OECD Trento Centre

We provide policy advice and develop capacities for the effective design and implementation of policies that are tailored to local needs and focused on the key drivers of local economic growth and well-being in OECD Member and non-Member countries

The OECD Trento Centre for Local Development uses a holistic “from data to practice” approach to policies for sustainable development to offer local policy analysis, advice and capacity building activities for improved policy implementation. The analytical framework revolves around the implications of economic trends and policies for people, firms and places. 

The Trento Centre was established by the OECD, the Italian Government and the Autonomous Province of Trento (Italy) in 2003 and it is an integral part of the OECD Centre for Entreprenuership, SMEs, Regions and Cities.

Information brochure

Today, OECD countries face two major productivity challenges, decreasing growth and increasing inequality. How can regional, rural and urban policy help find a more inclusive and dynamic system for economic growth?

The Spatial Productivity Lab

Analysing the effects of public policies at subnational level is essential to inform place-based development agendas. How to reinforce the knowledge of local employment and economic development policies and practices?

Fostering co-operation with subnational governments

Capacity building is creating, developing and strengthening the abilities of organisations, communities and individuals to confront challenges and achieve goals. How to work collectively across institutional lines and policy silos and develop synergies?  

Capacity bulding activities and networks

COVID-19: Culture shock - COVID-19 and the cultural and creative sectors | IT version | Updated at 7 September 2020
COVID-19: Tourism policy responses | IT version | Updated at 2 June 2020
COVID-19: SME policy responses |  IT version | Updated at 19 May 2020 
COVID-19: SME policy responses by Italian Regions | IT version | Updated at 22 April 2020
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CALL FOR PAPERS: Relaunch of productivity for regional growth and cohesion
Deadline for submission 15 April 2021

WORKSHOP SERIES: Productivity policies for places - OECD/EC project
March-June 2021 | DIGITAL

ITALY: A capacity building initiative on start-up visas worldwide
February 2021 - May 2021

SPATIAL PRODUCTIVITY LAB: Spatial productivity in the post-COVID-19 world - 12th meeting
4 February 2021 | DIGITAL

SPATIAL PRODUCTIVITY LAB: Recent socioeconomic trends in Trentino and Alto-Adige/South Tyrol (Italy) - 11th meeting 
10 December 2020 | DIGITAL

WEBINAR: The spread of teleworking on a large scale and its impact at local level. Challenges and opportunities for businesses, workers and families
1 December 2020 | STREAMING - Italian language

CAPACITY BUILDING: Design of strategies and projects for sustainable development at the local level in the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico
3 November - 9 December 2020 | DIGITAL

SPATIAL PRODUCTIVITY LAB: Business incentives and firm entry. The past, the present and the future - 10th meeting
29 October 2020 | DIGITAL

All events

The spatial dimension of productivity in Italian co-operatives
Read the Policy Highlights 
March 2021

A comprehensive approach to understanding urban productivity effects of local governments
Local autonomy, government quality and fragmentation 
January 2021

Exploring policy options on teleworking
Steering local economic and employment development in the time of remote work 
November 2020

An insight into the innovative start-up landscape of Trentino
Is it time for the “Start-up Valley” to scale up? 
November 2020

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Due to the COVID-19 situation in Italy, the OECD Trento staff are not present at the Trento Centre, but are working remotely. Please contact us via email at cfetrento@oecd.org.

Partners

The OECD LEED Trento Centre is supported by the Autonomous Province of Trento (Italy) amd the Autonomous Region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (Italy) 

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