OECD Declaration on a Resilient and Healthy Environment for All and other news

Ministers and high-level representatives from the OECD’s 38 member countries and the European Union, as well as Bulgaria, Croatia, Peru and Romania, committed in a formal OECD Declaration today to intensify their work on climate and the environment.

It includes doing more to curb biodiversity loss, address plastic pollution, align finance with environmental objectives and accelerate climate change action with a view to keeping the 1.5°C temperature rise limit within reach.

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Business at OECD (BIAC) contributed to the meeting of the OECD Environment Committee at Ministerial Level where they underlined the private sector’s strong commitment to addressing environmental challenges and to working closely with governments to spur major innovation, finance, investment, and open markets.

Members of the new OECD’s Youth Advisory Board, Youthwise, were invited to contribute to the OECD Environment Ministerial Meeting, the first one since 2016, to bring young people’s perspectives.

Two members of Youthwise 2022, Victoria Reeser, American environmental economist, addressed the plenary session alongside the Secretary-General and Erika Xananine Calvillo Ramirez, Mexican climate and indigenous rights activist, spoke at the climate justice breakout session. Manpreet Deol, a member of Youthwise 2021 was also invited by the US Chair to share her remarks in the breakout session on the green and digital transitions.

Discover the members of Youthwise on Instragram

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Congratulations to Youthwise 2021 member Yam Atir! Since her involvement with Youthwise last year, Yam was chosen as part of Forbes Israel’s 30 Under 30 Class of 2021 and as a Next Generation Women Leader by McKinsey & Company. Yam now works as a Policy Lead at Start-Up Nation Policy Institute (SNPI).

and (re)discover members of Youthwise 2021

How can cities be vibrant places that support their SMEs and entrepreneurs? What are the key take-aways from the COVID-19 pandemic for SME support? What does the future hold for SMEs in cities?

Join the conference in Trento, Italy, on 28-29 April 2022

Public consultations

Until 20 April – The OECD is seeking public comments on the Draft Model Rules for Domestic Legislation on Scope under Amount A of Pillar One, as part of the ongoing work of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS to implement the Two-Pillar Solution to address the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy,

25 April – Public consultation meeting on the Implementation Framework of the global minimum tax to discuss the input provided and consider the mechanisms to put in place in order to ensure that tax administrations and MNEs can implement and apply the GloBE Rules in a consistent and co-ordinated manner.

Until 29 April – Public consultation on a new global tax transparency framework to provide for the reporting and exchange of information with respect to crypto-assets, as well as proposed amendments to the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) for the automatic exchange of financial account information between countries.

Conferences, meetings and webinars

21 April: OECD Education and Skills webinar series – Why and how schools should nurture students’ creativity

21 April: New Approaches to Economic Challenges (NAEC)-New York University (NYU) Roundtable on Next Generation Analytical Approaches to Policy

22 April: OECD Education and Skills webinar series – Needle in the haystack: Finding real-world applications in mathematics textbooks

26 April: 5th OECD Roundtable on Cities and Regions for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

28-29 April: International Conference on SMEs and the Urban Fabric

2-6 May: 15th Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains

9 May: New Approaches to Economic Challenges (NAEC)-Open markets Institute (OMI) conference: Strategic Globalisation

15-17 June: OECD Local Development Forum: Better strategies for stronger communities

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Foreign aid from official donors rose to an all-time high of USD 179 billion in 2021, up 4.4% in real terms from 2020 as developed countries stepped up their help for developing countries grappling with the COVID-19 crisis, according to preliminary data collected by the OECD.

Official Development Assistance (ODA) provided by members of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) in 2021 included USD 6.3 billion spent on providing COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries, equivalent to 3.5 % of total ODA. Excluding ODA for donated COVID-19 vaccines, ODA was up 0.6 % in real terms from 2020.

How’s life in your country?

Interested in knowing how people’s well-being evolved before, during and beyond the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic?

Our just updated country notes look at material well-being, quality of life, community relations, sustainability, current situation and resources for future well-being as well as inequalities.

See whether life is getting better for people in your country

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A Better Future for Essential Workers

This conference explored changes that can improve the working lives of both formal and informal essential workers.

It brought together representatives from international organisations, governments, business and civil society, such as International Trade Union Confederation, Public Services International and WIEGO.

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