What is the OECD Local Development Forum?
We are the OECD’s community of local development practitioners, entrepreneurs and social innovators. We provide a unique setting for the private and public sector to challenge assumptions, learn from each other, and work together to forge practical solutions to today’s economic and social challenges.
What's new
- Digital commerce is changing America's main streets...Could it be for the better?
- Webinair | 9 November 2022 | Unlocking the potential of youth-led social enterprises
- Webinar | 27 September 2022 | Mass layoffs and local impacts: what we know and what can be done
- OECD Local Development Forum | 15-17 June 2022 | Cork, Ireland
- Celebrating LEED's 40th anniversary
- Tapping into talent – The cities of the future
- The Great Resignation: the reaction in places
- Is culture really good for you? Impacts on well-being
- Making remote work...is your country tackling spatial divides?
What we offer

OECD Local Development Forum Annual Conference
Join hundreds of participants to discuss the latest trends and innovations shaping local labor markets.
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