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16-Dec-2009
A variety of LEED studies have determined that more flexibility in the management of programmes is required for labour market policy to contribute fully to local strategies for economic growth and social inclusion. The LEED is implementing this new study on “Managing accountability and flexibility” to build on these findings and explore ways of allowing policy makers to inject greater flexibility into the management of employment policy at the local level while ensuring full accountability in relation to meeting national policy goals.
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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).
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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.
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04-Mar-2009
“Is your locality affected by the crisis?” “What is being done to address the problems?” “Do you want to know what others are doing?”
The OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governances invites you to share your experience by filling in a simple questionnaire. The results will be processed and fed back to all Forum members.
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19-Nov-2007
The compendium is part of the project on "Strengthening Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in East Germany"carried out by the OECD and the Federal Ministry of Housing, Land, Construction, Transport and Urban Affairs. The compendium is built of several themes of relevance to local entrepreneurship development in East Germany. It brings together recommendations, International learning models and good practice in East Germany.
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24-Nov-2006
The LEED Programme has released the results of the study on local level initiatives to foster the integration of immigrant groups, carried out in cooperation with the Non-Member Economies and International Migration Division (NEIM). Participating countries include Canada, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and UK. The full report is available as an OECD publication.
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19-Jun-2006
This year's edition of the Employment Outlook provides analysis covering 30 countries and presents a reassessment of the OECD Jobs Strategy which was discussed at the High-Level Policy Conference: Boosting Jobs and Incomes - Toronto Canada.
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25-Apr-2006
The Government of Luxembourg joined the LEED Programme in April 2006. This membership gives the country a wide array of information on local economic and employment development issues, and will provide the tools to assess the impact of the social economy in Luxembourg.
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28-Oct-2005
This publication has been released following the workshop on "Local Employment Development" organised in Tokyo, Japan, in 2005. This was a joint event of the LEED Programme and the Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT). The book includes the papers presented at the workshop with report of some successful cases of regional employment development in each country, which was added to the papers based on the discussions at the workshop.
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15-Jun-2005
This activity focuses on how the related policy areas be better integrated to maximise benefits for the economy and society in general, fostering business development, the enhancement of skills and social inclusion. Participating countries include Canada, Greece, Italy, Poland, the USA, Bulgaria, and Romania with the project also receiving support from the European Commission. Countries are invited to express their interest in participating in these reviews.
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