensions Outlook ➡️ bit.ly/3fY5zM4
United States 🇺🇸
GDP projections 📊
2020 | -3.7%
2021 | 3.2%
2022 | 3.5%
Read the country note here ➡️ oecd.org/economy/united-states-economic-snapshot/
#EconomicOutlook
Canada 🇨🇦
GDP projections 📊
2020 | -5.4%
2021 | 3.5%
2022 | 2.0%
Read the country note here ➡️ oecd.org/economy/canada-economic-snapshot/
#EconomicOutlook
This week's newsletter:
📈 New OECD #EconomicOutlook
💻 Digital Economy Outlook 2020
🌆 Regions & Cities at Glance 2020
💡 New OECD Center for Well-being, Inclusion, Sustainability & Equal Opportunity (#WISE)
Here ➡️ bit.ly/3lwz3l7
Subscribe 🇺🇸🇨🇦➡️ oe.cd/3e1
OECD raises global economic outlook on promise of COVID-19 vaccine
Global economic growth should return to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2021, boosted in part by the promise of a vaccine, according to a report Tuesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Rosy Vaccine Outlook Brightens World Economic Forecast, But Recovery May Be Uneven
China is predicted to account for more than a third of global economic growth next year, while the U.S. and European countries will lag behind, according to the OECD.
Our 🆕 #EconomicOutlook is out! ➡️ oe.cd/EO-dec20
Join us at 12PM ET for a briefing w/ OECD economists Patrick Lenain & Ben Westmore on the outlook 📈 for the 🇺🇸 U.S. and other key economies, and possibilities of an economic recovery in 2021.
Register ➡️ bit.ly/2J1pFbZ
#StatOfTheWeek
Projected change in GDP.
After falling sharply by 4.2% this year, world #GDP is projected to rise by 4.2% in 2021.
New OECD #EconomicOutlook ➡️ oe.cd/EO-dec20
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🎥 ONLINE EVENT: Launch of the new OECD Interim #EconomicOutlook Join our Chief Economist Laurence Boone tomorrow as she unveils our latest analysis & projections for the world economy. 📆 16 September at 5:00am ET (or catch up on the recording!) ➡️ oe.cd/IEOlive
Watch the launch of the OECD U.S. Economic Survey 2020. Speakers include: OECD Secretary-General Ángel Gurría OECD Chief Economist Laurence Boone White House Council of Economic Advisors Acting Chairman Tyler Goodspeed Wall Street Journal Chief Economics Commendtator Greg Ip Read the report here > http://oe.cd/usa
See the new OECD #EconomicOutlook forecasts for: 🌎 Global GDP in 2020 💼 Unemployment 📉 Income loss, and 💵 Other critical economic areas Released TODAY ➡️ https://oe.cd/economicoutlookjun2020
🇺🇸 #SME policy responses to the #COVID19 crisis include: ✅ Wage subsidies ✅ Low-interest federal disaster loans ✅ Deferral of income and corporate tax See updated #SME policy responses ➡️ oe.cd/30R Watch video ⤵️ #SaveOurSMEs
#StatOfTheWeek Accessing digital learning % of students with access to a computer at home for school work Visit the OECD Coronavirus (#Covid19) Policy Hub to explore more data ➡️ oecd.org/coronavirus
Since late 2019, the #coronavirus has spread across the globe, affecting many countries and economies. See the latest OECD data - including 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇦 - policy recommendations + more on #COVID19 on our dedicated platform ➡️ oecd.org/coronavirus
Interested in getting practical experience at the nexus of policy and communications on key economic issues? Check out our Spring 2020 #internship (January-May) at the OECD Washington Center! All nationalities welcome: https://oe.cd/wash-intern
🌍🤝 The #OECD is at the heart of #InternationalCooperation. 📽️ Watch the first episode of our new #OECDExpertTalks series to get to know our people, starting with Deputy #Environment Director Anthony Cox ⤵️
OECD Chief Economist Laurence Boone says global growth is slowing as escalating trade conflicts are hitting business confidence and investment. Governments need to make use of low interest rates to renew investment in infrastructure. #EconomicOutlook
Curious to know how our experts work to shape better policies for #BetterLives? We sat down with colleagues across the organization to learn more about what matters most to them in their #job. Stay tuned for the launch of our “OECD Expert Talks” #series next Tuesday!
"It's time for action" says @OECD Secretary-General Ángel Gurría at his #OECDClimateTalk. "It's time reclaim our common future." 🌎 Watch the video ⤵️ & see the full speech here ➡️ oe.cd/climate-lectures
The fight against tax evasion and avoidance has been a major success story of the OECD and G20, leading to the implementation of global tax transparency standards and the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting package. For more information, visit http://www.oecd.org/tax/beps
How is the global economy doing? OECD Chief Economist Laurence Boone explains.
What is the OECD? It is about working together, creating better policies for better lives. Tell us what you think of our new video!
[email protected]_BizFin Director Greg Medcraft shares the 3 things he wants you to know about #Blockchain. See the @OECD Guide to Blockchain, here ➡️ http://oe.cd/blockchain #blockchaintechnology #blockchainnews #transformative #global
Interested in getting practical experience at the nexus of policy and communications on key economic issues? Check out internships at the OECD Washington Center! https://oe.cd/wash-intern
OECD Expert Briefing: Agricultural Policy in 2018 and Beyond
Cultural and financial barriers prevent women from reaching their full entrepreneurial potential. Nicola Hazell discusses how woman can help create the economy of the future. #GoingDigital
The OECD held its first conference on Artificial Intelligence in Paris last week. Take a look at how AI is already changing our lives!
Technology is changing the lives of people across the world, and the OECD is here to give policymakers the tools they need to help their economies and societies prosper in a digital world. Learn more at www.oecd.org/going-digital/
The OECD and the United States are partners for better lives. Find out why the OECD is such a great deal for Americans in this short video, and visit our website oe.cd/OECDUSA to find out more. #OECDUSA
The OECD and the United States are partners for better lives. Find out why the OECD is such a great deal for Americans in this short video, and visit our website oe.cd/OECDUSA to find out more. #OECDUSA
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