Yves Leterme

Type: Person

Name: Yves Leterme

Title: Party Leader - Christian Democratic and Flemish (Belgium)

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Can cities be green and still generate growth and jobs?

Cities can generate growth and jobs while becoming greener — this is the message of the OECD’s new Green Growth in Cities report. Drawing on case studies of Paris, Chicago, Kitakyushu and Stockholm, the report identifies green policies that can respond ... [Published Fresh Business Thinking - May 24 2013]

Entities: OECD, Green Building, case studies

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Cities: green policies can contribute to growth

OECD Home 23/05/2013 - Cities can generate growth and jobs while becoming greener this is the message of the OECDs new More than half the people in the world live in or near cities today. By the middle of the century, urban areas will be home to over ... [Published OECD - May 23 2013]

Entities: OECD, Pollution, Yves Leterme, City Stockholm, Environment

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Flemish Liberals and Democrats

Looking back

Reconstructions are a popular genre in political reporting. Sometimes, the past may be relevant in the present, as a recent documentary by VRT journalist Ivan De Vadder shows.De Vadder looked back on events in 2006. Former judo coach Jean-Marie Dedecker ... [Published Flanders Today - May 15 2013]

Entities: Jean-Marie Dedecker, Cartel, Yves Leterme, Bart De Wever, Flemish Liberals and Democrats

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Bringing university research to the marketplace

Around 300 senior representatives of industry, academia and government gathered at a two day-conference organised jointly by the EPO, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Technische Universität München (TUM) to look ... [Published European Patent Office - May 07 2013]

Entities: European Patent Office, Marketplace, Invention, OECD

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Help Wanted: Will Dearth of Experts Starve German Economy?

The success of Germany's economy has long been driven by small and mid-sized companies dependent on skilled labor. But a developing shortage of experts represents a threat to the country's economic future. With babies in short supply, immigration could ... [Published Spiegel Online - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Germany, Immigration, Famine, OECD

First reported Apr 11 2013 - Updated Apr 11 2013 - 1 reports

Slovenia and the euro: The next domino?

AS A political newcomer Alenka Bratusek has been thrown in at the deep end. A deputy for a year and prime minister for just three weeks, fate has dumped the worst crisis since Slovenia’s independence in 1991 in her lap. After Cyprus the question is whether ... [Published The Economist - Europe - Apr 11 2013]

Entities: Slovenia, Bail-Out, OECD, Cyprus

Quotes

...to reduce urban environmental impact, stimulate growth and improve well-being for their residents" said OECD Deputy Secretary General Yves Leterme. "the potential synergies between the environment and the economy in cities are obvious. for example, reducing congestion and pollution makes a city more efficient and more attractive to firms and highly skilled workers."

OECD - ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND: Cities: green policies can contribute to growth [Published 4 Traders - May 23 2013]

...reasons given by companies for not looking beyond Germany's borders was that they "haven't even considered it" and that it was "too complicated. "germany's prosperity depends to a considerable extent on whether it manages to remain competitive despite its ageing population" warned OECD Secretary General Yves Leterme when presenting the report

Help Wanted: Will Dearth of Experts Starve German Economy? [Published Spiegel Online - Apr 19 2013]

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Cities and Green Growth – Urban Evolution [Published OECD Political Briefs - May 16 2013]
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