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from 01-Oct-2009 to 23-Oct-2009
Showcase, the HCA Academy's case study library for sustainable communities is seeking your ideas & views in an online debate:
- How leaders should respond to the needs of their local areas.
- Sharing risk and learning from experience.
- The skills people need to remain in the labour markets.
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from 22-Oct-2009 to 23-Oct-2009
How can governments help innovative small firms continue to grow in the midst of an economic crisis? Entrepreneurs, bankers, policy makers and academics will discuss this and other issues at the conference which is open to media.
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9th International Entrepreneurship Forum (9th IEF), Istanbul
from 16-Sep-2009 to 18-Sep-2009
"Technology and Entrepreneurship: New Ventures and the Creative Use of Technologies"
The role of technology in the generation of entrepreneurial opportunities is the central theme of this major conference.
For further information, please go to www.essex.ac.uk/conferences/ief
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from 27-Oct-2008 to 29-Oct-2008
The 34th Session of the OECD Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship (WPSMEE), including a Special Session on SME and Entrepreneurship Statistics, was held on 27-29 October 2008, in Paris.
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from 09-Feb-2009 to 10-Feb-2009
The meeting focused on Building Strong Partnerships with the Private Sector for Better Jobs and Inclusion. Public sector institutions increasingly understand that working with business at the local level is crucial for promoting quality jobs and social inclusion. Localities are gearing education and training to business needs. Some regions are upgrading local skills demand, working with business to improve productivity thus increasing the availability of good quality jobs. A collective response is required from industry, government, educational institutions, trade unions and community.
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on 16-Sep-2008
This conference was jointly organised by the OECD LEED Programme and the Andean Development Corporation (CAF). It provided a platform for governments and experts to exchange and learn from good practices in defining, delivering and assessing local development strategies, based on the experience of various cities in Colombia, Latin American and OECD countries.
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from 19-Nov-2008 to 21-Nov-2008
The 9th Forum focussed on the five following themes: i) changes in tourism behaviour and demand; ii) the behaviour and performance of tourism enterprises; iii) measurement issues related to tourist and visitor surveys; iv) new approaches to data collection; and v) the usage of tourism statistics. Conclusions led to new improvements in tourism-related statistics and information.
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from 01-Jan-2007 to 31-Jul-2007
The review was a joint project between the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID). It was implemented by the OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Development, the USAID Mission to Croatia and USAID’s partner institution World Learning.
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on 10-Dec-2007
Within the framework of the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union, the Portuguese Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity organised, in partnership with the OECD LEED Programme and the European Commission, a seminar on “Development of Skills, Local Development and Partnerships”.
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from 18-Feb-2008 to 19-Feb-2008
This meeting sought to identify the best ways for partnerships to contribute to the design and implementation of skills development strategies which can boost competitiveness and make the economy more inclusive. More than 130 partnership practitioners, managers, national co-ordinators of partnership networks, and policy makers from OECD Member and non-member countries joined fruitful debates.
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