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Working Communities Congress 2010, Melbourne (Australia)

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24-Mar-2010

The 2nd biennial congress will explore international policy and local innovations to improve global perspectives on addressing unemployment. A forum for thought leaders to share experiences and strategies towards the goal of creating healthy, vibrant and sustainable working communities.

Employment and Skills Strategies in Southeast Asia (ESSSA)

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01-Dec-2009

The rapidly developing Southeast Asia region is confronted with significant labour market challenges. This initiative aims to address the issues of employment and skills, especially through an interaction platform for members.

The Changing Boundaries of Social Enterprises

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27-Feb-2009

This book contains recommendations for national and local policy makers and presents a set of international best practices for social enterprises.

Conference on "Partnerships for Social Inclusion", Melbourne, Australia, 15 - 16 October, 2008

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22-May-2008

The conference is a collaboration between the Centre for Public Policy at the University of Melbourne, the Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development and the OECD LEED Programme.

Local Development Benefits from Staging Global Events

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27-Mar-2008

This book identifies how international events work as a trigger for local development and what hosting cities and nations can do to ensure that positive local development is realised.

More Than Just Jobs: Workforce Development in a Skills-Based Economy

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27-Mar-2008

This report provides valuable insights into how labour policies can be expanded to meet economic development and social cohesion goals, while also reconciling national and local concerns...

OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance: Australia

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02-Aug-2006

This site contains a list of key references on Australia. The documentary database includes documents on partnership and local governance that have been published by governments, universities and other organisations.

Designing Local Skills Strategies

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20-Jun-2006

Francesca Froy, Sylvain Giguère, Andrea Hofer

Drawing from a wide array of case studies, this book analyses best-practice local strategies for increasing workforce skills. And it also takes a close look at the opportunities and challenges presented by international migration.