It started its operations on 16 April 1948, and originated from the work done by the Committee of European Economic Co-operation in 1947 in preparation for the Marshall Plan. The uniform application of this definition results in estimates of unemployment rates that are more internationally comparable than estimates based on national definitions of unemployment. The first was on the Application of Structure Activity Relationships to the Estimation of Properties Important in Exposure Assessment (ENV Monograph No. That created the OECD on December 14, 1960. 1. The outcomes of the workshop (ENV Monograph No. ENV Monograph No. Our goal is to shape policies that foster prosperity, equality, opportunity and well-being for all. An OECD Expert Group on (Q)SARs was subsequently established in early 2003. Thirty years ago, in 1980, the Council of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) adopted its Guidelines on Trans-border Data Flows and the Protection of Privacy (the ‘Guidelines’) and recommended them to OECD member countries.1I was the chairman of the OECD expert group on transborder data flows and the protection of privacy (1978–80) established under the Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry's Committee for Information, Computer and Communications Policy (… The Special Session pointed out the need for transparency in (Q)SAR models and clear procedures for applicability evaluation and validation for (Q)SARs. The major work item is the development of the OECD (Q)SAR Toolbox  firstly released in March 2008. The OECD also published two other documents related to (Q)SARs that were based upon member country-led projects. Since then, 17 countries have become members of the Organisation. 1990-2000: Co-operative studies among member countries In accordance with the recommendation, the "Structure Activity Relationship/Minimum Premarketing dataset" (SAR/MPD) study was undertaken from 1991 to 1993, which compared (Q)SAR predictions done with base-set test data for 175 chemicals. On 14 December 1960, 20 countries originally signed the Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Early 2000s: Development of the OECD principles for the validation of (Q)SAR models Here is a list of the current Member countries of the Organisation and the dates on which they deposited their instruments of ratification. In November 2002, the OECD 34th Joint Meeting of the Chemical Committee and the Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides and Biotechnology held a Special Session on (Q)SARs to review and discuss the workshop’s recommendations as well as information submitted from the OECD member countries and other organizations. The objective of the OECD (Q)SAR project is to facilitate practical application of (Q)SAR approaches in regulatory contexts by governments and industry and to improve their regulatory acceptance. We draw on almost 60 years of experience and insights to better prepare the world of tomorrow. In the early to mid-1990’s, the OECD undertook several additional efforts to assess a variety of (Q)SAR methodologies such as the OECD Workshop on QSARs in Aquatic Effects Assessment held in 1990. In November 2004, member countries recognized that the focus of the work should shift to the regulatory use and application of (Q)SARs. In March 2002, a workshop organized by CEFIC and ICCA on “Regulatory Use of (Q)SARs for Human Health and Environmental Endpoints”  was held in Setubal, Portugal, and the recommendations from the workshop were then submitted to the OECD. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) was officially born on 30 September 1961, when the Convention entered into force. Government support to cushion people and businesses from income losses should continue and adapt, according to the latest OECD Economic Survey of Israel. 2. 68). 88: pages 1-81, pages 82-181, pages 182-296, pages 297-366.