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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. 

OECD Review on "Clusters and Entrepreneurship"

03-Jul-2007

This study was carried out in 2007.  An OECD publication will be released in June 2008 with a set of recommendations on how best to adapt the policy framework to enhance the entrepreneurship and cluster development in a given area.  This review draws on an in-depth analysis of the Grenoble cluster in France and other six international clusters across the OECD. 

OECD Regions at a Glance 2007 highlights healthcare

30-May-2007

OECD's biennial Regions at a Glance gives comparative statistics  for OECD countries, and regions within each country,  related to economic indicators such as  concentration of population, GDP and employment rates as well as indicators of well-being such as the distance to a major centre, reported crimes, rate of homeownership and educational attainment. 

The Impacts of Change on the Long-term Future Demand for Water Sector Infrastructure

07-Feb-2007

Water is a central issue in a world that is increasingly urbanised and has a rising population to feed and seemingly ever increasing risks.
This document is Chapter 5 of the publication "Infrastructure to 2030: Telecom, Land Transport, Water and Electricity."

Strengthening entrepreneurship and local economic development in East Germany

22-Jan-2007

This co-operative project between the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs and the OECD provides an opportunity for participants in East Germany to stand back and reflect on their overall options, needs and priorities and by facilitating an international exchange of information on innovations and best practices from a range of OECD Member countries.

Infrastructure to 2030 - Telecom, Land Transport, Water and Electricity

22-Jun-2006

This book looks at the development and needs of "global infrastructure" over the next 25 years. A very interesting, multidisciplinary and truly "global" book on future infrastructure needs. Volume 2 "Infrastructure to 2030: Mapping Policy for Electricity, Water and Transport " was published in August 2007.

Developed countries must do more to integrate immigrant workers, says OECD

05-Dec-2006

Well-managed immigration flows offer benefits both for host countries and for migrants and their families. But the effective integration of immigrants into the societies of the countries where they settle is crucial, and this requires commitment and action at national and local level.

Cities: A Challenge for National and Global Economies

30-Nov-2006

Cities are home to more than half the people living in OECD countries and almost 50 percent of the output and jobs of many nations is found in their largest city. Though most cities have higher economic growth, foreign investment and labour productivity than the rest of the country, they are also more polluted, crime-ridden and socially disparate.

"What Policies for Globalising Cities? Rethinking the Urban Policy Agenda", Madrid, 29-30 March 2007

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.


Events

Regional Diversity and Local Development in Central and Eastern Europe, Warsaw, Poland

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.

Seminar on "Trade unions and welfare", Trento, Italy

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.

Conference "Let’s Go4Growth. Local Strategies for the Growth of Global Companies", Barcelona, Spain

from 13-Nov-2006 to 15-Nov-2006

This conference was an attempt to provoke practical reflection and generate proposals that will help define local strategies for the growth of companies with projections for the future. It was promoted and organised by Barcelona Activa with the support of CIDEU, EBN, IASP and the OECD LEED Programme.

Roundtable on "Enterprise Development and Investment Climate in Ukraine", Kiev, Ukraine

on 13-Jun-2006

The objective of the roundtable was to present the main findings of the joint EC-OECD project carried out in 2004-2006 and to discuss the related policy recommendations with Ukrainian representatives. The meeting was co-hosted by the UNDP. 

International Entrepreneurship Forum (IEF), Riga, Latvia

from 31-Aug-2006 to 02-Sep-2006

The 6th IEF conference will address the theme “New Ventures and the Creative Trajectory: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Creativity in Business”.  This event is a collaborative venture between the Riga International School for Economics and Business Administration, the University of Essex Southend, and the OECD LEED Programme.

Seminar on Emerging models of social entrepreneurship: possible paths for social enterprise development in Central East and South East Europe, Zagreb, Croatia

from 28-Sep-2006 to 29-Sep-2006

The objective of this seminar was to disseminate and discuss recent regulatory policies that define new forms of social entrepreneurship and to assess their relevance and applicability potential in OECD member and non-member countries of Central East and South East Europe.

Conference on “Developing the Social Economy”, Paris

on 04-Jul-2006

This event aimed at discovering and sharing the “good practices” on guiding the development of the social entrepreneurship in several OECD and Eastern-European countries.  It was organised by the LEED Programme in partnership with Avise.

Capacity building seminar on “Building Development Strategies for Cities and Regions”, Trento, Italy

from 23-Oct-2006 to 27-Oct-2006

This 5-day capacity building seminar will focus on the local development strategy design and implementation and more specifically it will emphasize the role of strategy in integrating different drivers, factors and enablers of local economic development. This event will bring together 60 experienced policy makers and practitioners from Central, East and South East Europe working in the area of regional and local development strategy building.

Festival of Economics "Wealth and Poverty", Trento, Italy

from 01-Jun-2006 to 04-Jun-2006

This event was organised by the Autonomous Province of Trento in cooperation with its numerous partners. The festival broughttogether internationally renowned experts  who sought to promote a better understanding of the global key  issues such as poverty and inequality.



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