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Paris Floods: A Local Disaster, A Global Challenge

The Paris floods are another call to action for the international community. Preventing such shocks from happening and limiting the damage they cause should be a public policy priority.

Improving the Management of Major Risks in Morocco

Launch of the OECD review of the risk management policies in Morocco. The review provides an objective assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of Morocco's risk management policies by international experts.

5th Workshop on Strategic Crisis Management

This year’s workshop on strategic crisis management examined how countries develop crisis communication and sense-making capacities.

5th OECD High Level Risk Forum

The 5th OECD High Level Risk Forum (HLRF) brought together policy makers from 30 governments, practitioners from the private sector and experts from think tanks and academia to share good practices with the aim to improve the governance and management of complex risks.

The Changing Face of Strategic Crisis Management

Japan Spotlight Journal: Interview with OECD's Rolf Alter on disaster risk mitigation

Japan Spotlight interview with OECD's Rolf Alter on guidelines for global risk management. Source, “Economy, Culture & History Japan SPOTLIGHT Bimonthly” November/December 2015 edition p16-18 (published by Japan Economic Foundation).

When Disaster Strikes, Who Pays?

Governments find it hard to make financial plans for disasters, and that’s not just because disasters are unpredictable and outsized. It’s because post-disaster demands on governments are also unpredictable, driven by public and political pressure.

Human trafficking and corruption

Trafficking in persons is one of the most lucrative forms of organised crime and requires systematic corruption. To date, there is no international instrument that comprehensively focuses on the important link between corruption and trafficking in persons and that aims at addressing both. Addressing these two issues jointly is key to effectively curb human trafficking.

Fast and Furious: Managing critical risks in a hyper-connected world

Brochure outlining the work of the OECD in the management of critical risks. We help governments in implementing cutting edge approaches to the multiple challenges of risk.

4th Workshop on Strategic Crisis Management

The 4th OECD workshop on “Strategic Crisis Management” gathered crisis managers from governments, industries, international organisation and leading think tanks to discuss “how to anticipate crisis and their potential pathways”, in Geneva, Switzerland on 28-29 May 2015.