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OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Development

progress reportJune 2004

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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

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

6 December 2003: Inauguration in Trento of the new OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Development

6 December 2003: Inauguration in Trento of the new OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Development

10 March 2004: Trento Centre staffed and operational10 March 2004: Trento Centre staffed and operational

October 2003: Start of implementation of activitiesOctober 2003: Start of implementation of activities

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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

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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.

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Target Regions of the Centre

SEE - South East Europe CEE - Central Eastern Europe

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SAG EntrepreneurshipSAG EntrepreneurshipMarch, 11-12

Scientific Advisory Groups (SAG)

SAG Local Dev. & Gov.SAG Local Dev. & Gov.March, 17-18

SAG Social EconomySAG Social EconomyMarch, 22-23

Capacity Building Workshops

Capacity Building Workshops

Publications Publications International Conferences International Conferences

strategystrategy

strategy

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Country Seminars Entrepreneurship Social EconomyLocal Dev. & Gov.6 April 2004 CROATIA, Hrvatska Kostajnica“Partnerships, Clusters of Enterprises and Cross Border Co-operation in the Hrvatska Kostajnica Region”

24 May 2004ROMANIA, 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 AprilALBANIA, 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”

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The LIILM ProjectLocal Integration of Immigrants

into the Labour Market

2 SEE COUNTRIES

Focus on integration of returning migrants: Romania o Bulgaria Albania

Desk review Experts study visit in Fall 2004

2 SEE COUNTRIES

Focus on integration of returning migrants: Romania o Bulgaria Albania

Desk review Experts study visit in Fall 2004

ITALY

Background Report Case study selection :

Trento Milan Municipality Region of Piemonte

Study Visit, 20-25 June 2004 Best practice seminar

ITALY

Background Report Case study selection :

Trento Milan Municipality Region of Piemonte

Study Visit, 20-25 June 2004 Best practice seminar

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LEED Flash - newsletter

The LEED Flash includes information and updates on

LEED activities in both, Paris and Trento

The LEED Flash includes information and updates on

LEED activities in both, Paris and Trento

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Other Activities

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Other Activities

“Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance” (in cooperation with the Centre of Social Innovation, Vienna)

CEI-LEED Local Development Network

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LEED Staff in Trento

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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

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Further steps

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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.

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Seminar Slovenia

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GANTT

LDN Network

Newsletter

Seminar Croatia

SAG Social Economy

SAG Local Governance

SAG Entrepreneurship

Seminar Albania

Seminar Romania - Timisoara

Seminar Romania - Bucarest

LIILM Italy

LIILM South East Europe

Seminar Serbia

Capacity Building Seminar LGCapacity Building Seminar

S.Ec.

Capacity Building Seminar Ent.

Seminar Bulgaria

Seminar Montenegro

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LEED latest Publications

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Decentralisation

Can more flexible policy management be compatible with efficiency, accountability, and coordination requirements?

How can local authorities use decentralised powers effectively?

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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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