Austria<\/td>\n	Luxembourg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Belgium<\/td>\n	Norvway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canada<\/td>\n	The Netherlands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Denmark<\/td>\n	Portugal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
France<\/td>\n	The United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Germany<\/td>\n	Spain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greece<\/td>\n	United States<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ireland<\/td>\n	Sweden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Icaland<\/td>\n	Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Italy<\/td>\n	T\u00fcrkye<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n Since then, 18 other countries have joined the OECD<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n Japan (April 28, 1964)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n Finland (January 28, 1969)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n Australia (June 7, 1971)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n New Zealand (May 29, 1973)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n Mexico (May 18, 1994)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n Czech Republic (December 21, 1995)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n Hungary (May 7, 1996)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n Poland (November 22, 1996)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n South Korea (December 12, 1996)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n Slovak Republic (December 14, 2000)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n Chile (May 7, 2010)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n Slovenia (21 July 2010)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n Israel (September 7, 2010)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n Estonia (December 9, 2010)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n Latvia (July 1, 2016)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n Lithuania (5 July 2018)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n Colombia (April 28, 2020)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n Costa Rica (May 25, 2021)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/a>The enlargement process and the external relations strategy<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/div>\n In 2007, with the “Resolution on Enlargement and Enhanced Engagement”, the Council meeting at Ministerial level (MCM) decided to open discussions for the accession of Chile, Estonia, the Russian Federation, Israel and Slovenia.<\/span><\/span> The accession procedure has been completed for Chile (May 7, 2010), Slovenia (July 21, 2010), Israel (September 7, 2010) and Estonia (December 9, 2010).<\/span><\/span> As regards the Russian Federation, in March 2014 the Council, following the Ukrainian crisis, decided to postpone (“postpone for the time being”) the activities relating to the accession process.<\/span><\/span> Following the Russian Federation’s aggression towards Ukraine, in March 2022 the Council suspended Russia and Belarus from attending OECD Committee meetings to which they had access (https:\/\/www.oecd.org\/newsroom\/statement-from<\/span><\/span> -the-oecd-council-on-further-measures-in-response-to-russia-s-large-scale-aggression-against-ukraine.htm)<\/span><\/span> On the occasion of the MCM of May 2011, which also celebrated the 50th anniversary of the OECD, the member countries adopted the so-called<\/span><\/span> “Vision Statement”, in which the hope to continue expanding the Organization was expressed.<\/span><\/span> In May 2013, the MCM decided to start accession talks with Latvia and Colombia and, in April 2015, to start accession talks with Costa Rica and Lithuania.<\/span><\/span> The accession procedure has been completed for Latvia (1 July 2016), Lithuania (5 July 2018), Colombia (28 April 2020) and Costa Rica (25 May 2021).<\/span><\/span> In October 2021, the OECD Ministerial Council, chaired by the United States, adopted a new “Global Relations Strategy”, which guides the work of the OECD on relations with partner countries and with other international and regional organizations.<\/span><\/span> The Ministerial Declaration of 20221 entitled \u201cConfidence in global cooperation \u2013 the OECD’s vision for the next decade\u201d clearly indicates that enlargement is one of the tools available to the Organization to promote and disseminate its standards and maintain its influence<\/span><\/span> global.<\/span><\/span> The Declaration also indicates that to safeguard the essential character of the Organization, prospective members must share the values and standards of the Organization.<\/span><\/span> The OECD Ministerial Council of 9 and 10 June 2022, chaired by Italy, adopted the roadmaps for Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Peru and Romania to join the OECD<\/span><\/span> In July 2023, Indonesia submitted its application for membership.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n Key Partners<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n Since 2007, the Organization has aimed to strengthen cooperation with Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa, later designated as “Key Partners”, recognizing the growing importance of establishing a dialogue with a select number of countries based on their<\/span><\/span> demographic and economic weight and their regional influence.<\/span><\/span> Given their different situations, respective levels of engagement and the unique set of opportunities and challenges they present, the OECD continues to engage with Key Partners in a flexible manner, based on Members’ shared interests and mutual benefits.<\/span><\/span> In order to strengthen collaboration with Key Partners, Informal Reflection Groups (IRGs) have also been set up within the OECD, led by a Permanent Representative.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n Global Partners<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n While on the one hand OECD membership has increased from 24 countries in 1993 to the current 38, on the other the main dimension of the Organization’s evolution as an effective and inclusive Global Policy Network is achieved in the growing involvement of non-<\/span><\/span> members in the Organization’s activities through participation in the meetings of the Committees and subsidiary bodies, adherence to legal instruments and the implementation of regional programs and country programmes.<\/span><\/span> A non-member country may attend Committee meetings as an Invitee, Participant or Associate.<\/span><\/span> Participation in the Global Forums, which is less restrictive than that in the Committees, has proved to be an important tool for encouraging a more intense involvement of countries outside the OECD.<\/span><\/span> Regional programs include the one with Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries launched in 2005, Eurasia (2008), South-Eastern Europe (2008), South-East Asia (2014) and LAC<\/span><\/span> (Latin America and the Caribbean), launched in 2016. These programs are funded with voluntary contributions.<\/span><\/span> Italy has been supporting the MENA Program for several years.<\/span><\/span> The OECD has launched Country Programs with Kazakhstan, Morocco, Peru and Thailand and Ukraine.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>The OECD-MENA initiative<\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/div>\n The OECD Initiative on Governance and Competitiveness for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region concerns a strategic geographical area, a priority for Italian foreign policy.<\/span><\/span> Created at the request of MENA countries in 2005, the Initiative facilitates cooperation between the OECD and the region to advance policies for sustainable and inclusive growth, bringing together MENA and OECD governments, the international community, civil society and the private sector<\/span><\/span> to jointly address regional development issues and priorities, including the integration of women and young people through work and participation in public life.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n The initiative consists of two programmes, one on Competitiveness (of which the EU and Tunisia are co-Chairs) and one on Governance, which Italy has co-chaired, together with Tunisia, since 2019, currently in the person<\/span><\/span> of the Permanent Representative to the OECD Amb.<\/span><\/span> Luca Sabbatucci.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n The Governance Agenda is a strategic partnership aimed at sharing knowledge and expertise to disseminate good governance standards and principles that support the ongoing reform process in the MENA region.<\/span><\/span> It has historically made use of the activities of the OECD Center in Caserta, whose mandate – initially focused exclusively on the MENA region – became global in 2022.<\/span><\/span> The Competitiveness Agenda aims to contribute to the development of inclusive and sustainable competitive economies in the region, offering support for reforms to mobilize investment, develop the private sector and entrepreneurship as driving forces for inclusive growth and employment, using<\/span><\/span> also of the necessary integration of an increasingly better trained youth and female workforce.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n <\/a>News and publications<\/strong><\/h3>\n \n News Room<\/a><\/li>\n Statistics web portal<\/a><\/li>\n On line library<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Introduction Organizational Structure The member countries The enlargement process and the external relations strategy OCSE-MENA Initiative News and publications Introduction The OECD was established with the Convention on the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, signed in Paris on December 14, 1960, and replaced the OEEC, created in 1948 to manage the “Marshall Plan” for […]","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":89,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-315","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/italiarapparigi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/italiarapparigi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/italiarapparigi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italiarapparigi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italiarapparigi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/italiarapparigi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2862,"href":"https:\/\/italiarapparigi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/315\/revisions\/2862"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/italiarapparigi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/italiarapparigi.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}