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Financing Local economic development in Ghana old problems, new strategies Report of an ILO conference on financing local economic development, which took place in Ghana in March 2009 Number of comments: 0
Learning chemistry & Participatory facilitation, social strategies courses Training of Trainers The ITC ILO is launching the two following events:
13/08/2010 Number of comments: 0
Exportación, calidad y competitividad territorial: El rol de los consorcios de PYMEs El presente curso semipresencial - organizado por la Organización de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo Industrial (ONUDI), la Federación Italiana de Consorcios de Exportación (Federexport) y la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) - persigue dos objetivos: 1. Transferir a los participantes los conocimientos y habilidades necesarios para que puedan ejercer como articuladores de consorcios de PYMEs. 2. Formar a formadores con capacidad para impartir cursos presenciales u on-line de introducción a los consorcios. Number of comments: 0
Mainstreaming Gender in Local Economic Development Strategies: A Guide This guide is designed to assist LED practitioners – staff from international organizations, international development agencies and local authorities– in identifying and addressing the sometimes different needs and priorities of women and men, facilitating their full participation at every stage of the LED process, and contributing to gender equality objectives and outcomes. Using this guide will enable practitioners to: understand why gender equality should be pursued at the local level; be aware of the barriers to women’s participation that may be encountered; and identify and implement strategies for addressing gender concerns throughout the LED process. Since gender mainstreaming should be context-specific, the recommendations made must be considered as indicative guidelines rather than recipes for action. Under each section, reference is made to tools, further readings and checklists that can be used in project design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation.
May 2010 Number of comments: 3
Green Jobs: Facts and Figures Green Jobs Facts and Figures. Green Jobs Challenges: Environmental and Decent Work
September 2008 Number of comments: 0
Local strategies for greening jobs and skills 9-11 June 2010, Trento, Italy A capacity building seminar for those involved in designing and putting in place local strategies to respond to the climate change challenges Number of comments: 0
Report on LED Nepal Knowledge Sharing Workshop - April 2010
April 2010 Number of comments: 0
Crisis Internacional y Políticas para las MIPYMEs: Desafíos y oportunidades para América Latina y Europa Este documento presenta un análisis comparativo de la situación de las MIPYMEs en Europa y en América Latina. El documento describe las políticas para las MIPYME de la última década en las dos regiones y evalúa su efectividad en tiempos de crisis. El documento provee información útil para lectores tanto de Europoa como de América Latina. El arte de diseñar e implementar políticas efectivas para las MIPYMEs, requiere entender profundamente los problemas actuales, saber lo que funciona y lo que no funciona, y poder aplicar las lecciones con creatividad. En este contexto puede ser especialmente útil estudiar lo que pasa en otras partes del mundo. Number of comments: 0
RadioDEL: Cafes diferenciado, territorios y genero El Comité de Cafés Diferenciados es un grupo de productores de café guatemalteco, comprometidos con la calidad y la sostenibilidad del cultivo. Esta agrupación es parte de la Asociación guatemalteca de Exportadores (AGEXPORT), y fue creada con el fin de promover los cafés especiales a nivel internacional.
15.04.2010 Number of comments: 0
Sociedad Civil, participacion y Desarrollo Local Reflexiones en tiempos de desencanto INTRODUCCIÓN En Chile, los procesos de Desarrollo Económico Local, no sólo se está intencionando la concurrencia del mayor número de actores que tienen algún grado de influencia en dicho proceso y/o son influidos por éste, sino más bien, es establecer un cambio en el enfoque y/o modelo mental con que dichos actores se desempeñan a nivel del territorio y de sus procesos de carácter económico productivo. Esto implica pasar desde el estadio de lo individual exclusivo a un estadio superior de cooperación y trabajo asociativo que haga posible la existencia de redes de apoyo eficientes, donde la institucionalidad pública expresada fundamentalmente desde el Municipio, juega un rol fundamental ya que es ella, la responsable de movilizar la mayor cantidad de creatividad posible y existente a nivel del territorio, que además, contribuya a la creación de unidades económica productivas y/o de servicios, capaces de satisfacer a nivel territorial, las necesidades de las personas. Por otra parte, la realidad actual en que se desempeñan los Municipios deja de manifiesto la tensión entre el clientelismo político local y las estrategias de desarrollo, orientadas al aumento de la competitividad territorial, concepto también, difuso para un número significativos de Municipios. Por ello, observamos a nivel de la institucionalidad pública una suerte de “Crisis permanente†que deja de manifiesto falencias estratégicas relacionadas entre otros aspectos, con el hecho de tener una mirada de largo plazo respecto del accionar en el territorio que equilibre además, el interés ciudadano de una mejor y/o mayor calidad de vida, con los objetivos políticos coyunturales como puede ser una elección de autoridades locales. Lo anterior, implica fortalecer y/o desarrollar “Sociedad Civilâ€, es decir, territorios poseedores de organizaciones efectivas y con capacidad de interactuar de forma proactiva con la institucionalidad, y con posibilidad de generar amplios consensos a nivel del territorio.
05/2009 Number of comments: 0
Backbone Strategy: EC reform of Technical Cooperation We know that keeping abreast of latest European Commission policy is time consuming. So, to lighten your load, capacity4dev.eu has produced a fun video version of The Guidelines on Making Technical Cooperation More Effective. Watch and learn! http://capacity4dev.ec.europa.eu/pushed-time-watch-guidelines-online Number of comments: 0
Making Local Economic Development Strategies: A Trainer’s Manual Number of comments: 0
Sixth International Summer Academy on Local Economic Development 2010 mesopartner Summer Academy 2010 You are a practitioner in local or regional economic development. You work in or with a government, a development agency, a business association, a NGO or donor agency, and your task is to promote economic development and local innovation systems at the level of local or regional territories. If you feel that this describes your situation, you should consider to participate in the Summer Academy on LED that will be organized by mesopartner from 26th to 30th July in Duisburg, Germany.
15.03.2010 Number of comments: 1
RadioDEL: La Brujula de la Competitividad Local Una metodología participativa de gestionar y monitorear iniciativas de desarrollo territorial. Se llama la “Brújula de la Competitividad†y está basada en el Cuadro de Mando Integral (Balanced Scorecard en inglés).
10.03.2010 Number of comments: 0
Approaching architectures in Sao Paulo: choosing a sustainable city redevelopment model Choosing a sustainable city redevelopment model URBAN PLANET • EXPLOSION OF THE MEGACITIES • SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IS A COMMOM GOAL GREEN-TECH REVOLUTION • GREEN CITIES_MOBILITY • GREEN CITIES_DENSITIES • GREEN CITIES_ENERGY • GREEN CITIES_HOUSING • GREEN CITIES_SOCIO-DIVERSITY • GREEN CITIES_GREENING • GREEN CITIES_BIKING • GREEN CITIES_REACTIVATING THE VOIDS • GREEN CITIES_MASSIVE CHANGE DESIGN • GREEN CITIES_INDUSTRIALIZATION CONSTRUCTION • SAO PAULO_URBAN REDEVELOPMENT APPROACHES Number of comments: 0
COOPs work for women On the occasion of International Women's Day, the COOPAfrica team would like to share with you two leaflets highlighting how, in Africa, cooperatives can and do work for working women: Promising Practices: How cooperatives work for working women in Africa and How cooperatives work for working women: Voices from the movement Both leaflets are also available online on: http://www.ilo.org/coopafrica Number of comments: 0
BALANCING PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT AND LOCAL-CENTRAL RELATIONS Although academics, civil servants and non-governmental organizations involved in development have continued to promote policies for local economies, many localities fail to catch up with average national development patterns. The body of knowledge on this topic has been split into two parts: private sector development (PSD) and local-central relations (LCR). This article argues that, in order for policies to be effective, PSD and LCR should be analysed simultaneously. Drawing on evidence from empirical work conducted in South-East Asia, the article offers policymakers some ways forward. Important features to be reckoned with are the sequencing of policies, the problem of historically rooted disabling institutions, the benefits of local enabling institutions, ethnic tensions and structural opposition from central Governments.
June 2009 Number of comments: 0
Distance learning course in Management of Local Development Available in English, Spanish and Portuguese The Course in Management of Local Development aims to boost personal and institutional capabilities in terms of the design, implementation and evaluation of sustainable local development strategies and policies appropriate to the local socio-economic context and designed to improve the quality of life in a given territory. The course is designed to support participants in their daily local development work by providing theoretical models and, especially, practical tools. The course contents should provide the basis for a critical analysis and, above all, for concrete implementation. The course has the objective to boost participants’ skills to: • Build an integrated vision of local development, which goes beyond economic aspects and hence taking into account cultural and social aspects. • Revalue the importance of public-private partnerships, as a necessary condition for the success of local development policies. • Identify key fundamentals for strategic planning. • Assess the state of your territory by identifying the strong elements, opportunities, weaknesses and threats. • Design programmes/projects using the logical framework. Number of comments: 0
The Enter-Growth Project Sri Lanka Applying a market development lens to an ILO local enterprise development project The ILO Enterprise for pro-poor growth project (Enter-Growth, 2005-2009) has had significant success in achieving local economic development in four Sri Lankan Districts. A major aspect of Enter-Growth's success is to have facilitated systemic changes in the markets that poor people interact with, which in turn has led to wider and more sustainable impact. To do this, Enter-Growth has followed a market development approach. Enter-Growth is, in fact, one of only a few pioneering projects internationally, which has attempted to deliver a more systemic approach to private sector development.
January 2010 Number of comments: 0
Strategies for LED: Focus on Green Jobs, 10-21 May 2010 - Turin, Italy What social and economic opportunities can arise from greener local systems? What are the key drivers of green employment? How can local communities invest to improve the quality of their environment and generate decent jobs at the local level? What participatory mechanisms can be used to foster sustainable social, economic, environmental and institutional development at the local, provincial or regional level? These are some of the questions that will be addressed during the Seminar to be held from 10 - 21 May 2010 at the International Training Centre of the ILO in Turin, Italy. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ¿Qué oportunidades económicas y sociales pueden surgir de sistemas de economía local más verdes? ¿Cuáles son los sectores claves del empleo verde? ¿Cómo descubrir las oportunidades económicas y sociales de sistemas locales más verdes? ¿Cómo pueden las comunidades locales invertir para mejorar la calidad de su entorno y al mismo tiempo generar empleo decente a nivel local? ¿Qué mecanismos participativos se pueden utilizar para promover un desarrollo sostenible desde el punto de vista ambiental, social, económico e institucional a nivel local, provincial o regional? Estas son algunas de las cuestiones que se abordarán en el seminario “DEL y Empleos Verdes: Estrategias locales para una economía verde" que tendrá lugar del 10 al 21 de mayo de 2010 en el Centro Internacional de Formación (CIF) de la OIT en Turín, Italia. Number of comments: 3
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