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LEADER guides: creating a territorial development strategy & global competitiveness

Global competitiveness of rural areas: Creating a territorial development strategy in the light of the LEADER experience “RURAL INNOVATION” DOSSIER N°6 – PART 5 LEADER EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY FEBRUARY 2001 … [Read more...]

Capacity Building for CLLD: Resources

Selected resources of relevance to LDnet working groups on capacity building Social innovation: Guide to Social Innovation: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docgener/presenta/social_innovation/social_innovation_2013.pdf Urban-Rural: Study on topics and policy issues concerning sustainable rural-urban relations in Europe (see attached file, below) Activities … [Read more...]

Bibliography on local development manuals and handbooks

Manuals and Handbooks DG Employment, LEDA Programme 1991 and1995 Practical Manual on Local Employment and Economic Development(published in 14 languages) DG Employment, IDELE, 2002-2004.Practical Handbook on Developing Local Development Strategies During the 80s & 90s, such manuals were complemented by local development agents and practitioners’ exchange of … [Read more...]

CLES handbooks

The Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) is an independent think-tank and membership network of subscribing organizations (mostly local authorities) involved in local development, economic development and regeneration activities, and local governance. CLES combines LED Policy Development with an Information and Briefing Service. CLES and CLES Consulting utilise a wide … [Read more...]

FAO handbook for training in participatory local development

Handbook for training in participatory local development The Panchayati Raj model in India S.P. Jain & Wim Polman Second edition … [Read more...]

Community entrepreneurship for local development

Toby Johnson Senior adviser on community economic development, AEIDL March 2012 Entrepreneurship means taking a risk, using one’s initiative, and it has a production element, involving the creation of a new product or service which is sold on the market. But you do not have to follow the ‘cowboy’ model of the entrepreneur, which implies reliance on one charismatic leader. … [Read more...]

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