The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an important institution in the so-called 'industrialised' world. The OECD groups 30 member countries who share a commitment to democratic governance and a market economy. It is best known for its publications and its statistics. Its work covers economic and social issues from macroeconomics, to trade, education, development and science and innovation. Its studies and work have a great impact on traditional non-environmental departments in government or other actors and the media. Hence a continuing NGO prescence can ensure reflected concerns from a broader part of society than the traditional OECD community of Trade Unions and Business and Industry. ANPED is one of these NGO-contacts. ANPED is a member of
OECD Watch.
ANPED CURRENT ACTIVITIES RELATED TO OECD
OECD Sustainable Development Process has now been completed. As one of the follow-up activities Annual Meetings of Sustainable Development Experts (AMSDE) will be organised. ANPED is invited to take part as one of the experts.
Annual Meeting of Sustainable Development Experts, 13-14 September 2006, Paris:
Major points on the agenda: Exchange of views with Chairs of a range of OECD Committees on the Sustainable Development work in their specific area of work; 2006 Annual Report of Sustainable Development Work at the OECD; Recommendations to OECD; Outline for 2007 Report to UN-CSD on Climate Change and Energy; Reports on specific activities undertaken; The future of AMSDE.
Annual Meeting of Sustainable Development Experts, 4 October 2005, Paris:
Major points on the agenda: 2005 Annual Report of Sustainable Development Work at the OECD; Outline for 2006 Report on UNCSD Themes: Climate Change, Energy and Industry; Sustainable Development Measurement; Overcoming Obstacles to the Use of Economic Instruments; Emerging Issues in Sustainable Development.
Annual Meeting of Sustainable Development Experts, Paris 30th September 2004:
ANPED as an NGO-contact for the OECD, was invited for the stakeholders-meeting to discuss the draft program of Sustainable Development (Draft Program of Work and Budget 2005-2006; Horizontal Project on Follow up to SD). We limited our intervention to the general aspects (SD), while EEB went further on the specific topics mentioned in the draft program.
ANPED has acted as a focal point to the OECD revision negotiations of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.
- OECD Guidelines for Multinational enterprises
- Export Credit Agency Guidelines
PAST ANPED ACTIVITIES RELATED TO OECD
- OECD Environment Ministers held a Council Meeting from 19-20 April 2004 in Paris. The ministers did not have many great decisions on their list, so time could be spent on discussing, in a less formal setting, many environmental issues that are on the world’s agenda today. ANPED’s Executive Director was invited, together with a few more NGO representatives to participate in the two-day meeting. The meeting started with a formal Stakeholder Consultation, however stakeholders were invited to observe, and even intervene in the morning ministerial meetings that followed.
