For 2008, the LEED Programme is implementing several transversal and cutting-edge studies on the themes of partnerships and local governance, entrepreneurship, foreign direct investment and local development, skills upgrading for the low-qualified, the integration of immigrants into the labour market, women entrepreneurship, integrating employment, skills and economic development, and city and regional development agencies.

Countries, regions and cities are invited to express their interest in participating in these projects, which include:

Activity 1: Employment, skills and local governance

• Project on Designing Local Skills Strategies
• Reviews on Skills Upgrading for the Low-Qualified
• Local Integration of Immigrants into the Labour Market
• Integrating Employment, Skills and Economic Development

Activity 2: Entrepreneurship and Innovation

• Innovation and the Internationalisation of Local Economies
• National Reviews of the Local Dimension of Entrepreneurship Policy
• Reviews on Entrepreneurship and Local Innovation Systems
• Foreign Direct Investment and Local Development
• Local Reviews on Entrepreneurship

Activity 3: Social Inclusion

• Women’s Entrepreneurship Reviews

Activity 4: Tools for local development

• Reviews of City and Regional Development Agencies

Activity 5: Evaluation

• Mentoring in the Development of Evaluation Frameworks
• Accompanying Local Development Actors in a Model Evaluation

For more information you can visit the website OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development and the link of LEED Series of Studies: 2008

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