Windows on the World [Mark Windows] has highlighted some interesting documents from the OECD which is the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development[which ] is an intergovernmental economic organisation with 37 member countries,
mostly high income, free market democracies [ lol!] also including Colombia Chile, Mexico and Costa Rica [hmm]
When one accepts that nothing much really happened in 2020 except that governments around the world shut up shop in unison, we can see how the OECD is joining up and preparing for the Great Reset
Tackling coronavirus (COVID‑19) Contributing to a global effort
https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/en/
The OECD is compiling data, analysis and recommendations on a range of topics to address the emerging health, economic and societal crisis, facilitate co-ordination, and contribute to the necessary global action when confronting this enormous collective challenge
The territorial impact of COVID-19: Managing the crisis across levels of government
Updated 16 June 2020
http://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy- ... -d3e314e1/
where we get some hints of the co-ordinated global "response".
COVID-19 has governments at all levels operating in a context of radical uncertainty, and faced with difficult trade-offs given the health, economic and social challenges it raises. The regional and local impact of the COVID-19 crisis is highly heterogeneous, with a strong territorial dimension and significant implications for crisis management and policy responses. This paper takes an in-depth look at the health/social, economic, and fiscal impact related to the COVID-19 crisis. It provides good practice examples from all OECD countries and beyond, to help mitigate the territorial effects of the crisis, and offers ten takeaways on managing COVID-19’s territorial impact, its implications for multi-level governance, subnational finance and public investment, as well as points for policy-makers to consider as they build more resilient regions.
The OECD is in a strange place - standing for free market capitalism as a totalitarian, communist style governance by dictat is put into practice.
I'm not sure what Klaus Schwab thinks about the Creative and Cultural Sectors of the economy [Sept 7]
https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy ... -08da9e0e/
He probably thinks it's all irrelevant and eveyone in it should be retrained or put out to UBI grass.
How the Covid operation was carried out by country, or region, was analysed on Sept 2
http://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy- ... -883d2961/
Managing such crises and addressing their socio-economic consequences requires audacious policy action to maintain functioning healthcare systems LOL!!!, guarantee the continuity of education,[LOL!] preserve businesses and jobs, and maintain the stability of financial markets. Political leadership at the centre is essential to sustain the complex political, social and economic balance of adopting containment measures to reduce the impact of the pandemic while ensuring the provision of essential services.[LOL!] Such leadership is essential for maintaining citizens’ trust in government. Simultaneously addressing these various competing policy objectives requires a dual approach working across government “silos”. This is necessary to promote national resilience and preserve well-being with agile and innovative responses at the highest level, while co-ordinating and collaborating with lower levels of government and a large array of stakeholders.
Ensuring trust in decision-making through the use of evidence
The crisis put governments in a challenging situation where they had to ensure clear, trusted and legitimate decision-making processes informed by the best available evidence, while there were many “unknown unknowns” and the time allowed for dialogue and gathering information was extremely limited. In many cases, this was seen as the best possible approach to deal with such a high level of uncertainty. Issues such as trust in government and trust in expert advice, and the boundary between the experts and the political decision-making interface were brought to the fore by the crisis. Governments were faced with the need to synthesise information from multiple sources and actors, and to use it to feed into governments’ plans and responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.
- a centralised approach from the CoG, Centre of Government with their brainwashing briefings from 'cabinet' discussions.
Effective and coherent public communication
Effective public communication by the centre of government is key in this pandemic to ensure coherence of government messaging both internally and vis-à-vis the public and civil society. Behavioural communication campaigns have played an important role in facilitating the enforcement of regulations, by nudging or instructing wide segments of the population to comply with required measures – from washing their hands, to respecting the provisions of lockdowns and social distancing. Effective communication can help strengthen citizens’ trust in, and engagement with, public policies. It is fundamental in the fight against disinformation and misinformation.... The OECD has proposed key actions to counter this issue, such as supporting a multiplicity of independent fact-checking organisations, ensuring experts are in place to follow-up technological solutions, and improving users’ media, digital and health literacy skills (OECD, 2020[61]).
At the CoG level, the United Kingdom and Italy have, for example, established specific units or task forces to co-ordinate and map out responses to COVID-19 related disinformation (OECD, 2020[62]) .
When feasible, governments are similarly undertaking efforts to “pre-bunk”, rebut and correct disinformation that could undermine trust and induce the public to harmful or counterproductive actions. Similar to the UK’s CoG Rapid Response Unit, the Digital Crisis Unit of Austria’s Federal Chancellery detects and corrects misinformation. However, in a larger number of countries, such debunking is led by health and science ministries and agencies.
A third takeaway, is that a whole-of-society effort will be critical to cope with the long-term economic consequences of the crisis. Co-ordination across government, policy areas and levels of government and with civil society will become critical to steer the recovery efforts
A fourth takeaway is that evidence matters. Increased reliance on scientific and technical expertise in decision-making highlights the challenges faced by governments in mobilising evidence to inform policy responses related to the pandemic and its aftermath. The importance and need for using best evidence and analysis to inform decision-making cannot be overstated. The governance of evidence and the way in which information is processed, in terms of transparency and accessibility to citizens, is now part of the public debate. It requires serious questions, if governments want to be able to reap the trust dividends that will be critical for shaping successful policy outcomes and for organising a timely and effective economic recovery
We could call this OECD paper "how the hoax was delivered". Trust the experts, believe the propaganda, be very scared, be grateful to Government [CoG actually]
. Providing clearer and information based on evidence is also crucial in the fight against disinformation, in addition to educating citizens about consuming and sharing content responsibly
Governments can also consider the crisis as an opportunity for transformation and reform, and act accordingly in the future.
i.e the Great Reset and Build Back Better.
The OECD has produced this map of jobs at risk
The longer the containment measures last, the higher the risk for regional economies....In the medium- to long-term, the economic and financial effects, and their territorial dimension are likely to become more uniform across regions. All regions will be affected by a drop of economic activity....It is difficult quantify the impact as the crisis is still just beginning.
one interesting item
The demand for infrastructure was already high before the COVID-19 crisis, not only for new construction but also for operating and maintaining existing stock. The OECD estimates that USD 95 trillion in public and private investment will be needed in energy, transport, water and telecommunications infrastructure, globally, between 2016 and 2030.
In conclusion
The COVID-19 crisis highlights the importance of effective multi-level governance in managing the mutual dependence characterising the relationship between different levels of government – regardless if a government is operating in crisis mode or “business-as-usual”. It is bringing to the fore the debate surrounding centralisation versus decentralisation, underscoring the fundamental need for a coordinated response to emergency situations and their aftermath, and accentuating the risks associated with uncoordinated and/or heavily bureaucratic approaches to crisis management.
Building more resilient regions to better withstand future shocks
COVID-19’s asymmetric impact on individuals, communities, and regions gives a new urgency to a place-based approach to regional development and addressing territorial inequalities. It has also rekindled policy dialogue around resilient regions. This means first making ensuring that regions are able to absorb, recover (or bounce-back) from and/or adapt to the impact of economic, environmental, political and social shock or chronic pressure; and then that they are able to continue meeting the needs of citizens and businesses at least as well as – and ideally better – than before the crisis.
COVID-19 is challenging all types of government – national, regional and local, federal and unitary, decentralised and centralised – to urgently address territorial inequalities in an effort to boost resilience and be better prepared for future shocks, regardless of their nature.
so, it's a kind of Build Back Better without saying so, and with more levelling up and down within regions.
Links to OECD papers on countering disinformation July 3 2020 refs [61] and [62]
http://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy- ... -d854ec48/
http://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy- ... -bef7ad6e/