Local Employment and Economic Development (LEED Programme)
We offer best practice on how to create more and better quality jobs through effective policy implementation and local initiatives. Click here to learn more about the Programme.
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Read the new OECD Guides
This event includes presentation of the guides and an in-depth discussion session with leading event hosts, policy makers and international organisations on the challenges and opportunities of conducting good impact evaluations
How can local service integration help individuals in vulnerable situations such as youth, migrants, persons with disabilities and families facing multiple challenges, in the labour market and in society more generally?
Read about “who does what” across levels of government in OECD countries in relation to active labour market policies.
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The green transition is changing jobs, skills, and local economies. Register to the launch of the new CFE report, Job Creation and Local Economic Development 2023: Bridging the Great Green Divide.
Join this event to hear the latest from investors, employers, training institutes and local authorities.
SSE Autumn: Social procurement, supporting refugees, platform cooperatives and new country data.
- Blog | South Korea's social cooperatives
- Blog | An olympic effort: How does sport support our communities?
- Blog | Where next for the pandemic's pink-collar heroes?
- In the press | Mulheres estão em maioria na economia social, mas ainda há poucas a liderar
- In the press | La economía social paga un 19% menos de media pero lo hace de forma más igualitaria
- Video | What can the social economy teach us about never wasting a good crisis
- Video | The best social entrepreneurship project you’ve never heard of
- Blog | The reuse revolution: How social enterprises are leading the way
- Blog | Will there be a great green divide?
Areas of work
Publications
Our events
- 6 July, 2023, digital event: A global stage for local impact: Measuring the impact of sport, culture, and business events
- 21 June, 2023, digital event: Integrated local service delivery: How to get there?
- 16 May, 2023, digital event : Bridging the Great Green Divide: International Learnings for Scotland, UK
- 20-21 March 2023, hybrid Summit: Inspiration, innovation and inclusion: Shaping our future with the social and solidarity economy
- 14 March 2023, digital event: "Bridging the Great Green Divide" Is the green transition starved of skills?
- 24 January 2023, digital event: Community wealth building at scale: Experiences and lessons from Scotland
- 13 December 2022, digital event: Human-centred design and local employment services
- 29 November 2022, digital event: Main streets at a crossroad: Experiences from Australia
- 16 November 2022, hybrid event: Launch of the OECD Recommendation on the Social and Solidarity Economy and Social Innovation
- 9 November 2022, digital event: Unlocking the potential of youth-led social enterprises
- 27 September 2022, digital event: Mass layoffs and local impacts: what we know and what can be done
- 15-17 June 2022, Cork, Ireland: OECD Local Development Forum
- 28 April 2022, digital event: Designing legal frameworks for social enterprises - Learning seminar
- 24 March 2022, digital event: Advancing gender equality through the social economy
- 15-17 February 2022, digital event, OECD Local Skills Week
- 10 February 2022, digital event: Boosting social entrepreneurship and social enterprise development in Slovenia
- 4 February 2022, digital event: Building an inclusive ASEAN through human-centered, sustainable and resilient partnerships
- 19 January 2022, digital event: Making the most of the social economy’s contribution to the circular economy | Highlights
- 29 October 2021, digital event: Heritage as a driver for new local creative entrepreneurship
- 26 May 2021, digital event: Cultural heritage and social cohesion - How to make the local community more cohesive and inclusive
- 11 May 2021, digital event: Adoption of advanced technologies - Productivity and labour market implications - 13th SPL meeting
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27 January 2021, digital event: Covid-19 and Music & the Night Time Economy
- 27-28 January 2021, digital event: Increasing the job creation potential of Cultural and Creative Sectors
- 25-26 February 2021, digital event: SME support ecosystems for Cultural and Creative Sectors
- 4 February 2021, digital event: 12th SPL meeting: Spatial productivity in the post-COVID-19 world - 1th SPL meeting
- 10 December 2020, digital event: Recent socioeconomic trends in Trentino and Alto-Adige/South Tyrol (Italy) - 11th SPL meeting
- 1-3 December 2020, digital event: Cultural participation and local resilience: Strategies for the recovery
- 1 December 2020, digital event: The spread of teleworking on a large scale and its impact at local level. Challenges and opportunities for businesses, workers and families
- 3 November - 9 December 2020, digital event: Design of strategies and projects for sustainable development at the local level in the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico
- 29 October 2020, digital event: Business incentives and firm entry. The past, the present and the future - 10th SPL meeting
- 15 October-26 November 2020, digital event: Community Lab: The future of tourism in natural areas. Impact, governance, financing
- 7 October 2020, digital event: Green economy and sustainability in the Alpine region
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23 July 2020, digital event and launch: Preparing for the Future of Work in Canada
- 16 June-11 July 2020, digital event: Summer school on local development strategies and European projects - 4th Edition
- 9 July 2020, digital event: Leveraging the Social Economy for the Recovery of People and Places
- 8 June-10 October 2020, digital event: Summer school on community and local development in Latin America and the Caribbean - 11th edition
- 10 & 17 April & 15 May 2020, webinars: Coronavirus (COVID-19) and cultural and creative sectors. Impact, innovations and planning for post-crisis
- 7 May 2020, digital event: Spatial productivity for regional and local development - 8th meeting
- 12 May 2020, digital event in collaboration with Eurocities: What are the impacts of COVID-19 on local labour markets?
- 27-30 April 2020, digital event: Summer Academy on cultural and creative industries and local development - 3rd edition
- 9 April 2020, digital event in collaboration with Euclid Network: OECD Global Action to promote the social and solidarity economy
- 20 Februray 2020, Trento: Spatial productivity for regional and local development - 7th meeting