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LEED Events on Entrepreneurship 2004

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LEED Activities on Outreach 2004

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Conference on Partnerships and Community Capacity Building, Cuernavaca, Mexico, 26 June 2003

This conference provided a unique opportunity to debate the progress and achievement in improving governance in Mexico in light of the OECD Study on Local Partnerships and other research. For more information, please contact Sylvain.Giguere@oecd.org

Entrepreneurship and Local Development in Distressed Urban Areas, Rome, Italy, 7-8 October 2003

This conference is jointly organised by the LEED Programme and  the City of Rome, in the framework of the LEED Forum on Social Innovation and the LEED Forum on Cities and Regions. For more information, please contact: Antonella.Noya@oecd.org or Jonathan.Potter@oecd.org

Conférences sur le développement local et renforcement des capacités au Mexique

Les événements de l'OCDE organisés au Mexique les 25 et 26 juin avec le Bureau de la planification stratégique et du développement régional auprès du Président du Mexique ont été une grande réussite. M. Vicente Fox, Président du Mexique, a personnellement ouvert l’ensemble des sessions. Pour plus d'informations, veuillez contacter Gabriela.Miranda-Gallardo@oecd.org

OECD-LEED Event on Local Development and Capacity Building. Mexico, 25-26 June 2003

The OECD LEED Programme event organised in Mexico on 25-26 June with the Mexican President’s Office for Strategic Planning and Regional Development was a great success. Mr. Vicente Fox, the President of Mexico, welcomed the participants to the meeting. For more information, please contact: Gabriela.Miranda-Gallardo@oecd.org

The OECD Observer: Unhappy holidays

04-Jun-2003

Article published in the OECD Observer in the May 2003 edition.

Conference on "Training Strategies for Regional Competitiveness and Inclusion Through Employment", Seoul, Korea

on 12-Oct-2005

This event was jointly organised with the Korean Labour Institute, a LEED Partner.  Korea is looking to transform its labour market policy as a tool to foster regional competitiveness and social cohesion.  This conference shared LEED's expertise in this field to facilitate the adoption of models from abroad, such as area-based partnerships and decentralised frameworks. For more information, please contact Sylvain.Giguere@oecd.org

Seminar on "What Future for Development Agencies?", London, UK

on 21-Nov-2005

This seminar was jointly organised by the OECD LEED Programme and the Center for Public Policy Seminars (CPPS).  It looked at how development and successes of UK agencies fits with the global situation and examined the strenghts and weaknesses of the various development bodies in the UK. 

OECD Entrepreneurship Indicators Project Expert Workshop - "Understanding Entrepreneurship: Issues and Numbers", Paris

from 26-Oct-2005 to 27-Oct-2005

This workshop convened experts in the field of entrepreneurship research, policy and statistics to discuss policy priorities and associated data requirements in order to inform the work of an internationally comparable system of indicators to be developed by the OECD. It was held at the OECD Headquarters.

Conference on "Linking Creativity and Culture for an Innovative Local Development", Trento, Italy

on 28-Nov-2005

This conference sought to increase awareness of policy makers and the private sector on the importance of culture in development policies. It was jointly organised by the LEED Programme and the Autonomous Province of Trento in cooperation with Federculture.

Seminar on Evaluating Local Development Strategies in Eger, Hungary

on 11-Oct-2005

This seminar was organised by the OECD Trento Centre for Local Development.  It focused on disseminating information and tools for best practice evaluation approaches. The event was a part of the activities of the Evaluation Unit at the OECD LEED Trento Centre that aims to develop a culture of evaluation of local development strategies which promote entrepreneurship, local cohesion and good governance. For further information please contact Ivana.Studena@oecd.org.

Seminar on "Promoting SME Innovation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and other South-East European Countries", Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina

on 19-Oct-2005

This event was organised by the OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Development in collaboration with Sub-department for Strategy and Economy in Government District Brčko and in co-operation with the Central European Initiative.  It was a follow-up of the Trento Centre capacity building seminar on entrepreneurship and will further explore the theme of Promoting SME Innovation. For more information, please contact alessandra.proto@oecd.org

Conference on "New venture creation and entrepreneurial growth across borders: Integrating diversity of ideas, people and institutions", Cape Town, South Africa

from 07-Sep-2005 to 09-Sep-2005

This 5th International Entrepreneurship Forum Conference was jointly organised by the OECD LEED Programme and the University of Essex, member of the LEED Partners Club.  Representatives from academic institutions, policy makers and practitioners around the world took part in this event. For more information, please contact jmitra@essex.ac.uk

Expert Workshop on “Fostering Development through Entrepreneurship, Clusters and Local Initiatives”, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

on 29-Apr-2005

This Workshop was organised by the OECD LEED Programme in collaboration with the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (FUNGLODE) and the Embassy of Italy in the Dominican Republic.  It aimed at discussing the challenges of implementing endogenous development strategies in their Caribbean and at analysing the use of SME clusters and entrerpreneurship as drivers for growth and local economic development. For more information, please contact gabriela.miranda-gallardo@oecd.org