Local skills strategies

The LEED Programme is launching a project analysing local skills strategies in place in OECD member and non-member countries, as part of a wider OECD Skills Strategy, and seeking experts in the field to contribute case studies examining a joined up approach to local skills development.

Capacity building seminar: Implementing SME policy tools in Eastern Europe and South Caucasus (Trento, Italy)

This 3.5-day seminar discussed how to tackle some of the primary challenges SMEs face, addressing the following issues related to SME policy tools and instruments: (i) business cooperation and local governance; (ii) technology, innovation and green growth; and (iii) access to finance.

Conférence: Forum international de l’économie sociale et solidaire - FIESS (Montréal, Canada)

Cette rencontre internationale a eu pour thème central la nécessité d'un dialogue entre l'État et la société civile pour l’élaboration de politiques publiques en faveur de l’économie sociale et solidaire.

International conference: Building quality jobs in the recovery (Dublin, Ireland)

This international conference reviewed and drew lessons from successful past experiences and innovative solutions available today to identify how labour market policy, skills development and training policies can contribute to sustainable employment creation.

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Workshop: Measuring the potential of green growth (Copenhagen, Denmark)

This workshop discussed measuring frameworks and indicators for green job creation, greening labour markets, change of production processes and company transformations; chiefly within the context of Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster.

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• OECD Project on measuring the potential of green growth: Indicators of local transition to a low-carbon economy

Créer des emplois plus nombreux et de meilleure qualité

Le programme LEED a pour mission de contribuer à créer des emplois plus nombreux et de meilleure qualité par le biais d'une mise en oeuvre efficace des mesures publiques d'un renforcement des capacités et de l'adoption de stratégies intégrées à l'échelon local.

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Building more and better jobs

LEED's mission is to contribute to the creation of more and better jobs through effective policy implementation, innovative practices, stronger capacities and integrated strategies at a local level.

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Putting in Place Jobs that Last: A guide to rebuilding quality employment at local level (version in Bulgarian)

Addressed to both local practitioners and national policy makers, this guide reviews responses to the recent economic downturn and the steep rise in unemployment in OECD and non-OECD countries.

Conference: An integrated approach to skills - Designing and financing effective strategies (Shanghai, People's Republic of China)

Representatives from governments and employment agencies across Asia and the OECD discussed how to overcome the lack of co-ordination between labour market policy and vocational training as a clear impediment to successful skills development in developing Asia.

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Meeting: Fostering green growth through cleantech business and investment promotion strategies (Shanghai, People's Republic of China)

The discussion informed how companies in the cleantech sector in Asia adjust to the green economy and its potential. Participants discussed strategies to foster green business potential, challenges and opportunities of the cleantech industry development.

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• OECD LEED Project on measuring the potential of green growth: Indicators of local transition to a low-carbon economy