LEED Programme (Local Economic and Employment Development )

The LEED Programme identifies, analyses and disseminates innovative ideas for local development, governance and the social economy. Governments from OECD member and non-member economies look to LEED and work through it to generate innovative guidance on policies to support employment creation and economic development through locally based initiatives.

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5th Annual Meeting of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance

from 09-Feb-2009 to 10-Feb-2009

The meeting will focus on Building Strong Partnerships with the Private Sector for Better Jobs and Inclusion. Public sector institutions increasingly understand that working with business at the local level is crucial for promoting quality jobs and social inclusion. Localities are gearing education and training to business needs. Some regions are upgrading local skills demand, working with business to improve productivity thus increasing the availability of good quality jobs. A collective response is required from industry, government, educational institutions, trade unions and community.

Experts meeting - Employment and Skills Strategies in South-East Asia (ESSSA): Indonesia and the Philippines

on 03-Dec-2008

The ILO and the OECD are jointly organising an experts meeting on fostering employment and skills development strategies in Indonesia and the Philippines, as part of OECD LEED’s initiative on Employment and Skills Development in South East Asia (ESSSA), in Jakarta on 3 December 2008. The meeting will address issues of decentralisation, partnerships, skills upgrading and integration of the disadvantaged in the labour market and learn the lessons from the OECD experience in these areas.

Inter-Agency Conference on Local Economic Development (LED), Turin, Italy

from 22-Oct-2008 to 24-Oct-2008

The ILO in collaboration with the OECD LEED Programme is organising an inter-agency conference on local economic development, meant to take stock of practices around the world and develop a joint strategy for knowledge development and networking. The event will involve several agencies such as UN-HABITAT, UNIDO, UNCDF, SDC (LEDNA), GTZ and IADB.

Video and audio: attend a virtual capacity building seminar at the OECD LEED Trento Centre!

24-Sep-2008

Short videos (5 minutes maximum) summarise the key concepts of the issues addressed in the Capacity Building Seminar for Partnerships on "Designing and Delivering Skills Strategies for Cities", Trento, Italy, 11-13 June 2008. You can also listen to the contributors’ speeches (25 minutes maximum) or download their presentations.

Conference on "Partnerships for Social Inclusion", Melbourne, Australia

from 15-Oct-2008 to 16-Oct-2008

Increasing social inclusion requires a joined-up approach that cuts across policy departments. The public sector should re-think the way it operates, moving from a traditional hierarchical model to one characterised by multi-sectoral partnerships and flexibility in policy delivery. These topics will be discussed at this conference co-organised by the Centre for Public Policy at the University of Melbourne, the Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development and the OECD LEED Programme.

Conference on "Efficient Local Development Strategies: Exchange of Experiences between Latin America and the OECD", Bogota, Colombia

on 16-Sep-2008

This conference was jointly organised by the OECD LEED Programme and the Andean Development Corporation (CAF).  It provided a platform for governments and experts to exchange and learn from good practices in defining, delivering and assessing local development strategies, based on the experience of various cities in Colombia, Latin American and OECD countries.

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