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Governing Board

Meeting

Thursday 18 March

2010

OECD Development Centre

18 March 2010

OECD Development Centre GOVERNING BOARD MEETING

1 Adoption of the Agenda

Approval of the Draft Summary of the 15 February Meeting 2

3 Briefing by the Chair and Report by Director

2

4 Programme and Work and Budget 2011-12

5 Progress Report on Implementation of Centre’s Work Programme




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2 Approval of the Draft Summary of the 15 February Meeting







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HIGHLIGHTS – PAST POLICY DIALOGUE EVENTS, FEBRUARY - MARCH EMEA The Dragon’s Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa

Informal seminar and presentation of Prof. Deborah Braütigam’s book OECD HQ

23/02/10

Americas Presentation of LEO 2010 Co-organised with the World Bank (Center for Mediterranean Integration) Marseille, France

10/03/10

EMEA Black Sea and Central Asia Initiative (BSCAI) Experts’ Meeting Co-organised with the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank, the BSEC Business Council, UNIDO and the Turkish Union of Chambers of Commerce Istanbul

11/03/10

Global Development

International Workshop on Gender Equality and Progress in Societies Co-organised with UNESCO OECD HQ

12/03/10

Global Development

Seminar “Shifting Wealth: The New Shape of the World Economy” Global Development Outlook 2010 Seminar with the GDO’s Non-Residential Fellows OECD HQ

15/03/10

GOVERNING BOARD MEETING


Impact: Raising the debate Dragon’s Gift event sparks interest, debate, and potential avenues for future research…

Proposal for joint research effort

Attracting media interest

La Tribune, 24 February

Opening up new avenues of collaboration

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Impact: Requests for advice Requests for input show increasing recognition of DEV as an authority on ICT and on taxation

European Commission’s DG Development Research ICT Africa Network



Impact: Sharing lessons on Web 2.0 Centre invited to shares its experience on the use of wikis at the UN Web4Dev conference

Web for Development - a community focused on applying Internet related technologies towards the achievement of the UN's Development Goals



Output funding needs to date for 2009-2010

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Global Development

Outlook

Europe, Middle East & Africa

Americas

Asia & Pacific

Networks

Core allocation 09

Estimated core allocation 10

VC in Hand

Upcoming VCs

shortfall



FORTHCOMING EVENTS, MARCH – APRIL

Partnerships Round Table “Multilateral Aid & the Broad Public: Improving Results Communication” Co-organised with the African Development Bank Tunis

22-23/03/10

Global Development

Workshop “Migration in West Africa: Governance and Links to Labour Markets” In partnership with UNDP Senegal Dakar

25/03/10

Americas Presentation of research on fiscal revenues at a Fiscal Policy Workshop Co-organised with Banca d'Italia Perugia, Italy

25-27/03/10

Americas Presentation of LEO 2010 Co-organised with the Chinese Academy for Social Sciences (CASS) Beijing

26/03/10

Americas Presentation of LEO 2010 and of the research on fiscal revenues Lima

6-8/04/10



FORTHCOMING EVENTS, MARCH – APRIL

Partnerships EmNet Quarterly meeting Sessions on “Long-term investors: Creating the backbone of sustainable growth?” and “Looking to the medium-term: Fiscal, debt and pensions challenges for the OECD & beyond” OECD HQ

9/04/10

Americas Presentation of LEO 2010 (TBC) Mexico City

12/04/10

Americas Presentation of LEO 2010 Bogota

13/04/10

Americas LEO 2011 Experts Meeting: Middle Class in Latin America Paris

26-27/04/10

Partnerships and Asia & Pacific Desk

Seminar “Challenges in Cooperation and Communication for Development in Southeast Asia” Co-hosted by Ministry of Planning and Investment of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea Hanoi

26-27/04/10

Americas Presentation of LEO 2010 Co-organised with Brookings and IDB Washington DC

April date tbc






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PWB 11-12 Overview

5 publications (4 flagships): LEO, AEO, SAEO, GDO, InnovaLatino (cont.)

3 networks: EmNet, Define, DevCom 1 Forum: GFD Gender & Progress work

* Actual figures for 2009 and estimates for 2010

* * Total VCs required in PWB 09-10 document (DEV GB(2008) 2 REV5) was EUR 13.2M; the goal for the following PWB is therefore 16% lower

50%

1%

2%

47%

In million EUR PWB 09-10 PWB 11-12 Δ

Budget Needs

Total Budget Needs 22.2 23.5 +6%

Resources

Core 11.3 11.8 +5%

Core carried forward 0.4 - NA

Publications Income 0.3 0.2 -33%

VCs carried forward - 0.4 NA

VCs to mobilize 10.2 11.1 +9%

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PWB 11-12 Budget – View by Product

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* Actual figures for 2009 and estimates for 2010

In K EUR PWB 09-10 PWB 11-12 Δ

Management, OECD charges,

rent, electricity, etc.9,120 9,297 +2%

LEO 2,541 3,157 +24%

AEO 2,722 2,984 +10%

SAEO 606 1,582 +161%

GDO 1,753 2,149 +23%

Gender & Progress 1,010 1,182 +17%

Innovalatino 962 483 -50%

Migration 473 102 -78%

BS

CA

Networks 2,377 2,602 +9%

Total22,246 23,537 +6%

682 - NA

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Moving forward

Jan Feb Mar Apr May-Jun

Initial draft

PWB

1st round of

feedback

Comments &

VC “survey”

PWB fine-

tuning and

simulation of

VC/ Core split

Finalization






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Progress Report on Implementation of Centre’s Work Programme


Key achievement: Shaping the debate The Centre’s work is informing civil society, peer organisations, and even what’s taught in schools….

“Social institutions are a key determinant for women’s involvement in economic and social life”

“2/3 of the world’s working population is informally employed”



Key achievement: Policy consultations

ICT in Africa for the African Union Aid conditionality for the Spanish aid agency

A trusted and respected source of insight, knowledge and expertise on development policy



Key achievement: Accessible statistics

The AfricanEconomicOutlook.org Comparable data and analysis online, for free, and accessible through lower-band connections

Social Institutions and Gender Index A comprehensive database and index on gender, culture and social institutions available at genderindex.org

Recognised as a leading reference website by the Interactive Media Council. Awarded top prize.

Improved the accessibility and usability of the index by introducing mygenderindex.org (an interactive version of SIGI) and the Gender Atlas

The Centre’s data, statistics and analysis are more accessible than ever



Media

Media hits

Focus on quality engagement and opinion pieces

Increased coverage from previous semester



Strengthened presence on the web

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5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

2008

2009

Development Centre

Web traffic up on same period last year – over 1000 more visitors per month on average

AfricanEconomicOutlook

AEO.org award and press release drive traffic to site

Wikigender

August: sustained publicity campaign begins in in run-up to and beyond the Progress conference in Korea in October. Visitors increase by over 5000 per month.

Korea



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