Projects

Project: Contribution to  Eurasia Competitiveness Programme Beneficiary: OECD Start : January 2016   The OECD Eurasia competitiveness programme consists of two initiatives: 1) the Initiative for Eastern Europe and the Southern Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) and 2) the Initiative for Central Asia (Afghanistan, Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan). The aim of the program is to develop and implement policies that promote competitiveness in these countries.

Summary: This treaty allows the Parties to develop, on common foundations and respecting the basic rights of tax-payers, extensive administrative co-operation covering all compulsory taxes, with the exception of customs duty. Signed: 07/02/1992 Sanctioned and promulgated: 26/10/2012 Entry into force: 01/12/2000 pdf file967_Akte in het Engels.pdf (141 KB) pdf file967_Decreet.pdf (41 KB)

Project: Study of recent trends in decentralised cooperation. Beneficiary: OECD Amount: € 20.000  Duration: 2017  By executing the "review of recent trends in decentralised cooperation: Mapping and analysing financial flows, actors and mechanisms in EU countries” OECD wishes to map the role in development cooperation of decentralised governments in Europe.   In addition to a quantitative analysis of ODA / DAC figures from regional and local governments in Europe, five case studies are also being prepared.

Project: Stimulating energy companies to more efficiency in Ukraïne - Eurasia competitiviness Programme Beneficiary: OECD  Amount: € 60.000 Duur: 2017 The OECD Eurasia competitiveness programme consists of two initiatives: 1) the Initiative for Eastern Europe and the Southern Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) and 2) the Initiative for Central Asia (Afghanistan, Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan). The aim of the program is to develop and implement policies that promote competitiveness in these countries. Read more. 

Project: Supporting Decentralisation in Ukraine - Eurasia competitiveness programme  beneficiary: OECD Amount: € 56.000 Duration: 2016  The OECD Eurasia competitiveness programme consists of two initiatives: 1) the Initiative for Eastern Europe and the Southern Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine) and 2) the Initiative for Central Asia (Afghanistan, Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan). The aim of the program is to develop and implement policies that promote competitiveness in these countries. Read more. 

Project: "Economics and Governance of Water Security in Africa" - recommendations for water management in Cape Town Beneficiary: OECD Amount: € 80.000 Duration: 2019  The project is part of the OECD program "Governance and economics of water security in Africa". A policy dialogue with stakeholders from public, private and non-profit sectors in Cape Town is be started . This policy dialogue, supervised by OECD and the framework outlined in "Principles on Water Governance ", should lead to recommendations to make water management more future-proof. 

Project: Capacity building of national statistical offices in two countries to close the gender data gap through citizen-generated data Beneficiary: OECD Amount: € 100,000 Duration: 12 months Quality data on gender are important for informed policy, especially in a context of post-covid recovery. The project provides capacity building in the field.

Summary: The Agreement specifies what information will be exchanged automatically and when, as set out in the OECD’s standard for automatic exchange of financial account information in tax matters. In addition, the Agreement imposes strict confidential requirements in respect of the exchanged information Signed: 29/10/2014 Sanctioned and promulgated: 07/07/2017 Entry into force: 31/01/2016 pdf file1176_Agreement in English.pdf (155 KB) pdf file1176_Decreet.pdf (50 KB)      

Summary: The MLI offers concrete solutions for governments to close the gaps in existing international tax rules by transposing results from the OECD/G20 BEPS Project into bilateral tax treaties worldwide. Signed: 07/06/2017 Sanctioned and promulgated: 05/04/2019 pdf file1181_Agreement in English and French.pdf (5.87 MB) pdf file1181_Engelse tekst verklarende nota.pdf (556 KB) pdf file1181_Engelse tekst voorbehouden en kennisgevingen.pdf (635 KB) pdf file1181_Decreet.pdf (984 KB)

Summary: The Convention was amended to respond to the call of the G20 to align it to the international standard on exchange of information on request and to open it to all countries, in particular to ensure that developing countries could benefit from the new more transparent environment. Signed: 04/04/2011 Sanctioned and promulgated: 26/10/2012 International ratification: 08/12/2014 Entry into force: 01/04/2015 pdf file949_Akte in het Engels.pdf (161 KB) pdf file949_Decreet.pdf (41 KB)