13-February-2020
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I am delighted to participate in the 6th edition of the Munich Cyber Security Conference, focusing on how to build a more secure and resilient digital society. What a topic! What a challenge!
12-February-2020
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I am delighted to open the 6th OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector, and to welcome leaders and experts from more than 50 countries and many different backgrounds. I am also pleased that we have more worker representatives participating at this year’s Forum than at any previous Forums. A rapidly changing environment for the garment and footwear industry
5-February-2020
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It is unacceptable that 21 of the 37 governments who adhere to the OECD Gender Recommendations list violence against women as one of the three most urgent gender equality issues in their countries.
4-February-2020
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Throughout the day, you have heard numerous examples from the Global Deal partners of how social dialogue can reconcile divergent interests by getting different actors together and negotiating innovative solutions.
4-February-2020
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Back in 2016, Prime Minister Löfven initiated the Global Deal and we co-founded this partnership, out of the pressing concerns that the economic benefits of global labour markets were not being broadly shared.
3-February-2020
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It is a great pleasure to be back in Brussels to present the 2020 Economic Survey of Belgium. I would like to thank Prime Minister Wilmès for hosting us today and for the support that Belgium has shown during the preparation of this Survey.
31-January-2020
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Thank you for joining us today for the launch of the OECD’s Capital Market Review of Italy 2020: Creating Growth Opportunities for Italian Companies and Savers. This is the first Review of this type that we produce for Italy and I would like to thank Minister Gualtieri for his support during its preparation.
29-January-2020
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Today, we are only ten years away from delivering on the SDGs, including the complete eradication of extreme poverty. This means lifting just under 10% of the world’s population – around 700 million people – out of extreme poverty over the next decade.
20-January-2020
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Thus, we must update and upgrade our efforts. In fact, we are now engaged in consultations with Members and Staff on how to consolidate and mainstream our work on the well-being agenda.
17-January-2020
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One of the OECD’s main objectives is to help our Members prepare for the future, to create conditions that promote the well-being of all our citizens; for those born locally, as well as for the 129 million immigrants who have become residents in OECD countries and who represent about 13% of our populations.