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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 range of tools in their […]

Cohesion policy support for local development

COHESION POLICY SUPPORT FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT: BEST PRACTICE AND FUTURE POLICY OPTIONS ADETEF Study Marjorie Jouen, Head of the project (ADETEF, Notre Europe) Katalin Kolosy, Head of project (AEIDL) Jean-Pierre Pellegrin, senior expert (AEIDL) Peter Ramsden, senior expert (AEIDL) Péter Szegvari, Senior expert (City Consult) Nadège Chambon, Junior expert (Notre Europe) http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/archive/consultation/terco/cp_support_local_dev_en.pdf

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

Bibliography on industrial districts and clusters

From industrial districts to clusters. Discussions on ‘flexible specialisation’, on local embedness and networks of firms have produced a literature based on a large number of concepts such as industrial districts, local productive systems, innovative milieus and clusters, and more recently, on learning regions and interactive learning, innovation networks, regional and local innovative systems, technology […]

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

LEADER good practices

 A sophisticated searchable database of LEADER good practices has been created under LEADER Plus (2000-2006) and is still alive and kicking http://leaderplus.ec.europa.eu/cpdb/public/gpdb/GpdbSearchFS.aspx?language=en

ACTIVITÉS ET PRODUCTIONS DES PACTES LOCAUX

 1 – Documents depuis 1998 2 – Site de travail depuis 2009 dans un partenariat avec ALOE (Alliance pour une Economie Responsable Plurielle et Solidaire) accessible en français, anglais, espagnol : Principales références 1998 : Manifeste fondateur http://pactes-locaux.org/bdf/docs/bip-3619-1_manifeste_pactes_locaux.pdf 2001 : Dossier d’expériences : Des alliances pour des territoires innovants et solidaires 2004 : Cahier des […]

Bibliography on inclusion and integration

R.Meir 1993 Social Justice and Local Development Policy.Sage Publications, Newbury Park. Peter Lloyd (with Richard Meegan, Bernadette O’Neil, Graham Haughton, Sophy Krajewska and Ivan Turok) 1996 Social and economic inclusion through regional development: the Community Economic Development priority in European Structural Funds programmes in Great Britain. DG REGIO Percy-Smith, J. and Sanderson, I., 1992. Understanding […]

URBACT stories

URBACT is a European exchange, learning and action programme with a large site full of project material from over 45 projects each of which lasts for either 2 or 3 years. you can see the main site at They also have URBACT YOUTUBE channel(cache) Results from the first round of approximately 25 projects have been […]

Bibliography on governance and participative planning

Local government OECD 1985 The role of local government authorities in economic and employment development, OECD 1986 Employment creation policies: new roles for cities towns OECD .1999 Managing decentralisation, A new role for labour market policies OECD 2001 Cities for citizens, The role of metropolitan Governance ISEAT 2002 Experience from IR, UK and BE Wallonia, […]

Notable practice in regeneration

Six case study examples of ‘holistic’ regeneration from the United Kingdom and Europe. For each of the six case studies, reports on the priorities of the programme, partnership working, management arrangements, outputs and outcomes, and the projects completed or underway. Bradford Trident New Deal for Communities; Castle Vale renewal (Birmingham); Manor and Castle regeneration (Sheffield); […]

Bibliography on financing LED

Bartik, T. (1995). Economic Development Incentive Wars. Employment Research, Spring 1995. W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. This short paper and related references provides a sound basis from which to consider monitoring and evaluation of financial incentives. http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/newsletter/tjb_595.pdf Darche, Benjamin. (1997). Financing Mechanisms at the Subnational Level in Emerging Markets: Borrowings and Privatisations/Concessions. Infrastructure Note […]

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