The OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development acts as a catalyst, increasing synergies between different areas of expertise, and raising the profile of OECD work on entrepreneurship.  It is charged with disseminating best practices on the design, implementation and evaluation of initiatives to promote entrepreneurship, SME growth and local economic and employment development.

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Routes out of the crisis: Strategies for local employment recovery and skills development in Asia

from 01-Dec-2009 to 03-Dec-2009

Asia is learning quickly to put in place recovery packages that are oriented to industrial restructuring through focus on skills and training packages that can get the workforce oriented to different industries. LEED policy messages to upscale production and job quality were widely discussed at a joint OECD/LEED & ILO Expert Meeting in Indonesia.
The first related report following this meeting "Skills and Employment Strategies in Southeast Asia: Setting the Scene", is now available for download from the dedicated OECD interactive site: https://community.oecd.org/community/esssa

6th annual meeting of OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance - from recession to recovery: local partnerships to rebuild employment

from 16-Feb-2010 to 17-Feb-2010

Despite the first signs of economic recovery, unemployment will remain high for the years to come. The 6th Annual Meeting will bring together some 200 representatives of local partnerships, government officials, social entrepreneurs, business leaders, trade unions and academics to review how local development actors are adapting to this new reality and what are the innovations emerging on the ground to respond to these new challenges.
Venue: Vienna (Austria)

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