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OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Development progress report

OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Development progress report. June 2004. OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Development. 11 June 2003 : OECD Council+ Autonomous Province of Trento + Italian Government decide to establish the OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Development.

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OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Development progress report

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  1. OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Developmentprogress report June 2004

  2. OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Development 11 June 2003: OECD Council+ Autonomous Province of Trento + Italian Government decide to establish the OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Development October 2003: Start of implementation of activities 6 December 2003: Inauguration in Trento of the new OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Development 10 March 2004: Trento Centre staffed and operational

  3. Mission of the Centre • building capacities for local development in OECD member and non member countries, with a particular focus on CEE and SEE Countries. • building on the LEED longstanding commitment to provide assistance in the design, implementation and assessment of local development strategies and on its expertise on: • local governance • entrepreneurship • social inclusion

  4. Objectives • To improve the dissemination capacity of best practices in the design and implementation of local development strategies, and to facilitate the exchange of experience between OECD member and non-member countries. • To strengthen the relationship between policy makers, local development practitioners and the scientific community. • To reinforce participative and representative democracy at sub-national level by initiating and supporting a dialogue between national and sub-national policy makers on local development issues.

  5. Target Regions of the Centre • SEE - South East Europe • CEE - Central Eastern Europe

  6. SAG Entrepreneurship March, 11-12 SAG Local Dev. & Gov. March, 17-18 SAG Social Economy March, 22-23 strategy strategy strategy Capacity Building Workshops Publications International Conferences Scientific Advisory Groups (SAG)

  7. Country Seminars Local Dev. & Gov. Social Economy 6 April 2004 CROATIA, Hrvatska Kostajnica “Partnerships, Clusters of Enterprises and Cross Border Co-operation in the Hrvatska Kostajnica Region” 24 May 2004 ROMANIA, Timisoara “Clusters of Enterprises and the Internationalisation of SMEs: the Romanian Region of Timisoara” 26 - 27 May 2004 ROMANIA, Bucharest “Entrepreneurship and Employment in South East Europe” 22 – 23 April ALBANIA, Tirana “Local Economic and Employment Development” (LEEDAK project in cooperation with the European Training Foundation) 9 – 10 December 2003 SLOVENIA, Ljubljana “Women Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation” Entrepreneurship

  8. The LIILM ProjectLocal Integration of Immigrants into the Labour Market ITALY • Background Report • Case study selection : • Trento • Milan Municipality • Region of Piemonte • Study Visit, 20-25 June 2004 • Best practice seminar 2 SEE COUNTRIES • Focus on integration of returning migrants: • Romania o Bulgaria • Albania • Desk review • Experts study visit in Fall 2004

  9. LEED Flash - newsletter The LEED Flash includes information and updates on LEED activities in both, Paris and Trento

  10. Other Activities

  11. Other Activities • “Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance” (in cooperation with the Centre of Social Innovation, Vienna) • CEI-LEED Local Development Network

  12. LEED Staff in Trento

  13. LEED Staff based in Trento • Direction: Sergio Arzeni (Paris) • The team: • Jens Erik Lund, Deputy Director • Paola Babos, Junior analyst– social economy • Andrea Hofer, Junior analyst– local governance • Alessandra Proto, Junior analyst- entrepreneurship • Laura Nardelli, Assistant • Elena Roxana Banu, Internship • Vea Carpi, Consultant on the LIILM project

  14. Further steps

  15. 2004 • Preparation and implementation of the one-week thematic capacity building workshops on entrepreneurship, social innovations and local development and governance (autumn) • Implementation of the LIILM project in South East Europe. • Country seminars in Serbia, Montenegro, and Bulgaria. • Recruitment of two (new) staff members.

  16. GANTT LDN Network Newsletter Seminar Slovenia SAG Entrepreneurship SAG Local Governance SAG Social Economy Seminar Croatia Seminar Albania Seminar Romania - Timisoara Seminar Romania - Bucarest LIILM Italy Jannuary 04 May 04 December 03 November 03 June 04 September 04 Febbruary 04 July 04 October 04 December 04 November 04 August 04 March 04 April 04 LIILM South East Europe Seminar Serbia Capacity Building Seminar Ent. Capacity Building Seminar LG Capacity Building Seminar S.Ec. Seminar Montenegro Seminar Bulgaria

  17. LEED latest Publications

  18. Decentralisation • Can more flexible policy management be compatible with efficiency, accountability, and coordination requirements? • How can local authorities use decentralised powers effectively?

  19. Entrepreneurship and Local Economic Development • Recommendations cover three thematic areas: • strategy • finance • programme design • Guidelines to assist local and central governments in designing and implementing cost-effective entrepreneurship strategies and programmes.

  20. Private Finance • How municipal and regional authorities can capitalise on private financing for economic development purposes • An analytical framework for assessing and managing the relationship between regional agreements and the world multilateral trading system.

  21. Global Knowledge Flows • How to increase economic competitiveness by promoting connections to global knowledge flows. • Key areas for action identified: • stimulation of cross-border alliances between firms and universities • promotion of knowledge transfers from FDIs • attraction of high-skilled workers from overseas • creation of vibrant national and regional innovation systems

  22. Evaluating Programmes and Policies for LED • Best practices in evaluating local development programmes • Appropriate roles of different tiers of government • Policy proposals for governments to increase investment in the production of high-quality evaluations and place evaluation at the centre of the policy process Forthcoming, Autumn 2004

  23. The Non-profit Sector • New trends in the field of non-profit sector studies. • Comparative and detailed examination of the tools and methods used to finance, monitor and evaluate this sector of social and economic activity.

  24. Asset Building • Asset-building policies for an effective attack on poverty and economic and social alienation: • financial savings • home ownership • retirement funds • education (human capital) • business capital On-line publication www.oecd.org/els/LEED/assetbuilding

  25. Contact Ms. Alessandra Proto E-mail: alessandra.proto@oecd.org Phone: +39 0461.277.602 Vicolo San Marco, 1 38100 Trento, Italy www.Trento.oecd.org

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