At its 66th plenary meeting on April 18, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution “Promoting the Social and Solidarity Economy for Sustainable Development” (A/77/L.60). The resolution provides an official definition for the Social and Solidarity Economy and acknowledges that it can contribute to the achievement and localisation of the Sustainable Development Goals. […]
LDnet 2020: State of Play in Local Development and much more …
Following on from our general assembly, we are going ahead with a number of new initiatives. We are planning a workshop on Social innovation and local development: linking urban and rural approaches. It will take place in 20 February 2020 in Brussels, on the conclusion of the SIMRA conference. Peter Ramsden will lead from the […]
Social innovation and territorial development
In his contribution to the International Seminar Social Innovation in Public Policies in Brasilia, on 7 and 8 March 2018, Robert Lukesch discusses the essence of social innovation at the micro level and highlights the importance of governance (“the very notion of social innovation requires an institutional environment which is at least not punishing deviating […]
Conference on “Using social innovation policy approaches to help cities and regions realise the potential of the European Pillar of Social Rights”
This Monday April 16th 2018, a networking conference was organised at the Committee of the Regions on the initiative of the REVES Network, the Social Innovation Community and the University of Bologna. The event aimed to reflect on “Using social innovation policy approaches to help cities and regions realise the potential of the European Pillar […]
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 […]
The Praia Manifesto of Social and Solidarity Economy and Finance networks on local economic development
Meeting in Praia, Cabo Verde, on the occasion of the 4th World Forum for Local Economic Development, the SSE International Forum, the Global Fund for Cities Development-FMDV, the Global Social Economy Forum-GSEF, the International Association of Investors in the Social Economy-INAISE, the Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social and Solidarity Economy-RIPESS, and their regional […]
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 […]
Community entrepreneurship for local development
Toby Johnson Senior adviser on community economic development, AEIDL 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 […]
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 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 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 […]
LD in North America: Local development and social economy in Quebec Province (Canada)
As in Europe and other parts of the world, local development, community economic development, social economy and other related initiatives have grown in North America. This paper focuses on the specific case in Québec Province of Canada and the considerable experience gained from the CLDs (Centres local de développement): Introduction – Background; Canada, Québec and […]