LEED Programme (Local Economic and Employment Development )

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Higher Education Institutions, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Good Practice Workshop, Halle, Germany

on 12-Jun-2009

The aim of the good practice workshop is to follow up the joint policy development project from LEED Programme of the OECD and the German Federal Ministry of Housing, Construction and Urban Affairs with a practical event to enable HEIs and policy makers from eastern Germany to exchange with each other and with participants from other countries around good practice in HEI entrepreneurship support, namely in entrepreneurship education and in start-up support. A rich and diverse programme will also offer participants opportunities to engage in dept-interviews with those behind good practices.

Capacity Building Seminar for Local Development Practitioners on “Routes out of the Crisis – New Strategies for Skills and Employment”, Trento, Italy

from 10-Jun-2009 to 12-Jun-2009

The seminar begins with a day session open to a wider audience of policymakers and practitioners involved in tackling the impact of the crisis on jobs and skills. Days 2 and 3 are structured around a mix of presentations by OECD experts followed by discussion and group work.

Invitation for participation: survey about local responses to the crisis

04-Mar-2009

“Is your locality affected by the crisis?” “What is being done to address the problems?” “Do you want to know what others are doing?”

The OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governances invites you to share your experience by filling in a simple questionnaire. The results will be processed and fed back to all Forum members.

Local economic and employment development policy approaches in OECD countries, a review

15-May-2009

What policy initiatives and broader development strategies could inspire policymaking in Wales and other similar old industrial regions?

With 25 policy interventions and development strategies from OECD countries, the four final reports tackle the broad issues of business productivity improvement and labour market participation, and have been made available for download.