Identification, dissemination and exchange of good practice in local employment development and promoting better governance

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Reports and resources

IDELE thematic report series

  1. Old industrial and mining areas: the added value of local employment development (Seminar 1: Lille, France) [pdf, en, 190kb]
  2. The Metropolitan City: seeking competitive advantage through local actions to integrate immigrants and minority groups (Seminar 2: Berlin, Germany) [pdf, en, 137kb]
  3. Remote Rural Areas: stimulating and managing new firm creation and entrepreneurship through local action (Seminar 3: Rovaniemi, Finland) [pdf, en, 127kb]
  4. Successful local milieux and the Lisbon process (Seminar 4: Cork, Ireland) [pdf, en, 123kb]
  5. Maximising employment potential: local approaches to lifelong learning (Seminar 5: Thessaloniki, Greece) [pdf, en, 167kb]
  6. Connecting the local: linking local employment and economic development into national and regional governance systems (Seminar 6: Faro, Portugal) [pdf, en, 159kb]
  7. Funding the long term: mainstreaming and sustainable finance for local employment development (Seminar 7: Nice, France) [pdf, en, 150kb]
  8. Cross-border and transnational cooperation for local employment development (Seminar 8: Copenhagen, Denmark) [pdf, en, 193kb]
  9. New Round of Structural and Cohesion Funds: Bringing the Local into Play in the Context of Convergence (Seminar 9: Budapest, Hungary) [pdf, en, 226kb]
  10. Fresh approaches to employment activation and sustainable communities: Lessons for the Competitiveness and Employment Regions (Seminar 10: Bologna, Italy) [pdf, en, 200kb]
  11. Sustainable rural communities: local approaches to job generation and learning and skills development (Seminar 11: Santiago, Spain) [pdf, en, 560kb]
  12. Local and the European Employment Strategy: Lessons from IDELE (Seminar 12: Brussels, Belgium) [pdf, en, 62kb]

IDELE summary reports

  1. Summary report: Year 1
    This report sets out the IDELE Conceptual Framework and describes the activities undertaken and lessons emerging in Year 1 (2003–04) [pdf, en, 172kb], [pdf, fr, 206kb]
  2. Summary report: Year 2
    This report describes activities undertaken and lessons emerging in Year 2 (2004–06) [pdf, en, 168kb], [pdf, fr, 262kb]

Practical Handbook on Developing Local Employment Strategies

In November 2001, the European Commission adopted a Communication [COM (2001) 629] on the local dimension of the European Employment Strategy (EES), suggesting ways to help local actors play their full part in the EES, in cooperation with national authorities and Community institutions. A particular focus for the Commission has been to play a supportive role, and in line with that strategy the Commission has now published a series of handbooks for local actors. They provide a practical tool indicating the best approaches for designing, developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating successful local employment development strategies and activities. The key principles are presented, documented with examples and a list of useful contacts.

ECOTEC developed 16 handbooks for the European Commission—one for each of the 15 Member States that were EU members prior to May 2004, and a general one for New Member States and Candidate Countries. Each handbook has a common first part, followed by country-specific chapters. Each handbook is available in the country’s original language and in English.

The European Commission has appointed ECOTEC to produce Practical Handbooks on Developing Local Employment Strategies for each of the twelve new Member States. Final versions will be available in the relevant national languages early in 2008.

European Commission Communications

OECD LEED Programme Reports

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