Conference on Governments & Communities in Partnership: From Theory to Practice, Melbourne, Australia, 25-27 September 2006

This event will bring together key policy makers, community leaders and researchers from around Australia, together with leading experts from other OECD countries. The aim is to deepen the academic and policy debate about the impact and value of efforts to ‘join-up' different public services...

Conference on Social Innovation in the 21st Century: a Dialogue, New South Wales, Australia, 28-30 April 2006

This conference will address topics such as social enterprises and corporate social responsibility. It aims to foster a dialogue on how social innovation can play an important role in contemporary economies and on how governments can foster it.

Co-operation between the European Commission and the OECD LEED Programme

A summary of the co-operation between the European Commission (DG Employment and Social Affairs) and the OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme.

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Seminar on "Evaluating Local Development Strategies", Prague, Czech Republic, 22 November 2005

This one day seminar focused on local development evaluation with a special concentration on the current situation in evaluating local development strategies implemented recently in the Czech Republic.

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Conference on From Immigration to Integration: Lessons Drawn from Local Responses, New York City, 15 December 2005

The results of the LEED's five country reviews on Local Integration of Immigrants into de Labour Market will be discussed at this conference coorganised with the Federal Bank of New York...

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Local Governance for Promoting Employment —Comparing the Performance of Japan and Seven Countries—

This 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...

Conference on Women’s Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Tourism in the Caribbean Region, Santo Domingo, 11-12 January 2006

By invitation of the Government of the Dominican Republic, and with the support of the Italian Government, the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development (CFE) is organising this two-day conference as a follow-up to the first workshop held in the Caribbean Region in April 2005.

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Conference on Training Strategies for Regional Competitiveness and Inclusion Through Employment, Seoul, Korea, 12 October 2005

Korea's labour market policy, traditionally centralised, is on the verge of a major overhaul. The country acknowledges a lack of horizontal co-ordination at national level and a lack of strategic approach at regional level. This conference shared models....

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Convegno Internazionale “Creatività e Cultura per uno Sviluppo Locale Innovativo”, Trento, Italia, 28 Novembre 2005

Il convegno, che analizzerà questi ed altri temi, si prefigge da un lato di sensibilizzare il mondo politico e quello economico sull’importanza strategica della cultura nelle politiche per lo sviluppo economico e, dall’altro lato...

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Seminar on What Future for Development Agencies?, London, UK, 21 November 2005

This seminar looked at how development and successes of UK agencies fits with the global situation and will examine the strengths and weaknesses of the various development bodies in the UK, with some international comparators...

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