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Jean Bonvin concluded his presentation by inviting views on how the Centre should be conducting its dialogue (which he reminded the Advisory Board had been part of DC's mandate since it was set up in 1962). He outlined several options:
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at the initiative or in association with the Council. The Council might wish the Centre to make contact with high level representatives of certain developing countries in order to have unofficial, informal and exploratory discussions on new and sensitive issues without engaging the name of OECD. These discussions, like those of Dourdan and Rolleboise (see annex), might have a confidential character and be held outside OECD premises. They would not result in any document or publication. The outcome of such meetings might take the form of an oral report and exchange of views in a restricted meeting of the OECD council. But the setting up of this sort of meeting was not an easy task;
at the initiative or in association with an OECD Committee. In order to reinforce the coherence and efficacity of the policies of OECD member countries in relation to developing countries, an OECD Committee might wish to obtain by means of an informal seminar organised by DC, the reactions of developing countries on a specific issue, reactions which might be taken into account in the Committee's recommendations. In this case participants in the meeting would be jointly chosen by DC and the Committee concerned;
at the initiative or in association with one or several OECD member-states. Some member countries might wish to organise a discussion with certain developing countries on a specific issue making use of the analyses of the Centre. The Centre would assist in organisation; the expenses being met by the OECD member states which wished to set up the discussion.
other suggestion: a meeting on a subject or specific region (for example on the Caribbean, South Asia or Southern Africa). This would be an occasion not merely for dialogue, but dissemination of OECD expertise: an example being the meting in Vietnam in August to present the conclusions and recommendations of the Centre's study of environmental management problems in East Asia which draws on the experience of five Asia countries: Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Indonesia. To this meeting will be invited abut ten experts from the East Asia region and 401
representatives from various Vietnamese departments and organisations. The cooperation of the Vietnamese authorities has already been secured. The OECD Environment Directorate will present the lessons and experience of OECD member states on environmental
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