Case studies for the OECD For the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) we prepared a set of examples of policies on the relationship between procurement systems and business start-up and self-employment activities. We focused on people from socially and economically disadvantaged groups and groups that are under-represented in entrepreneurship activities. This research project was part…
We are involved in several programmes of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and the Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries (CBI). CBI was an agency of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs that became part of RVO in 2015. These are some of our activities for RVO and CBI: Programme management support…
Research and policy advice for the European Commission Rupa Ganguli and Bart Slob assisted the European Commission in collecting, screening, analysing and synthesising information on responsible supply chain practices in the garment sector. On the basis of our findings, we identified the priority areas for action that could deliver added value under the EU Garment Initiative. This…
Conference facilitation for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ethics at Work co-designed and chaired a conference on living wages for the Dutch National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines. Around 150 experts in the field discussed wages and income in two industries: agriculture / food and electronics / technology. The conference programme included sessions…
