LEED Programme (Local Economic and Employment Development )

Call for papers: “Climate change, Employment and Local Development”

09-Oct-2009

We are looking for experts to provide case study papers to identify cases where innovative policies and practices have been observed in the area of “Climate change, Employment and Local Development”. Cases should identify challenges and opportunities arising for the work of public services and other stakeholders in the relevant policy areas, and mechanisms and practices that have been put in place as a result to facilitate adaptation to greener demands of local labour markets.
Applications close 30 October 2009.

New LEED members – Australia and the Netherlands

08-Jun-2009

Australia joined the LEED Programme in January 2009. Australia is represented on the LEED Directing Committee by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relation (DEEWR).

The Netherlands joined the LEED Programme in January 2009. The Netherlands is represented on the LEED Directing Committee by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW).

Local economic and employment development policy approaches in OECD countries, a review

15-May-2009

What policy initiatives and broader development strategies could inspire policymaking in Wales and other similar old industrial regions?

With 25 policy interventions and development strategies from OECD countries, the four final reports tackle the broad issues of business productivity improvement and labour market participation, and have been made available for download.

Invitation for Participation: ‘forumpartnerships2009’, Country Fact Sheets

30-Jan-2009

Twice before, Country Fact Sheets have been published by the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance providing valuable up-to-date information on the policy framework and setting, the structures, objectives and results of area-based partnerships. In autumn 2009, “forumpartnerships2009” – Country Fact Sheets will be published again with the aim to provide an update on what has changed over the last 3 years. The Forum invite you to provide information on the partnership in your country or region.

Entrepreneurship and innovation are engines of economic growth, OECD workshop concludes

13-May-2008

A three-day international workshop on innovation and the global impact of high-growth small and medium-sized firms (SMEs), organized by OECD with the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, hailed entrepreneurship and the fast growth of innovative small firms as the engines of economic growth.

More flexibility in labour market policy management would boost growth, says OECD

21-Apr-2008

OECD governments could boost economic growth and help create jobs if local agencies and authorities had more power and autonomy to adjust employment and training programmes to meet local needs, concluded OECD employment ministers.

Report on “Enhancing the Capacity of Partnerships to Influence Policy”, Trento, Italy, August 2007

30-Aug-2007

The OECD LEED Programme has just released a report on "Enhancing the Capacity of Partnerships to Influence Policy” which gathers the experience of the two capacity building seminars organised by the Trento Centre for Local Development in close co-operation with the Forum office unit at the Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) in Vienna Austria.

LEED Reviews of City and Regional Development Agencies

06-Jul-2007

This study provides an agency or city with the opportunity to have progress reviewed by an international team of experts, to have their successes and good practices documented and widely disseminated, and to have a peer review process, involving both individual experts and practitioners, and the representatives of OECD member governments. Cities and development agencies interested in participating in these reviews are invited to contact the OECD Secretariat.

LEED Project on Designing Local Skills Strategies

06-Jul-2007

Low skills represent a considerable risk in today’s knowledge economy, and local level stakeholders are increasingly becoming important players in addressing skills issues.  LEED is currently examining ten case studies of innovative practice in designing local skills strategies from East Asia, Europe, Australasia and North and South America. 

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