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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 24-Nov-2009 to 25-Nov-2009
Active players from European cities will discuss the challenges of integrated sustainable urban development.
Interactive thematic workshops will focus on innovation and creativity, human capital & entrepreneurship, cities and demographic change, preserving or creating urban identities, governance models, regeneration of deprived neighbourhoods, the implementation of the Leipzig Charter, and cities response to the economic crisis.
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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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from 28-Oct-2009 to 29-Oct-2009
A highly interactive programme will focus on developing cross-sector connections and knowledge sharing, as well as capturing participant's ideas on key issues and best practice. Join us in Barcelona and help to build a thriving future for European cities.
Venue: Barcelona (Spain)
SPECIAL OFFER! To be eligible for discounted registration quote reference: "OECD"
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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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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.
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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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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?
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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 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.
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