OECD Mexico Forum - Asset Building and the Escape from Poverty

03-Nov-2004

The LEED Programme was invited to present this publication in the Forum on 3 November. Longstanding expert and partner, Ray Boshara, presented the main ideas of this topic and some good practices analysed in selected OECD countries. This book is available in English, French, Italian and Spanish.

New Publication: Asset Building and the Escape from Poverty: A New Welfare Policy Debate

Extending asset-building policies to the poor can represent an effective attack on both poverty and economic and social alienation of the poor, because it has positive welfare effects that income support alone cannot provide. This book establishes the context for a fruitful debate on the merits and demerits of asset building for the poor by setting out the basic ideas involved in asset-building programmes and proposals. For more information, please contact Antonella.Noya@oecd.org

Conference on Women Entrepreneurs and Social Innovation, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 9-10 December 2003

07-Jan-2004

This international workshop was hosted by the Slovenian government, and organised by the LEED Programme in collaboration with the CEI-EBRD, the Municipality of Ljubljana, the Association ZAVOD M.E.T.A. and the Slovenian Ministry of Economy. To know more about the speakers and their expertise please click here. For more information, please contact Antonella.Noya@oecd.org

Conference on From Co-operative to Social Enterprise, Trento, Italy, 19-20 December 2003

This international seminar, is jointly promoted by ISSAN and the EMES Network, in partnership with the LEED Programme. It aims at exploring the evolution of the co-operative form from a mutuality tradition towards a new model with a large participation, by focusing on some national co-operative experiences.

Entrepreneurship and Local Development in Distressed Urban Areas, Rome, Italy, 7-8 October 2003

This conference is jointly organised by the LEED Programme and  the City of Rome, in the framework of the LEED Forum on Social Innovation and the LEED Forum on Cities and Regions. For more information, please contact: Antonella.Noya@oecd.org or Jonathan.Potter@oecd.org

Conference on "Partnerships for Social Inclusion", Melbourne, Australia

from 15-Oct-2008 to 16-Oct-2008

Increasing social inclusion requires a joined-up approach that cuts across policy departments. The public sector should re-think the way it operates, moving from a traditional hierarchical model to one characterised by multi-sectoral partnerships and flexibility in policy delivery. These topics will be discussed at this conference co-organised by the Centre for Public Policy at the University of Melbourne, the Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development and the OECD LEED Programme.

OECD conference on labour market policy, Venice, Italy, 17-19 April 2008

from 17-Apr-2008 to 19-Apr-2008

Should central government leave economic and employment development to local policy makers? Employment ministers from OECD countries, including Finland, Italy, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States, will address such questions at a conference in Venice, Italy, from 17-19 April 2008.