23/04/2024 -
***REMINDER/UPDATED ADVISORY TO MEDIA***
New: virtual technical briefing for media now scheduled
Updated: deadline for on-site media registration
New: official photo gallery information
Updated: photo opportunities, side event information
New: Virtual Media Kit now available
The 2024 Meeting of the OECD Council at Ministerial Level, chaired by Japan with Mexico and the Netherlands as Vice-Chairs, will take place on 2-3 May 2024.
The Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM) is the OECD’s highest-level forum, attended by ministers of finance, economy, foreign affairs, trade and other government departments from OECD Member and Partner countries, and by representatives of International Organisations.
The theme of this year’s MCM is “Co-Creating the Flow of Change: Leading Global Discussions with Objective and Reliable Approaches towards Sustainable and Inclusive Growth.” Governments are facing complex and interrelated issues ranging from climate change and digitalisation, to the economic and social impacts of population ageing, to challenges to the rule of law. These are shared challenges that are best tackled together.
Effective policy cooperation on the strong foundation of evidence-based best practice and multilateral dialogue is essential, and the 2024 OECD Ministerial Council Meeting is an opportunity to engage in high-level discussions among Members and non-Members on the issues critical to today’s international community.
The theme for the 2024 MCM on “Leading Global Discussions with Objective and Reliable Approaches towards Sustainable and Inclusive Growth” comprises three overarching pillars:
• A Diverse, Inclusive, and Likeminded OECD: Strengthening the Outreach of our Work.
• An Economic Order based on the Shared Values: Firmly Maintaining Free and Fair Trade and Enhancing Economic Resilience.
• Co-creating a Better Future: Addressing Emerging Challenges at Global Scale.
The 2024 MCM will further leverage the strengths of the OECD to support policymakers around the world to develop sound and well-coordinated policy responses to each of the structural shifts in front of us, grounded in our shared values of democracy, the protection of human rights, the rule of law and market-based economic principles. A renewed commitment to strong and effective multilateralism, with the OECD at the centre of global cooperation, will help promote global efforts to co-create better policies for better lives and a better future.
Selected sessions of the MCM and related events will be open to media on-site and virtually. A full calendar is provided below and will be updated regularly online. Additional media briefings may be announced on-site.
Media Registration Information
Please read carefully, as separate registrations are required for remote coverage of press conferences.
• OECD 2024 Ministerial Council Meeting
All journalists wishing to cover any part of the MCM on-site at the OECD, including the 2 May presentation of the latest OECD Economic Outlook, must register themselves for a Ministerial media badge. This includes media traveling with Ministerial delegations.
New: The deadline for registration to cover the Ministerial on-site is Thursday 25 April. Late registrations may not be processed.
Accredited journalists not travelling with Delegation motorcades will be required to present a valid press card and ID or passport at the OECD main entrance at 2, rue André-Pascal, as well as to pass through a metal detector and subject luggage and bags to X-ray control.
A single badge will grant access to the areas used for public events. You will not have access to the MCM restricted zone. Media photographers and camerapersons will only be authorised to access the MCM rooms for specific photo sessions accompanied by OECD staff.
Media workspace including internet access and power will be provided. All journalists who register for on-site coverage will receive a virtual media kit and be invited automatically to an online technical briefing to review logistical details.
Register to cover the 2024 OECD MCM and/or Economic Outlook launch on site
Bookmark this link to watch public sessions on line
• Remote coverage: OECD Economic Outlook
Journalists wishing to cover the 2 May launch of the OECD Economic Outlook remotely must register to participate in the interactive Zoom, even if they are already registered to cover the MCM on site.
Register to cover the Economic Outlook launch via interactive Zoom
• Remote coverage: Closing Press Conference of the 2024 OECD Ministerial Council Meeting
Journalists wishing to cover the MCM Closing Press Conference remotely must register to participate in the interactive Zoom, even if they are already registered to cover the MCM on-site.
Register to cover the Closing Press Conference via interactive Zoom
For further information or to request interviews, journalists are invited to contact the OECD Media Office (news.contact@OECD.org; tel: +33 1 45 24 97 00).
New: Photo Gallery Information
Throughout the MCM, photographs taken by the OECD Secretariat will be available online in the OECD Multimedia Gallery. The photos can be freely reproduced but must be credited to the OECD: © OECD, 2024.
Events open to media
30 April 2024
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Technical pre-briefing for media |
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OECD will invite journalists registered to cover the 2024 MCM to a virtual pre-briefing to review media availabilities and on-site facilities. This briefing will be conducted in English with French and Japanese translation. |
2 May 2024
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08.15 CEST |
Media workspace open |
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OECD will provide journalists with a workspace with internet and electrical access. Ministerial events livestreamed on OECD TV will also be available for viewing here. |
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09.00 - 09.45 CEST |
Economic Outlook |
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Prior to the opening of the MCM, the OECD will publish its latest Economic Outlook with analysis and projections for the world economy. OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann will present the Outlook with Chief Economist Clare Lombardelli. Media arrangements: |
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09.50 CEST |
Ministerial Dialogue |
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OECD Conference Centre Room 1 |
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Co-hosted by the OECD and by Japan as Chair of the 2024 OECD Ministerial Council Meeting, this Ministerial dialogue will reflect on the role of domestic policies and international cooperation in taking forward the outcomes of COP28, including tripling global renewable energy capacity and doubling energy efficiency by 2030 and transitioning away from fossil fuel system in a just, orderly and equitable manner. Ministers and senior government officials will discuss how better data and information sharing, evidence-based mutual learning, and inclusive multilateral dialogue through the Inclusive Forum on Carbon Mitigation Approaches (IFCMA) can support countries in optimising the global impact of their emissions reduction efforts. |
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10.55 CEST |
MCM Side Event: Towards Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy AI |
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New: Hosted by Japan as Chair of the 2024 OECD Ministerial Council Meeting, a side event before the Opening Ceremony will highlight the progress of the Hiroshima AI Process (HAIP) to date. |
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11.30 CEST |
Ministerial Council Meeting Opening Session |
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• Opening Remarks by OECD Secretary-General Cormann |
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12.00 CEST |
10th Anniversary of the OECD Southeast Asia Regional Programme |
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• Remarks by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (TBC) |
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Further sessions of the 2024 OECD Ministerial Council on 2 May including the Ministerial Reception, will be closed to media. Escorted photo opportunities for still and video photographers from all media outlets will be available as follows. Photographers must assemble for photo opportunities in the media workspace (CC4) as follows: |
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14.55 CEST |
Assembly for photo spray of Session 2: Free Trade & Investment |
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Any photo opportunities not listed are open only to official OECD and Ministerial delegation photographers, or to pool cameras by invitation. Any pool arrangements will be clearly announced and displayed in the media workspace. |
3 May 2024
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08.15 |
Media workspace open |
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Please note that the location of the media workspace will change on 3 May to the OECD Conference Centre Gallery on ground level. |
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All sessions of the 2024 OECD Ministerial Council on 3 May will be closed to media. Any photo opportunities not listed are open only to official OECD and Ministerial delegation photographers, or to pool cameras by invitation. Any pool arrangements will be clearly announced and displayed in the media workspace. |
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13.30 CEST |
New: Assembly for photo spray of Session 6.2: Data Free Flow with Trust, Data Governance and Security |
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14.45 CEST |
New: Assembly for photo spray of Closing Session |
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15.45 CEST |
Ministerial Council Meeting Closing Press Conference |
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• Remarks by OECD Secretary-General Cormann |
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