Entrepreneurship at Local Level

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.

Conference on Local Entrepreneurship Review of Sinaloa: Sharing Best Practices and Recommendations, Mexico City

on 04-Oct-2004

This half-day conference aimed at presenting the results and evaluating lessons learned from the OECD LEED Entrepreneurship Review of the State of Sinaloa, Mexico, in the light of their applicability to other Mexican states. This event was organised by the Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme and the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship. The final review is available on-line. For more information, please contact Gabriela.Miranda-gallardo@oecd.org

East West Cluster Conference, Udine and Grado, Italy, 28-31 October 2002 - Materials now on-line

from 28-Oct-2002 to 31-Oct-2002

Click here for conference materials of the East West Cluster Conference that focused on SME internationalisation, innovation, social capital and clusters featuring two days of study visits to North-Italian Industrial Districts.

38th Annual Conference of the ASRDLF in collaboration with Québec University, 21th-23th August 2002, Québec, Canada

from 10-Jun-2002 to 23-Aug-2002

The international conference of the French Association of Regional Science(ASRDLF)will discuss current territorial and spatial tendencies and their impact on regions' future, and the theory and practices of regional diversification.

Venture Capital and Local Development: June 19th 2002, Paris

from 16-May-2002 to 19-Jun-2002

The Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (Brie), and the LEED Programme organize a seminar that will examine recent and future developments in the venture capital industry. For more information contact : alistair.nolan@oecd.org

Employment Strategies in Transition - OECD LEED Conference in Leipzig, Germany, 11 March 2002

on 11-Mar-2002

Under the auspices of the mayor of Leipzig, Mr. Wolfgang Tiefensee, the OECD LEED Programme is organising a one-day conference on new employment strategies especially targeting young, female and aging job seekers. The conference will also focus on the issue of education and life-long learning.

ACE: Forum on Business Incubation, Paris 21-22 March 2002

from 21-Mar-2002 to 22-Mar-2002

21-22 March 2002 the first European Forum on how business incubators can succeed at "Accelerating, Connecting and Enabling" young entrepreneurs' businesses. Speakers will include business angels, seed fund managers, investment bankers, government officials and senior managers of business incubators.

Central European Initiative, Annual Summit

from 21-Nov-2001 to 24-Nov-2001

The Central European Initiative Annual Summit will take place 21-24 November 2001 in Trieste. LEED will participate in workshops on the development of local clusters, as well as on the topic of women entrepreneurship in CEI countries

Cluster Seminar in Budapest, Hungary, 29 May 2002

from 29-May-2001 to 29-May-2002

In the framework of its project on SME clusters in transition economies in conjunction with the Central European Initiative, LEED is organising the fifth and last cluster seminar in Budapest, Hungary. Previous seminars were held in Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic and Poland.

Innovation Clusters and Interregional Competition - Papers now available online!

from 12-Nov-2001 to 13-Nov-2001

Innovation Clusters and Interregional Competition, an international workshop organised under the auspices of the Minister of Economic Affairs, Technology and Transport of the Schleswig-Holstein Land in co-operation with the LEED Programme took place from 12-13 November 2001 in Germany.

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