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from 19-Sep-2011 to 21-Sep-2011
The conference aimed to lift social innovation on par with highly valued innovations in business and technology. This requires solid foundations of an extended innovation paradigm and methodologies suitable to identify and measure social innovations in crucial areas of social development, such as sustainability, demographic change, economy and labour, social inclusion. In 14 thematic panels the conference determined the most needed social innovations and adequate approaches of research. Full information can be found at http://www.socialinnovation2011.eu.
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on 18-Jul-2011
Organised by the Union For the Mediterranean in cooperation with LEED and the City of Barcelona, this conference brought together Ministries of Labour, Ministries of Education and practitioners to discuss local skills development and its link to local job creation and sustainable growth. The meeting discussed operational pathways to address high youth unemployment as well as skills development for women’s integration in local labour markets and developing the best environment for SMEs to thrive.
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from 27-Sep-2011 to 29-Sep-2011
Representatives from governments and employment agencies across Asia and the OECD discussed how to overcome the lack of co-ordination between labour market policy and vocational training as a clear impediment to successful skills development in developing Asia. This conference dealt with how to design and finance integrated skills strategies in practice, with a particular focus on how successful partnerships between education and industry can be built, reaching SMEs in both the formal and informal economy. By invitation only.
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on 22-Jun-2011
This workshop provided an opportunity to discuss ways to increase the effectiveness of actions to boost skills development to stimulate good quality employment both abroad and in the country. How can a joined-up approach be taken locally? How can skills development best support sustainable economic development in the country and better quality employment abroad? What are the international lessons applicable to Cambodia in training workers for work abroad and re-integrating them in the local labour market?
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on 08-Jul-2011
High level policy makers, economists and representatives of international and European institutions discussed the future of global economic and financial development and debated the crucial role played by regions and localities in the recovery and development of economic competitiveness. The conference provided a means to exchange good practice and drew up policy recommendation to achieve tangible results. Aart de Geus, OECD Deputy Secretary General, and Sergio Arzeni, Director of the CFE Directorate, contributed to the discussion.
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from 17-Oct-2011 to 20-Oct-2011
The central theme of this international meeting was the need for dialogue between the State and civil society to develop enabling public policy in favour of the social and solidarity economy. The event presented the richness of the social and solidarity economy throughout the world, the diversity of its experiences and the innovative character of its enterprises, as well as the numerous partnerships built between public authorities and civil society.
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on 20-Jun-2011
The workshop was organised as an experts’ roundtable and aimed at (i) sharing information amongst experts on on-going and future work in respective policy fields, addressing demographic change; (ii) identifing key policy questions to be explored as well as key work of the OECD and other institutions to be referenced in the OECD LEED project on local scenarios of demographic change; and (iii) discussing collaboration opportunities and follow-up policy dialogues on the topic. For further information please contact cristina.martinez@oecd.org.
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on 03-Jun-2011
In the framework of the 6th Festival of Economics on "The borders of economic freedom", the OECD LEED Trento Centre, in cooperation with the School on Local Development of the University of Trento, organised a round-table session on "Labour and productivity: the role of institutions, trade unions and business in the current economic crisis", which took place at the OECD Trento Centre (Vicolo S. Marco, 1) on Friday 3 June at 11.00 am. Aart de Geus, OECD Deputy Secretary General, and Sergio Arzeni, Director of the CFE Directorate, contributed to the discussion.
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from 11-Feb-2009 to 12-Feb-2009
On 11-12 February 2009, the Spanish city of Pamplona will host Agora Talentia, the first International Forum on Talent in the Knowledge Age. Talentia is organised by the Regional Government of Navarre, the Navarre Innovation Agency (ANAIN) and the Navarre Foundation for Diversification (FND), in collaboration with the OECD LEED Programme.
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on 12-Mar-2010
The objective of this workshop was to review the innovative tools and methods used, as part of local information systems, by local development organisations to: i) measure skills supply, demand and utilisation in local economies, ii) identify policy needs, shape policies and programmes that can best address these needs and iii) understand if policies are bringing results.
Venue: OECD Headquarters, Paris (France)
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