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News & Events
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14-Jan-2005
Papers and presentations from the Conference on Innovation and Growth in Tourism, held in Lugano, Switzerland in September 2003, are now available on line.
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03-Nov-2004
The LEED Programme was invited to present this publication in the Forum on 3 November. Longstanding expert and partner, Ray Boshara, presented the main ideas of this topic and some good practices analysed in selected OECD countries. This book is available in English, French, Italian and Spanish.
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Extending asset-building policies to the poor can represent an effective attack on both poverty and economic and social alienation of the poor, because it has positive welfare effects that income support alone cannot provide. This book establishes the context for a fruitful debate on the merits and demerits of asset building for the poor by setting out the basic ideas involved in asset-building programmes and proposals. For more information, please contact Antonella.Noya@oecd.org
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11-Jun-2004
This publication examines how national and regional governments and development agencies can increase economic competitiveness by promoting connections to global knowledge flows. The analysis and policy recommendations present learning opportunities for policy makers, practitioners and scholars interested in this emerging area of policy. To contact the author, please send an e-mail to Jonathan.Potter@oecd.org
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08-Jun-2004
This event examined both the key instruments put in place and discussed the ways to improve local practices to enhance the skills of low-skilled workers. The conference gathered together more than 100 participants from all OECD countries. For more information, please contact Sylvain.Giguere@oecd.org
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25-May-2004
The LEED Programme and the Non-Member Economies and International Migration Division (NEIM) have launched a joint activity related to the analysis of economic and social policies to foster labour market or overall social integration of immigrants and of persons of immigrant descent in host countries.
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10-May-2004
This event was organised in co-operation with the European Training Foundation and presented the results of the first phase of a project launched in 2003 to build partnerships for local development in Albania and Kosovo (Serbia and Montenegro). For further information, please contact: Andrea-Rosalinde.Hofer@oecd.org or Francesco_Panzica@etf.eu.int
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10-May-2004
The 4th conference of the International Entrepreneurship Forum (IEF) was jointly organised by the OECD LEED Programme, the University of Essex and the University of Paris Dauphine, France. This event provided for research based insights and a forum for the sharing of experience by policy makers and practitioners.
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The Second OECD Ministerial on SMEs, Istanbul, Turkey, 4-5 June 2004
10-May-2004
In the framework of the Bologna Process, the Working Party on SMEs & Entrepreneurship, in close co-operation with the LEED Programme and other OECD bodies, developed 4 themes and 2 cross-cutting issues, which constituted the core agenda for the Second OECD Ministerial Conference on SMEs held in Istanbul.
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06-Apr-2004
This study analyses the economic and social policies to foster labour market or overall social integration of immigrants and of persons of immigrant descent in host countries. Five country studies have now taken place in Canada, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.
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Events
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on 13-Jun-2006
The objective of the roundtable was to present the main findings of the joint EC-OECD project carried out in 2004-2006 and to discuss the related policy recommendations with Ukrainian representatives. The meeting was co-hosted by the UNDP.
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from 31-Aug-2006 to 02-Sep-2006
The 6th IEF conference will address the theme “New Ventures and the Creative Trajectory: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Creativity in Business”. This event is a collaborative venture between the Riga International School for Economics and Business Administration, the University of Essex Southend, and the OECD LEED Programme.
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from 28-Sep-2006 to 29-Sep-2006
The objective of this seminar was to disseminate and discuss recent regulatory policies that define new forms of social entrepreneurship and to assess their relevance and applicability potential in OECD member and non-member countries of Central East and South East Europe.
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on 04-Jul-2006
This event aimed at discovering and sharing the “good practices” on guiding the development of the social entrepreneurship in several OECD and Eastern-European countries. It was organised by the LEED Programme in partnership with Avise.
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from 23-Oct-2006 to 27-Oct-2006
This 5-day capacity building seminar will focus on the local development strategy design and implementation and more specifically it will emphasize the role of strategy in integrating different drivers, factors and enablers of local economic development. This event will bring together 60 experienced policy makers and practitioners from Central, East and South East Europe working in the area of regional and local development strategy building.
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Festival of Economics "Wealth and Poverty", Trento, Italy
from 01-Jun-2006 to 04-Jun-2006
This event was organised by the Autonomous Province of Trento in cooperation with its numerous partners. The festival broughttogether internationally renowned experts who sought to promote a better understanding of the global key issues such as poverty and inequality.
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from 05-Jun-2006 to 06-Jun-2006
This conference discussed the findings of the expert study mission which took place in Glasgow last January and that will contribute to the new economic strategy of the City. The event was organised in partnership with Scottish Enterprise Glasgow and Glasgow City Council.
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from 30-Jun-2006 to 01-Jul-2006
The seminar is organised by the Italian LEED Partner – Cittadinanzattiva in cooperation with the Active Citizenship Foundation (FONDACA) and the Frascati Group for corporate social responsibility.
The event will focus on the relationship between Citizens and enterprises in the framework of CSR strategies and more specifically on partnerships between Citizens’ organizations and Businesses in Europe.
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from 10-Jul-2006 to 12-Jul-2006
The seminar will bring together the policy makers and practitioners from the CEE and SEE countries allowing for discussion i) how to best introduce and implement prior assessment so that it serves as a tool for local strategy design and delivery ii) how to best support the local level so that evaluation becomes an opportunity for learning and stops being perceived as a threat.
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from 29-May-2006 to 31-May-2006
This workshop looked at local development assets and capacities in Northern Albania with a focus on the traditional handicraft sector, including skills development and the role of partnerships in the design, implementation and evaluation of local development strategies. This event was jointly organised by the OECD LEED Centre for Local Development and the International Labour Office (ILO).
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