LEED Programme (Local Economic and Employment Development )

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Routes out of the crisis: Strategies for local employment recovery and skills development in Asia

from 01-Dec-2009 to 03-Dec-2009

While no country has been spared from the effects of the financial and economic crisis, the diverse impact has been quite evident in Asia.
The joint ILO/OECD LEED meeting aims to strengthen the capacity of constituents, policy makers and practitioners at local level to undertake effective employment recovery and skills strategies in response to the financial and economic crisis.

Venue: Malang (Java), Indonesia

The dark cloud of the recession – is there a silver lining?

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.

OECD conference on SMEs, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Udine, Italy, 22-23 October 2009

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.

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

Universities, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Good Practice Workshop, Halle, Germany

on 12-Jun-2009

The aim of the good practice workshop was to follow up the joint policy development project from LEED Programme of the OECD and the German Federal Ministry of Housing, Construction and Urban Affairs with a practical event to enable HEIs and policy makers from eastern Germany to exchange with each other and with participants from other countries around good practice in HEI entrepreneurship support, namely in entrepreneurship education and in start-up support. A rich and diverse programme also offered participants opportunities to engage in dept-interviews with those behind good practices.

5th Annual Meeting of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance

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.

Capacity Building Seminar for New and Nascent Local Development Partnerships in Central-East and South-East Europe, Trento, Italy

from 10-Nov-2008 to 12-Nov-2008

The objective of this 2.5-day seminar is to improve the functioning of local partnerships. The seminar is aimed at local partnership practitioners and their counterparts in local and national governments. The seminar will focus on three main themes: (i) what makes local partnership building successful?; (ii) what are the key elements of a national support framework for local development partnerships?; and (iii) how to manage and improve performance?

Conference on "Efficient Local Development Strategies: Exchange of Experiences between Latin America and the OECD", Bogota, Colombia

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.

Capacity Building Seminar for Partnerships on "Designing and Delivering Skills Strategies for Cities", Trento, Italy

from 11-Jun-2008 to 13-Jun-2008

The objective of this seminar was to improve the capacity of partnerships to design and deliver integrated skills strategies. It focused on three main themes: (i) understanding local skills needs; (ii) building an integrated skills strategy and (iii) assessing the impact: moving from quantitative to qualitative assessment.

Capacity Building for Effective Partnerships – An Active Review in Croatia

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.