The latest peer review results on preferential tax regimes and no or only nominal tax jurisdictions highlight continued progress by jurisdictions worldwide to ensure their tax systems do not enable harmful tax practices and enhance transparency, in line with the BEPS Action 5 minimum standard. During its meeting in November 2025, the OECD Forum on Har...
Download in PDF (data tables included)The OECD unemployment rate remained stable at 5.0% in December 2025, having been at or just below this mark since April 2022 (Figure 1).1 The unemployment rate also held steady in 22 of the 32 OECD countries, where data were available, compared with November 2025. It fell in seven countries, while it rose in Canad...
The 2026 International Conference on Digital Platform Governance took place from 11 to 13 February 2026 at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.11 February 2026 - 13 February 2026EventInternational Conference on Digital Platform Governance 202611 February 2026 - 9:00 am - 13 February 2026 - 6:00 pmLocationFuture Africa Campus, University of P...
Join UNESCO on 11 February 2026 for a global event celebrating women in science and shaping a future where science and gender equality advance together.11 February 2026EventInternational Day of Women and Girls in Science11 February 2026 - 9:50 am - 11 February 2026 - 5:00 pmLocationUNESCO Headquarters, Paris, FranceRooms :Room IType :Cat VIII - S...
The 2026 UN World Water Development Report links water access and gender equality, reviews progress, and shows how evidence turns policy into actions benefiting all.19 March 2026EventLaunch of the UN World Water Development Report 202619 March 2026 - 10:00 am - 19 March 2026 - 1:00 pmLocationConference Room I, UNHQ, New York, United States of Ame...
Over 74 countries participated in the latest technical meeting of the SME Ministerial community, which launched a phase of policy-sharing between countries seeking SME development.The first meeting of the SME Ministerial community of 2026 saw an increase in the number of countries engaging with the process. This marks the beginning of a key phase of policy...
Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, on 10 February 2026, met with Naz Shah MP, the UK’s Trade Envoy to ASEAN, in London. They reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening ASEAN-UK economic cooperation in areas of mutual interest, such as regulatory excellence, supply chain resilience, digital transformation, financial services, and green transi...
Islamabad, 11 February 2026 – Joining Pakistan's Indus AI week, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication, and the Pakistan Digital Authority (PDA), convened a high-level policy session titled “Sh...
In line with the Mattei Plan for Africa, the AI Hub for Sustainable Development and Cineca announce 1.5 million Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) hours for 130 Innovators across the African continentNairobi, Kenya | 10 February 2026: The Nairobi AI Forum 2026 announced compute access for 130 innovators across Africa, focused on tackling pressing challenge...
ECB wage tracker updated with wage agreements signed up to mid-January 2026; forward-looking horizon remains unchanged at end-December 2026Forward-looking information continues to indicate that negotiated wage growth will level off at below 3% by the end of 2026ECB wage tracker with unsmoothed one-off payments at 3.0% in 2025 and 2.7% in 2026The European C...
