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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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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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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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from 18-Apr-2007 to 20-Apr-2007
This seminar was the second stage of a capacity building programme designed for experienced partnerships from OECD member countries. This meeting allowed an in-depth discussion on how partnerships can enhance their capacity to influence policy at the local, national and international levels.
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from 01-Mar-2007 to 02-Mar-2007
The Third Forum Meeting focused on cross-sectoral and multi-level collaboration, supporting the exchange of experience and practice between partnerships and exploring ways to overcome common obstacles. The Forum meeting provided a unique occasion for such an exchange, offering opportunities for in-depth discussion within a series of interactive working sessions.
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on 08-Nov-2006
The seminar was jointly organised with the Romanian Ministry of Labour, Social Solidarity and Family. It offered highly interactive sessions and working groups around best practices, and brought together policy makers, partnership managers, local development practitioners, and OECD experts. The event was a unique opportunity to learn about developments in building partnership throughout OECD countries.
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from 05-Dec-2006 to 07-Dec-2006
This seminar was designed as a series of highly interactive sessions around good practice examples presented by seminar participants and OECD experts. Debates about the role and capacity of partnerships in influencing policy at local, national and international levels addressed questions relating to trust and legitimacy, applied communication strategies and accountability frameworks.
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Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance
Read more about the Forum
This guide aims to assist partnerships in their development and to help countries learn from other experiences.
Successful Partnerships - A Guide
This database contains over 300 links and documents in English focusing on partnerships and related policy fields.
Forum Document Database website
The brochure presents various area-based partnership models showing methods, tools and results achieved.
Annual Brochure
This statement aims to enhance governance by improving dialogue and co-operation between policy makers, and between policy makers and other stakeholders at different levels.
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Baltic Partnerships: Integration, Growth and Local Governance in the Baltic Sea Region