Global Knowledge Flows and Economic Development - Just Released!

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

Conference on Integrated Strategies for Local Development: International Experiences, Ancona, Italy, 5 April 2004

11-Mar-2004

This conference was organised by the Marche Region in partnership with the OECD LEED Programme. The aim was to present the Strategic Regional Agenda for the Local Territorial Development (ARSTEL for its Italian acronym), which is an innovative tool for integrated development, recently approved by the Marche Region. For more information, please contact Lucy.Clarke@oecd.org

Visit of Latin American Leaders, Château de la Muette, 16 February 2004

17-Feb-2004

The LEED Programme received a group of Latin American Leaders in the OECD Headquarters in Paris. This group came as part of the first European Cities Study Tour sponsored by the World Bank Institute. Some LEED Partners as well as French and European authorities took part in the discussions.

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

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.

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. 

Which Development Agencies for Decentralisation? Paris, 17 June 2003

This conference, was organised cojointly by the LEED Programme and Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations Group. The international presentations, as well as the ensuing debates, were highly appreciated by the conference participants. For more information, please contact Lucy.Clarke@oecd.org