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2013/08
18 Apr 2013
Demographic Transition and an Ageing Society Cristina Martinez-Fernandez, Tamara Weyman, Jolanta Perek-Białas, Iwona Sagan, Piotr Szukalski, Piotr Stronkowski
This report outlines the findings of the Poland case study for the combined study regions of Lódzkie, Malopolska and Pomorskie for the international project, Local scenarios of demographic change. The demographic situation is changing significantly within Poland with two major trends occurring,...
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2013/07
18 Apr 2013
Pomorskie Region Iwona Sagan, Cristina Martinez-Fernandez, Tamara Weyman
This paper outlines the findings of the Poland case study of the Pomorskie region for the international project, Local scenarios of demographic change. The Pomorskie region is located in the northern part of Poland on the coast of the Baltic Sea, regional boarders were established during the...
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2013/06
18 Apr 2013
Malopolska Region Demographic Transition Jolanta Perek-Białas, Cristina Martinez-Fernandez, Tamara Weyman
This paper outlines the findings of the Poland case study of the Malopolska region for the international project, Local scenarios of demographic change. The Malopolska region is located in the southern part of Poland, boarding Slovakia, and was created in 1999 from voivodship amalgamations of...
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2013/05
18 Apr 2013
Lódzkie Region Piotr Szukalski, Cristina Martinez-Fernandez, Tamara Weyman
This paper outlines the findings of the Poland case study of the Lódzkie region for the international project, Local scenarios of demographic change. The Lódzkie region is located in the central part of Poland, at the intersection of several major arterial roads; Berlin-Moscow and...
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2013/04
03 Apr 2013
Promoting Successful Graduate Entrepreneurship at Fachhochschule Brandenburg, Germany Andrea-Rosalinde Hofer, Jonathan Potter, Dana Redford, Jakob Stolt
The FH Brandenburg is a relatively young university for applied sciences and plays a role in supporting regional development. While it has three departments: Engineering, Informatics and Media, and Business and Management, the FH Brandenburg specialises in Informatics and Business Informatics...
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2013/03
03 Apr 2013
Promoting Successful Graduate Entrepreneurship at the Technical University Ilmenau, Germany Andrea-Rosalinde Hofer, Jonathan Potter, Dana Redford, Jakob Stolt
This report presents the findings of a review of current strategies and practices in entrepreneurship support provision at the Technical University Ilmenau. The report also presents a selection of international learning models with the aim of providing inspiration for new approaches at the...
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2013/02
03 Apr 2013
Promoting Successful Graduate Entrepreneurship at the University of Applied Sciences Schmalkalden, Germany Andrea-Rosalinde Hofer, Jonathan Potter, Dana Redford, Jakob Stolt
This report presents the findings of a review of current strategies and practices in entrepreneurship support provision at the University of Applied Sciences Schmalkalden. The report also presents a selection of international learning models with the aim of providing inspiration for new...
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2013/01
16 Jan 2013
Measuring the Potential of Local Green Growth Cristina Martinez-Fernandez, Samantha Sharpe, Maj Munch Andersen, Rodin Genoff, Klaus Rovsing Kristiansen
As the need to address the impacts of climate change becomes more urgent and the subsequent green momentum continues to gather pace, individual governments and companies are transitioning to a low-carbon economy. This transition to a low-carbon economic and industrial future is taking place in...
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2012/20
20 Dec 2012
Boosting Local Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Creation in Lombardy Region Alessandra Proto, Lucia Cusmano, Neil MacCallum, Ricardo Pinto, Paolo Rosso
Entrepreneurship and the development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) are key drivers of economic growth and job creation. The OECD review series on Boosting Local Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Creation, of which this study is a part, examines the capacity of local economies to...
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2012/19
20 Dec 2012
Leveraging Training and Skills Development in SMEs Paul Bélanger, Sylvie-Ann Hart
This paper looks at a study carried out among 80 small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in two Canadian cities, Montréal and Winnipeg, based on a survey and case studies, which show the importance of innovation among Canadian SMEs. These innovations in turn create new demands for skill...
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2012/18
29 Oct 2012
Promoting Graduate Entrepreneurship in Tunisian Universities OECD
This report provides the main findings and recommendations of a case study review of entrepreneurship education and business start-up support in Tunisian universities and universities of applied sciences as part of a series of reviews on Skills and Competences for Entrepreneurship carried out...
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2012/17
16 Oct 2012
Local Job Creation Jonathan Barr, Emma Clarence, Francesca Froy, Sergio Destefanis, Chris Warhurst
How to stimulate growth and support job creation are two critical challenges that countries and localities confront and limited resources require lateral thinking about how actions in one area, such as employment and training, can have simultaneous benefits in others, such as creating new jobs...
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2012/16
20 Sep 2012
Delivering Local Development Review to Assess the Efficiency of the Regional Development Agencies Integrated Network of the Slovak Republic Debra Mountford, Greg Clark, Peter Dupej, Mateu Hernández, Joe Huxley
This project aims to support the Slovak Republic as it seeks to create a clear rationale for the Regional Development Agencies Integrated Network which currently comprises 38 agencies. The project considers the efficiency of the network and evaluates the appropriateness of the agencies’...
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2012/15
01 Aug 2012
Delivering Local Development in Derry~Londonderry, Northern Ireland Debra Mountford, Andrew Boraine, Greg Clark, Nicola Cobbold, Mateu Hernández, Joe Huxley
Derry~Londonderry in Northern Ireland became a member of the LEED Partners Club in 2008 and has collaborated with the LEED Programme as it embarked upon One Plan. Our work with the city encapsulates the essence of LEED and the delivery of sustainable local development in practice. Throughout...
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2012/14
01 Aug 2012
Career Pathway and Cluster Skill Development Virginia Hamilton
In the United States, local and regional government agencies have increasingly adopted industry cluster approaches to economic development and a similar move is surfacing in the employment and workforce development field. Career cluster/pathway approaches are important in a complex and...
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2012/13
01 Aug 2012
The Cluster Scoreboard Yama Temouri
This paper shows the performance of eighty leading innovative local clusters on six measures of enterprise performance: share of new and young firms and growth of employment, turnover, profitability, liquidity ratio and solvency ratio. The data show the performance of clusters before and...
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2012/12
01 July 2012
Skills Development Pathways in Asia Cristina Martinez-Fernandez, Kyungsoo Choi
Skills and educational development for inclusive and sustainable growth are
becoming significant drivers in OECD countries. Asian countries are not lagging
behind on the challenge; on the contrary, they are taking diverse pathways
in skills training and education to achieve the end.
This...
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2012/11
01 May 2012
Clean-Tech Clustering as an Engine for Local Development Jonathan Potter, Gabriela Miranda, Philip Cooke, Karen Chapple, Dieter Rehfeld, Gregory Theyel, Dan Kaufmann, Miki Malul, Mosi Rosenboim
This report summarises the findings of a case study project on growing clean-tech cluster activity in the Negev region of Israel as part of a series of reviews on Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development carried out by the Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Committee of the...
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2012/10
25 May 2012
Accountability in Decentralised Employment Service Regimes Hugh G. Mosley
The Accountability in Decentralised Employment Service Regimes report, prepared by independent expert Hugh Mosely, compares and contrasts four OECD countries with decentralised delivery systems for managing active labour market policy (Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark). This report...
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2012/09
14 May 2012
Skills for Competitiveness: A Synthesis Report Francesca Froy, Sylvain Giguère, Michela Meghnagi
To be successful in today’s knowledge economy, communities need to boost not only the skills of local people but also the utilisation and deployment of these skills by employers. By ensuring that skills are utilised effectively, local economies can become more competitive and host better...
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2012/08
20 Dec 2012
Apprenticeships in London Stephen Evans, Gerhard Bosch
The London Apprenticeship Campaign was launched in 2010 to boost the number of apprentices in London. It was developed as part of an ongoing policy focus to tackle long-standing skill shortfalls in the city, shortages which have been constraining employment, social opportunity and productivity....
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2012/07
14 Nov 2012
Skills Formation Strategies in Queensland Noela Eddington, Phillip Toner
The Australian state government of Queensland developed a set of Skills Formation Strategies as a new way to respond to skill shortages and mismatches. First piloted in 2002, the model was critical of traditional supply-side approaches to meeting industry needs for skilled labour, and...
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2012/05
17 May 2012
Skills for Competitiveness: Country Report for United Kingdom Anne E. Green
To be successful in today’s knowledge economy, communities need to boost not only the skills of local people but also the utilisation and deployment of these skills by employers. By ensuring that skills are utilised effectively, local economies can become more competitive and host better...
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2012/04
17 May 2012
Skills for Competitiveness: Country Report for Italy Sergio Destefanis
To be successful in today’s knowledge economy, communities need to boost not only the skills of local people but also the utilisation and deployment of these skills by employers. By ensuring that skills are utilised effectively, local economies can become more competitive and host better...
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2012/03
17 May 2012
Skills for Competitiveness: Country Report for Canada Anil Verma
To be successful in today’s knowledge economy, communities need to boost not only the skills of local people but also the utilisation and deployment of these skills by employers. By ensuring that skills are utilised effectively, local economies can become more competitive and host better...
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2012/02
31 Jan 2012
Knowledge Networks and Their Impact on New and Small Firms in Local Economies Alessandra Proto, Simone Tani, Joerg Bühnemann, Olaf Gaus, Mathias Raith
New and small firms can be important engines of job creation and local development when they identify and exploit entrepreneurial opportunities. We live in an economy more and more characterised by open innovation methods, where new companies and SMEs are benefitting from innovations,...
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2012/01
11 Jan 2012
Enabling Local Green Growth Gabriela Miranda, Graham Larcombe
The transition to a green economy will not necessarily mean job losses, but there are some barriers that need to be overcome in order to ensure a successful transition. The need to align local and national strategies towards green growth, build strong partnerships, identify transferable skills,...
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2011/23
15 Dec 2011
The Territorial Dimension of the European Social Fund Cristina Martinez-Fernandez, Pawel Chorazy, Tamara Weyman, Monika Gawron
The European Union Treaty of Lisbon brought a new dimension to cohesion – the territorial dimension, which has become one of the most frequently discussed aspects for achieving cohesion and, at the same time, one of the challenges for EU policies. The ‘territorial dimension’ determines many...
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2011/22
01 Dec 2011
Climate Change, Employment and Local Development in Poland Gabriela Miranda, Randall Eberts, Elvira González, Vanessa Foo, Przemyslaw Kulawczuk
This report presents analysis on the cases of Podlaskie and Pomorskie in Poland in the context of a transition to the green economy. This study seeks to examine the current situation in these two regions in terms of labour market, economic development, and skills provision, with a specific...
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2011/17
01 Dec 2011
Leveraging Training Skills Development in SMEs: An Analysis of East Flanders, Belgium Ans De Vos, Ine Williams
This policy review of vocational education and training in East Flanders, Belgium was prepared within the framework of the OECD LEED project, "Leveraging Training and Skills Development in SMEs". The report has contributed to a better understanding of the dynamics in and between SMEs...
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2011/16
01 Dec 2011
Leveraging Training Skills Development in SMEs: An Analysis of OSTIM Organised Industrial Zone, Turkey Sirin Elci
This policy review of vocational education and training in the Ostim Organised Industrial Zone, Turkey was prepared within the framework of the OECD LEED project, "Leveraging Training and Skills Development in SMEs". The findings and recommendations of the report brings new perspectives to...
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2011/15
01 Dec 2011
Leveraging Training Skills Development in SMEs: An Analysis of the West Midlands, England, UK Anne E. Green, Laura E. Martinez-Solano
This policy review of vocational education and training in the West Midlands, United Kingdom was prepared within the framework of the OECD LEED project, "Leveraging Training and Skills Development in SMEs". The report identifies ways of overcoming some of the barriers to workforce development...
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2011/14
29 Nov 2011
Climate Change, Employment and Local Development, Sydney, Australia Gabriela Miranda, Paul Dalziel, Cecilia Estolano, Kris Krasnowski, Graham Larcombe
This report presents the analysis and key findings of the project on Climate Change, Employment and Local Development in Sydney, Australia, carried out by the OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme. Sydney and its main organisations are undergoing an important...
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2011/13
01 Oct 2011
Building Flexibility and Accountability Into Local Employment Services: Country Report for the Netherlands Ruud Dorenbos, Francesca Froy
Human resources and skills are becoming increasingly important to economic development. In the context of the economic downturn, challenges such as high youth unemployment call for a collaborative approach between local employment officials, educational institutions and wider social and...
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2011/12
01 Oct 2011
Building Flexibility and Accountability Into Local Employment Services: Country Report for Denmark Mploy
Human resources and skills are becoming increasingly important to economic development. In the context of the economic downturn, challenges such as high youth unemployment call for a collaborative approach between local employment officials, educational institutions and wider social and...
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2011/11
01 Oct 2011
Building Flexibility and Accountability Into Local Employment Services: Country Report for Belgium Kristel Bogaerts, Hans Echelpoels, Wouter Van Dooren, Ive Marx, Francesca Froy
Human resources and skills are becoming increasingly important to economic development. In the context of the economic downturn, challenges such as high youth unemployment call for a collaborative approach between local employment officials, educational institutions and wider social and...
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2011/10
01 Oct 2011
Building Flexibility and Accountability Into Local Employment Services: Synthesis of OECD Studies in Belgium, Canada, Denmark and the Netherlands Francesca Froy, Sylvain Giguère, Lucy Pyne, Donna E. Wood
Human resources and skills are becoming increasingly important to economic development. In the context of the economic downturn, challenges such as high youth unemployment call for a collaborative approach between local employment officials, educational institutions and wider social and...
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2011/09
01 June 2011
Ensuring Labour Market Success for Ethnic Minority and Immigrant Youth Francesca Froy, Lucy Pyne
The labour market integration of young people from ethnic minority and immigrant backgrounds is one of those issues which government finds it a challenge to address, particularly in the current climate of growing youth unemployment. Supporting access to the labour market for all young people is...
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2011/08
01 May 2011
Framework and Tools for Assessing and Understanding the Green Economy at the Local Level Randall W. Eberts
The transition to a green economy will imply many changes in the labour market locally and the local development systems. The impacts are still difficult to measure as definitions vary and policy uncertainties persist. The OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme is...
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2011/07
01 Apr 2011
Green Jobs Strategy and the Transition to the Low-Carbon Economy in Northern Virginia Peter Garforth, Dale Medearis
This paper looks at Arlington County Virginia’s efforts to become more economically competitive, energy efficient, sustainable and emit fewer greenhouse gases. It reviews the county’s experiences in the creation of green jobs to accelerate deployment of energy efficient and low-carbon...
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2011/06
01 May 2011
Leveraging Training Skills Development in SMEs Michal Kubisz
This report, one of five country reports from the LEED study on Leveraging Training and Skills Development in SMEs, examines the development needs and the barriers to accessing training and other forms of skills development facing SMEs in Poland. Insights from this study on the processes and...
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2011/05
01 Apr 2011
Climate Change, Employment and Local Development in London, UK Gabriela Miranda, Mads Greaker, Kris Krasnowski, Bettina Schaefer, Andy Westwood
London and the UK are far from immune from the impacts of climate change. The UK is already experiencing the effects of climate change in the form of increased sea-surface temperature and rising sea levels. If global GHG emissions continue unabated, London in particular, will be vulnerable to...
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2011/04
01 Apr 2011
Climate Change, Employment and Local Development in Extremadura, Spain Gabriela Miranda, Hyoung-Woo Chung, David Gibbs, Richard Howard, Lisa Rustico
Extremadura is the fifth largest region in Spain, with certainly one of the most diverse eco-systems and abundant natural resources. Extremadura launched a series of initiatives to facilitate the transition to a green economy which means a model that takes into consideration economic, social...
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2011/03
01 Apr 2011
Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development in Andalusia, Spain Marco Marchese, Jonathan Potter
Andalusia has experienced remarkable growth over the last decades, only halted by the recent economic crisis. The challenge today is to renew with the "prodigious decade" (mid 1990s-mid 2000s) of Andalusia’s development, which will require endogenous development through entrepreneurship and SME...
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2011/02
01 Feb 2011
Sustainable Tourism and Local Development in Apulia Region Neil MacCallum, Thierry Baert, Pierfelice Rosato, Stefano Barbieri
This document intends to provide a discussion of issues related to tourism and local development in Apulia region (Italy), an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current practices in related policy implementation, and recommendations and guidance on how the Apulia Government can...
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2011/01
01 Jan 2011
Local Development Benefits from Staging Global Events OECD
London 2012 is set to be one the most ambitious Olympic Games ever to have taken place. Already a successful global city London has set itself a unique challenge – not simply to deliver a successful Olympic Games but to regenerate its most socio-economically challenged area of the city. The...
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2010/17
01 Dec 2010
Building Flexibility and Accountability into Local Employment Services Donna E. Wood
Human resources and skills are becoming increasingly important to economic development. In the context of the economic downturn, challenges such as high youth unemployment call for a collaborative approach between local employment officials, educational institutions and wider social and...
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2010/16
01 Dec 2010
Improving Social Inclusion at the Local Level Through the Social Economy: Report for Slovenia Roger Spear, Giulia Galera, Antonella Noya, Emma Clarence
This report has been prepared as part of the Improving Social Inclusion at the Local Level through the Social Economy (CFE/LEED (2008) 9/REV1) project in the framework of the Forum on Social Innovations. A team comprising members of the OECD LEED Secretariat and external experts visited...
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2010/15
01 June 2010
Improving Social Inclusion at the Local Level Through the Social Economy: Report for Korea Margie Mendell, Roger Spear, Antonella Noya, Emma Clarence
This report has been prepared as part of the Improving Social Inclusion at the Local Level through the Social Economy (CFE/LEED (2008)9/REV1) project. A team of OECD experts visited Korea in May 2009 for a five-day study visit, to examine the role, both real and potential, of the social...
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2010/14
01 May 2010
L'économie sociale au service de l'inclusion au niveau local : Rapport sur deux régions de France : Alsace et Provence – Alpes – Côte d'Azur Margie Mendell, Bernard Enjolras, Antonella Noya
