Sustainable development policies of international organizations: The example of OECD

Sustainable development process requires harmonizing the growth structure that eliminates poverty with social and environmental improvements. Many factors related to each other are effective in the change and transformation of society and economy. The international system is undergoing change and transformation. International organizations, which are an important part of this change and transformations, refer to the importance of sustainable development. International organizations produce various policies to increase the welfare level of societies, to protect the environment and to imporove the social structure. International organizations have a structure that has economic, technical, political and cultural functions. OECD, one of the said cooperation actors, makes significant contributions to sustainability, which is of great importance today, by using the advantage of having a wide data network. Sustainable development is defined as creating a balance between human and nature in order to meet today's needs. In order to achieve a balance between human and nature, international organizations need to produce policies on sustainable developent on global scale. The policies developed by international organizations within the scope of sustainable development that combines environmental and econamic elements will be mentioned. In this framework, it is aimed to analyze the sustainable development policies of the OECD. Key Words: Sustainable Development, Environment, Sanitation, Society, İnternational Organizations, OECD