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European circular economy stakeholder platform

The Commission and the EESC have jointly launched the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform, following the Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference held in Brussels on 9-10 March 2017. The European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform will be a “network of networks” going beyond sectorial activities and highlighting cross-sector opportunities and challenges. The Platform will be a hub […]

Bibliography on circular economy

European Commission 2017, REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS, Brussels, Belgium, URL: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/circular-economy/implementation_report.pdf European Commission, Towards a circular economy, URL: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities/jobs-growth-and-investment/towards-circular-economy_en Ellen MacArthur, Circular economy overview – The concept of circular economy, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, URL: https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-economy/overview/concept […]

Migrant and refugee integration in rural Europe

This new ENRD Projects Brochure – ‘Migrant and Refugee Integration’ – explores how people in rural areas have used EAFRD support to respond to the challenges and opportunities presented by the recent influx of migrants and refugees into the European Union. A number of projects from different countries are presented under the themes of ‘Changing […]

Agritorino

Agritorino is an initiative, launched in Turin in 2012, promoted by various local voluntary associations: Sermig, Cottolengo, Congregazione Salesiana, Padri Somaschi, Permicro Banca di microcredito e Piazza dei Mestieri. The project aims to combine support to family incomes, sustainable agriculture and vocational training, by entrusting young unemployed people to cultivate lands that had been left […]

Brexit: a shift towards a CLLD approach?

In a recent post in capreform.eu on the topic of UK policy towards agricultural land after Brexit, Professor Ian Hodge of the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge argues in favour of ecosystem services policy with many features akin of a CLLD approach, as in the following quotation: “There would be greater and longer […]

ESF Actions to promote Local Employment Initiatives: country review Spain

In Spain, the devolution of powers for employment and social inclusion was completed during the past ESF programming period (it was completed by 2002). LEIs developed under the umbrella and in close relationship with place-based delivery mechanisms supported by other funds such as PRODER in rural areas, or regeneration policies in deprived urban areas. In […]

Bibliography on third sector and third system

Bagnasco A et Trigilia C 1993 La construction sociale du marché: le défi de la troisième Italie, Paris, Cachan Yale University International Program on non-profit organisations publishes the international scientific journal ‘‘Non Profit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly’’. International Centre of Research and Information on the Public and Cooperative Economy (CIRIEC) add link X. Greffe 2006 […]

Bibliography on financial instruments and financial engineering

financial engineering Financial instruments and financial engineering CRIDEL 1994 Valeur ajoutée et ingénierie du développement local, CE, DG REGIO Sevilla seminar report March 1993; and relevant final evaluation reports OECD2003. Private finance and Economic development: City and Regional Investment Bartik, T. 1995 Economic Development Incentive Wars. Employment Research. Darche, Benjamin. 1997 Financing Mechanisms at the […]

ESF Actions to promote Local Employment Initiatives: country review United Kingdom

 This report focuses on the UK and its four constituent programmes for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (NI). The four national programmes in the UK operate independently of each other. Although there is a rich heritage in terms of local development and LEIs in the UK, there is no explicit mention of them in […]

Bibliography on territorial employment pacts

Territorial employment pacts were a programme of 84 urban and rural partnership groupings launched in 1997 in the face of the employment crisis. Each one was granted a small amount of technical assistance (normally €250,000) to produce a strategy and action plan. The Pacts were supported by the three major funds of the day (ERDF […]

Bibliography from World Bank LED primer

LED Conceptual Framework Bingham, Richard D. and Robert Mier, Eds. (1993). Theories of Local Economic Development: Perspectives From Across the Disciplines. Sage Publications, CA. Blair, John P. (1996). Local Economic Development: Analysis and Practice. Sage Publications, Inc. Canzanelli, Giancarlo. (2001). Overview and Lessons Learnt on Local Economic Development, Human Development, and Decent Work. ILO Universitas […]

ESF Actions to promote Local Employment Initiatives: country review Germany

Since 2000, in all 26 German OPs, programmes and measures can be found, that address the local level in terms of employment, social cohesion and lifelong learning. For the previous period (2000-2006) mainly programmes which were based on the “Local Social Capital”-approach and local employment strategies, emerging from the TEP (“Territorial Employment Pacts”) initiative of […]

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