Trento Centre Activities: Social inclusion

Work on the social inclusion sector is carried out as part of the activity strengthening access to jobs and entrepreneurship opportunities through improved social inclusion capacity at local level (Activity 3 of the LEED Programme). The main objectives are to support poverty reduction through social inclusion and access to employment among disadvantaged communities by assisting governments and the non-profit sector in the delivery of active social and labour market policies at sub-national level in countries of Central East and South East Europe. 

 

Events

Seminar on "Reviewing OECD Experience in the Social Entreprise Sector", Trento, Italy, 15-18 November 2006
The seminar was organised by the OECD LEED Centre for Local Development in Trento in co-operation with the Autonomous Province of Trento, the Trentino Federation of Cooperatives and the Institute for the Development of Non-Profit Organisations (ISSAN) of the University of Trento, Italy.
The event was organised in conjunction with the Third Donor Roundtable Meeting on civil society development in the countries of Eastern and Central Europe, the CIS, Western Balkans and Turkey, co-convened by the Government of Italy, the World Bank and the European Commission EuropeAid Cooperation Office.

Seminar on "Emerging Models of Social Entrepreneurship: possible paths for social enterprise development in Central East and South East Europe", Zagreb, Croatia, 28-29 September 2006
The objective of this 2-day seminar was to disseminate and discuss recent regulatory policies that define new forms of social entrepreneurship and assess their relevance and applicability potential in OECD member and non-member countries of Central East and South East Europe.

Conference on "The Social Economy in Central, East and South-East Europe", Trento, Italy, 22-23 September 2005
This international conference further explored the trends, opportunities and challenges that social economy actors face in the countries of the Baltic States, Central, East and South-East Europe.

Seventh CEI Summit Economic Forum, Portoroz, Slovenia 24-26 November 2004
The Central European Initiative (CEI) opened its doors to the business and financial community, focusing on the needs of entrepreneurs investing in central and eastern Europe. The event was co-organised with the Slovenian CEI Presidency and was sponsored by the Italian Government. The OECD LEED Trento Centre was an active partner of this important event.

Seminar on "Social Economy and Social Innovations", Trento, Italy, 14-19 November 2004
This one-week seminar has been especially designed for policy-makers and practitioners from South, Central, and Eastern Europe responsible for social economic issues. This training was organised by the LEED Programme through the LEED Trento Centre for Local Development


For further information on these activities, please contact Emma.Clarence@oecd.org 

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