The LEED Programme (Le Programme pour le développement économique et la création d'emplois au niveau local) identifies, analyses and disseminates innovative ideas relating to economic development, entrepreneurship, local governance and the social economy. Based on the voluntary participation of countries, its programme of work provides a large measure of operational flexibility.

For 2008 the LEED Programme is implementing projects in different areas of interest:

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

This review series aims to assist policy makers to develop local strategies and programmes to promote competitiveness in the globalising knowledge economy through strengthening innovation and internationalisation.
The reviews will lead to a report for each case study city or region assessing local challenges and opportunities, developing tailored recommendations and providing appropriate international learning model examples. The reviews also provide an opportunity to take part in a guided policy learning process facilitated by the OECD.

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 see:"
http://www.oecd.org/document/51/0,3343,fr_2649_34417_35092851_1_1_1_1,00.html