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Conference on "Training Strategies for Regional Competitiveness and Inclusion Through Employment", Seoul, Korea, 12 October 2005
This event was jointly organised with the Korean Labour Institute, a LEED Partner. Korea is looking to transform its labour market policy as a tool to foster regional competitiveness and social cohesion. This conference shared LEED's expertise in this field to facilitate the adoption of models from abroad, such as area-based partnerships and decentralised frameworks. For more information, please contact Sylvain.Giguere@oecd.org

Conference on "New venture creation and entrepreneurial growth across borders: Integrating diversity of ideas, people and institutions", Cape Town, South Africa, 7-9 September 2005
This 5th International Entrepreneurship Forum Conference was jointly organised by the OECD LEED Programme and the University of Essex, member of the LEED Partners Club. Representatives from academic institutions, policy makers and practitioners around the world took part in the debates and presented a paper. For more information, please contact jmitra@essex.ac.uk

Conference on "Creating an Entrepreneurial Economy: The Role of Enterprise and Innovation", Hamilton, New Zealand, 7 - 8 July 2005
This was a major international conference focused on academic research in Enterprise and Innovation. The conference aimed to provide a forum for scholars from around the world to share their latest theories and research on the drivers of entrepreneurial activities in local, regional, national and global economies. For more information, please contact enterprise2005@waikato.ac.nz

Seminar on “Taking Corporate Social Responsibility Seriously”, Frascati, Italy, 15-16 October 2004
This international event was organised by LEED Partners of Cittadinanzattiva. It aimed at discussing the issue of corporate social responsibility through case studies and international experiences. For more information, please contact Chiara Prost (c.prost@cittadinanzattiva.it)

European Day of the Entrepreneur in Zagreb, Croatia, 5-6 October 2004
Eurocities and the European Commission’s PAXIS programme have launched this pilot project to develop the concept of the European Day of the Entrepreneur (EDE) and to built on the experiences of the cities that organise entrepreneurial events at local level. This event was organised by UMIS-SMEA. For more information, please contact Ms. Katarina Jagic (umis-smea@hi.htnet.hr)

Conference on Entrepreneurship: Contexts, Locales and Values - Paris, 22-24 September 2004
The 4th conference of the International Entrepreneurship Forum (IEF) was jointly organised by the OECD LEED Programme, the University of Essex and the University of Paris Dauphine, France. This event provided for research based insights and a forum for the sharing of experience by policy makers and practitioners. For more information, please contact Gabriela.Miranda-Gallardo@oecd.org

Conference on Cities, Regional Development and Higher Education, London, 20 September 2004
This one-day conference addressed the shift in orientation in political rhetoric, economic thinking and policy direction, to regarding city and regional economies as generators of national wealth and knowledge and innovation as the key to it. For more information, please contact Lucy.Clarke@oecd.org

Newsletters and Announcements

Publication on "Local Governance for Promoting Employment: Comparing the Performance of Japan and Seven Countries"
This publication has just been released following the workshop on "Local Employment Development" organised in Tokyo, Japan, on February 9-10, 2005. This was a joint event of the LEED Programme and the Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT), member of the LEED Partners' Club.

"Slum Housing: A Crisis for the Urban Poor in the Developing World”
This is an online feature launched on September 10 by the Development Gateway related to Target 11 of the UN Millennium Development Goals—to significantly improve the lives of 100 million slum dwellers by 2020. The Urban Age Institute (LEED Partners) is actively implicated in this project.

The National Committee of Chambers of Craft (APCM in French) proposes the Cosame Programme which aim is to advice and support the micro-enterprises and craftsmen of developing countries. Contact Mr. Rafael Paniagua: paniagua@apcm.fr

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