Posted By:  BenWarner Posted On:  Aug 15, 2008	Istanbul Forum Proceedings Available
Here's a great offer I had to pass along while the costs were still low: The proceedings from 2nd World Forum, Measuring and Fostering the Progress of Societies in Istanbul 2007 are ready to be distributed in October. This 550 page book contains 40 of the best papers that were presented at...... [view]

Posted By:  rustan108 Posted On:  Jul 26, 2008	OECD Civil Society and Ministerial Meeting in Seoul June 16-18,2008 Impressions
I am directing the blog I wrote in the Diplo Foundation IG (Internet Governance) Community blog. The OECD Civil Society Forum and Collective Process was within the framework of The Public Voice. The forum and Ministerial Meeting was held last June 16-18, 2008 in Seoul, South Korea. I wrote 3...... [view]

Posted By:  laurakenyon Posted On:  Jul 3, 2008	OECD in Slovenia
TIG's Communications Manager Nick shares some thoughts on the OECD workshop in Ljubljana, Slovenia this past week here .... [view]

Posted By:  DeepEndZen Posted On:  Jul 3, 2008	Thoughts about Ljubljana & the OECD
I've had some time now to digest my travels to Ljubljana, Slovenia; I was recently there for the OECD's International Workshop on Open & Inclusive Policy Making. TakingITGlobal conducted an e-consultation on Climate Change & Building Citizen Centred Policies & Services . I want to thank all...... [view]

Posted By:  emilyjk Posted On:  Jun 9, 2008	summer tip for students #1: make videos that make a difference
in North America and other parts of the world where school is letting out for several months of vacation, it's a time honored tradition for adults to wring their hands over the devil making even more work for the idle hands of young people. They might play games! Or look at things on the...... [view]

Posted By:  BenWarner Posted On:  May 20, 2008	Job Opening: OECD
Research position on subjective well-being: http://erecruit1.oecd.org/psc/ERECRUIT/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL Economist/Policy Analyst Reference: 2680 Grade A3 Please apply before midnight, Paris time, on: 25/05/2008 We are an equal opportunity employer and we encourage all...... [view]

Posted By:  cydnairobi Posted On:  May 12, 2008	Adaptation lessons from Week One of the OECD e-consultation
Note: This post relates to the OECD e-consultation on Youth and Climate Change, happening NOW! Everyone is welcome. To participate, visit http://groups.takingitglobal.org/oecd-climate and join in! Here is a summary of our first week's discussion, on the role of youth in Adaptation to climate...... [view]

Posted By:  BenWarner Posted On:  Apr 15, 2008	Measuring the Progress of Societies
The summary video of the OECD Global Project on "Measuring the Progress of Societies" is available at http://www.oecd.org/oecdworldforum This short movie (12 minutes) describes the OECD Global Project on "Measuring the Progress of Societies". It was made during the second OECD World Forum on...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Nov 6, 2007	"It's About Education, Education, Education..." : Can The Bahamas Import The Irish Miracle?
Irish prosperity has been described recently as a "miracle" and countries who have not experienced such prosperity inevitably ask: "Can we import the Irish miracle?" Answering that question is not an easy task, but let's start with a bit of history. In 1841 before the potato famine of...... [view]

Posted By:  Yaz Posted On:  Oct 3, 2007	@ OECD Conference
Aparently musicions are not getting paid much in the music business, thanks to the internet. Solution: pay a flat fee on your ISP provider. They 'think' the same thing will happen to TV. Agree y/n? (with both the flat fee and the same thing happening on TV?)... [view]

Posted By:  BenWarner Posted On:  Jul 26, 2007	Istanbul Declaration
At the OECD World Forum last month, delegates made a commitment to measure and foster the progress of societies "in all dimensions" in what is now being referred to as the Istanbul Declaration . Among the components discussed is the opportunity to create a Web 2.0/wiki model interative website...... [view]

E-Consultation on Citizen Centred Policies & Services/Climate Change!
Submitted By:   DeepEndZen Author Name:  TakingITGlobal Published:  2008-06-20	Description:   In 2008, TakingITGlobal conducted 2 e-consultations for the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD). Over 350 TIG members answered a series of thematic questions on public policy and climate change. This document is the report that was presented at the OECD International Workshop that was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia in late June 2008.   [view]