OECD conference on SMEs, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Udine, Italy, 22-23 October 2009

How can governments help small and innovative firms continue to grow in the midst of an economic crisis? Entrepreneurs, bankers, policy makers and academics will discuss this and other issues at the conference which is open to media.

Capacity building seminar: Supporting SMEs in a time of crisis: how to choose the right actions (Trento, Italy)

To implement an entrepreneurship agenda, national governments needed to partner with local governments, the private sector, and civil society organisations. This seminar aimed to develop a dialogue between national and sub-national stakeholders in the entrepreneurship field.

Framework for Information Exchange in Local Development (FIELD) - 2010

This project supports local development organisations in strengthening their information systems. It provides guidance on data collection, analysis and use in policy making, customised to conditions in each participating area.

Framework for Information Exchange in Local Development (FIELD) - 2006/2009

The rationale for this project was to respond to these problems by building an OECD Framework for Information Exchange in Local Development (FIELD) that local development organisations can use in a co-ordinated way in order to collect, exchange and learn from l

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• Framework for Information Exchange in Local Development (FIELD)

Recession, recovery and reinvestment: The role of local economic leadership in a global crisis

The global financial crisis is like no other that we have experienced since the early 20th century. This free publication identifies some of the most interesting practices in response to the financial crisis from a local economic development perspective.

Local economic strategy series: Review of Belfast

The success of Belfast over the next 25 years is critical to the success of Northern Ireland. This timely review examines how lessons from the exceptional circumstances that have shaped the city and its remarkable revival over the last decade have shaped the local development agenda.

Inserire i giovani nel mondo del lavoro: il ruolo dei partenariati

Il seminario era indirizzato a coloro che lavorano all’interno di partenariati dedicati ai temi delle politiche per i giovani rivolti ad una delle seguenti aree: (i) promuovere l’imprenditorialità; (ii) iniziative di sviluppo delle competenze dei giovani; e (iii) integrare giovani svantaggiati

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• Capacity building seminar: Getting the young into jobs: the role of partnerships (Trento, Italy)
• Capacity building seminar: Getting the young into jobs: the role of partnerships (Trento, Italy)

Improving social inclusion at the local level through the social economy

The development of tailored recommendations to promote and enhance the contribution of the social economy in fostering social inclusion is the aim of the project and guidance is being provided to national, regional and local actors on how to improve social inclusion capacity effectively.

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• Conference: Improving social inclusion at the local level through the social economy. Presentation of the OECD report (Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Social inclusion: International learning models

The Trento Centre worked with the Autonomous Province of Trento to support the work of the European Social Fund Co-operation Network. As part of this work, the OECD LEED Programme conducted five two-day ‘mini-reviews’ in five member regions of the Network.

Climate change, employment and local development: A LEED project

This project focuses on the adjustments required to ensure labour markets comply with the demands of a greener economy (adaptation) as well as on the expansion of good quality green jobs as an opportunity to develop lower-carbon activities (mitigation).

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• Climate change, employment and local development - Project description
• Seminar: Green growth - An opportunity for local development and employment
• Partnerships & the green economy
• Local strategies for greening jobs and skills
• Training course:
• 100609 Greening jobs and skills_paper
• Climate Change, Employment and Local Development in Extremadura, Spain