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18-Mar-2009
The Austrian Institute for SME Research published a detailed report on January 2009, in co-operation with the European Association for Information on Local Development (AEIDL) and the European Network for Social and Economic Research. The study focuses on companies’ activities which aim at achieving a benefit for the enterprises’ employees, the market (i.e. clients, suppliers, business partners etc.) and/or the physical environment in local communities (Executive Summary).
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04-Mar-2009
“Is your locality affected by the crisis?” “What is being done to address the problems?” “Do you want to know what others are doing?”
The OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governances invites you to share your experience by filling in a simple questionnaire. The results will be processed and fed back to all Forum members.
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20-Feb-2009
Evaluation, education, policies and trends, and sustainability make up the 2009-2010 OECD Tourism Committee's Programme of Work. The Tourism Committee has five priorities over the following two years: 1) a study on evaluation in the field of tourism; 2) a study on policies supporting tourism education and training; 3) a publication analysing tourism trends and policies in member and non-member countries; 4) a study on the integration of sustainability in tourism policies focusing on climate change; and 5) a review of the tourism policy of Italy.
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18-Nov-2008
Strong growth and economic restructuring has provided fertile ground for dynamic entrepreneurial activity in countries such as Romania, Hungary and the Slovak Republic over recent years. But amid the current global downturn governments in Eastern Europe, as elsewhere, face stiffer challenges in supporting and nurturing new businesses.
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24-Sep-2008
Short videos (5 minutes maximum) summarise the key concepts of the issues addressed in the Capacity Building Seminar for Partnerships on "Designing and Delivering Skills Strategies for Cities", Trento, Italy, 11-13 June 2008. You can also listen to the contributors’ speeches (25 minutes maximum) or download their presentations.
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19-Nov-2007
The compendium is part of the project on "Strengthening Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in East Germany"carried out by the OECD and the Federal Ministry of Housing, Land, Construction, Transport and Urban Affairs. The compendium is built of several themes of relevance to local entrepreneurship development in East Germany. It brings together recommendations, International learning models and good practice in East Germany.
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17-Jul-2007
The Action Statement provides guidelines for government to stimulate vertical and cross-sector co-ordination around local economic and employment development issues.
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03-Jul-2007
This study was carried out in 2007. An OECD publication will be released in June 2008 with a set of recommendations on how best to adapt the policy framework to enhance the entrepreneurship and cluster development in a given area. This review draws on an in-depth analysis of the Grenoble cluster in France and other six international clusters across the OECD.
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Events
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on 08-May-2008
The Working Party on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Entrepreneurship (WPSMEE) of the OECD, in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the U.S. Department of Commerce organised an international workshop in Kansas City on innovation and the global impact of high-growth small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It took place on May 8, at the Kauffman Foundation headquarters in Kansas City. The workshop was an important milestone in an OECD study on "High Growth SMEs, Innovation, Intellectual Assets and Value Creation"
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from 31-May-2007 to 01-Jun-2007
The OECD Global Conference on Enhancing the Role of SMEs in Global Value Chains, held in Tokyo on 31 May-1 June 2007 brought together experts from governments, international organisations, academia, business and civil society to examine the conclusions of the study, review best practice policies and programmes and draft the Tokyo Action Statement – including policy recommendations -- for further work in this area.
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from 11-Feb-2009 to 12-Feb-2009
On 11-12 February 2009, the Spanish city of Pamplona will host Agora Talentia, the first International Forum on Talent in the Knowledge Age. Talentia is organised by the Regional Government of Navarre, the Navarre Innovation Agency (ANAIN) and the Navarre Foundation for Diversification (FND), in collaboration with the OECD LEED Programme.
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on 10-Dec-2008
The seminar is intended to discuss the role, possible interaction and local implementation of the EU policy on Corporate Social Responsibility and policies and programs promoted by the UN Global Compact and the OECD on the same field.
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on 03-Dec-2008
The ILO and the OECD jointly organised an experts meeting on fostering employment and skills development strategies in Indonesia and the Philippines, as part of OECD LEED’s initiative on Employment and Skills Development in South East Asia (ESSSA), in Jakarta on 3 December 2008. The meeting addressed issues of decentralisation, partnerships, skills upgrading and integration of the disadvantaged in the labour market and learn the lessons from the OECD experience in these areas.
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from 27-Oct-2008 to 29-Oct-2008
The 34th Session of the OECD Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship (WPSMEE), including a Special Session on SME and Entrepreneurship Statistics, was held on 27-29 October 2008, in Paris.
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from 22-Oct-2008 to 24-Oct-2008
The ILO in collaboration with the OECD LEED Programme is organising an inter-agency conference on local economic development, meant to take stock of practices around the world and develop a joint strategy for knowledge development and networking. The event will involve several agencies such as UN-HABITAT, UNIDO, UNCDF, SDC (LEDNA), GTZ and IADB.
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