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OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
06.03.20-17.03.20
Paris Collaborative on Green Budgeting - Expert meeting
Paris GOV
Held remotely Held remotely with a slightly reduced agenda
07.03.20-14.03.20
Participation in the African Union Ministerial meetings (Specialised Technical Committee on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration) and to the High Level conference on the Promotion of Good Governance and Fight against Corruption
Accra, Ghana DEV Cancelled Have been cancelled following the decision by the AUC to postpone the meetings and related side-events.
08.03.20-13.03.20
Events in the framework of the fact-finding mission to Egypt related to the Production Transformation Policy Review has been postponed to a date TBC after consultation with the government and the project partners
Egypt DEV Postponed
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
08.03.20-14.03.20
Fact finding mission for phase II of the MDCR of El Salvador
El Salvador ENV Postponed The work will be postponed and the mission rescheduled to a time when travel is possible.
09.03.20-12.03.20
WP 11 Paris CTP Maintained Meetings related to the work addressing the tax challenges of the Digital Economy
09.03.20-13.03.20
Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees (ECG), the Participants to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits and the Participants to the Aircraft Sector Understanding (ASU)
TAD Cancelled
09.03.20-13.03.20
Fact-finding mission for the regional MDCR
Pristina, Kosovo1
DEV
Maintained Essential fact-finding mission to gather data, interview local stakeholders and conduct workshops and ensure the regional MDCR is delivered according to schedule.
10.03.20-15.03.20
London book fair. meetings with distribution partners, publishers, sales
London PAC Cancelled
11.03.20-13.03.20
Mission to Tirana, Albania
Tirana, Albania
GRS Postponed Postponed
1 This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244/99 and the Advisory Opinion of the
International Court of Justice on Kosovo’s declaration of independence
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
12.03.20 Development CO.OP Labs on “UNDP Human Development Report 2019”
Paris CC DCD Postponed Will reach out to UNDP speaker to propose postponement or virtual setting.
12.03.20 EMnet Business and Sustainability Working Group
Paris OECD DEV Held remotely We are looking to adapt the upcoming event from an in-person event at the OECD Conference Centre to a virtual event. We are in the process of adapting the agenda to this format and informing participants of the revised proposal and timings.
12.03.20 Workshop on VET Teachers
Paris SKC Held remotely Organize the meeting virtually, through written procedure for comments and scheduling bilateral conversations by phone or videoconference if necessary.
12.03.20 Sustainable Finance Event (launch of the final EU TEG report)
Brussels ENV Cancelled .
12.03.20-13.03.20
OECD-US Workshop on Collaborative Platforms for Advancing Engineering Biology Products and Processes, USA
California STI Postponed Rescheduled for 11-12 June
12.03.20-13.03.20
Council Paris CES Cancelled Alternative solutions to advance the agenda items are under consideration
12.03.20-13.03.20
Road Transport Group Spring 2020 Meeting
ITF Postponed Rescheduled for 29 June 2020.
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
12.03.20-13.03.20
Working Party of the Trade Committee
OECD TAD Maintained Maintained with participation of local delegates only and video conference for others wishing to join. Agenda content and timing modified to facilitate VC participation.
12.03.20-13.03.20
15th Group of National Experts on VET Meeting
Paris SKC Held remotely Organize the meeting virtually, through written procedure for comments and bilateral conversations by phone or videoconference where necessary.
12.03.20-13.03.20
1st Meeting of the Drafting Group on Honey Residue Anses Paris, France
Paris ENV Held remotely Will be replaced by a series of webinars
12.03.20-16.03.20
Participation in the 64th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 64) and organisation of a high-level Side Event on SIGI Regional Report on Latin America and Caribbean
New York, USA
DEV Cancelled Has been cancelled in light of the postponement of the CSW
13.03.20 Meeting with GIZ (German Corporation for International Cooperation)
Paris ELS Held remotely Participate in the meeting virtually via videoconference
13.03.20 Launch of report Getting Skills Right: Increasing adult learning participation
Paris ELS Held remotely Organize the meeting virtually, with a webinar. We will also release a Blog and a Policy Brief on the day of the release. We will look for opportunities to organize a meeting later in the year.
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
13.03.20 Film showing : “Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchain and the Future of the Internet”
Paris CC DAF Postponed Postponed to September 2020 during the Blockchain Forum
15.03.20 ECP Group meeting Lisbon SDD Cancelled Follow-up meetings planned
15.03.20-17.03.20
FAO-KSA Int’l Forum on Innovation for Agrifood
Riyadh, KSA TAD Cancelled This is a mission not an OECD event (participation no longer possible due to flight bans)
16.03.20 Visits / Seminars - Institute of Development Policy: University of Antwerp and Westminster University
Paris PAC Cancelled
16.03.20 Induction session for new Ambassadors
Paris CES Postponed This can be done once the situation normalises
16.03.20 Investment Treaty Conference
Paris CC DAF Cancelled DAF/INV organise annual Treaty Conference meetings. It will be held next year again
16.03.20 Informal meeting of DAC Delegates on Next Steps on Climate ++
Paris CC DCD Maintained Meeting is for Paris-based DAC delegates only
16.03.20 Nuclear Law Committee (NLC) and its related group meetings
NEA Postponed Postponed to November 2020
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
16.03.20 – 18.03.20
OECD/KPC/ADB Workshop on Competition Economics
Manila, the Philippines
DAF Postponed Postponed to October 2020
16.03.20-17.03.20
Mission to Politico AI Summit
Brussels PAC Cancelled
16.03.20-17.03.20
G20/OECD Task Force on Financial Consumer Protection and FinCoNet
Paris CC DAF Postponed Work will be progressed via the written process in accordance with agreed timelines. Bureau, Governing Council and working group meetings will be held by teleconference or video conference.
16.03.20-17.03.20
Launch of Global Deal Thematic Briefs prepared by ILO
Geneva ELS Postponed
16.03.20-17.03.20
Event on the changing nature of international development cooperation
London, Wilton Park
DEV Canceled The organizers are looking into organizing a webinar instead more information to come shortly
16.03.20-18.03.20
OECD-ADBI-IRDAI Roundtable on Insurance and Retirement Saving & Symposium on Reinsurance Risk and Opportunity
Hyderabad City, India
DAF Postponed As India has nulled all visas issued to Japanese nationals, the lifting of this restriction will be a condition to determine any alternative dates to reschedule.
16.03.20-18.03.20
Second G20 DWG Meeting
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
DEV Postponed to June
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
16.03.20-18.03.20
Global Forum APRG Meeting
Paris CTP Maintained
16.03.20-18.03.20
SRSS Workshop on Quality Assurance in Adult Learning in Portugal
Lisbon SKC Postponed
17.03.20 Engage stakeholder dialogue to further OECD-IIASA collaboration in line with the SG's initiative. For the climate mitigation work
Amsterdam ENV Cancelled
17.03.20 Visits / Seminars - La Finance Pour Tous
Paris – BB Auditorium
PAC Cancelled
17.03.20 OECD March on Gender event – Workshop on “Unleashing women’s entrepreneurial potential – The role of the digital finance revolution”
Paris CFE Cancelled Cancelled – may be replaced by social media campaign/blog post
17.03.20 Seminar on Creditworthiness Assessments (FCP Task
DAF Postponed Will be rescheduled to the next available opportunity.
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
Force and FinCoNet external event)
17.03.20 Launch of the report « Effets de la promotion de la pratique sportive et d’une activité physique régulière sur la santé et sur l’économie en France »
Paris ELS TBC
17.03.20 Madrid - Round table with the Government of Madrid as part of the World Happiness Fest
Madrid SDD Held remotely Presentation via Zoom instead
17.03.20 Public Consultation on Action 13
Paris CTP Postponed
18.03.20 Investment Committee Paris CC DAF Held remotely IC reduced to two short meetings virtually in webinar format. One focused on the PWB (closed session) and the other on the Brazil’s Codes adherence process. The meetings will be on Wednesday 18 from 1 to 2:30 pm (PWB/closed session) and from 3 to 4 pm for Brazil Code’s review. The Committee's next regular meeting is scheduled during the week of 12 October. The Chair has proposed an additional IC meeting, dedicated to IPRs, 22-23 June 2020.
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
17.03.20-18.03.20
Meeting of COPARMEX, Tamaulipas
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
PAC Cancelled
17.03.20-18.03.20
Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity
Paris, OECD Headquarters
STI Postponed Date and place to be decided by GFSEC co-Chairs
17.03.20-18.03.20
Working Party on Agricultural Policies and Markets (APM) – 79th session
OECD, Paris TAD Maintained Maintained with participation of local delegates only + video links. Agenda and timing adjusted to facilitate remote participation. Additional use of written procedure.
17.03.20-18.03.20
2nd G20 Agriculture Deputies Meeting
Riyadh, KSA TAD Postponed This mission will no longer take place as event postponed; awaiting further information re new date.
17.03.20-19.03.20
Saudi Water Forum
Riyadh, KSA ENV, TAD Postponed This mission will no longer take place as event postponed; awaiting further information on new date.
17.03.20-20.03.20
G20 Agriculture Ministerial
Riyadh, SA TAD Postponed This mission will not take place as event has been postponed; awaiting further information on new date.
17.03.20-19.03.20
APEC (FCBDM) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
SHPA (SGE) [complementing directorates input]
Postponed
17.03.20-19.03.20
Attend OECD Eurasia Week
Georgia ENV Postponed
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
17.03.20-19.03.20
OECD Eurasia Week - Economies in Motion: From Strategy to Action
Georgia GRS Postponed
17.03.20-19.03.20
Workshop on Non-radiological Public Health Aspects during Radiation Emergency Planning, Response and Recovery, organised jointly by the NEA, the German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), and the World Health Organization (WHO),
Munich, Germany
NEA Postponed
17.03.20-19.03.20
High-level event "The Western Balkans in Global Markets: New Opportunities for Trade and Investment for Bosnia and Herzegovina"
GRS Postponed
17.03.20-20.03.20
34th Meeting of the Working Group on the Harmonisation of Regulatory Oversight in Biosafety
ENV Postponed For decision items we will conduct a set of webinars. We will look to plan a face-to-face meeting when possible.
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
18.03.20 Visits / Seminars - CEA Study Abroad
Paris CC PAC Cancelled
18.03.20 2nd ITF Task Force on Transport Satellite Accounts
ITF Postponed
18.03.20 FTA Kick-off meeting (e-identity)
Paris CTP Held remotely Video conference
18.03.20-18.03.20
Attend the UNFCCC SCF meeting Bonn
Bonn, Germany
ENV UNFCCC has cancelled all face-to-face meetings through the end of April 2020
The UNFCCC Secretariat is looking for suitable alternative arrangements to meeting scheduled during March and April, such as virtual meetings, or postponement. We will be advised in due course.
18.03.20-18.03.20
Speak at the High-level conference on communicating the path to sustainability through natural capital accounting New Haven, CT
New Haven, CT, USA
ENV Held remotely
18.03.20-19.03.20
Joint WP6/10 Meeting Paris CTP Postponed
18.03.20-19.03.20
EU/EA Policy mission Frankfurt and Berlin
ECO Postponed
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
18.03.20-20.03.20
Speak at the High-level conference on communicating the path to sustainability through natural capital accounting
New Haven, CT
ENV Held remotely Looking to arrange to do this via video link.
19.03.20 Public Interest Committee of the International Public Sector Accounting Standard Board Meeting
Paris GOV
Held remotely
19.03.20 Visits / Seminars: BTS Management en Hotellerie Restauration
Paris CC PAC Cancelled
19.03.20 Ministerial Closing Conference – UK FCO Tunisia Project
Tunis, Tunisia
GOV Postponed Can be postponed in agreement with UK FCO
19.03.20 Presentation of Africa’s Development Dynamics report at meeting of member countries
Brussels DEV Postponed
19.03.20 26th Skills Strategy Advisory Group Meeting
Paris SKC Held remotely Organize the meeting virtually, through written procedure for comments and scheduling bilateral conversations by phone or videoconference if necessary
19.03.20-20.03.20
To speak in a Conference on "China's Rise: Challenges and Opportunities" jointly
Istanbul GRS Cancelled
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
organised by the Sabanci University and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
19.03.20-20.03.20
Mission to Data Innovation Summit
Stockholm PAC Cancelled
19.03.20-20.03.20
Mission to FutureFest 2020
London PAC Cancelled
19.03.20-20.03.20
Workshop on MNEs Frankfurt SDD Cancelled
19.03.20-20.03.20
Group on Commodity Markets – 12th session
OECD Paris TAD Cancelled
19.03.20-20.03.20
Seminar in project Culture and Creative Industries – Venice
Venice CFE Postponed Currently postponed until late May earliest (policy seminars required per grant agreement)
19.03.20-20.03.20
27th Global Forum on Public Debt management
Paris DAF Postponed Will be rescheduled to the next available opportunity (Possibly back-to-back with the annual meeting of the WPDM in November).
19.03.20-20.03.20
Attend meeting with Deputy Minister of MARDE to discuss the project on the reform of the Ecological Fund in Moldova under the EU4Environment.
Moldova ENV Postponed Will arrange a new date for the meeting and in the mean time keep the work moving forward via phone discussions.
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
19.03.20-20.03.20
7th ITF Transport Statistics Meeting
ITF Postponed
19.03.20-20.03.20
Launch of MDCR Viet Nam,
Hanoi, Viet Nam
DEV postponed Looking into other dates
19.03.20-20.03.20
Steel Committee Paris STI Held remotely 1) Virtual meeting on Thursday 19 March (1-3 pm) - for Members and Associates only, for limited agenda points (PWB and subsidy work) 2) Written procedure for declassification and comments for papers (which have been discussed in a previous meeting) and for comments on interim papers.
19.03.20-21.03.20
iLibrary promotion at G1 leaders summit
Naha, Japan PAC Cancelled
20.03.20 March on Gender event Paris HQ GRS Cancelled
20.03.20 Workshop on Macroeconomic measures of human capital – the challenge of accounting for quality
Paris, HQ ECO Postponed Exploring options to do workshop remotely
20.03.20 DEV Talk series with Stephen Holmes, Walter E. Meyer Professor of Law at NYU School of Law
Paris DEV Cancelled
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
20.03.20 Members of the Council with Costa Rica
Paris CES Cancelled Seeking a solution to provide the address by the Minister to Members in video form
20.03.20 OECD Careers Workshop for Israeli expats and students
Paris GOV Held remotely
20.03.20 Meeting with EU Delegate and Asian Delegates to the DEV Governing Board (TBC)
Paris DEV Mantained This is a working meeting with a restricted number of Paris-based participants, we will offer the possibility to join remotely.
21.03.20-22.03.20
China Development Forum
Beijing GRS Postponed postponed, new date tbc
22.03.20-23.03.20
Bilateral asymmetry meetings on international trade statistics
SDD Held remotely The meetings will now be organised virtually for partner countries via WebEx organised and coordinated by the Secretariat
23.03.20 Present at WTO dialogue on the Moratorium on e-commerce
Geneva TAD Postponed This mission will not take place as WTO has postponed the event. Awaiting information on possible new date.
23.03.20 Workshop on “Local Entrepreneurship Ecosystems & Emerging Industries - Cambridge
Cambridge CFE Postponed Need to identify a date which may enable delivery of the project.
23.03.20 WP10 Crypto Group Meeting
Paris CTP Postponed
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
23.03.20 ERC Bureau Paris GRS Maintained
23.03.20 TALIS 2018 Volume II launch
EDU Held remotely Alternative ways are being considered including online
23.03.20 ExCo (to focus on MCM preps: draft KIP)
Paris CES Cancelled
23.03.20-24.03.20
Task Force on Countering Illicit Trade (PGC sub-body)
Paris GOV Held remotely Working with Bureau on scenarios to scale down to essential items
23.03.20-24.03.20
MOBIN (MENA-OECD Business Integrity Network) meeting
Paris HQ GRS
Cancelled (Possibility to cancel) in consultation with the donor (Sida), other options to be considered
23.03.20-24.03.20
27th Meeting of the Working group on the Safety of Novel Foods and Feeds
ENV Postponed For decision items we will conduct a set of webinars. We will look to plan a face-to-face meeting when possible.
23.03.20-24.03.20
Transport Research Committee (TRC): 7th Session
Paris ITF Maintained Maintained with some participation of local delegates and video conference
23.03.20-24.03.20
Chatham House meeting on Energy Transition and meeting
London ENV Will look to hold remotely
We will do a series of teleconferences with the new EPOC Chair and postpone a visit to meet with the Chair and his staff to another moment.
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
with the new EPOC Chair London
23.03.20-24.03.20
Rome - scoping mission for a SRSS EU-funded project on the policy determinants of specific well-being outcomes
Rome SDD Held remotely Replaced by videoconference
23.03.20-26.03.20
Workshop on service delivery -
Ramallah GOV Postponed
23.03.20-27.03.20
Vietnam Sustainability Forum + bilateral meetings - OECD to organise a CEFIM session during this event.
Hanoi, Vietnam
ENV Postponed Looking to reschedule for 10 June 2020
23.03.20- 27.03.20
fact-finding mission as part of the first phase of the Multi-Dimensional Review of the Western Balkans
Bosnia and Herzegovina
DEV Postponed Looking into rescheduling
24.03.20 Meeting of the Working Party of Senior Public Integrity Officials (PGC sub-body)
Paris GOV Held remotely Working with Bureau on scenarios to scale down to essential items and to potentially postpone the meeting to April (TBC)
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
24.03.20 Roundtable on Anti-Corruption and Business Integrity
Paris DAF Cancelled
24.03.20 Meeting of the Auditors Alliance
Paris GOV Postponed
24.03.20 DEV Talk series with Alain Rouquié, President de la Maison de l'Amérique Latine
Paris DEV Maintained
24.03.20 Trust in business Network Meeting
Paris DAF Held remotely To be hosted as a virtual meeting at a TBC date.
24.03.20- 26.03.20
Working group on International Investment Statistic
Paris DAF Cancelled A Bureau meeting will be done on March 23 using videoconference. Some issues for March will be discussed in the next meeting of the group in October.
24.03.20-25.03.20
Steering Group of the IF Paris CTP Maintained
24.03.20-25.03.20
Present OECD work on adaptation. Meet with adaptation stakeholders from the EC.
Brussels ENV Cancelled This requires a visit when conditions allow. In the meantime, contacts can be maintained remotely with key individuals.
24.03.20-25.03.20
Mission to TICTeC 2020
Reykjavik PAC Cancelled
24.03.20-25.03.20
Steering Group of the Inclusive Framework
CTP Maintained
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
24.03.20-27.03.20
Boao Forum for Asia annual event
Boao GRS Postponed New date tbc
25.03.20 MENA Working Group on Integrity and Civil Service (Integrity Week)
Paris GOV
Held remotely
25.03.20 Integrity week side event: National Contact Points for Responsible Business Conduct
Paris CC DAF Cancelled
25.03.20 High-Level Seminar on Quality Infrastructure Investment
Paris CC DAF Postponed
25.03.20 Participate in inaugural meeting of the Ad Hoc Group on water economics set up by the EC to monitor a new joint OECD/EC project on water.
ENV Postponed This will require discussion with the EC, which we have not yet been able to do.
25.03.20 Ireland Peer Review Paris CC DCD Held Remotely Ireland has requested to hold this event virtually, Paris-based DAC delegates will participate in person.
25.03.20 Advisory Board of the MENA-OECD Initiative
GRS Postponed Organised in collaboration with GOV. Possible virtual organisation
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
on Governance and Competitiveness
25.03.20 Task Force 2020 Paris ITF Maintained Maintained with some participation of local delegates and video conference
25.03.20 Meeting with National Project Team for Northern Ireland Skills Strategy Projects
Paris SKC Held remotely Virtually via WebEx or Zoom
25.03.20-26.03.20
DCD panel on Illicit financial flows, oil commodity trading and development, OECD Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum
Paris DCD Cancelled
25.03.20-26.03.20
Dissemination of results of the Research Collaborative Norway pilot study
Oslo ENV Postponed This requires a visit when conditions allow.
25.03.20-26.03.20
Workshop on Genetically Engineered Micro-Organisms for Novel Foods and Feeds
ENV Postponed We will look to plan a meeting later in the year.
25.03.20-26.03.20
Integrity Week – Global Anti-Corruption Forum
Paris GOV Held remotely In close collaboration with DAF and EXD, looking into options to hold a fully virtual Forum.
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
25.03.20-26.03.20
Regional meeting on BEPS for Eurasian Countries
Sofia, Bulgaria
CTP Postponed
25.03.20-26.03.20
Presentation of the netFWD Education Policy Note at the Comparative International Education Society Conference 2020
Miami, USA DEV Cancelled We are checking the possibility to participate in one of the virtual meetings.
25.03.20-26.03.20
OECD Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum. DCD panel on Illicit financial flows, oil commodity trading and development
Paris DCD Held remotely Will hold proceedings virtually
26.03.20 High-Level Meeting of Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Paris CC DAF Postponed Dates TBC
26.03.20 or 03.04.20
Meeting of advisors on ongoing project on enterprise training strategies
Paris ELS Maintained Small meeting with 5 experts
26.03.20 Global Forum Steering Group
Paris CTP Maintained
26.03.20 Formal DAC meeting Paris CC DCD Maintained Meeting is for Paris-based DAC delegates only
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
26.03.20 International Regulatory Cooperation : Addressing Future Challenges in the UK
London GOV Postponed UK organisers have proposed 2-3 September as new indicative dates. A video launch will be organised.
26.03.20 NEA Briefing for Permanent Delegations (in preparation of the NEA Steering Committee meeting)
NEA Held remotely Teleconference
26.03.20-27.03.20
Malofiej 28th Infographics World Conference
Pamplona PAC Cancelled
26.03.20-27.03.20
International Transport Research Documentation (ITRD) Operational Committee 2020 Meeting
Paris ITF Maintained
26.03.20-27.03.20
Transport Management Board: 31st Session Paris
Paris ITF Maintained Maintained with some participation of local delegates and video conference
26.03.20-28.03.20
Deliver a public lecture at the Central Bank on Malta on the economic consequences of climate change and air pollution
Malta ENV Cancelled
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
23
March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
27.03.20 Visits / Seminars - Nicolas Copernicus University
Paris – Room D
PAC Cancelled
27.03.20 Steering Group Meeting of the Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Paris CC DAF Postponed
27.03.20 G20/W20 – Gender Round Table
DEV Maintained
27.03.20 Tentative session on Violence Against Women, as part of March on Gender
Paris ELS Postponed Planning for a virtual launch of the VaW conference proceedings
27.03.20 Meeting of International Organisations
London GOV Postponed UK organisers have proposed 2-3 September as new indicative dates.
27.03.20 G20: IWG (Infrastructure Working Grp) Meeting and side events
UAE SHPA (SGE) [complementing directorates input]
Side events Cancelled IWG meeting postponed with new dates TBC
28.03.20 Clean Energy Finance and Investment Review Mission - series of meetings with the government and
Jakarta ENV Postponed Will are urgently considering what we can do to minimise the impact on the programme. We have delayed a secondment from the Indonesian Government until the project is defined.
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
24
March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
relevant government institutions
28.03.20 Meeting of the chairs of Level 1 governing bodies to coordinate priorities for the OECD education work programme
Netherlands EDU Maintained
30.03.20
Series of meetings to advance the MDCR Ecuador.
Quito, Ecuador
DEV Maintained The government and the project partners have insisted we maintain the events to ensure we respect the project timeline. Workshops with some 40 people will take place in Quito and in other cities including Guayaquil, Cuenca and Manta.
30.03.20 Visits / Seminars - Karel de Grote Hogeschool
Paris CC PAC Cancelled
30.03.20 Members of the Council on SDGs
Paris CES Postponed Postponed until autumn
30.03.20 Council on SDGs Paris CES Postponed To be postponed until the autumn, however the regular update on the implementation of the SDG Action Plan (document) would still be submitted to Council for information in April
30.03.20 Experts’ meeting on SIGI 2022 methodology
DEV Postponed
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
25
March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
30.03.20 Regional Workshop on Public Communication for Open Government in SEA
Seoul, Korea GOV Postponed
30.03.20 OECD-Brazil workshop on enforcement of shareholder rights
Sao Paulo, Brazil
DAF Maintained Hosts will take over organization of workshop with more limited international participation. The OECD Secretariat, with missions cancelled, will participate electronically.
30.03.20 NEA Back-end Week NEA Postponed (A set of meetings (with many of the same participants) held during the week of 30 March)
30.03.20 London - Peer to peer discussion on wellbeing frameworks for Local UK Authorities. Organised by Carnegie UK Trust.
London SDD Held remotely Exploring options to join/present remotely
30.03.20 Meeting of the Expert Group on Risk Management Discussions, including Socio-economic analysis
Paris ENV Held remotely Will be replaced by a series of webinars
30.03.20 Experts Meeting on CLA+
Paris EDU Maintained Reduced format with a limited number of experts
30.03.20 PMR launch Brussels ECO Postponed
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
26
March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
30.03.20 SRSS Workshop on Active Labour Market Policies provision
Tallinn ELS Postponed Currently planned for 27 May (TBC)
30.03.20 -01.04.20
Working Party on Consumer Product Safety
Paris STI Held remotely Use ONE collaboration space to share documents and have discussion. Written procedure re Recommendation on CPS. Hold conference call (exploring options for videoconference) to discuss PWB and GRS. Hold bureau (+ perm del as needed) call to advance other key items, if needed.
30.03.20-01.04.20
IRTAD Meeting Paris ITF Maintained
30.03.20-31.03.20
Mission to UKSG 2020
Brighton PAC Cancelled
30.03.20-31.03.20
APEC workshop on services trade statistics
Bali SDD Postponed APEC organisers are looking at the possibility of organising an event later in the year
30.03.20-31.03.20
Working Party on Employment
Paris ELS Held remotely Currently planned for 3 April. Organize the meeting virtually by collecting comments on EMO chapters in writing, organizing two regional webinars to discuss main comments, future EMO topics and plans for Employment at a Glance.
30.03.20-31.03.20
Meeting of the PISA Governing Board
Netherlands EDU Maintained Offering delegates unable to attend to participate remotely
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
27
March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
30.03.20-31.03.20
G20 FWG (Framework Working Group)
Madrid ECO Held remotely Virtual meeting 2-3 hours on 31 March.
31.02.20-01.04.20
FTA Tax Admin workshop
Oslo CTP Cancelled
31.03.20 LinkEED conference Paris ELS Cancelled
31.03.20 External Relations Committee
Paris GRS Maintained
31.03.20 Task force on the Digital Economy
CTP Maintained Online
31.03.20 International Climate Protection: The contribution of Germany
ENV Held remotely (video link)
Discussions with Germany to arrange live video link if possible
31.03.20 BC Bureau EXD Maintained
31.03.20 Meeting of Network of National Focal Points for Policy Coherence (PGC informal sub-body)
Paris GOV Held remotely Working with Bureau on scenarios to scale down to essential items and hold the meeting virtually.
31.03.20 Joint GRS/STI workshop on regional integration
GRS/STI Held remotely Exploring options for videoconference
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
28
March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
of research in the Euro-Mediterranean region
31.03.20 Financing Climate Future Event Sweden
Sweden ENV Postponed or cancelled
If possible, this event will be held later in the year
31.03.20 Regulator Forum Paris NEA Held remotely Teleconference
31.03.20 - 01.04.20
The Committee on Radiological Protection and Public Health (CRPPH)
Paris NEA Postponed
31.03.20 Roundtable on Circular Economy Oslo
Olso CFE Held remotely To be replaced by 2 Webinars to be held the same day (31 March).
31.03.20 - 01.04.20
4th Working Party on Tourism Statistics (including joint session with Tourism Committee)
Paris CFE Cancelled This meeting could be cancelled. Registration as of 4 March 2020 is lower than usual (10 countries).
31.03.20 -02.04.20
Committee on Consumer Policy
Paris STI Held remotely Use ONE collaboration space to share documents and facilitate discussion. Written procedure of approval of Recommendation on CPS. Hold conference call (exploring options for videoconference) to discuss the PWB and GRS. Hold bureau (+ perm del as needed) call to advance other key items, if needed.
31.03.20– 02.04.20
Policy mission THA Bangkok ECO Postponed No further info. New date undecided.
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
29
March
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled, Postponed, Held
Remotely, Maintained (crucial)
Comments
31.03.20 -03.04.20
Environmental Performance Review Mission to Belgium
Brussels ENV Decision pending Discussions internally and with Brussels – likely this mission will be postponed or held using video technology and teleconferences.
31.03.20 -04.04.20
Mission to International Festival of Journalism
Perugia PAC Cancelled
31.03.20-01.04.20
OECD Global Forum on Environment and Climate Change Expert Group Seminar with Developing Countries
ENV Held remotely Will be held using remote web technology
Mid march 20
Structural mission CHN Beijing ECO Postponed No dates decided.
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
30
April
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled/ Postponed/
Held Remotely/ Maintained
(crucial)
Comments
01.04.20
Conference on health inequalities
Paris ELS Cancelled
01.04.20 Joint OECD-INSME Workshop on “High-Growth SMEs”
CFE Postponed Postponed to the Fall, back-to-back with the October WPSMEE meeting
01.04.20 CRSG Paris GOV Held remotely
Virtually
01.04.20 Executive Committee Paris CES Maintained Format under consideration
01.04.20 Presentation of the Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia China and India –
Brussels, Belgium
DEV Postponed
01.04.20 CSTP workshop on STI for Sustainable Futures
Paris STI Postponed New date TBC
01.04.20-02.04.20
Globalisation steering group Luxembourg
SDD Cancelled
01.04.20-02.04.20
SWACHE Workshop ENV Held remotely
Replaced with Webinars
01.04.20-02.04.20
Expert Group Meeting for the Coordinated Valuation Study
ENV Held remotely
Will replace with a series of webinars
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
31
April
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled/ Postponed/
Held Remotely/ Maintained
(crucial)
Comments
01.04.20-02.04.20
Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA) Rome, Italy
Rome, Italy SWAC Held remotely
Virtually on 2 April
01.04.20-02.04.20
105th Session of the Tourism Committee (TOU)
CFE Maintained Maintained for the time being. We will revisit the situation on 13 March. Registration as of 4 March 2020 is already lower than usual (8 countries). Countries and the EC have raised the issue of participation and potential cancellation.
01.04.20-02.04.20
Event to lunch the PTPR of DR – at the request of the government.
Santo Domingo
DEV Maintained We are considering and discussing with the government whether this can be postponed
01.04.20-02.04.20
Observatory of Public Sector Innovation National Contact Points (PGC informal sub-body)
Lisbon, Portugal
GOV Postponed Working with Portuguese organisers to find suitable dates in September. A short virtual meeting (TBC)) will be held on 2 April to discuss the most pressing issues.
01.04.20-02.04.20
Meeting for the organisation of the 2020 Global Forum on Nuclear Innovation
NEA Maintained Small gathering
01.04.20-03.04.20
Regulatory Policy Committee and Network of Economic Regulators
Paris GOV Held remotely
Working with Bureau on scenarios to scale down to essential items and hold the meeting virtually.
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
32
April
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled/ Postponed/
Held Remotely/ Maintained
(crucial)
Comments
01.04.20-03.04.20
2nd G20 Digital Economy Task Force meeting
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
STI/TAD/ELS/SDD TBC Workshop on 1 April postponed (new date TBC). Awaiting information on DETF. Mission currently not planned due to travel restrictions from France.
02.04.20 Visits / Seminars - High School of Thessaloniki
Paris CC PAC Cancelled
02.04.20 High-level Conference "Making the Digital Transformation work for the Western Balkans" - organised as integral part of the 3rd Digital Summit for the Western Balkans
GRS Postponed Postponed
02.04.20 CCXG ENV Held remotely
Will be held using remote web technology
02.04.20 Green Action Task Force Bureau Meeting
ENV Held remotely
Will be held using remote web technology
02.04.20 EVC Paris CES Maintained Format under consideration
02.04.20 DAC Reference Group on Development Effectiveness meeting
Paris DCD Maintained Meeting is for Paris-based DAC delegates only
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
33
April
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled/ Postponed/
Held Remotely/ Maintained
(crucial)
Comments
02.04.20
Budget Committee
Paris EXD Maintained
02.04.20 OECD publication launch of Corporate Governance Review of Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
DAF Postponed
New date TBC.
02.04.20 -03.04.20
Committee on Scientific and Technological Policy
Paris STI Held remotely
Use ONE collaboration space to share documents and facilitate discussion. Hold bureau (+ perm del as needed) call to advance key items (e.g. PWB). Exploring options for videoconference for key items.
02.04.20-03.04.20
Science-policy dialogue on Assumptions, Uncertainties and Surprises in climate science and modelling.
ENV Postponed This is a pressing issue, where the OECD may lose the chance to influence international thinking and financial sector practice. We will look to reschedule at the earliest opportunity.
02.04.20-03.04.20
WP1 Extended Bureau and WP6 Focus Group
Paris CTP Held Remotely
Video conference
02.04.20-03.04.20
International Organisation Consortium on measuring agriculture support
OECD Paris TAD Postponed At this stage, postponed until autumn; will review.
02.04.20-03.04.20
Workshop on digital trade Sevilla, Spain
SDD Held remotely
Participation by video
02.04.20-03.04.20
Working Party on SMEs & Entrepreneurship (WPSMEE)
CFE Held remotely
Virtual sessions will be limited to core strategic items on 2 or 3 April (tbc)
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
34
April
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled/ Postponed/
Held Remotely/ Maintained
(crucial)
Comments
03.04.20 Visit/ Seminar - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics
Paris DEV Mantained for now
03.04.20 Visits / Seminars - University College London, Glasgow University and Oxford
Paris – BB Auditorium
PAC Cancelled
03.04.20 Meeting on Greening SMEs in EaP region
ENV Postponed We will either postpone for later in the year or replace it with webinars.
03.04.20 Press event to mark the release of the occupation licensing and new set of indicators
Washington DC
ECO Postponed
Will be done through video or webcast.
04.04.20-10.04.20
Invitation to be in the panel discussion at a 3-hour satellite workshop organized by ECETOC to be held ahead of the DNT-5 Conference in Konstanz, in Germany, on Sunday, the 5th of April, 2020, then chair a session and attend the DNT-5 Conference (5-8 April) and finally organize the OECD DNT Expert Group meeting (8-9 April).
Germany/Italy
ENV Cancelled The work will move forward via webinars.
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
35
April
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled/ Postponed/
Held Remotely/ Maintained
(crucial)
Comments
06.04.20 Visits / Seminars - LSE Tax Law Society
Paris CC PAC Cancelled
06.04.20-07.04.20
Joint working Party on Agriculture and the Environment (JWPAE)
TAD, ENV Cancelled Due to meet again in Q4
06.04.20-07.04.20
Workshop on Innovative
Financing organised by the
NEA and the International
Framework for Nuclear
Energy Cooperation, to take
place on 6-7 April.
Warsaw, Poland
NEA Postponed Postponed
06.04.20-07.04.20
FTA CRS Data Workshop Paris CTP Cancelled
06.04.20-07.04.20 G20: 1st Tourism Working
Group Meeting
Al Ula, KSA SHPA (SGE) [complementing directorates input]
Maintained by KSA
06.04.20-09.04.20
Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains
Paris CC DAF Postponed Dates TBC
07.04.20 co-hosting event with PARIS21
Paris, BB DCD Maintained This meeting will be virtual only.
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
36
April
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled/ Postponed/
Held Remotely/ Maintained
(crucial)
Comments
07.04.20-08.04.20
Trade Committee – 177th Session
TAD TBC Decision to be confirmed with Bureau. Options include meeting with local delegates only, plus participation by video links with agenda and timing adjusted accordingly, or postponement to a date TBC.
07.04.20-08.04.20
G20 Regional Workshop on Institutional Sector Accounts
Rio de Janeiro
SDD Postponed
07.04.20-09.04.20
Final workshop Libya project (TF)
Tunisia GRS Postponed TBC Possible to postpone to early June
07.04.20-09.04.20
G20: 2nd Employment Working Group Meeting
Riyadh, KSA SHPA (SGE) [complementing directorates input]
Maintained by KSA
08.04.20 Competitiveness Outlook (CO 2021) - Assessment Launch Meeting
GRS Maintained
08.04.20-09.04.20
Participate in the OECD meeting of the Expert Group on Developmental Neurotoxicity Konstanz, Germany
Konstanz, Germany
ENV Cancelled The work will move forward via webinars.
08.04.20-09.04.20
Task Force on Tax Crimes Paris CTP Cancelled
09.04.20 Two OECD Workshops for the preparation of the MLG Review of Bulgaria
CFE Cancelled
09.04.20 WP3 ECO Postponed to a new date in May or June, to be confirmed
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
37
April
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled/ Postponed/
Held Remotely/ Maintained
(crucial)
Comments
09.04.20-10.04.20
Ocean Group Meeting STI Postponed New date TBC
09.04.20-19.04.20
APEC meetings: Tourism Ministers, SOM related meetings and SOM 2
Malaysia SHPA (SGE) [complementing directorates input]
Postponed
13.04.20-14.04.20
Attending the ECB stap meeting on statistical dissemination
Copenhagen
PAC Cancelled
14.04.20 Visits / Seminars - Adult Learning Institutions in Austria (Volkshochschulen)
Paris CC PAC Cancelled
14.04.20 Visits / Seminars – Tremplin Paris CC PAC Cancelled
14.04.20 – 16.04.20
OECD/KPC/ SAMR – bilateral workshop on Competition Law and Policy
Beijing Postponed Tentatively postponed to November 2020.
14.04.20-16.04.20
Joint Global Conference on Biodiversity Finance
ENV Postponed Major event in advance of CBD COP15 in October that will provide a unique perspective on finance for biodiversity. We have discussed with UNDP BIOFIN and agreed that it would be better to postpone the actual Conference. We will explore the possibility of a reduced virtual meeting during the original planned dates
14.04.20-18.04.20
Spring meetings Washington
ECO Remotely
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
38
April
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled/ Postponed/
Held Remotely/ Maintained
(crucial)
Comments
15.04.20 2019 ODA figures launch Paris DCD Maintained Meeting is for Paris-based DAC delegates only. Will also include a webinar for journalists.
15.04.20-16.04.20 (TBC)
FHTP Paris CTP Postponed
16.04.20 LEED Forum Workshop Barcelona CFE Postponed Currently being postponed to late June; OECD received a grant for this event so cancelling would have staffing consequences
16.04.20 Presentation of CAF flagship report on Latin America
DEV Maintained
16.04.20-17.04.20
Mission to BrightonSEO Conference
Brighton PAC Cancelled
16.04.20-17.04.20
WP1 Extended Bureau Paris CTP Maintained
16.04.20-17.04.20
Launch 2020 SME Finance Scoreboard Washington D.C.
Washington, D.C.
CFE Held remotely
This was planned at the margin of the IMF/WB Spring meeting, as a joint launch with SG and the US SBA Administrator. It could be replaced by a virtual launch/webinar.
16.04.20-17.04.20
Parliamentary Budget Offices and Independent Fiscal Institutions (PGC sub-body)
Dublin, Ireland
GOV Maintained Working with Irish organisers to assess the situation and explore options, including offering video conferencing options
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
39
April
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled/ Postponed/
Held Remotely/ Maintained
(crucial)
Comments
16.04.20-17.04.20
NEA Steering Committee Paris NEA Postponed Partially differed to the next SC, and partially for written procedure.
16.04.20-17.04.20
3rd FCbD & 2nd FMCBG Spring Meetings
Wash DC, USA
SHPA (SGE) [complementing directorates input]
Held Remotely
16.04.20-18.04.20
G20: 3rd Health Working Grp Meeting
Riyadh, KSA
SHPA (SGE) [complementing directorates input]
Maintained by KSA
17.04.20 Workshop on data portability (WG-DGP)
STI Postponed New date TBC
17.04.20 TIWB Governing Board Meeting
OECD/Washington
CTP Held remotely (TBC)
Videoconference
17.04.20 tbc
Council (preparatory meeting for the 21-22 April session)
Paris CES Cancelled Annotations to be issued as usual, questions and answers in a space to be provided on Council Extranet
19.04.20-20.04.20
G20: Health Ministerial
Riyadh, KSA
SHPA (SGE) [complementing directorates input]
Maintained by KSA
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
40
April
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled/ Postponed/
Held Remotely/ Maintained
(crucial)
Comments
20.04.20 23rd Meeting of the Working Party on Rural Policy (WPRUR)
Paris CFE Cancelled Virtual sessions will be held, where necessary, on a project by project basis
20.04.20 27th Meeting of the Working Party on Urban Policy (WPURB) Paris
Paris, France
CFE Cancelled Virtual sessions will be held, where necessary, on a project by project basis
20.04.20 ERC Bureau GRS Maintained
20.04.20-21.04.20
APEC: Ministers responsible for trade meeting
Malaysia SHPA (SGE) [complementing directorates input]
Postponed
20.04.20-21.04.20
Working Party on Measurement and Analysis of the Digital Economy (WP-MADE)
Paris STI Held remotely
Use ONE collaboration space to share documents and facilitate discussion. Hold bureau (+ perm del as needed) call to advance key items. Will explore options for videoconference for key items.
20.04.20-21.04.20
Working Party on Communication Infrastructures and Services Policy (WP-CISP)
Paris STI Held remotely
Use ONE collaboration space to share documents and facilitate discussion. Hold bureau (+ perm del as needed) call to advance key items (e.g. Broadband Recommendation). Will explore options for videoconference for key items.
20.04.20-23.04.20
Joint Meeting of WP1 and WP6
Paris CTP Maintained
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
41
April
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled/ Postponed/
Held Remotely/ Maintained
(crucial)
Comments
20.04.20-23.04.20
Results Community Workshop
Addis Ababa
DCD Held remotely
Will hold the proceedings virtually.
20.04.20-23.04.20
Steering Group of the Inclusive Framework
DCD Maintained
21.04.20 38th Meeting of the Working Party on Territorial Indicators (WPTI)
Paris CFE Cancelled
21.04.20 IE Spring Talent Forum EXD Cancelled
21.04.20 Helsinki - Launch of GVCs in Finland report
Helsinki SDD Postponed
21.04.20 EDPC and CERI GB EDU Maintained Condensed agenda and the possibility of remote attendance
21.04.20 Latvia housing review Riga ELS/ECO TBC Postponed or held remotely.
21.04.20-22.04.20
Advisory Task Force on the OECD Codes of Liberalisation (ATFC)
Paris DAF To be determined
21.04.20-22.04.20
Working Party on Data Governance and Privacy in the Digital Economy (WP-DGP)
Paris STI Held remotely
Use ONE collaboration space to share documents and facilitate discussion. Hold bureau (+ perm del as needed) call to advance key items (e.g. Recommendation on Children Online). Will explore options for videoconference for key items.
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
42
April
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled/ Postponed/
Held Remotely/ Maintained
(crucial)
Comments
21.04.20-22.04.20
Working Party on Security in the Digital Economy (WP-SDE)
Paris STI Held remotely
Use ONE collaboration space to share documents and facilitate discussion. Hold bureau (+ perm del as needed) call to advance key items. Will explore options for videoconference for key items.
21.04.20-22.04.20
OECD Forest Seed and Plant Scheme – Technical Working Group Meeting,
Germany TAD Postponed
21.04.20-22.04.20
Council Paris CES Maintained Format to be considered
21.04.20-22.04.20
42nd Meeting of the Regional Development Policy Committee (RDPC)
CFE Held remotely
Some virtual sessions will take place on 22 April
21.04.20-22.04.20
Country-Programme Morocco: first coordination committee
Rabat GRS Maintained Possible to postpone
22.04.20 International Capital Flows and Financial Policies Workshop
Paris CC DAF Postponed Joint workshop with IMF; Bank of England and Banque de France
22.04.20-23.04.20
Council Working Party on Shipbuilding (WP6)
Paris STI Hold remotely
Use ONE collaboration space to share documents and facilitate discussion. Hold videoconference for key items.
22.04.20-24.04.20
42nd Global Science Forum meeting
Belgium STI Held remotely
Will hold the meeting virtually.
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
43
April
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled/ Postponed/
Held Remotely/ Maintained
(crucial)
Comments
23.04.20 Business for Impact Summit Boulogne CC
DAF Postponed Probably postponed. Date TBC
23.04.20 Visits / Seminars - Colgate University
Paris CC PAC Cancelled
23.04.20 IMF Training Course on Policies for Competitiveness and Diversification in MENA – Kuwait
GRS Postponed Possible to postpone/cancel
23.04.20 Executive Committee Paris CES Maintained Format to be considered
23.04.20 Evaluation Committee Paris CES Maintained Maintain physical meeting with precautions
23.04.20 -24.04.20
Committee on Financial Markets
Paris DAF Maintained Reduced agenda
23.04.20 Public Governance Committee
Paris GOV Held remotely
Working with Bureau on scenarios to scale down to essential items and hold the meeting virtually. The Committee Symposium is postponed to Autumn 2020.
23.04.20-24.04.20
Committee on Digital Economy Policy (CDEP)
Paris STI Held remotely
Use ONE collaboration space to share documents and facilitate discussion. Hold bureau (+ perm del as needed) call to advance key items (e.g. PWB). Exploring options for videoconference for key items.
24.04.20
Conference of the Parties to the MLI
Paris CTP Postponed
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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April
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled/ Postponed/
Held Remotely/ Maintained
(crucial)
Comments
24.04.20 Release of Review of Costa Rica’s Statistical System
San José SDD Maintained Provisionally maintained as considered strategic.
26.04.20-27.04.20
Bilateral meetings in the framework of the SME report launch – Brazil
GRS Postponed Possibility to postpone to June mission with the SG
26.04.20-27.04.20
WP1 ECO Postponed to a new date in June to be confirmed
27.04.20 Informal ExCo - NEP grading proposals
EXD Postponed Strategic importance. Could be postponed.
27.04.20 International Launch of the Policy Evaluation Report with France Stratégie and Treasury Board Canada – Paris
GOV Postponed Can be postponed to June
27.04.20 1ST session of GB Meeting (Paris-based delegates)
DEV Maintained
27.04.20– 30.04.20
OECD Working Group on Bribery – On-site visit Phase 4 Evaluation of Iceland
Reykjavik DAF Postponed
27.04.20-28.04.20
OECD-DAC Govnet Horizon-Scanning Meeting on Governance for Development in the context
Paris DCD Postponed Meeting will be postponed
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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April
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled/ Postponed/
Held Remotely/ Maintained
(crucial)
Comments
of Autocratisation, Paris (exact location tbc)
27.04.20-28.04.20
CIIE/WPIA/GROWINPRO workshop: Value creation and distribution in the digital era
Paris STI Postponed New date TBC
27.04.20-28.04.20
Launch of the Brazil country Review on SME and Entrepreneurship policy
CFE Maintained Maintained for the time being. Will revisit the situation at the end of March. Planned launch with the SG and Brazil’s Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes.
27.04.20-28.04.20
Launch Revenue Statistics in LAC 2020 at the XXXII ECLAC Regional Fiscal Policy Seminar.
Santiago, Chile
DEV Maintained Currently discussing with ECLAC and CTP if it could be replaced with video-conference
27.04.20-29.04.20
Working Party on Biotechnology, Nanotechnology and Converging Technologies (WP-BNCT)
Paris STI Held remotely
Use ONE collaboration space to share documents and facilitate discussion. Hold bureau (+ perm del as needed) call to advance key items. Will explore options for videoconference for key items.
27.04.20-30.04.20
WP10 on EOI and Tax Compliance
Paris CTP Maintained
27.04.20-30.04.20
UNECE/Eurostat/OECD Working Group on National Accounts
Geneva SDD Cancelled
28.04.20 Global Forum on Agriculture, Rome, Italy TAD Postponed New date to be agreed with Italy and CoAg Bureau.
OECD Events for March - April 2020 by date (Cancelled, Postponed, Held remotely and Maintained (Crucial)) As of 12 March 2020
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April
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled/ Postponed/
Held Remotely/ Maintained
(crucial)
Comments
28.04.20 External Relations Committee
Paris GRS Maintained
28.04.20 Informal meeting of the Executive Committee on NEP
Paris CES/ HRM Maintained Format to be considered
28.04.20-29.04.20
DAC-CSO Meeting & Study Launch,
Paris DCD Postponed Meeting will be postponed
28.04.20-29.04.20
Steering Group of the IF Paris CTP Maintained
29.04.20-30.04.20
Committee for Agriculture – 174th session
OECD, Paris TAD Maintained Maintain with participation of local delegates only, plus video links. Agenda and timing to be adjusted to facilitate remote participation. Additional use of written procedure
29.04.20-30.04.20
Committee on Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE)
Paris STI Held remotely
Use ONE collaboration space to share documents and facilitate discussion. Hold bureau (+ perm del as needed) call to advance key items (e.g. PWB). Will explore options for videoconference for key items.
29.04.20-30.04.20
STEP and EPC 29-30 April (STEP); 12-13 May (EPC)
ECO to be decided later as they were planned for end April and mid-
May.
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April
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled/ Postponed/
Held Remotely/ Maintained
(crucial)
Comments
29.04.20-30-04.20
Ocean Economy seminar on national accounts
Paris STI Postponed New date TBC
30.04.20 formal DAC meeting Paris DCD Maintained Meeting is for Paris-based DAC delegates only
TBC End of April
STEP and EPC ECO Maintained to be decided later as they were planned for end April
TBC April EDRC Costa Rica ECO Maintained
TBC April Informal meeting on the PWB (tbc)
Paris DCD Maintained Meeting is for Paris-based DAC delegates only
March (exact date not decided)
Attend a meeting of the ECCWG
Brussels ENV Cancelled Will look for other ways to co-ordinate with donors on the forthcoming climate estimates in advance of COP26.
March (exact date not
Visit of the Anti-Corruption Center of CASS
GRS Postponed postponed, new date tbc
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April
Date Event Location Dir. Cancelled/ Postponed/
Held Remotely/ Maintained
(crucial)
Comments
decided yet)