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Finlande 2004: L’édition 2004 de l'Étude économique consacrée à la Finlande examine les développements récents, la politique et les perspectives économiques de ce pays. Elle comporte des chapitres consacrés à l'efficacité des dépenses publiques, au vieillissement de la population, à la réforme des retraites, aux finances publiques à long terme et aux politiques pour stimuler le potentiel de croissance.

The OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2004 provides a comprehensive review of important trends and developments in science and innovation in OECD countries. Touching on themes central to ongoing policy development, the book examines the role of public/private partnerships in stimulating innovation, efforts to promote innovation in the service sector, global challenges to the supply of human resources for science and technology, and the contributions of multinational enterprises to productivity growth and innovation. A statistical annex provides up-to-date figures on R&D funding, patents, researchers and other indicators of innovative performance.

This publication, a supplement to the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency's twice-yearly Nuclear Law Bulletin, contains the full text of Iceland's Act on Radiation Protection of 8 April 2002 in an unofficial English translation provided by the Icelandic authorities.  It contains provisions relating to the Icelandic Radiation Institute; permits for import, production, ownership, sale and delivery of radioactive materials; assessment of the benefits and risks of using radiation; use of radioactive substances and radiological equipment; radiation protection in the workplace; medical irradiation; inspection of radiological equipment and radioactive substances; and installation, modifications and maintenance of radiological equipment.

This report opens with an overview of bilateral agreements and other forms of labour recruitment of foreigners in several OECD countries (Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States) as well as in the Philippines and Romania.  It then has a series of chapters describing the management and implementation of these practices and analysing the impact of these agreements on labour markets, economic development and migration policies of both sending and receiving countries.  It also examines the prospects for this type of migration. The Annex lists the principal agreements signed by OECD countries, by type of recruitment scheme (e.g. seasonal, contract workers, trainees and guest workers).

Hydrogen and fuel cells are vital technologies to ensure a secure and CO2-free energy future. This book draws primarily upon information contributed by IEA governments. In virtually all the IEA countries, important R&D and policy efforts on hydrogen and fuel cells are in place and expanding. Some are fully-integrated, government-funded programs, some are a key element in an overall strategy spread among multiple public and private efforts. The large amount of information provided in this publication reflects the vast array of technologies and logistics required to build the “hydrogen economy”.

Cette Table ronde de la CEMT comporte quatre documents montrant comment l’efficacité de la politique des transports a pâti du hiatus entre les politiques des transports et l’aménagement du territoire. Ces documents examinent les moyens de pallier le manque de coordination entre les politiques des transports et les politiques spatiales, et avancent des idées sur les possibilités offertes par les incitations fiscales pour éviter la défaillance de la coordination entre juridictions.

This book presents a 'toolbox' of instruments for entrepreneurship development in what often appear to be the most hostile environments for economic development in our cities, showing how entrepreneurship can indeed prosper given the right stimulus.  It is based on the proceedings of the conference on Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Distressed Urban Areas held 7-8 October 2003 in Rome, and organised by the OECD LEED Programme, in collaboration with the EU, the municipality of Rome, and Risorse per Roma.

The report links the results from the OECD PISA 2000 survey to qualitative evidence on important public policy measures in six countries that performed well in PISA. These measures included strategies for educational reform and innovation; issues of governance and resource allocation; national approaches to standard-setting, assessment and system monitoring; the organisation of support systems; the professional development of teachers; and approaches to addressing socio-economic differences in students’ backgrounds. Countries covered: Canada, England, Finland, France, the Netherlands and Sweden.

This ECMT Round Table contains four papers that show how a disconnect between transport policy planning and spatial policy planning and measures have curtailed the effectiveness of transport policy. The papers discuss ways to overcome the lack of coordination between transport and spatial policies and formulate proposals on how fiscal incentives can help to avoid the failure of interjurisdictional co-ordination.

Dans l’édition 2004 de sa publication biennale Perspectives de la science, de la technologie et de l’industrie, l’OCDE propose un examen très complet des principales évolutions intervenues dans les politiques de la science, de la technologie et de l’innovation, de ses pays membres et en recensent les éléments moteurs. Cette édition approfondit des thèmes qui sont au cœur des préoccupations des gouvernements, notamment l’importance des partenariats public-privé pour stimuler l’innovation, les efforts visant à encourager l’innovation dans le tertiaire, les grands enjeux mondiaux liés à l’offre de ressources humaines en science et technologie et la contribution des entreprises multinationales à la croissance de la productivité et à l’innovation. Une annexe statistique présente des données actualisées sur le financement de la R-D, les brevets et d’autres indicateurs des performances en matière d’innovation.

This joint publication of the OECD and the European Commission gives policy makers practical tools to tackle weaknesses in many countries' career guidance systems including limited access, particularly for adults; failure to develop career management skills; inappropriate training; and poor service coordination. In simple, non-technical language, this publication addresses a broad range of policy issues that that are central to the effective delivery of career guidance services. These include: how to widen access to career guidance; ways of improving the quality of career information; ensuring that staff qualifications meet policy objectives; and improving strategic leadership.

Cet ouvrage, publié conjointement par l’OCDE et la Commission européenne, donne aux décideurs publics des outils pratiques pour s’attaquer aux insuffisances de nombreux systèmes nationaux d’orientation professionnelle. Ces services sont notamment d’un accès limité, surtout pour les adultes, ils n’apprennent pas aux intéressés à gérer leur parcours professionnel, la formation y est inappropriée et la coordination des services médiocre. Dans un langage simple, qui n’a rien de technique, cette publication traite de multiples questions qui sont fondamentales du point de vue de l’efficacité des services d’orientation professionnelle, par exemple : comment élargir l’accès à l’orientation professionnelle ? Comment améliorer la qualité de l’information sur les métiers et les professions ? Comment s’assurer que les qualifications du personnel correspondent aux objectifs de l’action gouvernementale ? Enfin, comment améliorer le pilotage stratégique dans ce domaine ?

Ce rapport consacré à la Suède évalue les progrès accomplis ou à faire dans la réduction de la charge polluante, la gestion des ressources naturelles, l'intégration des politiques économique et environnementale et le renforcement de la coopération internationale. Les analyses s'appuient sur un large ensemble de données économiques et environnementales.