On 16 April 1948, in Paris, representatives of the 16 European States that have accepted the US aid provided under the Marshall Plan sign the Convention establishing the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) which will enter into force on 1 July 1948.

On 16 April 1948, in Paris, the representatives of the 16 European States that have accepted aid under the Marshall plan sign the Convention establishing the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC), which is to enter into force on 1 July 1948. Georges Bidault, French Foreign Minister, initials the Convention on behalf of France.

On 16 April 1948, at the Château de la Muette in Paris, Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, signs the Convention establishing the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC).

On 16 April 1948, in Paris, the representatives of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom and the Commanders-in-Chief of the French, British and US occupation zones in Germany sign the Convention establishing the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC), which enters into force on 1 July 1948.

On 24 August 1948, the Italian Government sends to the French Government a memorandum in which it emphasises the important role to be played by the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC), which is seen as an essential force for European unification.

Signed on 16 October 1948 in Paris by the representatives of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Swtizerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom, by the Commanders-in-Chief of the French, British and US occupation zones in Germany and by the Commander of the British-US zone of the Free Territory of Trieste, the first Agreement for Intra-European Payments and Compensations aims to establish a regional payments system in order to encourage intra-European trade.

On 30 December 1948, the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) publishes its progress report on the issues arising from the economic reconstruction of post-war Europe.

On 30 December 1948, the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) publishes its Interim Report on the European Recovery Programme that focuses on the economic situation in Austria.

On 30 December 1948, the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) publishes its progress report on the economic recovery programme in the Benelux countries.

On 30 December 1948, the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) publishes its progress report on the economic recovery programme in Italy.

On 30 December 1948, the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) publishes its progress report on the economic recovery programme in the United Kingdom.

Robert Marjolin, Secretary-General of the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC), records a message in the Paris studios of ‘Voice of America’, to be broadcast from the New York studio on the first anniversary of the Marshall Plan in April 1949.

On 29 October 1949, the Italian newspaper Il nuovo Corriere della Sera considers the future of the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) and stresses the importance of coordinating national economic policies across Europe.

On 20 December 1949, the Dutch daily newspaper Het Parool considers the action of the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) and speculates on the question of European economic integration.

On 1 February 1950, the Dutch daily newspaper Het Vrije Volk welcomes the appointment of Dirk U. Stikker, Dutch Foreign Minister, to the post of ‘political mediator’ of the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC).

‘The Stikker Plan.’ On 11 February 1950, Roc, the Dutch cartoonist, depicts the US-backed appointment of Dirk U. Stikker, Netherlands Foreign Minister, as ‘Political Ombudsman’ of the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC).

On 13 June 1950, the Dutch daily newspaper Het Vrije Volk comments on the proposal by Dirk Stikker, Dutch Foreign Minister, to pursue European integration by sector.

In September 1951, the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) publishes a report which focuses on how the organisation was founded and its working methods, along with its general policies.

On 10 April 1953, a meeting in Washington of the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) provides an opportunity for a study of the economic situation in Europe. From left to right: Harold Stassen (Director of Mutual Security), Sir Hugh Ellis-Rees (President of the OEEC Council), Hans Karl von Mangoldt (Chairman of the Managing Board of the European Payments Union), Attilio Cattani (Chairman of the OEEC Executive Committee), Baron Jean Charles Snoy et d’Oppuers (Chairman of the Exchange Steering Committee) and Robert Marjolin (OEEC Secretary-General).

In 1954, Karl Harten, Director of the European Productivity Agency (EPA), outlines the EPA's activities and describes measures that aim at increasing productivity in Europe.

In 1954, Yvan Lavergne, Administrator at the Energy Division of the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC), considers the OEEC's policies concerning coal supplies in Europe.

In 1954, Dirk Stikker, Chairman of the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) from 1950 to 1952, analyses the work of the organisation during its early years.