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Congress: Uniting to improve social and economic participation (Darling Harbour Sydney, Australia)

The 3rd Working Communities International Congress is hosted by the National Employment Services Association (NESA), the peak body for providers of Australian employment services, in partnership with the OECD LEED Programme. The Congress will explore global and local perspectives on policy and innovations that get communities working.

Policy brief on social entrepreneurship

This policy brief includes discussion on the mission and main characteristics of social enterprises, and provides data on their prevalence. Policy recommendations and examples of social enterprises are provided to help policy makers build a conducive ecosystem for social enterprises to thrive.

Report: Local Job Creation - How Employment and Training Agencies Can Help - United States

How to stimulate growth and support job creation are two critical challenges that countries and localities confront and limited resources require lateral thinking about how actions in one area, such as employment and training, can have simultaneous benefits in others, such as creating new jobs and better supporting labour market inclusion.

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L'entrepreneuriat social en France: réflexions et bonnes pratiques

L’entrepreneuriat social, qui cherche à conjuguer efficacité économique et finalité sociale, bénéficie d’un intérêt croissant en temps de crise et de ressources publiques rares. Les initiatives se multiplient. Cette vague entrepreneuriale, pourvoyeuse d’emplois souvent non délocalisables, peut-elle constituer un outil de lutte efficace contre le chômage ?

8th Festival of Economics (Trento, Italy) - Intervention by Angel Gurría

The Secretary-General of the OECD, Angel Gurría, will intervene at the 8th Trento's Festival of Economics "Sovereignty in conflict" (Italy) on how to address global inequalities.

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Report: Green growth in the Benelux - Indicators of local transition to a low-carbon economy in cross-border regions (Benelux)

This paper discusses the results of the 2011-2012 OECD LEED study of measuring green growth in the Benelux countries (Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg). The study paid particular attention to the challenges of measuring the transition to a low-carbon economy in cross-border areas as they have additional levels of complexity when it comes to measuring and monitoring their low-carbon transition.

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Workshop: Management and leadership skills in high-growth firms (Warsaw, Poland)

High-growth firms, i.e. enterprises that grow rapidly over a short period of time, have drawn the attention of policy makers because of the large number of jobs they create. While it is uncontested that high-growth firms account for most job creation, there are fewer certainties about the features and characteristics of these enterprises or on how best they can be promoted by policy.

Report: Demographic transition and an ageing society - Implications for local labour markets in Poland

This report outlines the findings of the Poland case study for the combined study regions of Lódzkie, Malopolska and Pomorskie for the 2011/2012 LEED international project on local scenarios of demographic change.

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Seminar: Evaluation of programmes for the promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises (Jerusalem, Israel)

The workshop is for policy makers and practitioners who are interested in commissioning and managing evaluations of business development programmes.

Report: Łódzkie region - Demographic challenges within an ideal location

This paper outlines the findings of the Poland case study for the Łódzkie region for the OECD LEED international project on local scenarios of demographic change.