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04-May-2011
Sustainable growth at regional level is now, more than ever, predicated on the capacity to innovate. The interdependence of roles and responsibilities for innovation in a multi-level governance environment is a new area for OECD member countries. This publication is part of the OECD Innovation Strategy and the OECD Reviews of Regional Innovation series. It offers a framework and benchmarks both to design regional innovation policies and to ensure that economy-wide policies take the regional dimensions properly into account.
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20-Apr-2011
This new LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance thematic brochure reviews the experience of 12 partnerships in different countries in addressing the implications of climate change and creating employment at local level.
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30-Mar-2011
The NORA region is a transnational area comprising the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland and coastal Norway. This review recommends strengthening co-operation across the region to improve accessibility, diversify the economic base, ensure the sustainable development of fisheries and meet the challenges of climate change.
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20-Jan-2011
This latest addition to the Rural Policy Review series looks at how The United Kingdom, through The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, has developed specific policies that seek to integrate both rural and urban areas in their policy approach. The results of the study provides useful insights and ways to increase policy effectiveness.
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14-Jan-2011
The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) through its Special Office in Europe is a full member of the OECD LEED Programme since 2001, working jointly on activities to foster entrepreneurial, social and local development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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03-Nov-2010
This is the first time the OECD has undertaken a systematic collection of regional policy data. This report is a unique source of regional policy information and of special interest to policy makers, researchers, and others engaging with regional development.
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20-Sep-2010
The impacts of climate change - and especially the subsequent mitigation and adaptation policies - on labour markets are still largely unknown.
This paper discusses some of the impacts of climate change including labour market regulation, the dynamics of green growth at the level of jobs and skills development, and the local implications for mitigation and enabling green growth.
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25-Aug-2010
To ensure that people's needs are met, governments decentralise the way policies are designed and implemented. In the field of labour market policy, decentralisation is welcomed by a whole range of stakeholders, from business and local governments to community groups and NGOs. For more information, please contact Sylvain.Giguere@oecd.org
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