Video and audio: attend a virtual capacity building seminar at the OECD LEED Trento Centre!

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.

Vienna Action Statement on Partnerships

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. 

LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance

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.

Seminar on Building Local Partnerships in the Balkans, Tirana, Albania, 22-23 April 2004

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

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

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

Conference on "Partnerships for Social Inclusion", Melbourne, Australia

from 15-Oct-2008 to 16-Oct-2008

Increasing social inclusion requires a joined-up approach that cuts across policy departments. The public sector should re-think the way it operates, moving from a traditional hierarchical model to one characterised by multi-sectoral partnerships and flexibility in policy delivery. These topics will be discussed at this conference co-organised by the Centre for Public Policy at the University of Melbourne, the Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development and the OECD LEED Programme.

OECD conference on labour market policy, Venice, Italy, 17-19 April 2008

from 17-Apr-2008 to 19-Apr-2008

Should central government leave economic and employment development to local policy makers? Employment ministers from OECD countries, including Finland, Italy, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States, will address such questions at a conference in Venice, Italy, from 17-19 April 2008.

Stakeholders Meeting “Developing Skills for Endogenous Development”, Tirana and Shkoder, Albania

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).

Forum Meeting on "Enhancing the Effectiveness of Partnerships", Vienna, Austria

from 26-Apr-2005 to 27-Apr-2005

The Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance met in Vienna for the first time. This was a unique opportunity to re-assess today’s need for partnerships, debate on best ways to work in partnership in practice, exchange know-how and experiences of existing partnerships and discuss the main innovations in funding partnerships. For more information, please contact Ms. Jana Machacova at machacova@forum.zsi.at

Seminar on Implementing Local Development Strategies, Trento, Italy, 21-27 November 2004

from 21-Nov-2004 to 27-Nov-2004

This one-week seminar has been especially designed for policy-makers and practitioners from South, Central, and Eastern Europe responsible for local development issues. This training was organised by the LEED Programme through the LEED Trento Centre for Local Development. For further information, please contact Andrea-Rosalinde.Hofer@oecd.org