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News & Events
News
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24-Jan-2007
This publication provides information about the dynamics and characteristics of innovation in tourism, and gives examples of how business models are evolving as a result. The report includes a discussion of the conceptual issues regarding innovation in tourism, it illustrates national and industry practices enhancing innovation in tourism, and provides insights into the potential role of tourism policy in innovation.
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22-Jan-2007
This co-operative project between the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs and the OECD provides an opportunity for participants in East Germany to stand back and reflect on their overall options, needs and priorities and by facilitating an international exchange of information on innovations and best practices from a range of OECD Member countries.
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05-Dec-2006
Well-managed immigration flows offer benefits both for host countries and for migrants and their families. But the effective integration of immigrants into the societies of the countries where they settle is crucial, and this requires commitment and action at national and local level.
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10-Nov-2006
Participants at a two-day OECD-APEC conference in Athens agreed that governments should play a more active role in helping small and medium-sized firms trying to expand abroad and provide training in key areas such as marketing and intellectual property.
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19-Jun-2006
This year's edition of the Employment Outlook provides analysis covering 30 countries and presents a reassessment of the OECD Jobs Strategy which was discussed at the High-Level Policy Conference: Boosting Jobs and Incomes - Toronto Canada.
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17-Nov-2005
The Tourism Committee’s work on the benchmarking of national tourism policies is unique in the world. It supports OECD countries in the formulation of tourism policy and in enhancing coherence and linkages with other policies. The reviews of OECD member countries' national tourism policies are available here.
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14-Sep-2005
The Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy and Labour supports the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance. The Forum builds on the expertise and the informal networks developed by the OECD and seeks ways to optimise the contribution of partnership structures to local governance and the effectiveness of policies.
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15-Jun-2005
This activity focuses on how the related policy areas be better integrated to maximise benefits for the economy and society in general, fostering business development, the enhancement of skills and social inclusion. Participating countries include Canada, Greece, Italy, Poland, the USA, Bulgaria, and Romania with the project also receiving support from the European Commission. Countries are invited to express their interest in participating in these reviews.
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Events
Conference on "Decentralisation and Co-ordination: The Twin Challenges of Labour Market Policy", Venice, Italy
from 17-Apr-2008 to 19-Apr-2008
This high-level conference was organised by the Senate and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security of Italy and the OECD LEED Programme, in collaboration with Italia Lavoro and Isfol. It took stock of 10 years of decentralisation since the initial Venice conference which the LEED Programme organised in 1998 at the request of the Italian government.
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on 23-Nov-2007
This international conference was organised by the OECD LEED Programme, in partnership with the French Inter-ministerial Delegation for Innovation, Social Experimentation and Social Economy, the National Co-operation Group and in co-operation with the Eurogroup Institute. The event was a unique occasion to discuss co-operative banks' recent developments and to analyse the challenges with which the sector is confronted.
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on 27-Nov-2007
The conference was part of the project "Strengthening Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in East Germany" that the OECD LEED Programme has undertaken since 2005 in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Housing, Land, Construction, Transport and Urban Affairs, with the participation of the 6 eastern Länder.
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on 26-Apr-2007
The Chinese Ministry of Labour and Social Security, the LEED Programme and the ILO organised a joint workshop on local economic and employment development strategies. The event took place within the framework of the LEED project on the Local Governance of Employment and Skills in East Asia. The workshop discussed strategies and initiatives in China and experts shared diverse lessons learned from OECD countries such as France, New Zealand and the United States. A report on the workshop is available.
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on 13-Jun-2007
This international conference discussed the current policy framework and recent developments pertinent to social enterprises in the OECD, and explored the potential of social enterprises in Central and Eastern European countries and in Romania in particular.
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from 30-May-2007 to 03-Jun-2007
The city of Trento hosted for the second time the Festival of Economics which focused this year on issues related to human and social capital. The event was organised in cooperation with the OECD Trento Centre for Local Development.
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on 10-Nov-2006
The seminar was organised by Unidea UniCredit Foundation in collaboration with the OECD LEED Programme, CoDe Joint European Master in Comparative Local Development (University of Trento), EUROREG – Centre for European Regional and Local Studies (Warsaw University). The event discussed regional diversity and local development in Central and Eastern Europe, the opportunities for both public and private actors to actively contribute to the improvement of local realities, and the regional and European context of such local strategies.
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from 26-Oct-2006 to 27-Oct-2006
This seminar was organised in cooperation with INAS CISL and Fondazione Giulio Pastore. The event presented and discussed the results of research addressing these issues undertaken in eight European countries: Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Belgium, Great Britain, Sweden and Poland.
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from 13-Nov-2006 to 15-Nov-2006
This conference was an attempt to provoke practical reflection and generate proposals that will help define local strategies for the growth of companies with projections for the future. It was promoted and organised by Barcelona Activa with the support of CIDEU, EBN, IASP and the OECD LEED Programme.
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