Asset Building and the Escape from Poverty: A New Welfare Policy Debate

Governments in developed countries have long used, directly or indirectly through their tax systems, policies that subsidise or otherwise encourage the population at large to acquire assets such as financial savings....

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Conference on “Women Entrepreneurs and Social Innovation”, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 9-10 December 2003

Click here to download the draft agenda of the OECD LEED event, organised in collaboration with the CEI-EBRD, the Municipality of Ljubljana, the Association ZAVOD M.E.T.A. and the Slovenian Ministry of Economy.

Agenda for the Inauguration of the Trento Centre

Please click here to download the draft agenda for the inauguration ceremony of the newly created OECD LEED Trento Centre.

Forum on Women Entrepreneurs: "Investing in Successful Women Entrepreneurs USA/Europe", Paris, France, 21 November 2003

Click here to download the draft agenda and the official invitation to this event. The LEED programme is a partner in the organisation of this seminar.

Managing Decentralisation: A New Role for Labour Market Policy

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.

What are clusters?

Click here to download the presentation made by Dina Ionescu during the CEI Worskshop on Clusters (Hrvatska Kostajnica, Croatia, 2003).

Cluster Development in Transition Countries: A Tool for Small Business Support

Click here to download the presentation made by Dina Ionescu during the CEI Workshop on Clusters (Hrvatska Kostajnica, Croatia, 2003).

The Role of Women Entrepreneurs in Local Development

Click here to download the presentation on Women Entrepreneurship made by Dina Ionescu during the Seminar Europa Donna (21 October 2003 in Brussels), organised by the province of Milan.

CEI Summit Economic Forum, Warsaw, Poland, 19-21 November 2003 - Draft Programme

Click here to download the draft agenda of the three days event organised by the Central European Initiative (CEI) in collaboration with the LEED Programme.

Presentation on Experiences of City Development Agencies in Stimulating Entrepreneurship in Distressed Areas, by Marilou Keller

Click here to download Dr. Marilou Keller's presentation made at the LEED conference on Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Distressed Urban Areas, held in Rome, Italy, 7-8 October 2003.