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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.
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.
The Enter-Growth Project Sri Lanka 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.
Country Briefs: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, The Philippines, and Vietnam
Recommended Reading on the Global Economic Crisis
Local Economic Development in the Tourism Sector in East Java
Case study China: Local Economic Policies in Guangdong Province and Employment Promotion under the Crisis
Case study Nepal: Kamala Irrigation Project
Building Competitive Rural Locations Local economic development around agriculture and agriprocessing: examples and concepts.
RadioDEL Emprendimiento: Biocombustible para la comunidad local Podcast sobre un emprendimiento local de producción de biocombustible
Economic Development of Areas Industrialisation policies typically contain a series of policies, e.g. competition laws, investment climates, trade policies and technology policies. Industrialisation & Related Policies is mainly relevant for national governments. Local and regional governments have usualy a different set of government intervention at their disposal. These type of interventions are discussed in Economic Development of Areas. Local and Regional Governments should familiarise themselves with the contents of Industrialisation & Related Policies.
Routes out of the crisis - Strategies for local employment recovery, skills development and social protection in Asia. 1-3 December 2009, Malang, Indonesia The overall aim of the meeting is strengthen the capacity of constituents, policy makers and practitioners at local level to undertake effective employment recovery and skills strategies in response to the financial and economic crisis. Specifically, the meeting should contribute to: I. Increased understanding of the employment and skills impact in relation to the crisis; II. Improved capacity for the design of effective local employment and skills strategies to support existing national responses to the crisis
Palama: A Campaign for Enterprise Culture in Sri Lanka This independent case study describes one of the initiatives undertaken by the ILO Entergrowth project in Sri Lanka to promote enterprise culture.
Enterprise for Pro-poor growth project Manuals, documents, reports from an LED project in Sri Lanka.
Sub-Regional Conference on Local Economic Development
Chain-wide learning for inclusive agrifood market development Modern agrifood markets are dynamic. Rapid changes in how food is produced, processed, wholesaled and retailed affects the entire value chain - from producer to consumer. Particularly in countries with developing and emerging economies, the pace of change brings significant challenges for small-scale producers, policy makers and business. This guide provides concepts and tools for working with actors along the entire value chain so that modern markets can be more inclusive of small-scale producers and entrepreneurs. It: - Explains the drivers of change in modern agrifood markets - Provides a framework for analysing how institutions and policies shape the risks and opportunities for small-scale producers and entrepreneurs - Shows how to design multi-stakeholder processes that help actors from along the chain work together to realise common interests and secure domestic and regional markets inclusive of small-scale producers and entrepreneurs - Offers practical ideas for facilitating workshops and policy dialogues