The OECD

• provides a forum in which member countries develop economic and social policies to help members and non-members deal with an increasingly globalised world;
• produces comparable and harmonised statistics and uses peer review to generate surveys on individual countries' performance in selected policy areas;
• generates internationally agreed instruments, decisions and recommendations in areas where multilateral agreement is necessary for individual countries to make progress in a globalised economy; and
• helps the governments of member countries to clarify issues relating to public policy and the impact of those policies on the international community.

30 member countries and active relationships with over 70 other countries, NGOs, and other members of civil society.

According to the OECD website, decision-making power is vested in the OECD Council, in which each country is represented and which takes decisions by consensus.

According to the OECD's website section on Information and Communication Technologies:

"The growth and development of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has led to their wide diffusion and application, thus increasing their economic and social impact. The OECD undertakes a wide range of activities aimed at improving our understanding of how ICTs contribute to sustainable economic growth and social well-being and their role in the shift toward knowledge-based societies."

These topics include:

• E-government
• Information and Communications Policy
• ICTs and Learning
• ICTs for Development
• Innovation and Education Research & Development
• Measuring the Information Economy
• Teaching, Learning and Schools for the Future