The COVID-19 pandemic has not affected everyone equally, and people of colour have paid a particularly high price, whether in terms of lives lost among vulnerable frontline workers or higher unemployment and economic hardship, or even by being left out of vaccine rollouts. The coronavirus crisis has exposed the need to step up the fight against racism and discrimination, spurred on by global protests and campaigns such as Black Lives Matter, and the OECD is urging policymakers to make sure everyone gets their fair share in the economic recovery phase. Valerie Wilson, Director of the Economic Policy Institute’s Program on Race, Ethnicity and the Economy in the United States, spoke with Robin Davis about what must be done to put an end to these racial injustices once and for all.

Guest: Valerie Wilson, Director of the Economic Policy Institute’s Program on Race, Ethnicity and the Economy
Host: Robin Allison Davis
Production Team: Samia Basille, Editor; Rory Clarke 

To learn more on the OECD's work on inequality, go to: www.oecd.org/WISE  To learn more on the OECD's work on the Covid-19 pandemic, go to: www.oecd.org/coronavirus     

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Why ending racial inequality is vital for COVID-19 recovery, with Valerie Wilson

Début juillet 2021, plus de 130 pays et juridictions sont parvenus à un accord sur une refonte radicale du système fiscal international. Cet accord vise à faire en sorte que les entreprises multinationales paient une juste part de l’impôt partout où elles exercent des activités. Il actualise des composantes fondamentales d’un système fiscal international presque centenaire qui n’est plus adapté à l’économie mondialisée et numérisée du XXIe siècle. Il entend également limiter la concurrence fiscale en instaurant un impôt minimum sur les sociétés au niveau international.

Dans ce podcast, Pascal Saint-Amans nous aide à prendre la mesure de cette formidable avancée fiscale, et nous en dessine les contours de manière limpide et pédagogique. Il nous y parle également d’environnement, de francophonie et de ce qui l’inspire pour contribuer à changer le monde. Un podcast au dynamisme communicatif - à mettre entre toutes les oreilles ! 


Invité : Pascal Saint-Amans, Directeur du Centre de politique et d'administration fiscales de l’OCDE
Animation : Anne-Lise Prigent
Production : Robin Davis
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Révolution dans la fiscalité internationale : la justice fiscale en action – avec Pascal Saint-Amans

The OECD, in partnership with IBM, recently conducted a social media poll, asking young people about how well prepared they feel to join the world of work, how confident they are about their future paths and what concerns them about education and jobs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, the OECD’s Anthony Mann and IBM’s Lydia Logan discuss insights from the poll and why career guidance and real-world work experiences are more important for young people than ever.

To learn more about the issues discussed in this episode, visit https://futureofwork.oecd.org and https://www.ibm.com/skills

Host: Robin Allison Davis

Interviewees:  Anthony Mann, education analyst, OECD; Lydia Logan, Vice President of Education and Workforce Development, IBM

Voiceover: Kate Lancaster

Helping young people navigate the future of work

The data is clear: environmental degradation especially affects women, and women are more motivated to do something about it. Why is this so? Join us as we discuss the complex, multi-faceted relationship between women, climate change, air pollution, domestic violence, and green technology patents with Ingrid Barnsley, Deputy Director of the Environment Directorate at the OECD. 

For more information about the OECD Environment Directorate and its work on gender and the environment, go to www.oecd.org/environment 
and https://www.oecd.org/environment/gender-inclusiveness-and-sdg.htm


Host: Christopher Mooney
Guest: Ingrid Barnsley, Deputy Director of the OECD Environment Directorate 
Producer: Robin Allison Davis

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Women, climate change & data: why we need to better understand the environment-gender nexus

The European Parliament and Council are currently negotiating the Artificial Intelligence Act, which introduces common regulatory and legal framework for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in all domains except the military. However, the negotiations pose several challenges for legislators. How should the risk categories be established? Do they take into account unintended impacts of AI? What divergences between public and private sectors could emerge, and how can they be adressed? And how is the AI Act going to help protecting fundamental rights and values? 

We will answer these questions with Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, MEP from Portugal, who is the Vice-Chair of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and a member of the OECD Parliamentary Group on AI; and Ilina Georgieva, research scientist working on AI, cyber regulation and cyber norms at the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), an independent research organisation. 

This podcast is second in the 2022 series on Artificial intelligence, brought to you by the OECD’s Global Parliamentary Network and the European Parliament’s Panel for the Future of Science and Technology, also known as STOA.

Guests: Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Ilina Georgieva
Host: Christopher Mooney

To learn more about Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, go to https://www.tno.nl/en/
To learn more about the EU Parliament’s Panel for the Future of Science and Technology’s work on AI, go to: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/stoa/en/home/highlights
To learn more about the OECD Global Parliamentary Network, go to: https://www.oecd.org/parliamentarians/
To learn more about the OECD’s work on AI, go to: oecd.ai

The Artificial Intelligence Act: addressing the divergence between the public and private sectors

Russia's late February invasion of Ukraine has unleashed a devastating and ongoing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, with thousands of civilian deaths. At least four million Ukrainians have fled the country and nearly seven million are internally displaced. Beyond Ukraine, the conflict is upending the global economy, deepening pressure on vulnerable households still reeling from the pandemic. And with Russia and Ukraine as major exporters of wheat, the war could destabilise the global food supply and has prompted the U.N. to warn that food insecurity could rise. In March, the OECD released an in-depth report on the Economic and Social Impacts and Policy Implications of the War in Ukraine. The OECD estimates that global economic growth will drop by more than one percentage point this year due to the conflict, and already high inflation could rise by an additional 2.5 percentage points globally. In this podcast, OECD Chief Economist and Deputy Secretary General Laurence Boone discusses the conflict’s humanitarian and economic implications, and details the OECD’s recommendations for how governments can help insulate their populations from the impact.

Host: Karina Piser
Guest: Laurence Boone, OECD Chief Economist and Deputy Secretary General
Producer: Robin Allison Davis 

For more information on the global economy and Ukraine crisis, go to: https://www.oecd.org/economic-outlook/

The global implications of the Ukraine crisis, with Laurence Boone

Everyone relies on data and statistics for making decisions in everyday life, whether at home or at work. Not having data would be like flying blind. But with so much information out there, how can we trust the numbers we read in the media or in official government sources, or for that matter, from the OECD? What are official statistics anyway, who produces them and what makes them so reliable? Do we have enough of the right kind of data for meeting today’s health, climate and other pressing challenges?  

This OECD Podcast addresses such questions, and highlights the new technologies that have been transforming the world of statistics and data in recent years, and the digital tools professional statisticians are deploying to improve the quality, timeliness and trustworthiness of the data they provide and on which we all depend.

Host: Rory Clarke 
Guest: Paul Schreyer, Head of OECD Statistics and Data Directorate

Trusted statistics and the impact of digitalisation, with OECD Chief Statistician Paul Schreyer

James Henderson was 10 years old when he experienced how policies designed with the best intentions can have devastating effects for families affected by domestic violence. He tells OECD’s Monika Queisser about his personal journey from surviving family abuse to becoming a Social Worker, Probation Officer, Battering Intervention Provider and Expert Trainer on Tackling Domestic Violence. He explains why we often blame the victims, that not enough is done to stop the perpetrators, and how social services must listen to the families they are trying to help.

To learn more about the OECD's work on gender, go to: oecd.org/gender

Guest: James Henderson
Host: Monika Queisser
Producer: Samia Basille

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Don’t blame victims, focus on perpetrators: Making services work for domestic violence survivors

It’s been a tough two years for women. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, women were hit harder by job losses, leading many to call it a “she-cession”. But as the pandemic worse on we started to see wider impacts too. We saw women on the front line of the crisis response, making up 75% of the workforce in health and social care. Women were taking on more work at home due to school and childcare closures. We saw women feeling more isolated from social network.

We also saw a shadow pandemic – the rise in domestic violence as lockdowns trapped women with abusive partners. These took their toll. After two years, more than 40% of women in Europe were reporting that the pandemic had a major negative impact on their mental health. These cumulative effects are what we call the Great Exhaustion. What about women entrepreneurs and how should local governments deal with the great exhaustion and support women with care responsibilities?

Host: Andrew Paterson
Guest: Rae Cooper, Professor of Gender, Work and Employment Relations at the University of Sydney, Australia

Worn out: COVID-19, Women and the Great Exhaustion

Global environmental emergencies such as climate change call for us to put our money where our mouth is. An increasing number of governments, companies and financial institutions have committed to reach net zero emissions by 2050. Is that enough to help us meet the goal of the Paris Agreement of limiting the average global temperature increase to 1.5 °C? If not, what more can be done to bridge this gap? That's where Transition Finance steps in. Transition finance will  be one of the key topics discussed at the upcoming OECD Forum on Green Finance and Investment (5-7 October 2022). Listen in to learn about transition finance - what it is, why it is needed and what the key challenges are. 

Guests: 
Kate Levick,  Associate Director, Sustainable Finance, E3G  
Elia Trippel, Policy Analyst, Green Finance and Investment, OECD 
Host: Robin Allison Davis 

To learn more about the OECD's work on Transition Finance, go to: www.oecd.org/cgfi
To register for the OECD Forum on Green Finance and Investment, go to: : https://www.oecd-events.org/oecd-forum-on-green-finance-and-investment/registration/registration

To read the guidance on transition finance, go to: https://www.oecd.org/environment/oecd-guidance-on-transition-finance-7c68a1ee-en.htm

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Transition Finance: what is it and why is it needed?

For a country to take on the most critical problems of our day, like climate change, it needs its people to be engaged and committed. Yet, as countries recover from the biggest health, economic and social crisis in decades, the trust citizens have in their government is under strain. How can this trust be won back? What drives public trust? How can policymakers build people's confidence in their government's capacity to be responsive, reliable, open, honest and fair? Elsa Pilichowski,  Director for Public Governance of the OECD, helps us answer these questions.  This podcast is the first in a two part series on reinforcing democracy, organised by the Directorate for Public Governance of the OECD.   

Guest: Elsa Pilichowski, Director for Public Governance, OECD
Host: Christopher Mooney
Producer: Robin Allison Davis

To learn more about the OECD's work on democracy, go to: https://www.oecd.org/governance/reinforcing-democracy/

Time to act: Nurturing our democracies for the 21st century

With temperatures rising and natural disasters occurring more frequently, the climate crisis is on everyone's minds. Countries have come together in an effort to address climate change via international cooperation. However, the climate crisis is worsening. Calls for concrete policy action are deafening; but to generate world class policy advice, we need world class evidence. The OECD compiles and produces data to understand and monitor the environment in a way that is coherent with economic accounting. But what does this mean exactly? Why is it important to measure our environment and our environmental impacts? What is the data telling us? And how can these indicators help policymakers?

This OECD Podcast aims to address these questions and more in conversation with one of our own Environmental-Economic Accounting experts. 

Host: Ashley Ward
Guest: Daniel Clarke, Environmental-Economic Researcher, OECD Statistics and Data Directorate
Producer: Ashley Ward,

Accounting for the environment: Better data for a better future

Misinformation and disinformation have become some of the biggest threats to democracy in the 21st century. It's everywhere from stories of election fraud to vaccines. How can we combat misinformation and disinformation while still protecting freedom of speech? What can governments do to curb myths and disinformation? This podcast is the second in a series on Reinforcing Democracy in partnership with the OECD's Public Governance Directorate. Julio Bacio Terracino,  Head of Public Integrity at the OECD, helps us make sense of the issues and how we can tackle them. 

To learn more about the OECD's work on democracy, go to https://www.oecd.org/governance/reinforcing-democracy/ 

Guest: Julio Bacio Terracino, OECD Head of Public Integrity (Twitter: @JBacioTerracino)
Host: Robin Allison Davis

Strengthening Democracy: Gearing up Governments to Tackle Mis- and Disinformation

Inequalities not only affect our lives, but also the lives of our children in generations after us. How can we ensure that our children have more opportunities than we have, that generations after us are rising in society and not limited by sticky floors? Romina Boarini, director of the OECD Centre on Well-Being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity, helps us understand social mobility, what it is, how it works, what government and societies can do to help and what the OECD is doing. 

To learn more about the OECD's work on social mobility and to view the Observatory on Social Mobility and Equal Opportunity, go to oe.cd/social-mobility.   


Guest: Romina Boarini, Director, OECD Centre on Well-Being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity
Host: Robin Allison Davis

Understanding Social Mobility and Equal Opportunity

Young people are increasingly prioritising careers with positive social and environmental impacts. Globally, two-in-five young people see social impact as one of the deciding factors for their career choices. 

At the same time, almost 50% of young people in OECD countries would prefer to be self- employed rather than work as employees. 

Young people are seizing opportunities and leading social enterprises across the world but what are the challenges and best paths to follow? How do we give young people a seat at the table? What can policy makers do to help?  Polly Akhurst from Amala gives us her insights. 

Host: Natalie Laechelt
Guest: Polly Akhurst, the co-founder and executive director of Amala

Young and yern? You need to start a social enterprise

For almost three years now, the tourism sector has been going through a really tough time. It was smashed by the COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions. After hitting 1.5 billion international tourist arrivals in 2019, international tourist arrivals worldwide plummeted by over 70%. It rebounded strongly in 2022 driven by pent up demand, household savings and the easing of travel restrictions – the so-called “revenge spend”. But now the sector faces an uncertain outlook – as the global economic slowdown and the fallout from Russia’s war in Ukraine brings new challenges. Tourism businesses are being hit by rising costs, and tight labour markets. The cost of living crisis is also putting pressure on household incomes and consumer spending. How can governments and businesses boost recovery in the short term and create a stronger, more sustainable tourism economy? 

Hosts: Shayne MacLachlan, Jane Stacey
Guest: Sergio Gueirrero , Senior Director at Turismo de Portugal, Chair of the OECD Tourism Committee

Are we there yet? Taking tourism forward… it’s complicated

The last two years have seen unprecedented disruptions in global supply chains, brought about by a perfect storm of causes, with wide geopolitical implications that look to continue well into the future. How prepared were the public and private sectors? And what have we learned? We speak with Marion Jansen on how to make supply chains more resilient. 

Host: Christopher Mooney
Guest: Marion Jansen, OECD Director of Trade and Agriculture
Producer: Robin Allison Davis, Samia Basille

To learn more about the OECD's work on trade, go to: 
https://www.oecd.org/trade/resilient-supply-chains/
https://www.oecd.org/trade/topics/trade-in-raw-materials/

How to make supply chains more resilient with the OECD’s Marion Jansen

In 2022, OECD Podcasts did not shy away from the hard issues plaguing society today. Misinformation, domestic violence and burnout are only a few of the topics discussed this year with a variety of experts.  Let's take a listen to some of the best podcast interviews done this year that you may have missed. 

Host: Robin Allison Davis
Producer: Samia Basille
Guests: Margaret Johnston Clarke, Ingrid Barnsley, Chiara Varazzani, Pascale Guy, Julio Bacio Torres, Sergio Gueirrero

OECD Podcasts 2022 Year in Review

As technology continues to advance, we're more connected than ever. But with more benefits also come more risks. How can we ensure that we are protected from digital threats? In December 2022, the OECD released its Digital Security Recommendations to help keep individuals, businesses and governments secure online. Audrey Plonk, head of Digital Economy Policy division for the OECD's Science, Technology and Innovation Directorate, explains the Digital Security Recommendations and what they hope to achieve. 

To learn more about the OECD’s work on digital security, go to: www.oecd.org/digital/digital-security. 

Guest: Audrey Plonk, head of Digital Economy Policy division for OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Directorate
Host: Robin Allison Davis
Producer: Samia Basille

From raising awareness to changing policies: The OECD’s Digital Security Recommendations explained

L'Enfance est une période critique au cours de laquelle les individus développent un grand nombre de compétences nécessaires pour s'épanouir plus tard dans la vie. La promotion du bien-être des enfants n'est pas seulement une fin importante en soi, mais elle est également essentielle afin de préserver la prospérité et la soutenabilité de l'économie pour les générations futures. Cependant, le bien-être des enfants est très récent dans l'agenda politique. 

Olivier Thevenon, qui dirige l'Unité du bien-être des enfants au centre de l'OCDE pour le bien être, l'inclusion, la durabilité et l'égalité des chances, explique où nous en sommes aujourd’hui en matière de bien-être des enfants dans les pays de l’OCDE et examine les différences entre le bien-être des filles et des garçons. De plus, Olivier Thevenon évoque les enjeux liés à la pandémie de COVID-19, qui a plongé de nombreuses familles dans la pauvreté. Il se penche également sur l’action des pouvoirs publics et les plans d'actions dans les pays de l’OCDE pour améliorer le bien-être des enfants.

Invité : Olivier Thevenon
Animation : Kim Chardon
Production : Robin Allison Davis

Garantir le meilleur départ possible dans la vie: quels enjeux en matière de bien-être de l’enfant ?

Is the current state of the modern man something to be concerned about? Does childhood well-being vary greatly between boys and girls? This podcast explores those questions and more with Richard Reeves, author of "Of Men and Boys Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why It Matters and What to Do About It" and Olivier Thevenon, OECD economist and the Observatory on Well-Being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity.

Guests: Richard Reeves, Author of  "Of Men and Boys Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why It Matters and What to Do About It"; Olivier Thevenon, OECD Economist WISE 
Host: Robin Allison Davis
Producer: Robin Allison Davis

Richard Reeves on improving the well-being of men and boys

The social economy can help boost prospects for women… and men. One of the big problems in tackling gender equality is breaking down gender stereotypes that drive women into what have often been called “pink collar jobs”. These are jobs like childcare, education, personal and household services, plus social work. Nitya Nangalia from SEWA Bharat and Natalie Laechelt from the OECD unpack the role of the social economy in the quest to move beyond pink collar jobs.

Guests: Nitya Nangalia, SEWA Bharat; Natalie Laechelt, OECD Economist 
Host: Shayne Maclachlan

Pink collar jobs: new shades for the social economy

Bertrand Piccard est un « savanturier » psychiatre et explorateur. Il a fait le premier tour du monde en ballon en 1999, puis en avion solaire avec l'avion Solar Impulse en 2015-2016. En tant que Président de la Fondation Solar Impulse, il est aussi un « explorateur de solutions » face au plus grand défi de notre temps : le changement climatique. Après avoir survolé la terre, il travaille à sa sauvegarde et démontre que celle-ci est non seulement possible, mais aussi rentable. Il évoque ici des pistes innovantes et concrètes pour avancer : 1 500 solutions efficientes qui sont à la fois écologiques et rentables. Et face à un cadre juridique et réglementaire anachronique qui ne permet pasr toujours de mettre en place ces solutions, il propose 50 recommandations de loi clés en main pour le moderniser.    

Fidèle à l’esprit de pionnier de ses illustres ancêtres, Bertrand Piccard bouscule nos paradigmes et nos certitudes, ces dogmes qui nous font croire que beaucoup de choses sont impossibles. La protection de l'environnement est une aventure enthousiasmante, qui nécessite d'explorer de nouvelles manières de faire et de penser. Nous pouvons devenir les pionniers d’une saine modernité, dès maintenant... C’est ce que Bertrand Piccard démontre ici, avec la rigueur et l’ardeur d’un découvreur.  

 

Invité : Bertrand Piccard, Président de la Fondation Solar Impulse 

Animation : Anne-Lise Prigent 

Production : Robin Davis 

 

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Fondation Solar Impulse 

Lutter ensemble contre la crise climatique 

Forum inclusif sur les approches d'atténuation des émissions de carbone 

Page de l’OCDE sur l’environnement 

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Protéger l’environnement est possible, rentable et enthousiasmant !  Entretien avec Bertrand Piccard

Retaining talent of all ages has become one of the most important issues facing employers today. How are people 55 to 64 faring in today’s labour market and how can we build an effective, multi-generational workforce? The OECD’s Shruti Singh and AARP’s Lona Choi-Allum explore what needs to be done to ensure that everyone's talents and skills are put to best use. 

Guests: Lona Choi-Allum, Senior Research Advisor, AARP
              Shruti Singh, Senior Economist, OECD
Host: Kate Lancaster
Producer: Robin Allison Davis

To learn more about the AARP's work on the aging workplace, go to: 
www.aarpinternational.org/globalemployersurvey
www.aarpinternational.org/globalemployeesurvey 
www.aarpinternational.org/llel

To read the OECD report, Retaining Talent at All Ages, go to:
https://doi.org/10.1787/00dbdd06-en

Retaining Talent of All Ages, with Shruti Singh and Lona Choi-Allum

When governments need to buy anything from office supplies to infrastructure, the process is more complex than your ordinary shopping trip. How do we know that governments are using good judgement when purchasing items or awarding contracts? Who advises governments on these processes to ensure that they are transparent, efficient, and cost effective? That's where MAPS, the methodology for assessing procurement systems, steps in. Diana Viljoen, from Global Affairs Canada and member of the MAPS Technical Advisory Group will answer these questions and more on this podcast. This is the first episode in the series with the MAPS Network.

Guest: Diana Viljoen, Global Affairs Canada; MAPS Technical Advisory Group
Host: Robin Allison Davis

To learn more about the MAPS Initiative, go to MAPSinitiative.org.

The MAPS Initiative and why procurement matters

Over the past few decades, as trade and investment barriers have lessened, and transport and communication costs have declined, multinational enterprises or MNEs have become an increasingly important fixture in the global economy. As these entities begin to represent a larger share of global economic activity, the importance of monitoring them and understanding their behaviour has never been greater. However, MNEs cross borders by definition, making them notably difficult to keep track of at the national level. The new OECD UNSD Multinational Enterprise Information Platform gathers together data on the world's largest multinationals from a range of public sources. These data cover the geographical and digital scope of individual multinationals and an array of indicators, complementing major recent reforms to the international tax system led by the OECD and in response to the challenges arising from digitalisation. But what new benefits does this initiative deliver? What does the data reveal? And how can it be used for economic analysis? And what does this say about where the global economy is heading? 

This OECD Podcast aims to address these questions and more in conversation with one of our own data experts.

Host: Ashley Ward
Guest: Graham Pilgrim, Head of Real-Time Data Analytics, OECD Statistics and Data Directorate
Producer: Anna Wahlgren, Ashley Ward, Robin Allison Davis

To learn more about the OECD's work with multinational enterprises, go to: https://www.oecd.org/sdd/its/mne-platform.htm

Multinational enterprises demystified using open-source data

In 2015, the United Nations released the Sustainable Development Goals to help create a more sustainable and equitable world. The 17 goals included procurement systems, calling governments to procure in a more sustainable manner. But how does this actually work? How can governments include sustainability in their procurement systems? And can sustainable public procurement help mitigate the climate crisis? Steven Schooner, Professor of Government Procurement Law at George Washington University, helps us to answer these questions and more on this podcast. This is the second episode in the series with MAPS.

Guest: Steven Schooner, Professor of Government Procurement Law at George Washington University
Host: Robin Allison Davis
Producer: Samia Basille 

To learn more about the MAPS Initiative, go to MAPSinitiative.org.

Sustainable public procurement in the midst of the climate crisis

Extreme heat is creating major challenges for cities. The urban “heat island” effect traps cities in a bubble of scorching temperatures, which endangers lives and puts pressure on emergency services and infrastructure. Often the poorest neighbourhoods bear the worst consequences of rising heat waves. Andrew Lombardi discusses how heat exacerbates inequalities in cities and breaks down what cities can do to save lives now and enhance heat resilience through better policies and practices. 

Guest: Andrew Lombardi, OECD Policy Analyst 
Host: Jessica Voorhees

Learn more about OECD’s work on cities: https://www.oecd.org/cfe/cities/

Cooling the concrete jungle: How can cities beat extreme heat?

As urban heat waves become more frequent and severe, meet the leaders on the frontlines of responding to extreme heat in cities. The Chief Heat Officers for Santiago, Chile, and Athens, Greece, discuss their innovative strategies to spread awareness of the dangers of heat, keep vulnerable residents safe in scorching temperatures, and create more green spaces to cool their cities down. 

Guests: Cristina Huidobro, Chief Heat Officer for Santiago, Chile, and Elissavet Bargianni, Chief Heat Officer for Athens, Greece
Host: Jessica Voorhees

Learn more about OECD’s work on cities: https://www.oecd.org/cfe/cities/

Chief Heat Officers take on deadly heat waves in Athens and Santiago

Digitalisation in procurement comes with a variety of opportunities, but also challenges. Can digital resources such as artificial intelligence, e-procurement and data systems improve the ways governments obtain services and goods? This podcast is the third and final episode of a series in collaboration with the MAPS Initiative, Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems. Edwin Lau, OECD, Head of Division of Infrastructure and Public Procurement and Hunt La Cascia, Senior Public Sector Specialist at the World Bank, speak with us to help us understand the world of procurement digitalisation. 

Guests: Edwin Lau, OECD, Head of Division of Infrastructure and Public Procurement and Hunt La Cascia, Senior Public Sector Specialist at the World Bank
Host: Robin Allison Davis
Producer: Samia Basille

Why digitalising procurement systems is the way forward

According to the UN Refugee Agency, more than 100 million people were forcibly displaced in 2022. With Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, Europe has seen the biggest refugee crisis since the Second World War with more than 6 million people fleeing Ukraine. This is a big challenge for refugee protection and reception systems. Clearly something public services cannot stem on their own. This is where the social and solidarity economy steps in and steps up to both support governments and fill gaps and public support. This podcast discusses how the social and solidarity economy can fast track the labour-market integration of refugees and migrants.

Guests: Anne Kjaer-Bathel: Co-founder and CEO of ReDI School of Digital Integration, Berlin
Thomas Liebig, Principal Administrator, OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Host: Christine Langenbucher

Can the social economy help refugees access jobs?

Young entrepreneurs have a huge role to play as slow productivity growth, climate change, demographic change and the digital transition come together in a perfect storm for many economies. The new OECD-EU “Missing Entrepreneurs” report finds that if youth (18-29 years old) participated in early-stage entrepreneurship at the same rate as “core age” men (30-49 years old), there would be an additional 3.6 million “missing youth entrepreneurs” in OECD countries. This accounts for about 11% of the total number of “missing entrepreneurs” in the OECD as young people face a range of barriers to success. David Halabisky from the OECD and Anita Tiessen, the CEO of Youth Business International, unwrap issues around money, mindset and motivation for young people in the world of business.

Guest: Anita Tiessen, CEO of Youth Business International
Host: David Halabisky

Young entrepreneurs: Money, mindset and motivation

How can we all help shape better policies for better lives? In as little as 15 minutes, our OECD Podcasts bring you insightful interviews with OECD and guest experts on such pressing challenges as the coronavirus pandemic and health, inequality, the world economy, the digital transformation, climate change, social change, the environment, international co-operation, and more.

NOTE: All podcasts express the opinions of the interviewees and do not necessarily represent the official views of OECD member countries.

OECD Podcasts launched 2018: Rory Clarke, Alison Benney, Robin Allison Davis, Clara Young.

Introducing OECD Podcasts

How can we all help shape better policies for better lives? OECD Podcasts bring you insightful interviews with experts and well-known personalities on such pressing challenges as inequality and inclusive growth, the economy, jobs, the digital transformation, climate change, the environment, education, healthcare, tax, trade, international co-operation, and more.


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