Les Comités régionaux de Tourisme Aquitaine – Limousin – Poitou-Charentes (ALPC) ont co-réalisé un état des lieux du tourisme dans la Région ALPC pour mieux appréhender les principales caractéristiques de l’offre et de la demande touristiques. Voir l'article...

La Fédération de la plasturgie et des composites publie un livre blanc, en collaboration avec la « Fabrique à talents », sur les compétences attendues à l’horizon 2030 dans le secteur de la plasturgie. Voir l'article...

By Francesca Gottschalk. Numbers are universal and constantly confronting us in daily life. In fact, they are so omnipresent that most of us perform basic mathematical calculations every single day without even realising it – when we glance at the clock, count change for a morning coffee, or even when we check the calendar to plan the weeks ahead. More...

By Anthony Mann. Employer engagement in education and training has become a hot topic for policy makers and practitioners around the world. Over recent years, Governments and other stakeholders have invested significant resource in promoting and enabling closer links between employers and schools, colleges, universities and training providers. More...

By Chiara Monticone and Skills Mario Piacentini. Films about mathematicians have become incredibly popular: many of us now know about John Nash’s beautiful mind. Fewer people have heard the extraordinary story of Srinivasa Ramanujan, a genius of comparable stature to Nash. More...

By Dirk Van Damme. The institutional framework of the international community was created in the period following the Second World War. The building blocks for international organisations, including the OECD, were and are the nation-states of the post-World War and post-colonial order. More...

By Dirk Van Damme. More than hundred years ago, nations that are now members of the OECD introduced legislation to set the age compulsory education. Most countries obliged families to send their children to school from the age of 6 or 7. More...

By Andreas Schleicher. Schools nowadays are required to learn faster than ever before in order to deal effectively with the growing pressures of a rapidly changing environment. Many schools however, look much the same today as they did a generation ago, and too many teachers are not developing the pedagogies and practices required to meet the diverse needs of 21st-century learners. More...

By Andreas Schleicher. In all OECD countries the working-age population is now either growing at a much slower rate than in the past or shrinking, making productivity and innovation the primary engines of economic growth. More...

By Andreas Schleicher. It’s the time of year when young people in the northern hemisphere are finishing their formal studies for the year – or for the foreseeable future. Some will soon be working at their first jobs, some are just beginning to look for a job, some may have been looking for months with nothing to show for it. What links the classroom and lecture hall to the workplace? Skills. More...