The OECD Washington Center is the representative of the OECD for the United States and Canada. The Washington Center is the OECD liaison to the United States and Canada.
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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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Happy National Foundation Day Japan Information & Culture Center, Embassy of Japan 🇯🇵🎉!
Fun fact: Japan joined the OECD in 1964 and is above the #OECD employment average of 68%, with 75% of people aged 15 to 64 in Japan having a paid job.
More here ➡️ oe.cd/3uV
As part of the OECD Future of Work campaign, we asked leading youth leaders to give their perspective on everthing from online learning, networking, and reskilling during COVID-19.
This week, Sofia from American University gave her thoughts on,
>Mental health
>Mentorship
>Online career services
Learn more about the campaign here > https://oe.cd/3uw
This week's newsletter:
👨🎓 Make Your Voice Heard: Youth Consultation Is Live
🏆 OECD Competition Open Day
📊 Monitoring Trends in the Global Insurance Market
🌎 Vaccine Equity and Global Resilience-Building
Here ➡️ bit.ly/3aNJD3V
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#StatoftheWeek
👩🎓 The COVID-19 crisis has undone 10 years of progress on jobs for young people.
OECD unemployment rate for 15-24-year-olds, January 2008-November 2020.
Take the survey: I Am the Future of Work ➡️ futureofwork.oecd.org/en/the-survey
As part of the OECD #futureofwork campaign, we will be hearing from leading #youth leaders from the U.S. and Canada
This week we'll hear from Sofia, American University on:
Mental health 🧠
Career planning 💼👜
Job opportunities 📈
Learn more ➡ oe.cd/3uw
Happy Waitangi Day! New Zealand Embassy - Washington, D.C.! 🇳🇿🎉
Fun fact: New Zealand joined the OECD in 1973 and scored an avg. of 506 in the #OECDPISA test, higher than the OECD avg. of 486.
More here ➡️ oe.cd/3u0
Live now!
Join us as we launch the OECD Youth Consultation and OECD Youth Wise: oe.cd/3uc
You've heard about what the #Futureofwork will be like. Why not have a say in shaping it? If you are aged 18-30, we want to hear from you and have your views represented in our advice to policy makers. Take our survey and consider joining our new youth policy panel, #OECDYouthWise 👉 https://oe.cd/3uk
Explore the OECD's Coronavirus (#COVID19) Policy Hub.
A platform for timely & comprehensive information for policymakers & citizens.
You will find:
📃 Policy Briefs
💵 Economic Outlook
🌎 Interactive Country Policy Tracker
📊 Real-time Data
More ➡️ oecd.org/coronavirus
This week's newsletter:
💼 Career Guidance for Adults in a Changing World of Work
📊 COVID-19 Country Policy Tracker
💰 Blended Finance and Impact Week
🖼 ICYMI: OECD / G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS
Here ➡️ bit.ly/3oH1GOi
Subscribe 🇺🇸🇨🇦➡️ oe.cd/3e1
#StatoftheWeek
🏠 People are spending more on housing.
Percentage point change in share of items in household budgets,
OECD average, 2005-15.
Find out more in our 🆕 #AffordableHousing policy brief ➡️ oe.cd/il/3rD
🚨🚨 This Friday! 🚨🚨
Join an action packed webinar as we discuss the #futureofwork with IBM and leading #youthleaders from 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇸.
Register now ➡ bit.ly/youthoecd
This week's newsletter:
🧠 Artificial Intelligence Conference
📚 Future of Schooling Webinar
🏠 The OECD Housing Project
🖥 Digital Delivery of Financial Education
Here ➡️ bit.ly/36eNtSk
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Happy #AustraliaDay Australia in the United States 🇦🇺🎉
Fun fact: Australia joined the OECD in 1971 and performs well in education and skills, with 81% of adults aged 25-64 completing upper secondary education, higher than the OECD average of 78%.
More here ➡️ oe.cd/3su
#StatOfTheWeek
🏘 Low-income households face a dual housing affordability and quality challenge.
Share of overcrowded households among low earners (bottom quintile)
%, 2019 or latest year.
More here ➡️ oe.cd/il/3rD
🚨🚨 February 5 🚨🚨
Join the OECD, IBM, and leading #youthleaders from around the U.S. and Canada to discuss the #futureofwork
Register now ➡ bit.ly/3ocz4Mt
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the labor market, with young people among those at greatest risk of joblessness and poverty. An acceleration of the digital transformation will make re-skilling and training challenging and complex, particularly to youths from disadvantaged areas. Now more than ever, yo...
We cannot wait to hear from leading #youth advocates on Feb 5! Join us as we discuss:
Jobs 🧑💻👩💻
Career paths 📈
Skills 💪
Register here ➡ bit.ly/youthoecd
🚨🚨 Webinar 🚨🚨
Join us on February 5 as we listen to leading youth leaders from the U.S. and Canada on how COVID-19 has impacted youth in:
Education 👩🏫👩🏫
Job opportunities 📈
Career paths 🧑💻👩💻
Register here ➡️ bit.ly/youthoecd
📆 Jan 12: 🆕 @OECD Science, Technology & Innovation (STI) Outlook 2021.
@OECDinnovation & @Choice_Reviews invite you to a discussion of how STI systems have responded to the #COVID19 crisis & the challenges that lie ahead.
Register ➡️ bit.ly/35endqF
#OECDSTIO
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.
Register today:
http://ow.ly/hspH50CM5Hy
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#STI #Science #Technology #Innovation #Webinar #OECD #COVID19
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Tune in 👇
🚨 About to start 🚨
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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.
🚨 ICYMI! 🚨
Learn more about the OECD Young Associates Program below. Applications are now open until the end of the year.
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🔴 WATCH NOW | Are you a current Bachelor’s student or a recent undergraduate with a passion for international co-operation? Learn more about the OECD Young Associates Programme, get an inside scoop on the recruitment process and hear directly from OECD Young Associates! ➡️ http://oe.cd/yap #OECDcareers
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
Subscribe 🇺🇸🇨🇦➡️ oe.cd/3e1
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
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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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