Young Professionals Programme 2017

Assignments

You will find details of the assignments in the descriptions below. They are grouped thematically to help you
identify those which best match your profile and aspirations. You will be asked to indicate a maximum of three
positions and to prioritise them according to your competencies and preferences. You will also be invited to
respond to a series of questions whose relevance varies according to the assignment.

Applications are open, apply here!

Development
Financing for development [DCD/CTP 1]
Sustainable development in developing countries [DEV 2]

Digitalisation
Digitalisation [STI/GOV 3]

Financial Action
Anti-money laundering [DAF 4]

Global Value Chains

Global Value Chains [STD/DAF 5]

Governance
What Works: Putting evidence to work for better policies, programmes and practice [GOV/ELS 6]
Urban policy [GOV 7]

Green Growth
Taxing energy use green growth [CTP/ENV 8]
Climate change mitigation [ENV 9]
Environmental Accounting and Green Growth Indicators [STD/ENV 10]

Jobs strategy
The Future of Work [ELS 11]

Macro-modelling
3.0 Project: Modelling structural economic policies [ECO 12]
3.0 Project: Modelling macro-economic structural adjustment and trade [ECO/TAD 13]
 Skills strategy
Skills and the digitalisation of economies and societies [EDU 14]
National Skills Strategies [EDU/ELS 15]

Strategic orientations
Support for the delivery of the Secretary-Generals Strategic Objectives [SGE 16]
Strategy and co-ordination with non-members [GRS 17]

Taxation
Impact of the tax systems on innovation [CTP/STI 18]

Trade
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index [TAD 19]

Well-being
Well-being [STD 20]

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 Development

Financing for development [DCD/CTP 1]

Hosts: Development Finance Architecture Unit (DCD)
Horizontal collaboration: Development Centre (DEV), Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTP) and
Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs (DAF)
Other relevant background: http://www.un.org/esa/ffd/, https://www.oecd.org/dac/financing-sustainable-
development/

The Global Outlook on Financing for Development presents an overview of public and private, domestic and
international financing for development. The report will unpack how these financing pillars interlink from a
policy perspective and what OECD members can do to maximise resource mobilisation. The report will position
the OECD as a leading actor in the policy dialogue shaping the 2030 Financing for Development Agenda (FfD),
and provide policy recommendations that would benefit members' support of the Addis and 2030 Agendas in
developing countries. The OECD Global Outlook on Financing for Development will be a key text for future OECD
interaction with the UN system in operationalising the Financing for Development strategy in the context of the
2030 Agenda. The report will integrate key OECD policy communities, in particular from CTP, DEV and DAF. An
informal OECD Task Force on Financing for Development will ensure co-ordinated efforts with this initiative.

You will support the Lead Analyst in carrying out foundational work for surveying and assessing the policy issues
and data resources at hand for developing the OECD Global Outlook on Financing for Development. This will
include identifying and building the evidence-based policy inter-linkages across the key pillars of the OECD FfD-
related work strands: development assistance, taxation, remittances, direct investment and philanthropy. This
will require identifying data sources, assessing their relevance and utility, producing the report and analysing
and consolidating data. It will also call for surveying and synthesising policy findings across the key policy pillars,
including country-level work carried out by DEV, CTP and DAF and for identifying collaboration opportunities
with other multilateral institutions. You will also participate in drafting selected texts for topical chapters of the
report. Finally, you will provide logistical and organisational support for the soon-to-be-established OECD Task
Force on the OECD Global Outlook on Financing for Development, and take responsibility for drafting talking
points and briefing materials regarding progress with the work.

Sustainable development in developing countries [DEV 2]

Hosts: Development Centre (DEV)
Other relevant background: Perspectives on Global Development

The Perspectives on Global Development (PGD) series provide a broad perspective on the new global context
and global megatrends to assess their implications for developing countries overall development prospects. It
frames issues critical to improving livelihoods in developing countries and highlights implications for national
responses, development partners and the multilateral system. Building on the Development Centres work in
2015-16 on the future of livelihoods and on global risks and global governance from the perspective of
developing countries. Future PGDs will also contribute to the debate on global public goods and bads. The
subsequent editions of the PGD will analyse the growth slowdown and its implications and identify other
megatrends that could pose challenges to developing economies in the economic, social, political, technological
and environmental spheres. Specific attention will be placed on the question of innovation for development. The
report will analyse trends in innovation and productivity with a view to offer a broad overview of the major
issues at stake, develop possible scenarios and design policy toolkits to help developing country governments
capitalise on innovation trends.

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You will carry out policy-relevant research based on the PGD conceptual framework and carry out quantitative
analysis by collecting original data and providing interpretation of statistical documentation pertinent to the
PGD theme. You will also participate in the identification and analysis of pertinent megatrends relevant to the
PGD and analyse the implications of these trends on the development prospects of low and middle-income
countries and participate in the design of policy recommendations. You may also be asked to contribute to the
organisation of meetings for policy dialogue and dissemination, join presentations to representatives from
member countries and participate in missions to target countries. You will collaborate with other teams in the
Development Centre and other OECD Directorates working on relevant themes. You will learn how to develop
and apply the PGD concept, use the foresight and scenario techniques, and analyse emerging challenges for
developing countries. You will make an important contribution to the next PGD edition.

Digitalisation

Digitalisation [STI/GOV 3]
Hosts: Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) and Public Governance and Territorial
Development Directorate (GOV)

Digitalisation brings fundamental changes to the economy, including the disruption of markets. The organisation
of innovation in the firm is in flux, resulting in so-called open innovation- new opportunities for firms to
collaborate with outside inventors, entrepreneurs and small businesses when innovating. Previously, geographic
proximity determined collaboration outcomes: this however, has evolved. The current status of digitalisation
leaves us with the following questions: Does digitalisation lead to the death of distance with regard to
collaborations between firms for innovation? Are the impacts of innovation on jobs and productivity growth co-
located with innovation activities? What are the impacts of digitalisation on the location of innovation in
different countries, regions, cities vs. rural areas?

You will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge issues and methods of relevance across the OECD. You
will help define the framework for the analytical approach and data analysisinvolving econometric methods
and Geographical Information System tools. You will seek creative ways of addressing a number of important
questions on the impacts of digitalisation on the location of innovation activities. You will also contribute to
developing policy answers based on the findings of the analysis and engage in discussions with policy-makers on
these topics. The findings will contribute to an important Organisation-wide project aimed at identifying suitable
policy responses to transformations brought about by digitalisation. These findings will also support the OECDs
body of work on regional, urban and rural development.

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 Financial Action

Anti-money laundering [DAF 4]

Hosts: Secretariat of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
Horizontal collaboration: Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes
(CTPA/GFEOI), Anti-corruption Division (DAF/ACD)

Continuing terrorist threats and recently highlighted large-scale abuses of corporate vehicles demonstrate the
critical importance of the work of the Secretariat of the Financial Action Task Force in protecting the integrity of
the international financial system. The FATF Global Network, formed by 198 countries throughout the world, is
committed at the highest level to implementing the FATF Standards. They have the basic legal, regulatory,
institutional and operational measures in place to be able to address the risk of money laundering and terrorist
financing. Nevertheless, terrorist threats are faced by all countries today and greater awareness of the abuse of
the financial system exposed by the Panama Papers and other high profile cases show that the problem
remains. The international community, including the G7 and G20, regularly ask the FATF to play the role of
tackling money laundering and terrorist financing, as well as predicate offences of corruption and tax evasion.

You will analyse and assess anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing (AML/CFT) measures of
countries against the FATFs international standards and contribute to the development of policy. As part of the
Country Assessment team, you will conduct research, gather information and analyse the countries efforts to
put the FATF standards into place and assist in the drafting of evaluation reports. At the same time, you will be
assigned to one of the five Policy Development and Evaluation teams within the FATF Secretariat to gain
knowledge in preparing policy analyses on AML/CFT issues relating to implementing the FATFs standards,
including money laundering methods and trends.

Global Value Chains

Global Value Chains [STD/DAF 5]

Hosts: Statistics Directorate (STD) and Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs (DAF)
Other relevant background: Global Value Chains

A better understanding of Global Value Chains (GVC) and the interrelationships between trade, investment and
productivity requires improved knowledge of the behaviour of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) - the most
important drivers of the global fragmentation of production. To this end, the Statistics Directorate (STD) and the
Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs (DAF) are developing a new joint Database on MNEs. The
statistical insight derived from this database will help governments develop policies in order to maximise the
benefits from investment by MNEs and mitigate the associated risks, tailored to the varying circumstances of
their countries.

You will contribute to the construction and analysis of the STD-DAF Database on MNEs, including developing and
analysing GVC profiles of individual MNEs that statistically describe the position and role of the MNE in the
GVCs in which it is active, such as assessing its vertical and horizontal integration, upstreamness, intra-firm
trade, linkages with (international) buyers and suppliers at both the MNE level and at the level of its most
important affiliates. As an important additional output, your work will contribute to the core statistics produced
by national statistical offices and central banks by facilitating the harmonized treatment of MNEs across
countries in national statistical systems and improve the measurement of globalization overall.

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 Governance

What Works: Putting evidence to work for better policies, programmes and practice [GOV/ELS 6]
Host: Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development (GOV) and Directorate for Employment
Labour and Social Affairs (ELS)
Other relevant background: http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/

The What Works initiative aims to improve the way in which governments and other organisations create,
share and use high-quality evidence for decision-making. It supports more effective and efficient services
across the public sector at national and local levels. What Works is based on the principle that good decision-
making should be informed by the best available evidence. If evidence is not available, decision-makers should
use high quality methods to find out what works. This initiative has significant implications for the design of
policies in sectors such as health, education, social services, active labour market policies or development. It has
gained traction in Europe, and also North America, and also has connections in the academic sector, for example
with the Campbell Collaboration network.

You will first take stock of the existing literature on What Works, and its relevance for ensuring consistency in
policy design, with case studies in specific sectors and in collaboration with OECD Directorates and particularly
ELS. You will then participate in the creation of an international network of government experts to create a
system of systematic exchange of information, and identify the policy gaps where OECD could help to create
contributions, either through systematic reviews in-house or through co-ordinating reviews with leading experts
in the field, particularly in the area of social affairs. You will build linkages to advance this work across selected
interested OECD Directorates, as well as national research centres and country contacts. You will also prepare
contributions for centres of government on how countries could more systematically organise their systems for
collecting and sharing evidence. You will conduct in depth case studies of selected OECD countries and analyse
these countries experience in integrating high-quality evidence into policy-making.

Urban policy [GOV 7]

Hosts: Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development (GOV)
Horizontal collaboration: Environment Directorate (ENV), Fiscal Network, International Transport Forum (ITF)
Other relevant background: http://www.oecd.org/gov/regional-policy/urbandevelopment.htm

Today's cities and urban areas are home to more than three-fifths of the OECD population. They are
economically and culturally successful places that continue to attract people from all over the world. However
they also face complex and diverse challenges. Better policies are needed to reduce inequality and segregation,
ensure environmental sustainability and increase productivity in cities. Effective solutions to these problems
involve different policy areas, such as urban planning, economic policy, social policy, environmental policy and
transport policy. They also require that national, regional, and local governments work together to ensure co-
ordinated policy responses.

Your work will require an excellent understanding of the political, social and economic dynamics in urban areas
and you will use your research experience to develop policy advice that is grounded in robust scientific evidence.
You will apply advanced qualitative and quantitative methods for your analysis (including statistical or
Geographic Information System software packages). In order to communicate your work effectively you will
draft documents aimed at different audiences and present at conferences and workshops. You will also travel
frequently to meet and discuss with policy makers and experts from all over the world. Over the duration of the
Young Professionals Programme you will quickly acquire more responsibilities and manage your own projects.

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 Green Growth

Taxing energy use green growth [CTP/ENV 8]

Hosts: Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTP) and Environment Directorate (ENV)
Other relevant background: www.oecd.org/tax/tax-policy/
www.oecd.org/environment/tools-evaluation/environmentaltaxation.htm

"Taxing Energy Use" and "Effective Carbon Rates" are two of the OECDs flagship publications, the preparation of
which is overseen by the Joint Meetings of Tax and Environment Experts. These publications and the work on
environmental taxation more broadly are of high policy relevance, for example in connection with climate
change mitigation and the promotion of green and inclusive growth. A better understanding of the impacts of
various taxes and tax provisions (including tax incentives), and of their costs and benefits to society, can help
countries apply more appropriate instruments to address a range of environmental problems.

You will contribute to regular updates and methodological refinements of the flagship publications, and
undertake analytical work on the basis of the data collected. One point of interest is to investigate the extent to
which carbon prices and energy taxes influence investments in low-carbon technologies in general and in long-
lived assets in particular, e.g. in industry, the electricity sector or the transport sector. Interactions between
policy instruments need also to be considered. You will also participate in ex post cost-benefit analyses of
environmentally related taxes and tax provisions. Where possible, synergies between the work areas will be
created. Outputs will include ongoing data-creation, contributions to analytical and policy papers and
contributions to various surveys and reviews.

Climate change mitigation [ENV 9]

Hosts: Environment Directorate (ENV)
Horizontal collaboration: Economics Department (ECO), Trade and Agriculture Directorate (TAD)
Other relevant background: http://www.oecd.org/environment/action-on-climate-change/

The Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris
in December 2015 represented a major milestone to international efforts to combat climate change. The Paris
Agreement specifies three overall aims: holding the global average surface temperature increase to well below
2C and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels; increasing the ability to adapt to adverse
climate impacts; and making financial flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions
and climate resilient development. Achieving the mitigation aims of the Paris Agreement will require major
structural change to overcome the carbon-intensity that is hard-wired into economies, systems and behaviours.
In order to help countries implement the Paris Agreement and achieve this goal, the mitigation team aims to
support countries in developing and implementing cost-effective mitigation strategies and policies that can be
sustained and deepened over time, through providing robust analysis, indicators and econometric evidence to
support the above.

You will join the newly created mitigation team of the Environment Directorate to support countries
implementing the Paris Agreement. More specifically, you will contribute to the development of a flagship
report on climate change mitigation policies to be released in advance of the 2018 UN Framework Convention
on Climate Change facilitative dialogue. you would help develop indicators and econometric analysis to
provide greater transparency on country progress and to quantify the dynamic interactions between climate
policy, GHG emissions and the wider economy, working closely with the Economics Department and other

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Directorates (e.g. Trade and Agriculture, Center for Tax Policy and Administration, Directorate for Science,
Technology and Innovation).

Environmental Accounting and Green Growth Indicators [STD/ENV 10]

Hosts: Statistics Directorate (STD) and Environment Directorate (ENV)
Other relevant background: System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA)
OECD Green Growth Strategy Material resources and productivity

The Statistics Directorate jointly with the Environment Directorate undertakes methodological and statistical
work to advance research on environmental accounting in line with the System of Environmental-Economic
Accounting (SEEA) to help construct Green Growth Indicators. It includes the compilation of air emission
accounts, the monetary valuation of subsoil mineral and energy resources, the further development and
compilation of material flow accounts, and potentially other environmental-economic accounts. This project
supports the OECDs work on resource productivity, environmental and economic performance and policy
integration, and contributes to horizontal work streams, including the OECD Green Growth Strategy, and the
monitoring of progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

You will have the opportunity to become familiar with national and international statistics and indicators on the
environment, the economy and green growth (emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases, stocks and
flows of mineral and energy resources, consumption of materials in production processes) and with the
environmental-accounting framework that allows to link these statistics together and with other
macroeconomic indicators. You will collaborate with experts using these data for modelling (impact of domestic
demand on global emissions of pollutants and consumption of materials) and experts in charge of compiling
sustainability indicators. Beyond gaining experience with indicators, accounts and input-output analysis, you will
also gain insights into the OECDs country reviews and evidence-based policy analysis.

Jobs strategy

The Future of Work [ELS 11]

Hosts: Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS)
Horizontal collaboration: Economics Department (ECO); Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation
Directorate (STI), Environment Directorate (ENV), and Directorate for Education and Skills (EDU)
Other relevant background: http://www.oecd.org/employment/ministerial/policy-forum/
https://www.oecd.org/employment/Automation-and-independent-work-in-a-digital-economy-2016.pdf

A number of megatrends, including digitalisation, globalisation, environmental challenges and population

ageing, are fundamentally changing the world of work. This project will identify key policy responses to promote
fair and efficient labour markets. The main outputs will be a report on the future of work and a multi-
stakeholder DELPHI process to examine the consequences of different policy choices. The report will present
novel empirical analysis to map out broad scenarios for what the future of work might look like and to design
the most appropriate policy responses. The results of the analysis will also feed into future ELS publications,
including the Employment Outlook.

This activity will allow you to hone your analytical and drafting skills on an important topic that is high on the
political agenda of OECD governments. You will learn how to synthesize a large amount of data and analytical
studies into a set of coherent messages for policy makers. There will also be scope for some original empirical

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research with a strong policy focus. You will interact with an international team of researchers and gain
experience at making presentations to mixed audiences of academics and policy makers as well as to other
colleagues.

Macro-modelling

3.0 project: Modelling structural economic policies [ECO 12]

Hosts: Economics Department (ECO)
Other relevant background:
Economic Outlook: http://www.oecd.org/eco/outlook/
Going for Growth: http://www.oecd.org/eco/growth/goingforgrowth.htm

The OECD 3.0 modelling project aims to develop a new multinational, semi-structural model, covering selected
G20 countries and other regional blocks. The work will primarily focus on modelling the effect of structural
economic policies and how they depend on macroeconomic settings as well as quantifying international
spillovers. This model will complement other macroeconomic model simulations and provide background
information to the OECD Economic Outlook and other specific studies (recent examples include a study on the
impact of Brexit and the benefits of higher public investment in OECD economies). The project will benefit from
the expertise of modellers within the Economics Department and in other OECD Directorates (Trade,
Employment, Environment, etc.). Collaboration with other institutions (e.g. Banque de France, INSEE) is also
envisaged.

Macro-modelling is a useful and rewarding project for an Economist as it touches upon a wide variety of policy-
orientated topics. You will be able to build and enhance your knowledge in economic theory, econometrics and
modelling techniques as well as modelling software. More specifically, you will contribute to the empirical work
underlying the model development and run simulations for the OECD Economic Outlook and other projects
undertaken in the Economics Department. Outcomes may be published in Working Papers and/or review
articles. More generally, this will be an opportunity to learn about structural reforms, a topic in which the OECD
Economics Department is an acknowledged leader, and which is becoming increasingly important in the current
environment as conventional macroeconomic policy options appear increasingly exhausted.

3.0 project: Modelling macro-economic structural adjustment and trade [ECO/TAD 13]
Hosts: Economics Department (ECO) and Trade and Agriculture Directorate (TAD)

The project on modelling macroeconomic structural adjustment and trade contributes to supporting more
integrated, whole-of-government approaches to policy making by building solid analytical tools. The work will
have as its main focus the modelling of the effect of structural economic policies and how they depend on
macroeconomic settings and quantifying international spillovers. The interconnectedness of countries through
international trade plays a significant role for their economic performance and policies. The OECD 3.0 modelling
project aims to develop a new multinational, semi-structural model, covering selected G20 countries and other
regional blocks. The OECD 3.0 modelling project has as its main goal the building of a new multinational, semi-
structural model, including data from selected G20 countries and other regions.

You will support the corporate strategy OECD 3.0, in particular enhancing our modelling and analytical capacity
on structural adjustment and trade issues. You will be involved in a project to upgrade and consolidate OECD
modelling capacity to deliver more broad-based quantitative assessments of a wide range of macro and
structural policy challenges. This will involve the creation of a new core macro-model housed in ECO.

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Subsequently a satellite model incorporating policy effects on trade, based on TAD's METRO model, will be
linked to the core model with the aim of helping embed trade policy reform in consideration of structural
reforms, and to better understand the package of structural reforms that promote greater and wider benefits
from trade market opening. You will be exposed to a wide range of current policy challenges that span different
areas of policy decision-making and contribute to the OECDs capacity to assess those in an integrated manner.

Skills strategy

Skills and the digitalisation of economies and societies [EDU 14]

Host: Directorate for Education and Skills (EDU)
Horizontal collaboration: Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI)
Other relevant background: http://www.oecd.org/skills/piaac/
http://www.oecd.org/skills/ http://www.oecd.org/sti/ieconomy/

The digitalisation of economies and societies involves many aspects such as, disruptive innovations leading to
productivity and welfare gains; tools enabling small firms, small actors and citizens to participate in the global
economy and society; and the development of big data, which raises issues on how to use these data effectively,
protect privacy and ensure security. The digitalisation of economies and societies raises both opportunities and
challenges to countries. Skills and human capital can play a crucial role in determining whether digitalisation will
deliver benefits, or lead instead to disruption and widening inequality. The project aims at better understanding
the implications of a digitalised world for the skills demand and also how skills and skills policies can help to
realise the benefits of digitalisation for growth and well-being.

You will focus on carrying out analysis on the relationships between skills and the digitalisation of economies
and societies. You will contribute to building indicators of the skills of the population based on the Survey of
Adult Skills (PIAAC) and investigating how to measure the development and consequences of digitalisation. You
will work on assessing the links between skills and various aspects of digitalisation using econometric
techniques. You may also investigate how policies (in particular education and training policies) can foster the
development of skills to make the most of digitalisation. This work will be done in preparation of the 2019
edition of the Skills Outlook, in close collaboration with other OECD Directorates. You will co-operate with teams
in other OECD Directorates, especially from the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation.

National Skills Strategies [EDU/ELS 15]

Host: Directorate for Education and Skills (EDU) and Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS).
Horizontal collaboration: Local Economic and Employment Development Programme (CFE/LEED); Centre for Tax
Policy and Administration (CTP); Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development Regional
Development (GOV/RDP); Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI); Development Centre (DEV);
Economics Department (ECO)
Other relevant background: National Skills Strategies

The OECD Skills Strategy provides countries with a strategic approach to develop the right skills and turn them
into better jobs and better lives. An effective national skills strategy depends on a clear diagnosis of the
strengths and challenges a country faces, a comprehensive and inclusive approach to policy design and
successful implementation. The OECD Skills Strategy is a major horizontal project co-ordinated by EDU in close
collaboration with ELS and with the support of LEED, STI, CTP, DEV, GOV, and ECO as well as other substantive
Directorates.

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You will contribute to the next phase of the OECD Skills Strategy planned for Programme of Work and Budget
2017-18 which aims to enhance and extend the OECD's capacity to support member and non-member countries
in developing effective national skills strategies. You will contribute to our efforts to leverage OECD comparative
data, analysis and expertise in a broad range of policy areas and to work collaboratively with countries in
developing effective national skills strategies. In doing so you will have the opportunity to deepen your own
skills in comparative policy analysis and generate new insights into policy inter-linkages, especially between
economics, labour markets, innovation, social policies and education in the area of skills development, supply
and use. You will also gain practical experience in fostering whole-of-government approaches to complex policy
challenges and in engaging stakeholders to build support for policy change and ensure successful
implementation. Last but not least, you will be joining a stimulating multicultural and multidisciplinary National
Skills Strategies team within the OECD Directorate for Education and Skills (EDU), generating outputs that
countries value highly.

Strategic orientations

Support for the delivery of the Secretary-Generals Strategic Objectives [SGE 16]
Host: Office of the Secretary-General (OSG)
Background documents: Strategic Orientations 2016, 21x21

The Office of the Secretary-General (OSG) supports the Secretary-General in implementing his strategic vision
for the Organisation. Led by the Special Counsellor to the OECD Secretary-General, Chief of Staff and Sherpa,
and the Deputy Chief of Staff, the OSG works to add relevance and impact to the core products of the
Organisation. These are to ensure that it remains on the cutting edge of policy analysis; foster horizontality
among the different parts of the Organisation and ensure coherence and whole-of-government perspectives;
deliver timely and targeted policy advice to members and stakeholders; and supervise, in co-ordination with the
Deputy Secretaries General, the work of the Organisation. In order to be at the forefront of policy developments
and to support reform processes in member and partner countries, OSG oversees the New Approaches to
Economic Challenges (NAEC), Strategic foresight and Inclusive Growth initiatives and also houses the Sherpa
Unit. OSG is also at the forefront of the Organisation's outreach strategy, leading and monitoring accession
processes as well as co-operation with Key Partners and non-member countries.

As part of the OSG team, you will support the Special Counsellor to the OECD Secretary-General, Chief of Staff
and Sherpa, the Deputy Chief of Staff and the team in delivering the Secretary-General's strategic objectives.
You will assist in preparing briefings, talking points and speeches for the Secretary-Generals official functions,
ensuring that key strategic issues are covered and messages are transmitted. You will keep abreast of
developments within OECD and the global political and economic agenda. These tasks will be undertaken at the
strategic hub of the Organisation with exposure to the highest levels of strategy and policy-making, to all
streams of OECD work and to cutting-edge discussions. You will work and engage with a talented, highly
committed team of professional staff, in a vibrant, fast-paced environment.

Strategy and co-ordination with non-members [GRS 17]

Host: Global Relations Secretariat (GRS)
Other relevant background: Active with Latin America and the Caribbean, Active with India

The OECD has increasingly turned itself into a Global Policy Network, following the guidance from the Secretary-
Generals Strategic Orientations and the OECD 50th Anniversary Vision Statement. This has led the Organisation

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to engage in relationships with countries and institutions around the world and at different stages of
development, sharing data and best practices with them, and encouraging their participation in its bodies and
their adherence to its legal instruments and policy standards. You will be invited to contribute to the
development of OECDs collaboration with the Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Programme (LAC) or
with India, or both according to your competencies and experience.

The work on the LAC Programme aims at supporting the Latin America and the Caribbean region to advance its
reform agenda in three pillars: increasing productivity, enhancing social inclusion and strengthening institutions
and governance. You will help co-ordinate the OECD LAC Regional Programme and take the lead in supporting
one of the three pillars, as well as working on the co-ordination of the Argentina-OECD programme.

The work on India consists of providing targeted policy advice adapted to India's national context, including
drafting briefing notes and analytical notes on political developments and economic trends in India. In close
collaboration with other OECD Departments, you will assist the preparation and launch of important OECD
reports on India. In support of the work of the Sherpa Office and Global Governance Unit, you will help to
develop a roadmap to leverage the work with India in the context of the G20, especially in view of a possible
Indian G20 Presidency in 2019.

Taxation

Impact of the tax systems on innovation [CTP/STI 18]

Host: Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTPA), Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (STI)
Other relevant background: www.oecd.org/sti/rd-tax-stats.htm
www.oecd.org/ctp/countering-harmful-tax-practices-more-effectively-taking-into-account-transparency-and-
substance-action-5-2015-final-report-9789264241190-en.htm
www.oecd.org/tax/measuring-and-monitoring-beps-action-11-2015-final-report-9789264241343-en.htm

Innovation is a key driver for long-term productivity growth. National tax systems can foster the development of
new ideas and bring them to fruition through new and improved products and processes. The design of tax
systems can help shape incentives on where, how and to what extent different activities are undertaken along
the innovation value chain. Several countries use the tax system to reduce the cost of innovation efforts (e.g.
R&D tax incentives) or to enhance its financial upside (e.g. Intellectual Property (IP) boxes). Furthermore,
changes to tax systems in order to promote innovation can also have significant and sometimes undesirable
impacts on other countries through tax competition. This project will complement the follow-up work at STI on
the impact of policies and tax incentives on business innovation. It will also complement the CTPA Base Erosion
and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project, with particular reference to the work on harmful tax practices and IP boxes.

You will be involved in three main work areas relating to the impact of the tax system on innovation,
contributing to ongoing collaboration between STI and CTPA on innovation-driven growth. Firstly, you will
monitor and analyse policy developments in OECD and partner economies concerning the tax treatment of
investment in knowledge based capital (KBC), comparing R&D with other types of KBC. Your work will
complement regular efforts at STI to monitor tax support for business R&D and within CTPA to measure profit
taxation and related tax incentives. Secondly, you will investigate the effect of IP boxes in their nexus and non-
nexus-compliant form on innovation activities, profit shifting and tax revenue losses. Thirdly, you will contribute
to developing approaches to monitor the broader implications of tax policies for innovation. You will present to
OECD committees and academic conferences and participate in the co-drafting of related papers. You will also
be expected to engage with different stakeholders in government, academia and the business community.

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 Trade

Services Trade Restrictiveness Index [TAD 19]

Hosts: Trade and Agriculture Directorate (TAD)
Other relevant background: Services trade

Trade in services drives the exchange of ideas, know-how and technology. It helps firms cut costs, increase
productivity, participate in global value chains and boost competitiveness, while consumers benefit from lower
prices and greater choices. However, international trade in services is often impeded by trade and investment
barriers and domestic regulations. The OECDs Service Trade Restrictions Index (STRI) helps identify which policy
measures restrict trade. The project assembles regulatory data across 22 sectors in 45 OECD and partner
countries, providing policy makers and negotiators with information and measurement tools to open up
international trade in services and negotiate international trade agreements. It can also help governments
identify best practice and then focus their domestic reform efforts on priority sectors and measures.

The Trade in Services Division (TSD) carries out a mandate from the OECD Trade Committee to compile, update,
analyse and promote the STRI. You will contribute to the update of the OECD's STRI database, including
participating in the training of a team of junior consultants and liaison with stakeholders and delegations. The
expected output is an extended time-series of regulatory data. You will ensure the quality and integrity of
updates to the STRI database, and in so doing enable economic analysis that supports the Programme of Work
and Budget of the OECD Trade Committee, the objectives of the G20 and the priorities of the Secretary General.

Well-being

Well-being [STD 20]

Hosts: Statistics Directorate (STD)
Other relevant background: http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/
http://www.oecd.org/gender/data/balancingpaidworkunpaidworkandleisure.htm

Many of the outcomes that are most important to people's well-being are related to intangible resources, such
as time and social relations. Traditionally quantitative analysis of these areas has been limited, due to the
paucity of sound and comparable data. This project will develop new measures of work-life balance and social
connections for OECD countries and selected emerging economies based on time-use surveys and other data
sources (e.g. big data). The project falls under the heading of the Better Life Initiative, and considers interactions
between gender and well-being.

You will conduct innovative research on various well-being areas, including time-use and social connections. On
the first aspect, you will be asked to help update the OECD Time Use Database, develop new indicators of time-
crunches and carry out analysis around the determinants of work-life balance (including working arrangements,
transport infrastructures, social norms, lifestyles, etc.). This stream of work will also involve contributing to a
new OECD project on gender and development, conducted by the Statistics Directorate in association with the
OECD Development Centre, which aims to collect and analyse time-use data for selected developing countries.
On the second aspect, you will develop indicators of quality of social connections based on time use surveys and
explore the possibility of using new data sources (e.g. big data). Through this project you will be contributing to
various high-profile projects such as the Better Life Initiative and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
monitoring, and be connected to a number of world-leading international networks working on well-being and
SDGs.

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