The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) covers a range of areas, including the following, several of which are also important policy areas for the Government of Flanders: climate, environment, biodiversity, water, ecosystems, industry, innovation, entrepreneurship, science, bio- and nano-technology, education, employment, fisheries, agriculture, governance, and transport.
There are several ways in which the Government of Flanders is associated with the work of the OECD, including participation in (ministerial) meetings, committees or semi-autonomous bodies, and provision of financial support (studies, programmes). In addition, Flanders is involved in Peer Reviews of Flanders/Belgium and other countries.
Cooperation with the OECD is important for Flanders as it represents an important forum for the exchange of information and good policy-making practices. Moreover, OECD studies show increasingly distinct figures for Flanders, which increases Flanders’ level of involvement in the work of the OECD. By cooperating with the OECD, Flanders also has a foot in the door of the G7, G8 and G20.
- Convention on mutual administrative assistance in tax matters (ETS 127)
- Protocol amending the convention on mutual administrative assistance in tax matters
- Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on automatic exchange of financial account information
- Multilateral convention to implement tax treaty related measures to prevent base erosion and profit shifting