The OECD has published in October 2023 in the Reviews on Local Job Creation series the report Unleashing Talent in Brussels, Belgium. The Brussels-Capital Region has witnessed significant improvements in its labour market over the past decade. Local job creation has been driven by ample opportunities for highly-skilled workers whom the Brussels-Capital Region attracts from […]
Circular economy and CLLD
This draft report has been developed as part of LDnet’s cooperation with HAWK Göttingen University under Erasmus+. It outlines the main concepts and policy position, presents 20 local examples examples of circular economy experiences in urban, rural and maritime contexts, and discusses the links between the circular and the sharing economy, and the circular economy […]
LDnet at EWRC 2016
LDnet’s workshop in this year’s European Week of Regions and Cities on ‘Achieving social inclusion in CLLD in the context of the results-orientation of the ESI Funds’ took place on Wednesday 12 October from 9:00 to 10:45 at the Committee of the Regions (Workshop Ref 12B76 ). It was very well attended and focused on the […]
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 […]
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 on small firms, entrepreneurship and job creation
smes see also especially the EQUAL compendium on inclusive entrepreneurship R. Berger (ed.) 1982 Investing in America, Initiatives for community and economic development, David Birch 1983 Job-creation in America, how our smallest companies put the most people to work Free Press, Macmillan, Rolf Hickman 1988 The job creation Process, a synthesis of US Research and […]
Bibliography on new sources of jobs
During the 90s the EU Forward Studies Unit explored the economic potential of a second wave of Local Employment Development Initiatives (ILDE) in 19 fields of activities at local level and collected best practices examples from all over Europe. EC 1995 The local development and employment initiatives, an investigation in the European Union. Working Paper […]
Bibliography on local employment initiatives
OECD 1985 Creating Jobs at the local level. Series of Consultations of actors at the local level in 1984-86(reports by C.J.Hull and by Peter Kunstler) POVERTY and ERGO ( inclusion of long term unemployed at local level) The Local Employment Development Action (LEDA) Programmes (1, 2 and 3)1987-1996 a network of 50 local areas/labour markets […]
Bibliography on local development
ADE, (2009) “Ex post evaluation of cohesion policy programmes 2000-2006 cofinanced by the European Fund for Regional Development (Objectives 1 and 2) – Work package 5b: Environment and Climate Change”, June 2009, http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docgener/evaluation/pdf/expost2006/wp5b_ first_interim_report.pdf Abrahmson and Fombrum, (1994) “Macro culture: Determinants and Consequences”, Academy of Management Review, 19, 728–755. Abrahmson and Rosenkopf, (1993) “Institutional and […]
Pactes Locaux
Une volonté d’intelligence collective entre promoteurs d’expériences locales ou régionales d’organisation des solidarités. Parti en 1996 d’un diagnostic partagé, nourri d’une cinquantaine d’expériences locales, le Collectif des Pactes Locaux se constitue en 1998, avec le soutien de la Fondation pour le Progrès de l’Homme. Son existence a progressivement ouvert un espace national de débat sur […]
The prospects of local development initiatives in the context of the current crisis and social transformations, in Catalonia
On July 7th 2011, 20 people involved in local development in Catalonia met and shared ideas and thoughts on the prospects of local development initiatives in the context of the current crisis and social transformations. The meeting was convened by “Territories & Organizations’” and took place in the Hotel Barcelona Princess in the city of […]
Social Innovation programme replaces Progress
Background The EU PROGRESS programme supports and disseminates comparative analytical information in the field of employment, facilitates information sharing and dialogue, provides policy makers and implementers with financial support, to test social and labour market policy reforms. It also supports the implementation of the EU legislation in the field of employment, social policy and working […]