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Working Communities Congress 2010

14-Oct-2009

24-26 March 2010, Melbourne (Australia)

The second biennial Congress will explore international policy and local innovations to improve global perspectives on addressing unemployment. The Congress will be a forum for international thought leaders – to share experiences and strategies to broaden perspectives, challenge thinking and inspire innovative solutions – towards the goal of creating healthy, vibrant and sustainable working communities.
Organised by NESA, the peak body for providers of Australian employment services, in partnership with the OECD LEED Programme.

6th annual meeting of OECD LEED Forum on partnerships and local governance

09-Oct-2009

16-17 February 2010 Vienna (Austria)

Despite the first signs of economic recovery, unemployment will remain high for the years to come.  The 6th Annual Meeting will bring together some 200 representatives of local partnerships, government officials, social entrepreneurs, business leaders, trade unions and academics to review how local development actors are adapting to this new reality and what are the innovations emerging on the ground to respond to these new challenges.

Framework for Information Exchange in Local Development (FIELD)

21-Sep-2009

This project supports local development organisations in strengthening their information systems.  It provides guidance on data collection, analysis and use in policy making, customised to conditions in each participating area. It helps policy makers to build evidence on: What makes your local economy work? What drives it forward, what holds it back?  Where and how policy should intervene?  Is policy bringing results?

Report on "Strengthening Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in East Germany: Lessons from Local Approaches"

14-Sep-2009

The report  is the result of a two-year work programme on the challenges and opportunities for entrepreneurship development in East Germany undertaken by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, through its Local Economic and Employment Development Programme (LEED), in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs (BMVBS), Angelegenheiten der Neuen Länder department.

Recession, recovery and reinvestment

02-Sep-2009

The global financial crisis is like no other that we have experienced since the early 20th century. This free publication identifies some of the most interesting practices from 41 case studies in response to the financial crisis from a local economic development perspective.

Strengthening Chilean regions to boost the economy

27-Jul-2009

To date Chilean regions have not fully utilised their assets and reached their growth potential thus limiting Chile’s capacity for growth. The OECD Territorial Review of Chile recommends for Chile a stronger regional approach to economic development in order to better exploit the different opportunities of regions and to improve the country’s overall performance.

Renforcer les régions du Chili pour stimuler l’économie

27-Jul-2009

A ce jour, les régions du Chili n’ont pas pleinement exploité leurs atouts pour atteindre leur potentiel de croissance, ce qui limite la capacité de croissance du Chili.  L’examen territorial de Chili recommande une approche régionale plus soutenue pour mieux exploiter les différentes opportunités des régions et pour améliorer la performance globale du pays.

Régions et croissance : Une analyse des tendances

10-Jul-2009

Ce rapport examine ce qui génère la croissance au niveau régional. En s’appuyant sur des modèles économétriques et des analyses approfondies, l'ouvrage reformule le débat sur les politiques et le développement régional et souligne le potentiel de croissance qui existe dans toutes les régions. Ce livre sera disponible en hiver 2009.


Events

Routes out of the crisis: Strategies for local employment recovery and skills development in Asia

from 01-Dec-2009 to 03-Dec-2009

While no country has been spared from the effects of the financial and economic crisis, the diverse impact has been quite evident in Asia.
The joint ILO/OECD LEED meeting aims to strengthen the capacity of constituents, policy makers and practitioners at local level to undertake effective employment recovery and skills strategies in response to the financial and economic crisis.

Venue: Malang (Java), Indonesia

6th Annual Meeting of OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance

from 16-Feb-2010 to 17-Feb-2010

Despite the first signs of economic recovery, unemployment will remain high for the years to come. The 6th Annual Meeting will bring together some 200 representatives of local partnerships, government officials, social entrepreneurs, business leaders, trade unions and academics to review how local development actors are adapting to this new reality and what are the innovations emerging on the ground to respond to these new challenges.
Venue: Vienna (Austria)

Working Communities Congress 2010

from 24-Mar-2010 to 26-Mar-2010

The second biennial Congress will explore international policy and local innovations to improve global perspectives on addressing unemployment. The Congress will be a forum for international thought leaders – to share experiences and strategies to broaden perspectives, challenge thinking and inspire innovative solutions – towards the goal of creating healthy, vibrant and sustainable working communities.
Venue: Grand Hyatt Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne (Australia)

URBACT Annual Conference, Stockholm (Sweden)

from 24-Nov-2009 to 25-Nov-2009

Active players from European cities will discuss the challenges of integrated sustainable urban development.

Interactive thematic workshops will focus on innovation and creativity, human capital & entrepreneurship, cities and demographic change, preserving or creating urban identities, governance models, regeneration of deprived neighbourhoods, the implementation of the Leipzig Charter, and cities response to the economic crisis.

6th annual meeting of OECD LEED Forum on partnerships and local governance

from 16-Feb-2010 to 17-Feb-2010

Despite the first signs of economic recovery, unemployment will remain high for the years to come and it will take long before employment gets back to pre-recession levels.  The 6th Annual Meeting will bring together some 200 representatives of local partnerships, government officials, social entrepreneurs, business leaders, trade unions and academics to review how local development actors are adapting to this new reality and what are the innovations emerging on the ground to respond to these new challenges.

Venue: Vienna (Austria)

Infrastructure Project meeting on Transcontinental Infrastructure Needs to 2030/2050

on 18-Nov-2008

Following completion of the Futures Project on Infrastructure Needs to 2030 (2005-2007) which covered telecoms, water, electricity and surface transport, the IFP is now launching work on  ports, airports and other major infrastructures crossing or connecting continents. The first meeting of the Steering Group on the new project will take place on 19th of November in Paris and will be followed on 20th of November by a special workshop on funding Infrastructures in the future. For Project Proposal click on title.

Conference "Making entrepreneurship and SMEs more innovative"

from 22-Oct-2009 to 23-Oct-2009

Innovation and entrepreneurship performance of a locality are key in supporting long-term growth. How to design local policies which improve this performance was the focus of this conference in Udine (Italy). Participants included high-profile representatives from both the public and private sectors including entrepreneurs, bankers, policy makers and academics.

Report on "Strengthening Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in East Germany: Lessons from Local Approaches"

on 31-Mar-2009

The report  is the result of a two-year work programme on the challenges and opportunities for entrepreneurship development in East Germany undertaken by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, through its Local Economic and Employment Development Programme (LEED), in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs (BMVBS), Angelegenheiten der Neuen Länder department.

Capacity Building Seminar on "Getting the Young into Jobs: the Role of Partnerships" , Trento, Italy

from 26-Oct-2009 to 28-Oct-2009

Ensuring a smooth and quick transition from education to employment and fighting education drop-out trends are key objectives of youth policies across OECD countries. The seminar was addressed to those already working in partnerships on youth policies, or in the process of establishing a partnership in one of the following areas: (i) promoting entrepreneurship; (ii) youth skills initiatives; and (iii) integrating youth with accumulated disadvantages.



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