LEED Programme (Local Economic and Employment Development )

Conference on "The Social Economy in Central, East and South-East Europe", Trento, Italy

from 22-Sep-2005 to 23-Sep-2005

This OECD LEED International Conference sought to further explore the trends, opportunities and challenges that social economy actors face in the countries of the Baltic States, Central, East and South-East Europe. For more information on outcomes and results, please contact Paola.Babos@oecd.org

Seminar on "Evaluating Local Development Strategies" in Prague, Czech Republic

on 22-Nov-2005

This seminar was organised by the OECD Trento Centre for Local Development. The event sought to foster and develop a culture of evaluation of local development strategies that promote entrepreneurship, local cohesion and good governance. For further information, please contact Ivana.Studena@oecd.org.

CEI Summit Economic Forum, Bratislava, Slovakia

from 23-Nov-2005 to 24-Nov-2005

This year, the CEI SEF addressed the theme of Reforms key to Competitiveness. It was a platform to make business contacts and establish co-operation on investment projects and development programmes. The SEF also provided a unique chance to discuss structural reforms for improving business environment, development strategies for raising competitiveness, with a special focus on energy, infrastructure, and human resources. For more information, please contact Ekaterina.Travkina@oecd.org

Conference on "From Immigration to Integration: Lessons Drawn from Local Responses", New York City

on 15-Dec-2005

The results of the LEED's five country reviews on the local integration of immigrants into the labour market were discussed at this conference co-organised with the Federal Bank of New York. The event was attended by 140 delegates, from the US and overseas, including leaders and directors of major US workforce training programmes, community development organisations, unions, foundations, and community colleges, as well as academics, and state and local political leadership.

Conference on "Training Strategies for Regional Competitiveness and Inclusion Through Employment", Seoul, Korea

on 12-Oct-2005

This event was jointly organised with the Korean Labour Institute, a LEED Partner.  Korea is looking to transform its labour market policy as a tool to foster regional competitiveness and social cohesion.  This conference shared LEED's expertise in this field to facilitate the adoption of models from abroad, such as area-based partnerships and decentralised frameworks. For more information, please contact Sylvain.Giguere@oecd.org

Seminar on "What Future for Development Agencies?", London, UK

on 21-Nov-2005

This seminar was jointly organised by the OECD LEED Programme and the Center for Public Policy Seminars (CPPS).  It looked at how development and successes of UK agencies fits with the global situation and examined the strenghts and weaknesses of the various development bodies in the UK. 

OECD Entrepreneurship Indicators Project Expert Workshop - "Understanding Entrepreneurship: Issues and Numbers", Paris

from 26-Oct-2005 to 27-Oct-2005

This workshop convened experts in the field of entrepreneurship research, policy and statistics to discuss policy priorities and associated data requirements in order to inform the work of an internationally comparable system of indicators to be developed by the OECD. It was held at the OECD Headquarters.

Seminar on "Promoting SME Innovation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and other South-East European Countries", Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina

on 19-Oct-2005

This event was organised by the OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Development in collaboration with Sub-department for Strategy and Economy in Government District Brčko and in co-operation with the Central European Initiative.  It was a follow-up of the Trento Centre capacity building seminar on entrepreneurship and will further explore the theme of Promoting SME Innovation. For more information, please contact alessandra.proto@oecd.org

Seminar on “Evaluating Local Development Strategies” Bratislava, Slovak Republic

on 19-Jul-2005

This seminar was organised by the OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Development.  It focused on disseminating information and tools for best practice evaluation approaches. The event is a part of the activities of the Evaluation Unit at the OECD LEED Trento Centre which aims to promote and develop culture of evaluation of local development strategies for entrepreneurship, local cohesion and good governance. For further information contact Ivana.Studena@oecd.org

Conference on "New venture creation and entrepreneurial growth across borders: Integrating diversity of ideas, people and institutions", Cape Town, South Africa

from 07-Sep-2005 to 09-Sep-2005

This 5th International Entrepreneurship Forum Conference was jointly organised by the OECD LEED Programme and the University of Essex, member of the LEED Partners Club.  Representatives from academic institutions, policy makers and practitioners around the world took part in this event. For more information, please contact jmitra@essex.ac.uk

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