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News & Events
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06-Nov-2006
The international conference on "What Policies for Globalising Cities? Rethinking the Urban Policy Agenda", co-organised by the OECD and the Spanish authorities, will be held 29-30 March 2007 at the Municipal Congress Hall, in Campo de las Naciones, Madrid. It will bring together government leaders, policy makers and practitioners to examine urban policy in the context of globalisation and the growing challenges for cities.
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08-Aug-2006
LEED has launched this comprehensive site with over 300 documents focusing on partnerships and related policy fields. The database includes information published by public organisations, research institutions, and international organisations. This activity is carried out within the framework of the LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance.
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19-Jun-2006
This year's edition of the Employment Outlook provides analysis covering 30 countries and presents a reassessment of the OECD Jobs Strategy which was discussed at the High-Level Policy Conference: Boosting Jobs and Incomes - Toronto Canada.
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14-Mar-2006
The Central American economic integration process, which dates back to the 1950s, entered a new era in 2001 with the launching of the Puebla Panama Plan. This plan helped shift the focus to the greater “Mesoamerican region” (MAR), which includes the seven Central American countries plus the nine southeastern states of Mexico. In this context, the OECD Territorial Review of the Mesoamerican Region marks two major firsts: a comprehensive regional development study of the entire Mesoamerican region and the OECD’s first ever multi-national territorial review.
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28-Oct-2005
This publication has been released following the workshop on "Local Employment Development" organised in Tokyo, Japan, in 2005. This was a joint event of the LEED Programme and the Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT). The book includes the papers presented at the workshop with report of some successful cases of regional employment development in each country, which was added to the papers based on the discussions at the workshop.
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14-Sep-2005
With this brochure, the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance releases a set of information sheets on area-based partnerships in the European Union, North America and Asia Pacific, whose mission is to improve governance and foster local development.
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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.
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15-Jun-2005
This activity focuses on how the related policy areas be better integrated to maximise benefits for the economy and society in general, fostering business development, the enhancement of skills and social inclusion. Participating countries include Canada, Greece, Italy, Poland, the USA, Bulgaria, and Romania with the project also receiving support from the European Commission. Countries are invited to express their interest in participating in these reviews.
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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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Events
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on 15-May-2007
The OECD Forum 2007 "Innovation, Growth & Equity" took place in Paris on 14-15 May. Michael Oborne, Director of the IFP, chaired a session on "Infrastructure to 2030: Growth, Innovation and Finance" on 15 May. The press release is available here .
For more information about the Forum, visit the OECD Forum website.
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from 30-May-2007 to 03-Jun-2007
The city of Trento hosted for the second time the Festival of Economics which focused this year on issues related to human and social capital. The event was organised in cooperation with the OECD Trento Centre for Local Development.
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from 29-Mar-2007 to 30-Mar-2007
Globalisation is increasing competition between major urban centres eager to take advantage of international economic opportunities. While some are thriving, attracting foreign investment or profiting from the ‘off-shoring’ of manufacturing and services sectors, others are falling behind and all are struggling with social and environmental problems.
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from 29-Mar-2007 to 30-Mar-2007
The international conference on "What Policies for Globalising Cities? Rethinking the Urban Policy Agenda", co-organised by the OECD and the Spanish authorities, will be held 29-30 March 2007 at the Municipal Congress Hall, in Campo de las Naciones, Madrid. It will bring together government leaders, policy makers and practitioners to examine urban policy in the context of globalisation and the growing challenges for cities.
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from 18-Apr-2007 to 20-Apr-2007
This seminar was the second stage of a capacity building programme designed for experienced partnerships from OECD member countries. This meeting allowed an in-depth discussion on how partnerships can enhance their capacity to influence policy at the local, national and international levels.
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on 27-Nov-2006
The OECD hosted an international workshop on “Defining and Measuring Metropolitan Regions” on 27 November 2006 in Paris. The workshop brought together major international organisations, National Statistical Offices and researchers from this field.
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from 01-Mar-2007 to 02-Mar-2007
The Third Forum Meeting focused on cross-sectoral and multi-level collaboration, supporting the exchange of experience and practice between partnerships and exploring ways to overcome common obstacles. The Forum meeting provided a unique occasion for such an exchange, offering opportunities for in-depth discussion within a series of interactive working sessions.
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on 10-Nov-2006
The seminar was organised by Unidea UniCredit Foundation in collaboration with the OECD LEED Programme, CoDe Joint European Master in Comparative Local Development (University of Trento), EUROREG – Centre for European Regional and Local Studies (Warsaw University). The event discussed regional diversity and local development in Central and Eastern Europe, the opportunities for both public and private actors to actively contribute to the improvement of local realities, and the regional and European context of such local strategies.
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from 26-Oct-2006 to 27-Oct-2006
This seminar was organised in cooperation with INAS CISL and Fondazione Giulio Pastore. The event presented and discussed the results of research addressing these issues undertaken in eight European countries: Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Belgium, Great Britain, Sweden and Poland.
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on 08-Nov-2006
The seminar was jointly organised with the Romanian Ministry of Labour, Social Solidarity and Family. It offered highly interactive sessions and working groups around best practices, and brought together policy makers, partnership managers, local development practitioners, and OECD experts. The event was a unique opportunity to learn about developments in building partnership throughout OECD countries.
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Top of page
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Key Publications
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Competitive Regional Clusters: National Policy Approaches
Competitive Cities in the Global Economy
OECD Regions at a Glance
The New Rural Paradigm: Policies and Governance
Linking Regions and Central Governments: Contracts for Regional Development
