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Prague, Czech Republic10-11 April 2017

13th AnnualMeeting

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About the oeCDThe OECD is a unique forum where governments work together to address the econom-

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of efforts to understand and to help governments respond to new developments and

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About the oeCD LeeD progrAmmeThe OECD Programme on Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) has ad-

vised governments and communities since 1982 on how to respond to economic change

and tackle complex problems in a fast-changing world. Its mission is to contribute to the cre-

ation of more and better quality jobs through more effective policy implementation, innovative

practices, stronger capacities and integrated strategies at the local level. LEED draws on a

comparative analysis of experience from the five continents in fostering economic growth,

employment and inclusion. For more information on the LEED Programme, please visit

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About the ForumThe OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Development (LEED Forum) is a network

of practitioners of over 3 500 members in 65 countries. The network includes stakeholders

from governments, cities, economic agencies, employment offices, education institutions,

businesses, NGOs and research institutions. The Forum enables members to develop part-

nerships, share local solutions and build capacities to better tackle challenges in economic

development, employment, skills and social inclusion. Membership to the Forum is open to

all institutions open to place-based solutions and who aim to support local economic and

employment development, and entails access to handbooks, manuals, capacity building

seminars, study visits, and an annual forum meeting. For more information, please visit

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Workshops ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 12monday 10 April 2017, 14.30-16.00 A. Future of work: What are the challenges for labour market, skills and inclusion policies and how to better manage the implication at the local level? ....................................................................................................................... 13 b. Innovation in public employment Services: New ways to improve job matching ............................................................................... 14 C. business development services: Improving Sme productivity ..................................................................................................................................... 15 D. Social enterprises: how can they help to enhance productivity, create jobs and increase social inclusion? ...................................... 16tuesday 19 April, 11.30-13.00 e. growth, tourism and local development ............................................................................................................................................. 17 F. business start-up support in higher education Institutions ................................................................................................................. 18 g. taking an integrated approach to social inclusion ............................................................................................................................... 19 h. boosting skills utilisation by businesses ............................................................................................................................................. 20tuesday 11 April, 14.30-17.00 round table: Cultural heritage as Catalyst of Local Development ........................................................................................................ 21

Networking Session ........................................................................................................................................................................... 23 1. AuStrALIe : real employment for Aboriginal people ....................................................................................................................... 24 2. beLgIum: Lier Youth Network ............................................................................................................................................................. 25 3. boSNA A herZegoVINA: Youth employment project ..................................................................................................................... 26 4. CZECH REPUBLIC: Černý Most - Improving the integration of disdavantaged people into the labour market ................................... 27 5. CZeCh repubLIC: pragulic - Improving employment opportunities for homeless people .................................................................. 28 6. CZeCh repubLIC: revitalising the hartenburg castle through social enterprise ........................................................................... 29 7. CZeCh repubLIC: revitalising the Neratov pilgrimmage site through social enterprise- ................................................................. 30 8. CZeCh repubLIC: rubikon Centrum Servis - Improving employment opportunities for previous offenders .................................... 31 9. CZeCh repubLIC: territorial employment pacts Learning Network ................................................................................................. 32 10. uNIteD KINgDom: AtLAS - matching refugees to employment and training opportunities ......................................................... 33 11. urbACt - examples from City Networks ........................................................................................................................................... 34 12. oeCD Future of Work ......................................................................................................................................................................... 35

Speaker's biographical notes ................................................................................................................................................... 36

Logistical Information ....................................................................................................................................................................... 53

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Productivity and inclusion - towards new win-win solutions

OECD economies have been experiencing a slow-down in labour productivity growth for two decades, a trend which has now spread to emerging economies. It is driven by a range of structural problems including a breakdown of innovation diffusion from leading to lagging firms and regions, barriers to entrepreneurship and business dynamics, skills mismatches and limited skills formation. At the same time, OECD economies are facing rising inequality. This combines poor income and employment outcomes for low-skilled workers with a surging ahead of top incomes. The OECD work on the Productivity-Inclusiveness Nexus suggests that these two trends may be intertwined, as inequalities in income, education, training, access to jobs and access to innovation stand in the way of productivity growth whilst poor productivity catch up increases inequality. This calls for policy makers to adopt a broader, more inclusive, approach to productivity growth that considers how to expand the productive assets of an economy by investing in skills, entrepreneurship, employment opportunities, and innovation diffusion to lagging firms and regions.

What can be done at the local level to address these challenges?

A wide range of policies responses are needed at the local level – from linking workforce and economic development policies so that quality jobs are created locally and people have the right skills to fill them; to supporting entrepreneurship, SMEs innovation and local economic diversification; to providing opportunities for excluded and disadvantaged people. The success of these policies will hinge on developing a better understanding and response to the local dynamics of firm productivity, jobs, skills and inclusion.

Addressing skills and jobs gaps

Across the OECD, divides are being created between places as highly skilled workers are drawn to larger urban areas with more attractive job opportunities. This leaves some local economies stuck in a low skills trap, whereby most jobs are in low value added activities, and the local area is unable to expand into innovative economic activities or keep its skilled labour. Meanwhile, people facing barriers to accessing quality jobs may be left behind even in performing places. In todays’ economic landscape, it is important to take a multi-dimensional approach to jobs and skills. Investing in people’s skills provide routes for inclusion and progression in employment at the same time as it drives productivity growth. Further, better aligning education and training opportunities to labour market demand and target employment supports at disadvantaged groups will ensure that the skills acquired are those that are required, and that good jobs are also accessible to the poorest and less experienced in the labour market. A skills approach to the productivity-inclusiveness nexus will not be complete without working more closely with employers to look at how they are using talent in the workplace. Greater skills utilisation improves productivity and hence job quality. To achieve this, employment and training organisations need to align their services effectively with broader economic development strategies. Stronger partnerships are required where employers are participants in, and not just customers of training programmes.

More resilient and diversified local economies

Many OECD countries continue to experience widening disparities in terms of economic growth. Lagging localities have not been able to seize opportunities to diversify into emerging and growing sectors and strengthen their entrepreneurial ecosystems and business innovation performance. A fundamental process underpinning the emergence and growth of new industries at local level is the exchange of knowledge among firms, higher education institutions (HEIs), research organisations and other actors locally. These interactions support the identification and exploitation of new markets and technologies and can also have an impact on the ability of a locality to specialise within a supply chain. Other important processes can also play a role, including high local rates of entrepreneurship and SME innovation, often recombining different, but related deep knowledge and skill bases. Innovative policy initiatives could help drive these processes. They may include methods for detecting potential emerging industries, including the use of smart specialisation strategies, and tackling the bottlenecks for their growth, such as limited knowledge exchange and other co-operations among business, education and research actors, lack of funding for enterprise and innovation projects.

Mobilising all actors at the local level

The effective performance of public, private and non-governmental partners working across the local development system is critical for success and vital to addressing the intertwined nature of productivity and inclusion challenges at the local level. In all countries, designing and implementing a broader, more inclusive, approach to productivity growth requires a renewed approach to policy making, with a greater focus on how policies and programmes are implemented in practice, involving a multitude of partners to deliver joined-up solutions through high levels of vertical and horizontal collaboration. With the ongoing tightening of public budgets, intelligent partnerships with employers and investors can leverage private resources and foster a convergence of interests towards the greater good. In turn, successful collaboration requires strong leadership, agile and flexible policy management, effective governance mechanisms, capacities and evidence.

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8.00-9.00 REGISTRATION Of pARTICIpANTS AND wELCOME COffEE MASTER OF CEREMONY: Juliette Foster, International Broadcaster

9.00-9.30 OPENING Zdeněk Semorád, Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Czech Republic

Mari Kiviniemi, OECD Deputy Secretary-General

09.30-10.30 UNDERSTANDING ThE CONTExT BACKLASh AGAINST GLOBAL INTEGRATION: LEARNING FROM ThE LOCAL

An open conversation with Forum participants

Across the OECD, there is a groundswell of voices advocating for a retreat from globalisation. OECD research points to the dual challenges of rising inequality and slowdown in productivity growth. However, on the ground this translates into too many people feeling that globalisation has benefited only a few, leaving too many people, places, and firms left out and left behind. Better understanding the roots and potential responses to this situation is at the top of the OECD’s agenda and will be essential to the effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. As conversations continue at the national and international levels, we also need to learn from actors on the ground – how are these sentiments manifesting themselves in communities, and what are the responses that local leaders are putting forward? This session is designed as an open debate to ensure that the voices of local development practitioners are part of this broader OECD and global discussion.

This conversation will be kicked off with an intervention from Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director of the OECD’s Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Local Development and Tourism, before it is opened up for a broader, open debate amongst policy makers, local leaders and Forum members.

With the participation of Martin Tlapa, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic, Adriana Krnáčová, Mayor of Prague, Ivo Vondrák, Governor, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic

10.30-11.00 NETWORKING COFFEE

11.00-12.30 PLENARY SESSION BOOSTING PRODUCTIVITY, JOBS AND INCLUSION ThROUGh EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS

In partnership with the Brookings Institution

OECD research suggests that a wide range of policies will be needed to address the dual challenges of declining productivity growth and rising inequalities. Not only are there growing divides between places, but also in many places, the labour market is becoming more polarised between high and low-skilled jobs. Skills mismatches continue to represent a drag on the productive capacity of many local economies, while also contributing to wage inequality. OECD research has shown that improving skills matching could result in considerable gains in aggregate productivity (e.g. ranging from a 3% gain in the United States to around 10% in Italy). How can employment and skills policies contribute to addressing these challenges at the local level, while also responding to technological change and globalisation? In responding to these challenges, it is important to develop the skills of young people while also better connecting unemployed persons to new job opportunities and promoting job quality for those in employment.

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fORMAT: Moderated panel discussion.

Moderator: Sally Sinclair, CEO, National Employment Services Association, Australia

Panellists:

• Paul Thompson, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Employment and Social Development Canada

• Joseph Parilla, Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution

• Zuzana Zajarošová, Director, Department for European Union and International Cooperation, Ministry of Labour and Social Affair, Czech Republic

• Michal Kadera, External Affairs Director at SKODA AUTO

• Jan Rafaj, 1st Vice President, Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic

Wrap up: Sylvain Giguère, Head of LEED Division, OECD

12.30-13.30 LuNCh

13.30-14.30 SPEED NETWORKING The Annual Meeting of the forum provides a unique

networking opportunity for local development practitioners. 12 local development projects will present their work during this speed networking session.

14.30-16.00 4 CONCURRENT WORKShOPS

A. Future oF WorK: WhAt Are the ChALLeNgeS For LAbour mArKet, SKILLS AND INCLuSIoN poLICIeS AND hoW to better mANAge the ImpLICAtIoNS At the LoCAL LeVeL?

b. INNoVAtIoN IN pubLIC empLoYmeNt SerVICeS: NeW WAYS to ImproVe job mAtChINg

C. buSINeSS DeVeLopmeNt SerVICeS: ImproVINg Sme proDuCtIVItY

D. SoCIAL eNterprISeS: hoW CAN theY heLp to eNhANCe proDuCtIVItY, CreAte jobS AND INCreASe SoCIAL INCLuSIoN?

16.00-16.30 NetWorKINg CoFFee

16.30-18.00 PLENARY SESSION MORE RESILIENT AND DIVERSIFIED LOCAL ECONOMIES This session will explore responses targeted at businesses, looking at how to promote entrepreneurship

and innovation performance and support the emergence of industries with better productivity and employment prospects. The challenges include bottlenecks and weak links in local entrepreneurial ecosystems, such as lack of local and global knowledge flows among related firms, higher education institutions (HEIs) and research organisations, weak local entrepreneurship cultures, and limited SME innovation capabilities. Local policy makers need tools to identify the problems in their own contexts, assess where there may be untapped opportunities for industrial growth and diversification, and develop local entrepreneurship and innovation strategies targeting the problems and opportunities.

Questions to guide discussion

• Boosting productivity: what is the role of employment and skills policies?

• How can employment and skills policies be better connected to employers to reduce skills mismatches and ensure programmes are well aligned to new and expanding sectors? How do you convince local employers to become “champions” in promoting workforce development programmes?

• How should local economies adapt to the “future of work” whereby technological changes may substitute for certain kinds of jobs?

• How should local economies prioritise and combine actions to better use skills in the workplace, make enterprise more productive and attract skilled labour into their community?

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fORMAT: Moderated panel discussion

Moderator: Randal Eberts, Director, US Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Panellists:

• Erik Stam, Professor, Utrecht University School of Economics, The Netherlands

• Frank Neffke, Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Growth Lab

• Rosa M Fernandez, Economic Adviser, Local Growth Analysis, Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy, United Kingdom

• Pavel Chovanec, Director at Department of Management of Investment projects, Czech Invest

Wrap up: Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Special Advisor to the Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Local Development and Tourism, OECD

18.00-19.00 Free tIme

19.00-21.00 CONFERENCE DINNER Keynote speech from host: Adriana Krnáčová, Mayor of prague


• How do local economies diversify into new and growing sectors and what are the policy tools that can assist the process?

• How can entrepreneurship and innovation policies help move from low skills / low productivity trap?

• What strategies have been successful to ensure that key actors are brought on board to advance these efforts?

• How do regions ensure that gains flow to disadvantaged communities?

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8.00-9.00 oFF-SIte projeCt VISItS

9.00-9.30 WeLCome CoFFee

9.30-11.00 4 CONCURRENT WORKShOPS

11.00-11.30 NetWorKINg CoFFee

11.30-13.00 PLENARY SESSION MOBILISING ALL ACTORS AT ThE LOCAL LEVEL This session will debate why place matters and how you bring actors on board to manage change.

The interaction between a diverse set of institutions and actors can underpin agile leadership for local development. Where this interaction is advanced and mature, “collaboration begets collaboration” and the system for local economic development is better tuned to respond to the challenges of inclusive growth whilst supporting vibrant private sector activity.

fORMAT: Moderated panel discussion

Moderator:Theresa Singleton, Vice President in the Community Development Studies & Education Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and the Bank’s Community Affairs Officer, US

Panellists:

• Andrew Boraine, CEO of the Western Cape Economic Development Partnership, South Africa

• Stuart Patrick, Chief Executive of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, United Kingdom

• Tomáš Chmela, Secretary-General, Association of Local Governments, Czech Republic

• Ann Branch, Head, Job Creation Unit, Skills Directorate, DG Education and Culture, European Commission

• František Kubeš, Head of Urban Policy Unit, Ministry of Regional Development, Czech Republic

Wrap up: Tereza Kuncová, Senior Councillor, Ministry of Regional Development, Czech Republic

13.00-13.30 CLOSING REMARKS Moderator: Denis Leamy, CEO, Pobal, Ireland, and Chair, OECD Forum on Partnerships and Local Development

• Michele Dau, Deputy Secretary-General, CNEL, Italy and Chair of the LEED Directing Committee, OECD

• Klára Dostálová, Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Czech Republic

13.30-14.00 LIght LuNCh / CoCKtAIL

14.00 END OF ThE CONFERENCE

DAY 2 | tueSDAY, 11th AprIL

e. groWth, tourISm AND LoCAL DeVeLopmeNt F. buSINeSS StArt-up Support IN hIgher eDuCAtIoN

INStItutIoNS g. tAKINg AN INtegrAteD ApproACh to SoCIAL INCLuSIoN h. booStINg SKILLS utILISAtIoN bY buSINeSSeS


• What new ways to strengthen collaboration are emerging? Is there a new agenda for local partnerships?

• What does this mean for the private sector and non-governmental actors?

• How can an integrated approach really change outcomes for people?

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14.30-17.00 POST FORUM PROGRAMME ROUND TABLE: CULTURAL hERITAGE AS CATALYST OF LOCAL GROWTh Cultural heritage (museums and cultural sites, as well as landscapes, arts and crafts and gastronomy) is

a powerful development asset that can help attract tourists, bring revenues, regenerate local economies, promote inclusion, boost cultural diversity and reinvent territorial identity. Museums and cultural sites are experimenting with the new roles they can play as agents of economic development, social innovation and social inclusion while continuing to enrich their traditional preservation, restoration and education functions. However, advice on how to design successful culture-led local development strategies and increase the development impact of cultural heritage is often unavailable to either the museum community or regional and national policy makers. Additionally, the need to adapt different national policies (employment, inclusion, economic development) to better serve this new agenda is often overlooked. This workshop will review emerging good practices on how museums and other cultural sites and regional authorities can measure and strengthen the contribution and links between cultural heritage and local development.

This workshop is organised in co-operation with the Foundation of Venice, Italy

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4 CoNCurreNt WorKShopS

A. Future of work: what are the challenges for labour market, skills and inclusion policies and how to better manage the implications at the local level?

b. Innovation in public employment Services: New ways to improve job matching

C. business development services: Improving Sme productivity

D. Social enterprises: how can they help to enhance productivity, create jobs and increase social inclusion?

4 CoNCurreNt WorKShopS

e. growth, tourism and local development

F. business start-up support in higher education Institutions

g. taking an integrated approaches to social inclusion

h boosting skills utilisation by businesses

14.30-17.00 round table. Cultural heritage as catalyst of local growth

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A. Future oF WorK: WhAt Are the ChALLeNgeS For LAbour mArKet, SKILLS AND INCLuSIoN poLICIeS AND hoW to better mANAge the ImpLICAtIoNS At the LoCAL LeVeL?

moNDAY, 10th AprIL, 14.30-16.00

New technological changes, and the “sharing” economy are altering the occupational structure of local economies, as well as the types of skills that are required for employment. OECD estimates suggest that the share of jobs at high risk of automation is around 9% in the United States and ranges between 6-12% in other OECD countries participating in the OECD Survey of Adult Skills. Automation has led to the substitution of both blue and white collar jobs, irrespective of skill level. Most existing jobs (between 50-70%) include tasks which are vulnerable to automation, requiring workers to adapt to changing demands. Automation has created new ways of working and delivering services, leading to the rise of the “sharing” or “gig” economy. while these jobs provide greater work-life flexibility, many individuals now work as independent self-employed workers, challenging traditional social protection systems and increasing job insecurity. These structural changes impact local economies. As a result, disparities are being created between places as well as within them as the labour market is becoming polarised between high-skilled and low-skilled jobs. This session will explore the current mega-trends impacting on work as well as what responses should be taken at the local level.


• What strategies have been introduced at the local level to ensure that policies are implemented in a way to contributes to building quality job opportunities in a changing labour market?

• Can employment and training policies help enterprises to enhance the added value of workers and improve business models through greater talent use?

• How can local areas overcome the difficulties created by a polarised and more precarious labour market?

Peter A. Creticos, President/Executive Director,

Institute for Work and the Economy, United States

Hilde Baerten, Strategic Account Manager

Local Governments, Flemish VDAB, Belgium

Aleš Chmelař, Director, Growth Policies,

Economic Development Strategy and Trends Department,

Government Office, Czech Republic

Irmgard Nubler, Senior Economist,

ILO

Paolo Falco, Labour Market Economist,

OECD

Willem van Winden, Expert of the URBACT

EUnivercities and InFocus networks

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Vladimíra Drbalová, Senior Advisor DG for

International Relations for the EU Affairs, Confederation

of Industry of the Czech Republic

Zdenek Karasek, Strategic Consultant,

Economic Development, Employment and hR,

RPIC-ViP s.r.o., Czech Republic

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b. INNoVAtIoN IN pubLIC empLoYmeNt SerVICeS: NeW WAYS to ImproVe job mAtChINg


In co-operation with World Association of Public Employment Services (WAPES)

Public employment services can play an important role in boosting the quantity and quality jobs. This can be achieved through direct mechanisms such as active labour market programmes, including wage subsidies or indirect ways, such as through the effective matching of people to job opportunities. Increasingly, public employment services are key actors in broader economic development opportunities strategies by reaching out to employers and stimulating good quality employment opportunities. Public employment services can leverage the resources of other partners and stakeholders through stronger integration and coordination – particularly at the local level where they can also better target services to specific labour market contexts. This session will explore innovative approaches being taken across countries to better link unemployed people to jobs.


• which mechanism are being used by the pES to mine job vacancies and work with employers to improve job matching techniques?

• How is the pES gearing the intensity and provision of services to disadvantaged individuals and places?

• How is local labour market information being used by pES to improve the delivery of services?

Ria Deketele, Project Leader Open Services and WMC,

Flemish VDAB, Belgium

Anne Green, University of Warwick,

United Kingdom

Sally Sinclair, CEO, National Employment

Services Association, Australia

Annie Gauvin, Director for Research, Evaluation

and International Affairs, Pôle Emploi - Public Employment

Service, France, Vice-President, WAPES Europe

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Randall Eberts, President, US Upjohn Institute

for Employment Research

Clodagh McDonnell, Department of housing,

Planning, Community and Local Government,

Ireland

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs/Labour Office, Czech

Republic

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C. buSINeSS DeVeLopmeNt SerVICeS: ImproVINg Sme proDuCtIVItY


In co-operation with Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade and Czech Invest

New firms creation and innovation among existing SMEs is one of the critical mechanisms through which lagging regions can improve their economic performance. Business development services aim to facilitate SME and entrepreneurship development by offering a diagnosis of the strengths and weaknesses of individual firms in areas such as financing, technology, people development and markets, and providing relevant advice, consultancy and mentoring to management teams. There are many choices for national, regional and local governments and development agencies in the design and delivery of business development services programmes, for example whether to provide services directly or signpost to services existing in the market, whether to charge clients fees, and whether to provide services by telephone or internet or face-to-face. Getting the design, governance and implementation of local and national business development services is of crucial importance in providing capacity development support to different types of entrepreneurs and SMEs in order to unleash their full potential


• What is the role of business diagnostics in business development services?

• Should advice, consultancy and mentoring services be provided directly by the public sector or facilitated through the market, and what methods are available to build a private market?

• How can government ensure the right skills and quality across business development services providers in their networks (for example through appropriate performance management procedures and continuous professional development).

Alexa Toomey, Senior Economist & Policy

Adviser, Policy, Strategy and Government Relations,

Enterprise Ireland

Rosa Fernandez, Economic Adviser, Local

Growth Analysis, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial

Strategy, United Kingdom

Wojciech Szajnar, Director, Business Development

Services, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development, Poland

Jonathan Potter, head, Entrepreneurship Unit,

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Petr Hladik, head of Department of Business Development at the Technology

Centre, Academy of Science, Czech Republic

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moNDAY, 10th AprIL, 14:30

Enhancing productivity is important to allow economies to grow faster. What is equally important is that economies develop in a smarter way so that inequalities can be reduced, participation can be increased and everyone can be part of the economic system. Rich and fair economies hold opportunities for all. Social enterprises, whose core mission is to create both economic and social value in order to increase individual and community well -being, have an important role in shaping more productive economies and more inclusive societies. Social enterprises provide many goods and services, including to the less well off, in most economic sectors. They also increase labour force participation by (re-)activating the talents of individuals who are not participating into the creation of economic wealth, and by upgrading their professional skills with a view of empowering them to integrate in the mainstream labour markets. The workshop will present the results of an in depth analysis of social entrepreneurship in Czech Republic to illustrate the opportunities offered by social enterprises and to show the levers policy makers can tap into to foster social enterprise development, job creation and social inclusion.


• How social enterprises can help building more productive economies and more inclusive society?

• How can they create employment opportunities and upgrade skills?

• Why do countries need more social enterprises?

• What can policy makers do to support social enterprises in their efforts to empower more people to participate in the labour market and wealth creation

Marketa Kouskova, Project manager, Unit of Social Entrepreneurship Projects, MOLSA, Czech

Republic

Jana Maussen, Advisor, Government’s Office for Employees Participation,

Czech Republic

Antonella Noya, head of Unit,

Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation, OECD LEED

Lukás Trcka, Director of Regional Office, Czech

Invest - Zlin, Czech Republic

Risto Ravio, Senior Expert, DG EMPL, EC

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Luka Rajčić, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Labour and Pension System,

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tueSDAY, 11th AprIL 2017, 9.30-11.00

National governments can and do play many important roles in supporting new local growth and investment. But, many national governments have felt a deep funding squeeze since the 2008 financial crisis recession and have faced dilemmas over how to redistribute dwindling tax revenues to stimulate growth. The framework conditions that are set for local economies are more important than ever and require greater alignment and cooperation between national, regional and local actors. This is particularly true for “middleweight” cities which operate in a regional context where they are not the dominant urban local economy and in both developed and emerging markets will be the source of approximately half of the world’s economic growth in the next two decades. LEED analysis has found that most middleweight cities exhibit demographic, mobility and productivity advantages that are optimally conducive for expanding international firms. Their standing as secondary, or in some cases tertiary, urban centres, and their comparative distance from national or transnational political attention, has created the space for these cities to be nimble and entrepreneurial in their pursuit of jobs, capital and international market connectivity. This workshop will consider what framework conditions, institutional capacities, intelligence, leadership interventions and development instruments are necessary to stimulate local growth and investment.


• What are the local growth challenges in the Czech Republic and what do they mean for developing local strategies? What catalysts are driving local growth?

• What national responses are achieving local growth in the Czech Republic.?

• What roles are there for tourism in growth strategies

Luděk Sýkora, Charles University,

Czech Republic

Petr Rumpel, University of Ostrava,

Czech Republic

Marie Zezůlková, Head of the office

metropolitan cooperation and marketing, Brno, Czech Republic

Renata Králová, Department of Tourism, Ministry of

Regional Development, Czech Republic

Debra Mountford, Policy Analyst,

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with average entry rates of young people into Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) standing at close to 58% (Bachelor or equivalent study programmes across the OECD area in 2014), expectations are rising that HEIs will play a more active role in developing the skills and competences that young people will need for transition to the labour market and for sustained labour market participation. Critical among them are entrepreneurship competences. HEIs are increasingly developing their entrepreneurship education offer in order to promote more entrepreneurial mindsets among graduates for their future work and lives. In addition, many HEIs are introducing support services for those graduates who are interested in starting a business in the short term, including business mentoring; business incubation facilities; help with intellectual property rights; and assistance in accessing financing. Often, demand for these services comes directly from students.

The OECD and the European Commission have jointly developed a guiding framework for the entrepreneurial and innovative HEI – HEInnovate – which supports HEIs and governments to develop effective strategies and practices to support entrepreneurship, innovation and local development. This workshop will involve participants in a discussion of the messages for HEIs and governments of one of the seven pillars of the HEInnovate tool; namely the pillar on “preparing and supporting entrepreneurs”. Key good practice statements of the HEInnovate tool will be discussed by workshop participants who will be able to share experiences and get new ideas on how to support business start-ups in HEIs.


• what kinds of business start-up support should HEIs provide to potential graduate entrepreneurs?

• How should HEIs promote start-up support to potential graduate entrepreneurs?

Denisa Čiderová, Vice-Rector for Research and

Doctoral Studies, University of Economics, Bratislava,

Slovak Republic

Martin Lukeš, Vice-Dean for Science, Research and Ph.D. Studies, Deputy Head, Department of Entrepreneurship,

Faculty of Business Administration, University of Economics, Prague

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Peter Baur, Policy Officer, DG Education

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Marissa Plouin, Co-ordinator, Champion

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Rising income inequality combined with the slowdown in productivity growth across the OECD has resulted in persistent social challenges. Inclusion has emerged as a priority for policy makers because leaving people to flounder at the margins of society not only has negative ramifications for social cohesion, but can also stunt future economic growth. Given the multifaceted nature of exclusion a wide array of policies need to be put in place from employment training, to social welfare, to housing and many more. They also need to take into account local specificities. people in rural areas may experience greater challenges associated with access to services than those living in cities, while access to affordable housing may be a more salient issue in urban areas. Disparate policies across departments are often not well co-ordinated and integrated, at both the national design level and at the level of local delivery. This, at best, leaves potential synergies unrealised and at worst, is actually counterproductive. This session will explore ways to effectively design and deliver policies to enhance social inclusion and will focus on three issues; accessibility of services, community asset-building, and effective governance.

Antonella Noya, head of Unit,

Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation, OECD LEED

Theresa Singleton, Vice President in the Community

Development Studies & Education Department, Federal Reserve Bank of

Philadelphia and the Bank’s Community Affairs Officer,

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Lukáš Trčka, Director Regional Office,

Czech Invest, Zlín, Czech Republic

Alena Zieglerová, Director, ESF Department, MoLSA, Czech Republic


• Which programmes and services could be accessible to community residents in order to help them tackle barriers such as unemployment, disability, family responsibilities, language, health issues, among others?

• Which community assets could be leveraged to bring positive change and strengthen social inclusion? And how?

• To what degree do policy makers at the national, regional, and local levels have the knowledge, flexibility, and resources to adequately respond to the local context, and how well do actors across policy areas effectively co-ordinate their work?

Roman Matoušek, Social Housing Expert, Office of the Government - Agency

for Social Inclusion, Czech Republic

Denis Leamy, CEO, Pobal & Chair, OECD Forum on Partnerships and Local Development, Ireland

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h. booStINg SKILLS utILISAtIoN bY buSINeSSeS

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Traditional approaches often overlook how employers are using skills in the workplace, which can undermine productivity and growth. Across the OECD, many countries are dealing with stagnant productivity growth while at the same time, inequalities are rising across a number of key employment and social measures. Links have also been established between skills use and wages. Data from the OECD Survey of Adult Skills shows that holding education and skills proficiency constant, workers who use their skills more frequently earn higher wages. while policies to better use skills can create the conditions for new economic opportunity, they remain under-developed across many countries. This workshop will focus on practical advice to policy makers and local practitioners in developing strategies to more effectively involve employers in the implementation of strategies which improve how skills are used at work.


• Current evidence base: what are the main barriers to the involvement of employers in the local employment and skills system? what data exists on employer’s participation in employment and training activities?

• Good governance and policy coordination: what local governance frameworks and partnership structures work best? what are the key principles to guiding effective engagement with employers (for the public employment service and vocational education and training system)?

• Effective tools for programme development and delivery: How can public funding leverage employer participation and investment in training? What work-based training models are most effective? What policy mechanisms are most effective in targeting SMEs?

Paul Comyn, Senior Skills and

Employability Specialist, ILO

Chris Warhurst, Director, University of

Warwick, United Kingdom

Kiu Sik Bae, Director of the Center for

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Regina Flake, Cologne Institute for Economic Research,

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Ivan Doubek, International Trade Expert &

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Gorazd Jenko, Secretary, Senior Adviser,

Government Office for Development and

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Markéta Nekolová, head of Concepts Unit,

Policy Analysts & Evaluator, Czech Republic

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ROUND TABLE: CULTURAL HERITAGE AS CATALYST Of LOCAL DEVELOpMENT

tueSDAY, 11th AprIL 2017, 14:30-17.00

In co-operation with the Foundation of Venice

Cultural heritage (museums and cultural sites, as well as landscapes, arts and crafts and gastronomy) is a powerful development asset that can help attract tourists, bring revenues, regenerate local economies, promote inclusion, boost cultural diversity and reinvent territorial identity. For several decades now city and regional authorities have been pursuing culture-led regeneration strategies and certain knowledge has been accumulated on what these strategies can and cannot achieve and on the implications to a wide spectrum of policies ranging from culture, and tourism to employment and skills, business development, innovation and spatial planning. At the same time museums and cultural sites are increasingly experimenting with the new roles they can play as agents of economic development, social innovation and social inclusion while continuing to enrich their traditional preservation, restoration and education functions. New partnerships are being formed between the museums and local authorities as a result of several converging factors, as summarised in the 2010 white paper on the relationship between the museums and the municipalities:

• Municipalities have inherited or built up numerous collections, the conservation and development of which have been entrusted to a very large number of museums;

• Decentralisation leads, everywhere in Europe, to local authorities taking on greater responsibilities, notably in the cultural sphere, and the devolution of new forms of management where collections are concerned;

• The financial and economic crisis causes the State to reduce its contribution to museums and galleries, which must then reinforce their partnerships with local authorities;

• The quest for sustainable development combining progress in the cultural, social and economic spheres, creates an area of convergence between the increasingly varied activities of museums and the responsibilities taken on by local authorities.

This workshop will discuss the emerging good practice in the design of culture-led local development strategies to increase the development impact of cultural heritage.

Ekaterina Travkina, Manager, OECD LEED Forum

Alessandra Proto, Policy Analyst, OECD LEED

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Maximising benefits from tourist flows Ekaterina Travkina, Manager, OECD LEED Forum

Alessandra Proto, Policy Analyst, OECD LEED

Conservation and restorationProf. Dorota Folga- Januszewska, President ICOM Poland, Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów Prof. Xavier Greffe

1.SETTING THE CONTEXT: MUSEUMS AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

2. UNPACKING THE IMPACT OF MUSEUMS ON LOCAL DEVELOPMENT the discussion will focus on understanding the interplay between the activities of the museums and local economy in the following dimensions.

Prof. Xavier Greffe, emeritus professor of economics, university paris I - Sorbonne,

Member of the Scientific Committee of The Louvre, France

educationBarbara Ischinger, board member, university of göttingen (germany), geneva university, museum of Natural history in berlin and in Frankfurt. Michele Lanzinger, Director, Trento Natural Science Museum, Italy

Collaboration with local production sector, spin-offs and the creative economy Prof. Luca dal Pozzolo, Research co-ordinator of Fondazione Fitzcarraldo and Director of the OCP, Osservatorio Culturale del Piemonte, Italy

Inclusion and well-beingProf. Luca dal Pozzolo, Research co-ordinator of Fondazione Fitzcarraldo and Director of the OCP, Osservatorio Culturale del Piemonte, Italy

SustainabilityMichele Lanzinger, Director, Trento Natural Science Museum, Italy

3. WRAP UP AND NEXT STEPS

Comments by David KAŠPAR, Manager of Cultural strategy, Institute of Plan-ning and City development of Prague

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Networking SessionsThe networking session is open to all Forum members to present their projects, exchange knowledge with peers and establish professional networks and contacts.

There will be a total of 12 tables, each table will be dedicated to one project/initiative. The conference programme will give you basic background information on all projects and initiatives presented in the networking session and should help you in choosing the meetings you wish to attend.

project representatives will host the meeting with interested participants for two rounds of 30 minutes. Up to 8 persons can be seated at each table. The meetings are informal and very interactive and are moderated by the host (the project representative).

1. AUSTRALIA : Real Employment for Aboriginal People

2. BELGIUM: Lier Youth Network

3. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Youth Employment Project

4. CZECH REPUBLIC: Černý Most – Improving the integration of disdavantaged people into the labour market

5. CZECH REPUBLIC: Pragulic - Improving employment opportunities for homeless people in Prague

6. CZECH REPUBLIC: Revitalising the Hartenburg castle through social enterprise

7. CZECH REPUBLIC: Revitalising the Neratov pilgrimmage site through social enterprise

8. CZECH REPUBLIC: Rubikon Centrum Servis – Improving employment opportunities for previous offenders

9. CZECH REPUBLIC: Territorial Employment Pacts Learning Network

10. UNITED KINGDOM: ATLAS - Matching Refugees to Employment and Training Opportunities

11. URBACT - Examples from City Networks

12. OECD Future of Work

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Triscilla Holborow, an Aboriginal Traditional owner from Karratha in regional Western Australia, identified a need within her community to establish a company to assist with the employment of local Aboriginal and torres Strait Islander people. She then co-founded reFAp, an employment service provider that aims to be culturally sensitive to the needs of local Aboriginal and torres Strait Islander peoples.

the objective of the project is to increase employment for Aboriginal and torres Strait Islander people and boost economic development within the Karratha region.

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job placement, Work Skills training and Development, Logistics, Cultural Awareness training

85% of all staff employed are of Aboriginal and torres Strait Islander decent. the project also resuled in the creation of over 700 employment opportunities, some as a result of employment partnerships with organisations such as rio tinto.

the project resulted in the creation of over 700 employment opportunities. Local Aboriginal suppliers were also incorporated into the reFAp supply chain. reFAp also developed a Work Skills training activity into a commercial enterprise known as the bushlolly Café, to create employment. the success of the initiative has been acknowledged through multiple local, state and national awards for employment, Aboriginal excellence and the growth and development of North Western Australia.

Kelly grady – co-founder.triscilla holborow – co-founder.

www.refap.com.au

triscilla holborow: [email protected]

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Work is an essential lever to shape the future. For the City of Lier, youth unemployment, especially among low-skilled young people, is a lot higher than in the surrounding municipalities. Addressing persistent youth unemployment requires a concerted and integrated approach with many different partners. In response, stakeholders from interested parties including the private sector, educational institutions, VDAb (the local public employment Service), the city, youth organisations, employers’ organisations and young people themselves, developed a local network in order to develop and co-ordinate strategies.

The partnership wants to significantly lower the youth unemployment in the city of Lier by:• raising awareness with companies about possible employment measures for young people;• promoting co-operation between the various actors in the field;• actively developing external financing channels;• improving co-operation with the education sector to ease the transition from school to work.

Start: end of 2015, ongoing.

The actions are financed by the different partners with reference to the role that each partner has to play in addressing youth unemployment. For example, the local public employment service finances labour policy actions, while the municipality funds employment opportunities and the educational sector finances the network’s educational policy objectives. Funding for the network is included in the budgets of each institutional partner.

each partner is responsible for allocating staff to realise the goals of the network.

the network aims to inform employers on employment measures, strength co-operation between stakeholders and reinforce the exchange of information, including statistics, between the relevant partners. the network also seeks corporate ambassadors to encourage companies to provide feedback on candidates who apply for jobs, and aims to actively collaborate with industry. the network also organises additional language support projects for newcomers to the city, and is also in the process of establishing a job fair to better connect young people and employers.

the success of the project is based in the network’s role in strengthening collaboration between the diverse range of stakeholders interested in addressing the persistent youth unemployment challenge in Lier.

Within a year of the establishment of the network, youth unemployment in Lier fell to 6.4%. While this is still above the average for Flanders, the decline was faster than occurred in the region at large over the same time period.

VDAb (peS), City of Lier, Lier CpAS, local consultative education, VoKA, Fund Ivens- boons, unizo, Social economic Council and Arktos.

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Youth employment project (Yep)

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Youth unemployment in bosnia and herzegovina is an enormous challenge. According to the Labour Force Survey, the youth unemployment rate in bosnia and herzegovina was the highest in the region in 2016. During the last decade, public employment Services (peS) have pursued reforms, often with the support of the international community. however, the process of reform has been long and peS capacities still need to be strengthened, in terms of both skills and instruments.

the main outcome of Yep3 is to facilitate employment opportunities for 4470 young, long-term unemployed people (50% female), and to facilitate broader institutional change of the peS. the programme focusses on the reintegration of unemployed people into the labour market though individual and group counselling and entrepreneurship support.

Yep1: 2008 – 2011; Yep 2: 2011-2016; Yep 3: 2016-2020;

over 11 million ChF, Swiss government funding through the Swiss Agency of Development and Cooperation (SDC)

the human resources include a local project team and a pool of international and national short term experts.

the project aims to implement a new model of work with clients in public employment services: division of administration and active measures, development of individual counselling and group counselling services. the project is also developing a model of sustainable impact investing, local employment pacts and employability. the model includes from training, idea validation, prototype development and investment.

the outcomes of Yep3 focus on increasing the employability and employment of young people and improving the mediation role of the peS, where management support is the key success factor. the development of a fully sustainable work integration social enterprise requires multifaceted support throughout the entire value chain and comprehensive training for the targeted population. the design and implementation of the programme includes the involvement of not only experts in social entrepreneurship but also the voluntary participation of a variety of stakeholders, including industry experts (mentors) and family members.

The implementation of a new model for the PES represents a paradigm shift away from processing benefits and towards embracing the goal of reintegrating unemployed people into the labour market. the programme aims to provide individual counselling services to 5120 unemployed people, of whom 1400 (50% female) are expected to find jobs. Similarly, group counselling services will be provided to 7110 young people, of whom 2500 (50% female) are expected to find jobs. The current network of 27 job Clubs delivers guidance and support to 6785 young unemployed people, which has helped to facilitate 2987 job placements (including 1809 women). A further 499 young people developed new skills through a local social economy initiative. of these, 141 people found work and 3 social enterprises were founded (expected 57 until 2020).

Donor: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)Implemented by gopA ConsultantsAgency for Labour and employment of bihpublic employment Services in bosnia and herzegovina (republika Srpska, Federation bih, cantons)Various Ngos and entrepreneurs

http://WWW.Yep.bA/

ranko markuš, phD, Youth employment project (Yep) team Leader, [email protected]

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The company SP Černý Most, Ltd. is a social enterprise that was founded in 2012 with the aim of providing opportunities to disadvantaged people. It aims to provide housing services, employment and educational opportunities to disadvantaged groups, including the roma people.

the overall objective is to give socially excluded people employment opportunities, housing and community education. an opportunity to assert themselves in their surroundings. provide them work, provide them housing by the community management of housing and increase education in the community center.

The company was founded in 2012 and will continue indefinitely.

The initial budget was sourced from grants and revenues from activities. The social enterprise has become financially self-sustaining since 2012.

Activities conducted include the following:- provision of employment opportunities, including mowing grass, cleaning, trimming shrubs, paving and masonry work in prague 14;- management of community housing, including a community centre;- Facilitation of educational opportunities, including pre-school preparation and motivation classes.

the enterprise has been successful due to its adjustment to the system and its focus on both public and private procurement. there has also been the provision of housing and employment opportunities to socially excluded people.

the enterprise has successfully provided employment opportunities, educational services and housing to socially excluded people. the enterprise has not required public assistance for the last two years.

Mgr. Jozef Baláž

http://spcm.cz/

Mgr. Jozef Baláž: [email protected]


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pragulic is a social enterprise that was founded in 2012 by three students of Civil Sector Studies at Charles university. pragulic aims to employ homeless people in order to provide tours and services to travellers and local people. the enterprise was initially established with the help of a Social Impact Award, but became fully self-sustaining after several months.

the aim of the project is to provide employment to homeless people and raise awareness of their competences and capacities.

pragulic was initially supported by a Social Impact Award, but has become fully sustainable. Currently, 100% revenues are from the sale of services.

up to 15 employees, including homeless guides, and over 60 volunteers

pragulic provides guided tours of prague that are operated by homeless people. homeless people also provide 24 hour immersive experiences to customers, and help to run teambuilding and educational programmes for schools and other organisations.

to date, pragulic has provided tours, educational programmes and teambuilding exercises to more than 30 000 national and international customers. There are currently nine employed persons, and the project has received significant media attention.

As a result of the project, there has been a significant improvement in the life conditions of the homeless people who work as guides. there has also been a change in the perception of homelessness in the community.

Pragulic has co-operated with non-profits, corporations and other social enterprises. However, there has been no co-operation with the public sector to date.

pragulic.cz

Tereza Jurečková: [email protected]


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the hartenburg castle is one of the oldest Czech castles and lies 7km from Sokolov. the castle has been repeatedly looted and set on fire since 1946. Since 2000, the site has been revitalised through a social enterprise where disadvantaged people are empowered to restore the monument, and then apply these skills to other historic sites in the Northwest bohemia region of the Czech republic.

the aim of the project is to restore the hartenburg castle and other historic buildings in the area. It also aims to restore and maintain the natural heritage and culture of the Czech people and build social inclusion for disadvantaged groups, including the long-term unemployed and disabled people.

Since 2000

the budget of this programme has been CZK 5-10 million per year. this revenue has come from work in restoring monuments and support from public employment services for active labour market programmes.

Volunteers are disabled people, the long-term unemployed and international volunteers.

the primary activity conducted was the restoration of the hartenburg castle and other monuments.

the result of the project was the successful restoration of the hartenburg castle and other landmarks in Northwest bohemia. It was also a successful social inclusion and skills development project that included volunteers from over 72 countries. It was considered an example of good practice from the Czech ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the ministry of education.

National heritage Institute, ministry of Culture, ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Carlsbad, Agency for Social Inclusion, nonprofit organizations and businesses

www.hartenberg.cz , https://www.facebook.com/hradhartenberg/

Bedřich Loos- 00420607649997 , Martina Vavřínová-00420778030716 , [email protected]


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the Neratov Assocation aims to restore the Neratov pilgrimage site, a village on the Czech-polish border and create facilities for socially disadvantaged people. the Association therefore organises housing, various sheltered workplaces, schools and cultural events.

the aim of this Association is to build a social enterprise to realise the goals of the Neratov Association and ensure the activities are sustainable in the future. to meet our goals, we plan to:- expand the activities of our sheltered workshops - new products, activities, public tenders;- Develop social entrepreneurship and social agriculture activities;- Complete the pilgrimage site and increase tourism;- Increase the emphasis on training and recruitment activities;- Co-operate with other projects across the world.

These goals are intended to be met over the next five years.

the budget for 2017 is CZK 38 million. 40% of these revenues come from state support, while a further 45% come from the Association’s own activities.

the Association currently employs 160 employees, including 115 disabled people. the Association aims to expand to 200 employees, of which 150 will be disabled.

Activities conducted through the association include:- Conducting handicrafts workshops including ceramics, basketry, weaving, sewing and printing;- Cleaning and maintaining green areas;- maintaining the Association’s facilities and local recreational facilities;- - establishing and operating a Special elementary School in bartošovice.

the project has increased the revenue from activities conducted by the Association in order to become more sustainable. the Association has been successful in improving employment opportunities for disabled people while also attracting visitors, tourists and volunteers. there have also been successful collaborations between the Association and other organisations in poland, germany and Slovakia.

The Association has fulfilled its vision of restoring the pilgrimage site of Neratov with the assistance of disabled people. It has enabled activities, jobs and cultural and spiritual activities for visitors and the local community.

Sdružení Neratov, z.s.main partners: ministry of Agriculture, Charity hradec Kralove, village bartošovice and Zagorje bystrica Klodzka, Kamieniec

www.neratov.cz

Antonín Nekvinda: [email protected]


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the rubikon Centre has been providing employment services to people with a criminal record for over twenty years, with the aim of reducing recidivism and saving public money. rubikon Centre operates non-labour agencies and assists with matching jobseekers with employers. It also provides non-employment services, including for those with financial difficulties. The rubicon Service Centre was established in 2015 as an initiative of the rubikon Centre.

the rubikon Service Centre (rSC) was founded in order to facilitate employment opportunities for those people who are both long-term unemployed and have a criminal record. the rSC aims to provide legal work experience and other services to help to integrate previous offenders into the labour market.

The RCS was launched in 2015 and will continue indefinitely.

In 2015, the turnover of rCS was CZK 1 million, which increased to CZK 4 million in 2016. this funding comes from contracts, grants from the Office of Labour, and subsidies from the Swiss organisation VEBO.

The company has two main activities. The first area of activity is a cleaning group, which has been operating in Úvaly for over three years and focuses on the cleaning and maintenance of public spaces. the project is based on close cooperation with the City Hall. The second area of activity is a sewing workroom in the Vinařice Prison, which aims to produce supplies for the automotive industry.

the cleaning group strives for the successful completion of the training job and the subsequent placement of our employees in the primary labour market. The sewing workroom in Vinařice aims to expand the skills of those still in prison so that they can be used in the labour market after release. the main metrics of success are the re-integration of those with a criminal record into the labour market and the reduction of the rate of recidivism.

Since 2015, the cleaning group in Úvaly has employed a total of eighteen people, of which six were subsequently employed in other joys. The sewing workroom in Vinařice employs

40 prisoners. Four of these offenders have chosen to pursue a comprehensive integration programme after release that will include employment, housing and debt problems.

the business owner of rCS is the rubIKoN Center and the main partner is a Swiss organization Vebo (Verein zur entwicklung der bewährungshilfe in osteuropa) - Association for the Development of the probation Service in eastern europe.

http://rubikoncentrumservis.cz/

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In February 2011, the first Territorial Employment Pact (TEP) in the Czech Republic was established in the Moravian-Silesian region as a bottom-up initiative inspired by similar initiatives abroad but adapted to regional specificity. The TEP’s mode of co-operation subsequently inspired other Czech regions, where teps were established in all thirteen regions between 2012 and 2016. As the number of teps expanded, there arose a need to create a learning network of teps.

the tep Learning Network is intended to act as a mechanism to facilitate the exchange of information and experiences amongst teps in the Czech republic. by facilitating partnerships between employers, educators and public authorities, the tep Learning Network aims to reduce unemployment in Czech regions. the Network also acts as mechanism for the National tripartite dialogue to build systematic solutions to national strategic priorities and challenges. each tep also co-operates with the National tripartite and regional stakeholders.

the teps have been established in all thirteen Czech regions (NutS III level excluding prague), which encompass a population of approx. 9,300,000 inhabitants, including approximately 6,150,000 people aged 15-64. the teps aim to increase employment and boost the participation of economically inactive persons in accordance with the needs of regional labour markets.

2012 – present.

The TEPs’ operating costs are funded by financial contributions from contracting signatories at the regional level. There is no funding provided from national level institutions on systematic basis. however, the teps received CZK 112 million in 2016 from the operational programme employment, which is co-ordinated by the ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, in order to promote employment and workforce adaptability. the teps also launched an employment observatory (“KompAS”) in 2016, which aims to forecast future national and regional labour market trends. this initiative has a total project budget of CZK 350 million and involves the ministry of Labour and Social Affairs as the national project leaders and the teps as regional project partners.

representatives from each tep, including relevant regional stakeholders.

Representatives from each TEP meet twice a year to convene the TEP Learning Network. The Network identifies regional labour market needs, develops regional policy solutions in accordance with their specific strategies and objectives, and shares best practices. the teps also aim to facilitate communication with the relevant ministries and other central authorities in order to address systemic and strategic issues related to economic development, employment and social inclusion.

• Facilitating effective territorial dialogue by establishing a strategic platform that represents all teps and their key regional stakeholders.• enabling the development of a partnership to facilitate the co-operation and co-ordination of employers, educators and public authorities.• Identifying appropriate solutions for local policy and implementation challenges.• enabling the transfer of best practices to the central authorities.

the tep Learning Network has proven to be a very effective platform to facilitate structured communication between key regional stakeholders. ongoing communication and collaboration has subsequently resulted in the development of strategic priorities in the areas of employment, economic development and social inclusion. the teps can then translate lessons learned from the Learning Network into coherent policies and programmes and promote their implementation. the teps have in turn become a respected vehicle for communication between the relevant ministries and institutions at the national level.

the contracting signatories vary between teps but usually include representatives from regional governments, regional Chambers of Commerce, Confederation of Industry, regional Councils of the Czech-moravian Confederation of trade unions, Labour Office, Regional Development Agencies and Universities.

www.mspakt.cz

the moravian-Silesian employment pact (mSep)Zdeněk Karásek – Member of the Board of the MSEP, Tel.: +042 602 718 026, e-mail: [email protected] Czekaj – Secretary of the mSep, tel.: +042 724 613 051, e-mail: [email protected] beneš – executive manager of the mSep, tel.: +042 775 904 384, e-mail: [email protected] Kelar – Coordinator of the mSep, tel.: +042 602 147 418, e-mail: [email protected]

the union for the Development of the moravian-Silesian regionVýstavní 2224/8, 709 00 Ostrava – Mariánské Hory, Czech Republic


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Refugees often find it very difficult to integrate into the job markets of their host countries due to a lack of information, legal confusion, and insufficient training. The support that refugees receive from the host countries’ governments is piecemeal but usually amounts to less than £10/ day in most european countries. this leaves many refugees destitute, surviving day-by-day with barely enough money to house, clothe, and feed themselves. many refugees are in need of immediate access to jobs, as well as training to be able to pursue a career of their choosing in the future.

AtLAS aims to be a global network that connects refugees with job and training opportunities in their host countries at a city and regional level. AtLAS will initially provide freelance jobs, with plans to expand to more stable jobs. training opportunities will be facilitated by the partnerships with nongovernmental organisations to provide basic skills, including language and computer skills, while more sophisticated services will be provided by training companies. AtLAS aims to provide refugees with immediate access to jobs and training services to channel them into higher skilled jobs in the future.

We are currently in the early stages of testing a pilot project in Italy (we have found around a dozen willing participants as well as several Ngos willing to work with us). After Italy, we will expand to the united Kingdom and other european countries like France and germany. Next, we will expand to the middle east, namely countries like jordan and turkey. exact dates for these expansion steps are currently tentative.

AtLAS aims to be a self-sustaining social enterprise. the initial business model will involve a small service charge to refugees in return for co-ordination and job matching services. employers will also be charged with a small ‘success fee’ for matching employers with refugees who have certain desired qualifications. These profits will be reinvested into the company in order to expand AtLAS across the world.

AtLAS is currently comprised of a team of eight mSc candidates at the LSe with personal experience in business, academia, development, and refugee support. We have also acquired the support of various mentors, such as Kilian Kleinschmidt (the former camp manager of Zaatari, one of the largest refugee camps in jordan), who has worked closely with us, as well as several mentors at mcKinsey, who have supported us in the implementation of our business plan.

AtLAS has partnered with upwork, the world’s largest freelancing website, in order to discover initial freelance employment opportunities. AtLAS has also partnered with organisations like Salusbury World, an Ngo based in London – and others – to provide english and computer classes. We will eventually move on to more advanced training. We are currently testing a pilot project in Italy, and will likely be expanding the pilot to the united Kingdom in the near future.

We will mainly measure success by reporting the number of refugees impacted: those who have been able to secure a job in their host country and those who have received valuable training to develop their skills. We will also measure our impact by evaluating the size and global reach of the network of employers, potential employees and training companies that are part of our global network.

We have entered our idea in the 2017 hult prize Competition ($1 million uSD award) and the 2017 mcKinsey Venture Academy (£10,000 award), which aim to reward sustainable social enterprise. We won the LSE Hult Prize quarterfinal 2017 and came second out of 50000 applicants at the Dubai Hult Prize semi-final 2017. We are currently in the final round for the mcKinsey competition (out of the 30+ teams’ applications). We are starting a pilot in Italy over the next weeks, where volunteers have already been selected and are ready to start.

project owners: jon Lo and gaelle miollanMain project partners: Upwork (freelancing website), Salusbury World (NGO based in London), MONI (financial solutions for payment methods for people on the move), progetto Con-tatto (social cooperative based in Italy), Linkando (online platform for networking and project management).

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urbACt enables cities across europe to develop integrated urban policies through networking (city networks), knowledge sharing, and capacity-building for urban practitioners on different urban policy themes. It is an instrument of the Cohesion Policy, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund, the 28 Member States, Norway & Switzerland.

During this networking session, cities and experts involved in urbACt networks will present concrete examples of local work and efforts to make local societies more connected, co-ordinated and ready to take advantage of and optimise local economic assets.

these networks and actions plans are undertaken in the context of the urbACt III 2014-20 programme.

the total eligible budget of urbACt III is €96.3 million over the period 2014-20.

urbACt’s success is predicated on sharing lessons and good practices between local authorities to address common problems and pursue sustainable and integrated strategies to promote wellbeing and growth.

Willem van Winden, expert of the urbACt eunivercities and InFocus networks;marino Cavallo, metropolitan City of bologna, involved in the urbACt procure network;eliska pilna, urbACt point in Czech republic

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the world of work is changing rapidly. Several ongoing mega-trends -- including globalisation, ageing and the rise of the silver economy, and digitalisation -- coupled with rapid change in values and preferences regarding work, have the potential to affect the quantity and types of jobs in our economies, as well as how and by whom they will be carried out. Labour market and social policies will need to be overhauled to ensure that these trends lead to gains in prosperity and well-being that are widely shared.

this project will have two main objectives: (a) build up the evidence base on how the world of work is changing as a result of a number of megatrends and map out broad scenarios for what it might look like in the future. Appropriate policy responses cannot be well-designed without strengthening the evidence base and going beyond much of the current speculation on future changes in the world of work.(b) Assess how labour market, skills and social policies should be overhauled to foster more efficient, effective and fair labour markets in the future, rather than these structural changes becoming yet another reason for social cleavage and economic stagnation.

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the project will result in a number of oeCD publications. two policy briefs have already been published on “the risk of Automation on jobs in oeCD Countries” and “Skills for a Digital World”. the next output will be a chapter of the oeCD employment outlook 2017 on “how technology and globalisation are transforming the Labour market”. A series of consultative workshops with key stakeholders will be organised to discuss a range of policy scenarios and possible outcomes of adopting different policy options in a number of areas, including Social protection, Collective bargaining, and Skills.

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Andrew BOrAIne has been involved in South Africa’s local government, urban and economic development and transition processes for the past 39 years, as an activist, advisor, negotiator, government planner, city manager, chief executive, facilitator, designer, communicator and writer. Andrew is Ceo of the Western Cape economic Development partnership (eDp), based in Cape town. the eDp facilitates issue- and area-based partnering solutions for local and regional economic development. Andrew has been invited to participate in the rockefeller Foundation bellagio Center residency program during march-April 2017 where he will focus on “the role of partnering and partnerships in steering and managing complex societal transitions in relation to city and regional development”. previously, Andrew was Chief executive of the Cape town partnership, a cross-sector partnership that has coordinated the regeneration of the Cape town Central City for the past 18 years. he was part of leading Cape town’s successful bid for World Design Capital 2014. In 2002, Andrew conceptualised and coordinated the establishment of the South African Cities Network (SACN), a network of the nine city regions in South Africa. He chaired the SACN Board for five years. Prior to this, he was City manager of Cape town (1997-2001) and Deputy Director general in the national Department of Constitutional Development (1995-1997), where he helped draft the local government chapter of the new South African Constitution. Andrew served on the board of the Development bank of Southern Africa (DbSA) for nine years, where he chaired the Infrastructure Delivery and Knowledge management Committee. he is chair of the board of the Cape town International Convention Centre (CtICC) and Nonresident Senior Fellow with the brookings Institution metropolitan policy program.

“We all understand partnering and collaboration for socio-economic development to be a good thing. Why then does it often not work in practice? I will focus on the so-called ‘soft’ issues - people, institutions and relationships - that are actually the hardest to get right in terms of successful partnering.” @andrewboraine

JOnAthAn BArr is a head of employment and Skills unit, Local economic and employment Development (LeeD) programme of the oeCD. his work has been focused on the role of local labour market policies and skills strategies in fostering economic development. jonathan coordinates the work of the employment and skills team within the oeCD LeeD programme, manages the oeCD reviews on Local job Creation and the oeCD’s employment and Skills Strategies Intiative in Southeast Asia, which aims to build the capacity of practitioners in the Southeast Asia region in implementing effective employment and economic development strategies. prior to joining the oeCD, jonathan worked for the ontario government in Canada, where he led numerous policy projects related to employment, skills, and early childhood education, including the development of a provincial skills strategy. he also worked at the Canadian mission to the european union in brussels, belgium, supporting negotiations for a new Canada-european Comprehensive economic and trade Agreement. jonathan has a master of public Administration from the university of Victoria in british Columbia, Canada.

“A skilled workforce is essential for local economies to attract investment and jobs.” @OECD_leed

KIu SIK BAe is a Senior research Fellow and Director of the Center for regional employment Studies at the Korea Labour Institute. his research interests include regional and local innovation, employment and skills formation in small and medium-sized enterprises, and the nexus between regional industry and employment policies.

“how can we transform local knowledge and experiences into explicit knowledge and skills?”

hIlde BAerten is currently a strategic account manager for local government at the Flemish public employment Service (VDAb), and has over twenty years of experience in a variety of managerial roles in public employment services in eastern Flanders. over her career, she has actively collaborated with local public and private partners and stakeholders, including the Association of Flemish Cities and municipalities, the Flemish Department of Work and Social economy and the european Social Fund. She also actively manages two european-funded projects that aim to improve the local labour matching between jobseekers and employers: namely the EASI-Eures partnership Meuse-Rhine and an Interreg-project Flanders & the Netherlands.

“how did local Flemish public employment Services manage the transition of skilled manufacturing workers to the local Sme sector after the closure multinational ForD genk?.”

Peter BAur works in the ‘Innovation and eIt’ unit of the european Commission’s Directorate-general for education and Culture. he joined the european Commission in 1994 and initially worked in the area of information and communication technologies. his recent career has focussed on the development of european higher education policies, with a particular focus on the promotion and development of entrepreneurship, innovation and co-operation between businesses and universities. he played an essential role in the establishment and launch of the european university-business Forum and Knowledge Alliances, which are now part of the erasmus+ programme. he has played a founding role in the development of heInnovate, an online tool for higher education Institutions to strengthen their entrepreneurial potential. before joining the european Commission, he worked in the It years for over ten years.


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Ann BrAnCh leads the team of the Directorate-general of employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion for the european Commission that is responsible for implementing policies and financial support for inclusive entrepreneurship and social enterprises. She has previously worked on european union policies and funding programmes related to employment, social dialogue, industrial relations, education & training, the cultural and creative sectors, including the European Capitals of Culture, the Creative europe and erasmus+ programmes. She grew up in London, in an Anglo-Finnish household.

the european Commission promotes inclusive job creation. We are therefore supporting national policy-makers to develop holistic local eco-systems for inclusive and social entrepreneurship, including by learning from good practices across europe and improving access to finance.@ AnnBranchEU

tOmáš ChmelA is the Secretary of the Association of the Local Authorities of the Czech republic, an organisation he joined in 2004. he has had a long career that has focussed on sustainable development, rural renewal, environment, governance and the preservation of cultural heritage. he was a graduate student of the philosophical Faculty of Charles university in prague..

Small towns and rural areas are central to the development of the Czech republic. We aim to help them release their potential.”

PAvel ChOvAneC is Director of Investment project management Department in CzechInvest, the national Czech business and Investment Development Agency. upon joining CzechInvest in 2005, he led the agency’s sourcing section where he mainly focused on co-operation between Czech suppliers and foreign partners. pavel was one of the architects of the Czech Link programme, which aims to facilitate international investment in local Czech businesses. In his work, he focuses on economic instruments to solve disparities in regional development.

“Non-metropolitan companies tend to rely on low costs and routine operations and often fail to adapt to market trends. economic policy must encourage companies to invest in contemporary production.”

denISA ČIDEROVÁ has been involved in a range of intersectional and interdisciplinary projects throughout her academic and professional career. between 2007 and 2015, she was the Vice-Dean for International relations at the university of economics in bratislava. Since 2015 she has been fostering innovation at the university of economics in bratislava as the Vice-rector for research and Doctoral Studies.

“the art of a stArt-up: ‘business as (un)usual’; ‘Any other busyness’; ‘out of the (In)box’… out of the comfort zone.”

PAul COmYn is a senior specialist for skills and employability in the employment policy Department of the International Labour organization (ILo) in geneva. he has worked for the ILo for 8 years, including 6 years based in South Asia. before that, he worked in the public and private sectors in a variety of industries in more than 15 countries. he has a phD in technical and Vocational education and training (tVet) policy and has recently been engaged on research on the engagement of employers in skills utilisation and apprenticeship systems.

“education and training institutions provide links to formal skills development systems and should be key partners to boost skills utilisation in the workplace.” @GlobalKSP

AleS ChmelAr is currently the chief EU analyst at the Czech Government Office and a Head of its EU Strategy and Trends Unit. Until 2014, he worked as Researcher of financial markets and household economics at the Centre for european policy Studies (CepS). he is specialised in european economic and financial policy, post-communist economic transformation and industrial-policy strategies of Central and eastern europe.


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mIChele dAu is the general Director of the Italian National Council of economy and Labour (CNeL), and the Chair of the oeCD LeeD Committee. he was also appointed the Deputy Secretary general of International Association of economic and Social Councils (AICeSIS). In the past, he worked as researcher in economic and social issues at the CeNSIS Foundation; and from 1985 to 1996 he was the general manager of several public companies in the public utilities sector. he was also a professor of social research methodology at roma university (1981 – 2000). he has also served as the Vice president of Italia Lavoro, a governmental agency for employment policies and actions, and was a member of the Interministerial Committee for human rights (1999 – 2006). he has consulted extensively for the Italian government in economic and social policies for over thirty years, and has published hundreds of articles and several books on economics, cultural and social matters.

luCA dAl POZZOlO is an architect and co-founded the Fitzcarraldo Foundation, where he is now responsible for research. he also teaches regional Cultural policies at the economics Faculty of the university of bologna and Cultural management at the university of Lugano. he is widely published on issues like cultural economics, museums, heritage, the design of historic centres and the cultural dimension of urban regeneration.

rIA deKetele has nineteen years of experience in the Flemish public employment Service (VDAb), where she leads projects related to open services and competence based matching. these roles involve working with temporary agencies regarding the necessary competences for vacancies, which in turn enables VDAb to improve the match between jobseekers who have these skills. She has also worked with public employment services in malta to improve their ability to match jobseekers with hiring firms.

KlárA dOStálOvá DoStÁLoVÁ is a member of the regional Council in the Czech region of hradec Králové in bohemia In 2004, she founded the Centre of european planning and led it for ten years. Since then, she has held various senior positions regarding regional development across the Czech public administration, including in the ministry of regional Development. She holds a graduate degree from the university of economics in prague.

“We should connect education with local skills needs, especially through specialized schools.”

IvAn dOuBeK provides business services to local Czech businesses that aim to expand internationally and enter global markets. He provides advice on import-export structures, supplier identification and potential savings through global value chains and improved use of digital technologies. he has provided extensive training to businesses and employers.

“I help people and organisations use the Internet to shop and expand their businesses all over the world. this work impacts many different groups, including vulnerable groups like students, pensioners and disabled people.”

vlAdImírA drBAlOvá is the Vice-president of the employers’ group of the european economic and Social Committee. She also represents the interests of the Czech administration and Czech businesses at a number of other international forums, including businesseurope, the business and Industry Advisory Committee at the oeCD, the european Social Dialogue Committee and eurofound.

“We must cultivate business growth and upgrade skills in order to harness the potential of globalisation and digitalisation.”

Peter CretICOS is the founder, president and Executive Director of the Institute for Work & the Economy, a small Chicago-based collaborative that specialises in workforce and economic development policies and practices. he is also a research Fellow at the Chaddick Institute for metropolitan Development at Depaul university in Chicago.

“there are structural barriers to family-sustaining jobs - barriers exacerbated by the gig economy. I will focus on actions that address embedded inequities.” @Working_Tweet


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rAndAll eBertS is the president of the W.e. upjohn Institute for Employment Research, an independent non-profit research organisation that conducts research on policy-relevant employment and regional economic issues. his primary areas of research interest include job training, education, low-wage workers, and the evaluation of workforce programs. recently, he has worked with the uS Department of Labor to develop and implement a framework for adjusting national, state, and local performance targets for the workforce system. he has also collaborated with the oeCD on issues related to partnerships between local economic development and workforce development agencies. he has published numerous articles on those topics and has co-authored several books. he earned a ph.D. in economics from Northwestern university.

“by establishing strong partnerships to continually improve the talents of their workers, many local economies have shaken the effects of the past recession and are better positioned for future growth and opportunities.”

PAOlO FAlCO is an economist at the oeCD, where he currently concentrates on a project on “the Future of Work”. his research interests are in Applied microeconomics and Labour and behavioural economics. In the past, he worked at the university of oxford and for several international institutions, including the World bank and the ImF. he holds a phD from the university of oxford.

“ongoing megatrends are radically changing the world of work and driving the need for revised labour market policies”. @paofal

rOSA FernAndeZ is a government economist specialising in the analysis of place for the Industrial Strategy. prior to this new role, created in 2017, rosa was a specialist in university business collaboration and the exchange of knowledge between academia and industry, including the mobility of people. rosa herself moved to civil service in 2009 after 10 years as a research fellow and tutor in Labour economics at oxford university. From her experience and her research, rosa believes that mobility, across sectors and places, helps improve economic performance through localised knowledge spillovers.

“the overriding ambition of the uK Industrial Strategy is to close gaps between the highest performers and runners up across sectors, places, and people. these policies aim at building resilience nationally while diversifying activity internally.” @beisgovuk

regInA FlAKe studied International economics in germany, France and mexico and completed her phD at the ruhr graduate School for economic research. Since 2013, she has worked at the Cologne Institute for Economic Research in the field of Vocational education and training. She has been responsible for the “Centre of Competence for Securing Skilled Labour” since 2015, which is financed by the German Ministry for economic Affairs and energy and provides information, services and support to Smes.

“Smes must be a key actor in boosting skills utilisation. For this aim they need tailor-made and practical support.”

JulIette FOSter is an award-winning broadcaster and businesswoman with three decades experience in the reporting of news, current affairs, business and economics. She began her career at BBC Television and radio and has anchored flagship programmes at bloomberg television, Sky News and bbC World Service television. She has worked for the pan African broadcasting organisation Arise News and recently joined the uK business radio station Share radio, where she presents the popular show Investment perspectives. In 2006, juliette founded the media company magnus Communications which specialises in broadcasting, review writing, media training and conference facilitation. previous clients include the bbVA Foundation (Spain), Archant media (united Kingdom), and the World health organisation (Switzerland). She was recently voted tV personality of the year at beFFtA (black, entertainment, Fashion, Film and television

Awards) and has been honoured for her achievements by the european Federation of black Women business owners. juliette lives and works in London.

globalisation has triggered both resentment and division, which is why we must listen to left behind communities and bring them into the economic fold. @JFoster_Magnus

dOrOtA FOlgA-JAnuSZewSK is the current president of the International Committee of museums poland (2002-2008 and 2012-present). She has also been the president of the Strategic plana nd ersolutions monitoring Committeee of the International Committee of museums, and was previously a Chairwoman of the resolutions Commmittee. She has also been a member of the independent group of museum experts of the european Council since 2005. She leads the theory Deparment of the Faculty of graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, and also acts as a Deputy Director at the King jan III palace museum in Wilanow, Warsaw. She founded and taught museum studies at Wyszynski university in Warsaw (2008-2012) and was previously a director of the university’s museology Institute. She has curated over 50 exhibitions in museums across the uSA and europe, and her academic work has appeared in more than 300 publications.


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SAndrA hAnnIg is a policy Analyst at the Centre for entrepreneurship, Smes, Local Development and tourism of the oeCD in paris. She works on local and national Sme and entrepreneurship policies contributing to economic development and social inclusion. She has contributed to and co-ordinated a number of oeCD publications on local and national Sme and entrepreneurship policies in oeCD and non-oeCD countries, including on the governance of regional competitiveness policies and benchmarking of Sme policies. before joining the oeCD Sandra hannig carried out policy analysis projects of eu regional and cohesion policy for the german government and she worked for several years as a research assistant at the city of Vienna in Austria in regional competitiveness and employment programmes with an emphasis on local innovation and entrepreneurship. She holds a bachelor’s Degree in economics from maastricht university and a master’s Degree in International economics from the berlin School of economics and Law.

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SYlvAIn gIguÈre is the head of the Local economic and employment Development (LeeD) programme of the oeCD. Sylvain leads a cross-cutting policy research agenda to help governments achieve better results on jobs, growth, productivity and inclusion. he supervises projects on employment, skills, innovation, economic and social development, the development of indicators as well as capacity building activities. Sylvain reports to the LeeD Directing Committee, a governing board of 34 countries and works with a large number of non oeCD countries. under his management, the LeeD programme contributes to the work of the g20, ApeC and ASeAN among other international bodies. Sylvain joined the oeCD in 1995 to work on the oeCD jobs Strategy and was appointed head of LeeD in 2008. he studied at Queen’s university at Kingston, uQAm (montreal) and holds a phD in economics from university paris I pantheon-Sorbonne.

“government policy generates better outcomes when it harnesses local innovations and is freed of its silos.” @OECD_LEED

XAvIer greFFe is an emeritus professor of economics at the university paris I - Sorbonne and a member of the Scientific Committee of The Louvre. He is an associate professor at the graduate research Institute for policy Studies in tokyo. he has also held academic roles at the university of California, Los Angeles, paris XIII, Algiers, and paris I. before his academic career, he worked with the French administration in roles related to education, training and innovation. he has published extensively on issues related to modern employment and cultural policies.

“Which principles should be incorporated into policies in order to make cultural heritage an asset and not a liability for local actors?”

AnnIe gAuvIn holds degrees in economics (phD) and Demography (university of paris I, France) and has been working in labour market economics and employment policy for over twenty years. In 1998, she became head of the “Synthesis” department in the general Directorate for employment and professional training (DgeFp) in the French ministry for Labour and employment. throughout her career, she has been an expert in employment policy making and actively implemented the european employment Strategy for France. She joined ANpe as Deputy Director at the end of 2004. today, Annie is the Director of International Affairs and relationships and the Deputy Director for Strategy and external partnerships at the French public employment Service (pôle emploi). She manages pôle emploi’s international affairs and activities, and represents France at the heads of public employment Service network and at the World Association of public employment Services (WApeS).

Ann green is professor at the Institute for employment research, university of Warwick, uK. A geographer by background, she has substantial experience of researching employment, non-employment, regional and local labour market issues - including skills, migration, policies to address worklessness, migration and associated policy issues. She has recently undertaken research on internet-enabled employment and one of her current projects concerns local initiatives to link people to jobs in order to address poverty in cities. Currently she is working on an international review of cities’ inclusive growth strategies. much of her research is funded by uK government departments, sub-regional agencies, the european Commission, research councils and foundations.


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Petr hlAdíK is the head of Department of business Development at the technology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences and also co-ordinates the enterprise europe Network in the Czech republic. his background is in regional economic development and business and innovation development in Smes. In past, Dr. Hladík worked at the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic and at the ministry of education, Youth and Sports. he is a member of the engineering Academy of the Czech republic.

“business development in the regional context is a complex and a long term-process. At its centre are companies with needs that can often extend beyond regional boundaries.”

BArBArA ISChInger headed the oeCD Directorate for education and Skills in paris from 2006 to 2014. previously, she held a number of senior positions in the sectors of international cooperation and education, mainly in europe, the united States and Africa, She was exec. Vice-president of International and public relations at humboldt university in berlin (germany), Director of the german-American Fulbright Commission, and Director at uNeSCo, Division of International Cultural Cooperation, enrichment of Cultural Identities. At present, she is a member of the board of the university of göttingen (germany), as well as of the Strategic board of geneva university and of the board of the museum of Natural history in berlin and in Frankfurt.

“Introducing entrepreneurship in museums is a promising trend which creates new inspirations, employment opportunities, and international networks for young people.”

gOrAZd JenKO has over 25 years of experience in public administration in Slovenia, particularly surrounding european affairs and policies. he was involved in the process of mediating Slovenia’s successful accession to the european union in 2004. he is currently employed as a senior expert of smart specialisation in the Slovenian Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy. He has worked directly on Cohesion policy for the eu 2020+ agenda, as well as the use of Structural Funds from the european Social Fund. he has also conducted several development projects in the Western balkans.

mIChAl KAderA is the external Affairs Director of SKoDA Auto. he is responsible for overall lobbying, liaison with the government, political communication, corporate social responsibility commitments and state aid. he has degrees in Law from the university of West bohemia in pilsen and the university of passau, germany. he led the representation of the interests of Czech businesss to the european union between 2007 and 2012, and formerly held positions in the national Czech Administration. he currently holds academic roles at the economic university in prague and the university of West bohemia and publishes academic work on european affairs.

“the automotive world has been changing. e-mobility, autonomous driving and the digitalization of the vehicle pose new challenges to education systems.”

lAmIA KAmAl-ChAOuI is the Director of the Centre for entrepreneurship, Smes, Local Development and tourism (CFe). In this capacity, she oversees the Centre’s work as the oeCD’s policy delivery hub for entrepreneurship, Smes, local and regional development and tourism. this includes the Local employment and economic Development (LeeD) programme, the regional Development policy Committee and its Working parties on urban policy, rural policy, and territorial indicators, the roundtable of mayors and ministers and the Champion mayors for Inclusive growth Initiative, the Working party on Smes and entrepreneurship, and the tourism Committee. She previously served as a Senior Advisor to the Secretary-general, supporting the oeCD’s strategic agenda, notably related to inequalities and climate change. her responsibilities also included the coordination of the oeCD Inclusive growth initiative, the Knowledge-Sharing Alliance programme, the implementation of the oeCD Strategy on Development and relationships with philanthropic foundations. prior to working in the Cabinet, she was head of the urban programme for more than ten years, advising national and local governments on issues related to governance, social inclusion, climate change and green growth and initiated the oeCD roundtable of mayors and ministers on urban development. She has also held other positions at the oeCD in the

public governance and territorial Development Directorate, the trade Directorate and the Financial and enterprises Affairs Directorate. ms. Kamal-Chaoui is a member of several International Committees and Advisory boards, is a graduate school professor and teaches “governing Large Cities” at Sciences po, paris.

“globalisation has left too many people and places feeling left out and left behind. We must think and act locally to make headway globally.” @LamiaKC_CFE


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mArKetA KOuSKOvA has been employed at the managing Authority of the Czech ministry of Labour and Social Affairs since 2015, where she works in the unit of Social entrepreneurship. She previously worked on social entrepreneurship projects conducted by the municipality of prague between 2013 and 2014.

“the ministry of Labour and Social Affairs supports the development of social entrepreneurship and aims to embed it in policy. over 150 new social enterprises have been created in the Czech republic through the european Social Fund. our team aims to create the legislative foundations for social entrepreneurship and microfinancing.”

mArI KIvInIemI took up her duties as oeCD Deputy Secretary-general on 25 August 2014. her role consists of sharing her extensive experience to help increase the impact and relevance of oeCD work and to contribute to the public policy challenges of promoting inclusive growth, jobs, equality and trust. She is responsible for the strategic oversight of the OECD’s work on Efficient and effective governance; territorial Development; trade and Agriculture, as well as Statistics. She is also responsible for advancing the better Life Initiative. ms. Kiviniemi was Finland’s prime minister from 2010 to 2011. previously, she was Special Advisor on economic policy to the prime minister, minister for Foreign trade and Development, minister for european Affairs and minister of public Administration and Local Government. Elected for the first time at the age of 26, she was a Member of Parliament from 1995 to 2014, chairing and participating in a vast number of committees. She also held a variety of leadership positions in her political party, the Finnish Center party. An economist by training, she studied political

science at the university of helsinki and holds a master’s degree in Social Sciences. born in 1968, she is married and has two children.

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dAvId KAšPAr (1976) is a cultural manager. From 2008 to 2012 he worked as a creative director of cultural centre Zahrada (garden) at the South town - the largest housing estate area in prague. At that time, he worked as a program director of the festival of art in public spaces - Street For Art. Currently, he is the director of a budgetary organisation praha 14 cultural at the 14th prague district. he is responsible for a cultural development in the area. He founded a local creative centre Plechárna Černý Most. Since 2013, he works as a manager of cultural strategy at the Institute of planning and City Development of prague. In long-term period he deals with topics such as public space revitalisation (place making), cultural recovery of peripheries, community art, creative industries and their role in a development of suburbs and cultural planning.

“Culture is not something you go to see once a week in a city center, it is a part of an every day life in a locality”. @kaspard

ZDEněk KAráSeK is a strategic consultant focused on economic development, employment and human resources issues. he is a Chairman of the Committee for Strategic Development and a Chairman of the Committee for R&D of the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech republic. he is also a member of the board of the employment pact of moravia-Silesia. he developed a programme for soft skills development that has been adopted by the majority of eu member States. he is also the co-author of the powerful Workplace programme that aims to measure and develop organisational culture.

“the Future of Work will differ greatly from the world of work today. Soft skills and digital skills are the most important skills for a future where efficient robots are complemented by creative people.”

mIChele lAnZInger is the Director of the muSe Science museum of trento and a board member of the european Science Centre Network (eCSIte) and the International Committee of museums (ICom) Italy. he has had a long career in science and science communication, including previous roles as the Director of the museo tridentino de Scienze Naturali and as the president of the National Association of Science museums. under his directorship of the muSe Science museum of trento, he has promoted the development of educational programmes, temporary exhibitions and public events, and expanded the museum’s full-time staff to 210 in 2016. he has degrees in geology and Anthropological Sciences and had a previous academic career that focussed on human culture in the pre-historic Italian Alps.


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FrAntIšeK KuBeš is the head of urban policy unit at the Czech ministry of regional Development, and is responsible inter alia for integrated strategic urban planning, the implementation of the Smart Cities concept and urbACt III. he holds degrees in Social geography and economic Development from the university of ostrava and has previously worked in administrative roles for the City of brno.

“It is crucial to bring local actors on board to face successfully the challenges of sustainable growth.”

AdrIAnA kRnÁČOVÁ was elected as the mayor of prague in late 2014 and held the position of Deputy Interior minister for public Administration and Legislation immediately prior to this. She began her career in 2000 as a Director of the Soros Centre for Contemporary Arts before serving as Director of transparency International from 2001-07. She has previously held senior management positions in Johnson & Johnson company before founding her own strategic marketing and public relations company in 2009. In her role as the mayor of prague, she directly makes policy related to Legislation and Law, Public Administration, R&D, innovations, anti-corruption measures and international relations.

“In the europe-wide context, prague has a very low unemployment rate and enjoys excellent economic health. the city is a natural leader in the Czech republic; however, it should capitalize on the current situation and boost its own development.” @adkrn

mArtIn luKeS is the Deputy head of the Department of entrepreneurship and the Vice Dean for Science, research and phD. Studies at the Faculty of business Administration at university of Economics, Prague. His professional interests lie in the fields of entrepreneurship research and education. he co-founded the Da Vinci School, a private educational organisation that aims to improve elementary and secondary education in the Czech republic. he has also published a variety of books and papers in the areas of entrepreneurship and innovation.

“heIs offer an increasing number of entrepreneurship courses or incubation programs, but their effects are mostly insufficiently evaluated and coordinated effort is needed in this area.”

denIS leAmY is the Irish delegate on the oeCD local economic and employment development (LeeD) directing committee and is also chair of the oeCD LeeD forum board. Denis is chief executive of pobal since 2008. pobal was established as an intermediary in 1992 by the Irish government in agreement with the european Commission. today it delivers 25 programmes to the value of €450 million per annum on behalf of the Irish government and the eu. the programmes relate to early years and education, inclusive activation, social inclusion and local development. the main objective of pobal is the delivery of programmes which promote social inclusion, reconciliation and equality through integrated social and economic development within communities. the Department of housing, planning, community and local government is pobal’s parent department. In his role as Ceo of pobal, Denis has overseen an extensive change and strategic management programme. This process has reshaped the company to align with the changing needs of funders and beneficiaries. It

has allowed the company offer flexible responses both to the economic crisis and now to resumed growth. Denis is a graduate of maynooth university and university College Dublin. he began his career in 1989 as a youth worker in tallaght, West Dublin and has a wide portfolio of experience managing youth and family support projects in Dublin and Kilkenny .

“A key function of developing a vibrant economy is to enable the development of a social inclusive society.” @PobalceoDleamy

renAtA KrálOvá is the Director of the tourism Department at the ministry of regional Development. She has had a long academic career in legal issues related to travel, and co-authored a monograph on travel Law in 2015.


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ClOdAgh mCdOnnell is cur r ent ly pr incipal Officer in the Community Division of the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local government. Clodagh has extensive experience in a number of key policy and operational areas particularly in the community, social inclusion and social policy areas. Key responsibilities involve programme design and evaluation, management and oversight of the Social Inclusion and Community Activation programme (SICAp), which, as the primary social inclusion programme of government, has a strong focus on community development and engagement, and on labour market and educational supports for the harder to reach. her role also involves working with key stakeholders on implementing the alignment of Local Development and Local government and managing the technical and other supports services provided by pobal through oversight of the Department’s Service Level Agreement with the Agency.

“job matching must begin with a customer centred approach and an understanding of the barriers the job seeker may face”.

JAnA mAuSSen is an expert Co-ordinator at the Czech Office of the Strategic Framework for Sustainable Development and an Advisor at the ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. She graduated from harvard university in economics and has had experience in capital markets, trading, regulating and the strategic use of european funds.

“We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both.” [Attributed to former member of the American Supreme Court, Louis brandeis, 1856-1941]

mIChAelA mArKSOvá is minister of Labour and Social Affairs in the Czech republic. After graduation from the Faculty of Science of Charles university in prague, she served as an expert for equal opportunities programmes in the non-profit organisation Forum for Families and as a tutor at the Jedlička Institute and Schools for physically disabled young people in Prague. In 1997-2004, she worked in the public benefit corporation Gender Studies as Director for Public Relations and was an external teacher at the Faculty of humanities of Charles university in prague. From 2004 to 2006, she served as Director of Department for Family policy in the Czech ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and between 2009 and 2010 she was Director of Department for equal opportunities in the Czech ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. In 1997, she joined the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) where she also had the role of shadow minister of human rights, family and equal opportunities (2010-2014). on an assembly in 2015, she was elected as a vice-chairperson of the ČSSD. Ms. Marksová is active also in local politics – since 2006 she has been a representative of the prague 2 municipal district and served as Deputy mayor (2010-2012). In january 2014, she was appointed as minister of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech republic. michaela marksová has for a long time been dealing with the position of women and men in the society, issues on women’s rights and family policy. these issues have been subjects of her lectures and articles, and media performances. She is a co-author of a publication “on the way to the european union (a guide not only for women)” and the author of a publication “Family and Work – how to reconcile without going crazy”.

rOmAn mAtOušeK is an expert of social housing the Agency for Social Inclusion, a department within the Office of the government of the Czech republic. he assists with the Agency’s implementation of the national Strategy for the promotion of social inclusion at the municipal level After receiving his phD from the Charles university in prague, he initially worked in academia, focusing on issues of urban geography, housing research, residential segregation, social and spatial justice, before moving into the Czech public administration.

“Successful co-operation between local stakeholders requires a common long-term goal, a developed methodology and a trusting and reliable practical partnership.”


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FrAnK neFFKe is a Senior research Fellow at the Center for International Development (CID) at harvard university. his research focuses on structural change and particularly on the role of the local skills base in regional diversification and the development of new growth paths. before joining CID, Frank worked as an assistant professor at the erasmus School of economics in rotterdam, the Netherlands. he holds a ph. D. in economic geography and master degrees in econometrics and philosophy.

“today’s specialised workers need cities to find coworkers with complementary skills. the skills embedded in these teams not only make cities productive, but also condition their future diversification paths.”

CAtherIne mOrrIS is a project manager in pobal and specialises in social inclusion and equality programmes. pobal was established in 1992 by the Irish government, in agreement with the european Commission, to manage an eu grant for local development. the main objective of pobal is the delivery and management of programmes that promote social inclusion, reconciliation and equality, through integrated social and economic development within communities. today it manages and administers 24 programmes to the value of €428 million per annum on behalf of the Irish government and the eu. Catherine also works as a volunteer at a local level, for an international voluntary organisation dedicated to tackling poverty and disadvantage. Catherine is a graduate and post-graduate of Queen’s university belfast, brunel university London and university College Dublin.

deBrA mOuntFOrd joined the oeCD in 1997 and is a policy Analyst at the Local economic and employment Development programme. She is responsible for oeCD work on ‘Delivering Local Development’ which includes international reviews of development agencies, local economic and investment strategies, financial tools and instruments, post conflict economic development and local development catalysts such as global events. through her work in the LeeD programme, she advises national and sub-national governments on policy making and works to build local economic development capacity in member and non-member countries. Debra has been involved in over 30 oeCD reports, studies and publications, including: Local economic Leadership (2015), New growth and Investment Strategies (2013), organising Local economic Development (2010), Recession, Recovery and Reinvestment (2009), Local Development Benefits from Staging global events (2008) and Investment Strategies and Financial tools for Local Development (2007). She has held a number of international advisory roles including: expert Advisory group member to the 2005 eu presidency Skills for Sustainable Communities; 2006 eu presidency Local Development Finance and jeSSICA; and 2010 eu urbACt Local responses to the Crisis. She is currently an editorial board member for the Local economy journal. prior to joining the oeCD, Debra was a Chartered town planner in the united Kingdom.

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mArKétA neKOlOvá graduated from Charles university, Faculty of Social Science in 2003 with a master in public and Social policy. She has worked as a policy analyst and an evaluator in the field of labour market and further education for more than 10 years. She is a head of evaluation unit at Further education Fund, a semi-budgetary organization of the ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Czech republic. She has long-term experience as a national expert for labour marker policy and collaborates with international research and analytical organizations such as euroFouND, rAND europe or ppmI.


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AntOnellA nOYA is the head of the Social entrepreneurship and Innovation unit at the Centre for entrepreneurship, Smes, Local Development and tourism at the oeCD. She has worked at the oeCD for 20 years and developed policy analysis in various areas, including: the role of the non-profit sector; social economy and social enterprises in economic development; the role of culture in local development; asset-building for low-income people; social innovation; social exclusion; community capacity building; corporate social responsibility towards local communities; women entrepreneurship and social impact measurement. She has authored and edited several OECD publications in those fields. Antonella is currently co-ordinating a programme of work in partnership with the european Commission on social entrepreneurship.She was a member of the French consultative committee on social impact investments and the Italian consultative committee on social entrepreneurship. She represents oeCD at

the united Nation Inter-Agency task force on Social and Solidarity economy and at the group of experts on Social entrepreneurship (geCeS) organised by the european Commission.

“Social enterprises are important agents of inclusive growth. Supporting their development is crucial.” @OECD_LEED

JOSePh PArIllA is a fellow at the brookings Institution’s metropolitan policy program. his work focuses on improving the economic competitiveness of u.S. and international cities and metropolitan areas, including studies of economic growth in the world’s 300 largest metropolitan areas and detailed competitiveness assessments of several u.S. and international regions. joseph also works directly with leaders in u.S. and global cities to bring together metro leaders from the u.S. and around the world to share best practices and policy innovations.

“Skills development addresses both the productivity and inclusion challenge in cities and regions. building a skilled workforce bolsters growth and productivity by helping firms meet their workforce needs and enhances inclusion by helping workers meet their productive potential.” @joeparilla

StuArt PAtrICK is Chief executive of glasgow Chamber of Commerce, committed to the business success of Chamber members and championing the economic growth of the glasgow city region. Stuart joined the Chamber in 2009 having previously spent 17 years at Scottish enterprise specialising in urban economic development and the transformation of glasgow where he led Scottish Enterprise Glasgow. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young, has an MBA from Strathclyde University and an accountancy degree from Glasgow University. he is a member of the glasgow economic Leadership board, Chair of the Wise group and sits on the boards of Clyde gateway, Scottish opera and glasgow Science Centre.

“building trust within a city’s ‘triple helix’ of government, business and academia pays dividends in the long run.” @Glasgow_chamber

IrmgArd nÜBler is a senior economist in the research Department of the International Labour organisation in geneva. her current work is focusing on structural transformation, technological change, jobs and skills. before joining the ILo, she held a position as professor of economics at the Free university of berlin, and undertook research at the massachusetts Institute of technology in boston, and the Institute for Development Studies at the university of Nairobi. She received her phD in economics at the Free university of berlin. She co-edited the book (2014) transforming economies: making industrial policies work for growth, jobs and development (2014), and is author of the forthcoming book Capabilities for productive transformation.

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JOAquIm OlIveIrA mArtInS is a Special Advisor to the Director of the Centre for entrepreneurship, Smes, Local Development and tourism, oeCD. he is the former head of the oeCD regional Development policy Division where he supervised projects on regional and urban economics, governance, regional statistics and well-being. he was the former head of the oeCD Structural Economic Statistics Division, where he focused on Trade & Globalisation studies, Productivity measurement and business statistics. he has authored many academic articles and oeCD publications. As a former Senior economist at the oeCD economics Department, he co-ordinated and authored reports in fields as diverse as Global Warming, Competition, Regulation and Performance, Ageing & Growth, Investment in tertiary education, and public health expenditure projections. he was also the former head of Desk for emerging markets, where he managed the initial oeCD economic Surveys of a number of transititonal economies, including brazil and Chile. before the oeCD, he was a research Fellow at the Centre d’etudes prospectives et d’Informations Internationales (CepII, paris). he holds a mSc in

econometrics and a phD in economics from the university of paris-I, panthéon-Sorbonne, and is currently an Associate professor at the university of paris-Dauphine.


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luKA RAJČIĆ is the Assistant minister in the Croatian ministry of Labour and pension System, in charge of the Directorate for eu operational programmes since january 2017. prior to his appointment he has been working in the mentioned ministry since 2011, mainly on eu programmes. before that, from 2008 till 2011 he was a Senior Advisor and from 2005 till 2008 an expert Assistant in the Central State Office for Strategy Development and Coordination of EU funds – CODEF. Regarding his formal education, Mr. Rajčić has a master’s Degree in european Studies, a master’s Degree in economics and a master’s Degree in Strategy and Corporative Development..

“the true meaning of institutional support is to ensure the optimal conditions for social entrepreneurs to achieve their full potential and maximize their social impact.”

rIStO rAIvIO is a senior expert in the european Commission and works on social entrepreneurship policy. previously he dealt with vocational education and training policy and the europe for Citizens programme. he also worked for the Committee of the regions, an eu body representing local and regional authorities. mr raivio holds a phD in social sciences from the university of tampere in Finland.

“Social enterprises present untapped a potential to create jobs, to boost social inclusion and to foster sustainable development. Smart policies can help to unleash this potential.”

JOnAthAn POtter is a Senior economist at the Local economic and employment Development (LeeD) programme of the oeCD. he manages the oeCD’s series of country reviews on Sme and entrepreneurship policies, providing in-depth policy analysis and advice to national governments in this area for the Centre for entrepreneurship, Smes and Local Development. he also has overall responsibility for shaping the entrepreneurship and Sme development activities of the LeeD programme. this includes its local entrepreneurship and Sme reviews, which provide analysis and advice to local and regional governments, as well as its work on high-growth entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship and social inclusion and promoting entrepreneurship in the formal education system. jon joined the oeCD in 1997. he holds a phD from the university of Cambridge.

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AleSSAndrA PrOtO is a policy Analyst at the oeCD LeeD trento Centre for Local Development based in Italy, where she has been working since its establishment in 2004. She manages the activities related to culture, creative industries, and tourism. She is also in charge of the design and implementation of capacity building activities of the Centre, which aim to further enhance the capacity and ability of those working in the field of local economic and employment development, in both OECD member and non-member economies, to formulate and evaluate policy options and modes of implementation based on an understanding of the needs, potential and limitations that exist within a locality. Alessandra proto obtained her degree in economics and management of public administrations and international institutions from the bocconi university in milan.

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JAn rAFAJ is the First Vice president of the Confederation of Industry of the Czech republic. jan has also been the Director of human resources and public Affairs at Arcelormittal ostrava, the largest industrial facility in the Czech republic, since 2008. he has degrees in Law and business, and received a Young managerial talent award and a manager of the Year award in metal and alloy manufacturing in 2011.

mArISSA PlOuIn co-ordinates the oeCD Champion mayors for Inclusive growth initiative, a global coalition of leading mayors who have committed to address inequalities in cities. before joining the oeCD Centre for entrepreneurship, Smes, Local Development and tourism (CFe), marissa helped launch and develop the Champion Mayors initiative in the Office of the Secretary-General, where she also contributed to the oeCD’s cross-cutting work on Inclusive growth. prior to this, she led work on housing and urban policies in the oeCD regional Development policy Division, with projects in mexico, the Netherlands, Chile, Korea, poland and France. before joining the oeCD, she advised local and national governments in France and in the united States on sustainability and urban policy. She completed her graduate work at the university of California, berkeley, and the ecole des hautes etudes en Sciences Sociales in paris.

“the oeCD Champion mayors initiative supports mayors from around the world in tackling inequalities and promoting more inclusive growth.” @OECD_LEED


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Petr rumPel (1964) is an associate professor of geography and the head of the Centre of City and regional management at the Department of human geography and regional Development in the university of ostrava. he is a graduate of doctoral studies in regional and political geography at Charles university in prague. petr’s research interests include local and regional development theory and practice, particularly the redevelopment of former industrial regions, the development of governance approaches in shrinking cities and city and regional marketing approaches.

“good governance with effective public sector and local leadership is a pre-condition of successful development in lagging regions, such as rural-remote jesenicko or the former industrial region of ostravsko.”

SAllY SInClAIr is the Ceo of the National employment Services Association, the peak body for the Australian employment services sector. Sally has over three decades of domestic and international expertise in the design, development and delivery of employment services. She is extensively experienced in informing key stakeholders both domestically and internationally on addressing employment and inclusion challenges including strengthening the integration of employment, education and training, and increasing employment of disadvantaged job seekers including Indigenous job seekers, people with disabilities, long term unemployed, youth and mature aged. Sally is a member of the Australian government’s National Disability and Carers Advisory Council (NDCAC), Chair of the NDCAC employment reform Working group and is a member of the Disability employment Services reference group. Among her expert roles, Sally was a member of the Australian government’s Welfare reform reference group and the g20 Civil Society 20 (C20) Steering Committee, and chaired the C20

Inclusive growth and employment Working group. Sally is the Vice-Chair of the oeCD LeeD programme’s Forum on partnerships and Local Development and is an expert advisor to the oeCD LeeD programme’s employment and Skills Strategies in Southeast Asia (eSSSA) initiative. Sally holds a bSc (hons) from the university of melbourne, majoring in neuropsychology.

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thereSA SIngletOn is a vice president in the Community Development Studies & Education (CDS&E) Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, where she is also the Bank’s community affairs officer. Singleton is responsible for overseeing research and outreach initiatives that promote community development and fair and impartial access to credit. She also oversees economic education and personal financial efforts for the Bank. Before joining the Bank, Singleton served as the director of research and information at the housing Assistance Council in Washington, D.C. In that role, she was responsible for the organisation’s research and information activities, including oversight of the communications and public relations functions. She also developed and managed the council’s research agenda. In addition, she directed and contributed to research and information products that examined demographic trends, assessed policy impacts, and developed recommendations for rural communities. prior to her work on rural housing issues, Singleton taught undergraduate courses on the American political system at temple university and Widener university. She has ph.D., m.A., and b.A. degrees in

political science from temple university.

ZDEněk SemOrád studied economic geography and regional Development at the university of ostrava until 2003. Immediately following his studies , he worked as a project manager in the regional Development Agency of the hradec Králové region until 2006. From 2006 until 2012, he was a director of the regional Council of the North-east Cohesion region, then he returned to the hradec Králové Regional Office as a head of Development and Strategy Department. Since the end of 2014 he has acted as the Deputy minister of regional Development for european programmes.

“regional Development is a priority of our ministry. Our continued financial and methodological support is important for local and regional co-operation and development.”


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erIK StAm (1975) is a Full professor at the utrecht university School of economics, where he holds the chair of Strategy, organization and entrepreneurship. Alongside this role, he is the co-founder and Academic Director of the utrecht Center for entrepreneurship, and the founding board member of the utrecht university Strategic research theme Institutions for open Societies. he held positions at erasmus university rotterdam, the university of Cambridge, the max planck Institute of Economics (Jena, Germany), and the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (Wrr). he is the editor of Small business economics. most of his research concerns the context and consequences of entrepreneurship at the organisational and societal level. he has (co-)authored more than one hundred books, book chapters, and articles on these and related topics. he is also often consulted by governments, startups and corporations on innovation and entrepreneurship.

“A well functioning entrepreneurial ecosystem is needed to let entrepreneurship thrive for society at large.” @EshipRules

luDěk SÝKOrA is a professor of social geography and regional development at the Department of Social geography and regional Development, and the head of research at the Centre for urban and regional research at the Faculty of Science at Charles university, prague. his research concerns urban change in post-socialist cities, metropolitan processes such as suburbanisation, neighbourhood changes including gentrification, segregation and inter-cultural interaction, metropolisation and polycentric development, urban real estate development, urban policies and urban planning.

“We plan, manage, build and develop our cities for people and their everyday life.”

wOJCIeCh SZAJnAr is a project manager of Database and Development Services or the polish Agency for enterprise Development. he is responsible for developing functional quality assurance systems for business development services in Poland. He was previously responsible for public intervention in the field of human capital development in Smes.

“A shift of focus from accessibility to quality of services is required if enterprises are to profit from business development services.” @parpgovpl

PAul thOmPSOn began his career in the public Service in 1990 with human resources Development Canada and has held executive positions in various departments including the privy Council Office and the Treasury Board Secretariat. He was appointed to his current position of Senior Assistant Deputy minister of the Skills and employment branch at employment and Social Development Canada in may 2014. mr. thompson holds a master of Arts degree in economics from Queen’s university, and a bachelor of Arts degree in economics and political Science from the university of toronto.

“Canada is striving for innovative, high performing programs that support a skilled and resilient workforce and inclusive growth.”

mArtIn tlAPA has been the Deputy minister of Foreign Affairs for the Czech republic since 2014. prior to this role, he served as the Deputy Secretary of State for european Affairs and the Deputy minister of Industry and trade. he lectures and publishes on a broad spectrum of topics, including public sector management, international competitiveness and the trade and export policies of the Czech republic and the european union. he is one of the architects of the Czech Strategy for International Competitiveness.

“Local and regional solutions are increasingly important in addressing global challenges within the context of Agenda 2030 and the Czech uN eCoSoC presidency.” @TlapaMar


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wIllem vAn wInden is an urban economist specialized in urban innovation and policy. Since 2008 he works as professor of urban economic Innovation at Amsterdam university of Applied Sciences. he has published widely on urban knowledge based development and related topics. he is strategic advisor to urbact, europe’s largest exchange and learning programme promoting sustainable urban development, and euniverCities, a network of european cities and universities.

mArIO vOlPe is professor of economics at university of Venice Ca’ Foscari, where he teaches International Industrial economics and economics of Innovation; he also teaches in several masters in international management. his main research interests are: Internationalization of enterprises and in particular Sme’s, Cluster economics and global Value Chains, Innovation. he is actually coordinating international activities of Fondazione di Venezia and among these also the partnership with the OECD office in Venice. He was and still is scientific coordinator for international project funded by UE Commission. He is member of different scientific association and international networks: among these, the Makers network on reshoring financed by Horizon 2020.

eKAterInA trAvKInA manages the oeCD Forum on partnerships and Local Development - the oeCD’s network of practitioners in the fields of economic development, employment, skills and social inclusion. As a policy Analyst at the Local economic and employment Development (LeeD) programme of the oeCD, ekaterina contributes to international policy reviews related to culture and local development, as well as employment and skills focusing on local strategies to support youth employment. ekaterina joined the oeCD in 1997 to work on entrepreneurship and Sme development policy assessment in Central and eastern europe. before joining the oeCD, ekaterina worked at the International training Centre of the International Labour organisation assisting in the delivery of training programmes on Sme development.

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luKáš TRČkA is Director of the Zlín regional office for CzechInvest, the national Czech business and Investment Development Agency. he has published extensively about social entrepreneuship and social economy in domestic and foreign publications. he is also a member of the Center for Applied economic research at tomas bata university. he has held roles in trade, the acadmic sector and in the public sector and actively promotes local entrepreneurship and local economic development.

“my goal is to promote practical education and awareness of local economic development. the system is based on the principle of relocation with the support of small and medium enterprises.”

AleXIA tOOmeY is a Senior economist and policy Adviser for enterprise Ireland, the Irish State Agency responsible for driving growth in Irish exporting companies. Alexa has considerable experience in Strategy development and across a variety of industrial policy areas, recent areas of focus include entrepreneurship, trade promotion policy and supports, measurement and evaluation, and international benchmarking to identify and implement best practice. prior to joining enterprise Ireland, Alexa worked in the financial services sector in Ireland. Alexa has studies Economic to Masters level and is a graduate of university College Cork and trinity College Dublin, and has studied International Development through the university of London’s International programmes.


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AlenA ZIeglerOvá is an expert on social inclusion and employment of disadvantaged people. She has experience in both local and national-level implementation of social policy in the form of partnerships between government representatives, municipalities, Ngos and the market. She worked at the Czech Labour Office in a region with high unemployment and also worked at the Agency for Social Inclusion in the Office of the Government of the Czech republic. She also co-founded an independent think tank called Institute for Social Inclusion, where she concurrently lectures and writes alongside her activities at the ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.

“the state can only succeed in integrating disadvantaged people into employment and mainstream society by linking the interests of municipalities, companies and nongovernmental organisations at the local level.”

IvO vOndráK is currently the Chairman of the Committee for education of the Association of regions of the Czech republic Council. he has previously held academic roles at the technical university of ostrava and the montanuniversität Leoben in Austria, and was previously a member of the government Council for Science, research, and Innovation. he was previously a key participant in It4INnovaitons, a project to build one of the biggest supercomputers in europe. he has been recognised by the minister of education of the Czech republic for academic excellence.

“universities play a key role in regional development. they not only conduct education and research, but also transfer technology and enable young people to build start-ups and participate in innovation processes. the moravian-Silesian region considers the support of this concept as the most important policy goal for the next decade.” @ivondrak

ChrIS wArhurSt is a professor and the Director of the Warwick Institute for employment research. he is also a trustee of the tavistock Institute in London, an Associate research Fellow of SKope at the university of oxford and a Fellow of the royal Society of Arts. his current research focuses on: employment outcomes from Vet; the relationship between innovation and job quality; and skills strategies, including skills utilisation. he has published 16 books including the oxford handbook of Skills and training (2017) and Are bad jobs inevitable? he has been an expert advisor to the uK, Scottish and Australian governments as well as the oeCD and oxfam.

“A new an ecosystem approach called ‘ASpirre’ shows who should do what, when, how and why to make it happen.” @WarwickIER

ZuZAnA ZAJArOšOvá is director of Department for european union and International Cooperation at ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in the Czech republic. After graduation from Charles university in prague, she served as a National expert in Directorate general of Social Cohesion in Council of europe. At the ministry, she worked in Department for Social Services and then served as a Social Attaché at permanent representation of the Czech republic to the european union in Brussels for five years. As a Director, Zuzana is responsible for coordination and negotiation of employment and social policies in the eu, international organizations and all international relations. She approves on strategic documents of the ministry in case of european union and international cooperation. Zuzana is the Czech delegate to oeCD employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee (eLSAC).

mArIe ZeZulKOvA graduated from the university of technology in brno, Faculty of Civil engineering. then she passed her phD study at the Faculty of Architecture of brno university of technology and at the Institut Francaise d’urbanisme de paris, université paris VIII at the same time. She started her professional career at the Chief Architect Office in Brno, she participated in foundation of institutions providing cooperation of stakeholders within the regional development of the South moravian region. Since 1997 she has been evaluating projects funded by the european union. In 2004 she was the head of the City Strategy Office and expert guarantee for Brno City Strategy. She has been responsible for strategic and metropolitan planning, innovation strategy, economic development, tourism, marketing and city

branding. She is the member of the Working group of the union of towns and municipalities of the Czech republic for Cohesion policy and the member of the working group in eurocities metropolitan Areas. She has been involved in a number of international projects, conferences and seminars, such as eSpoN and urbACt, she publishes and gives lectures. Since 1 january 2017 she is the head of the newly established department of Brno City Municipality: Office of Metropolitan Cooperation and Marketing.

“the territorial cooperation of stakeholders, using all the strengths of the city such as a potential and students´ creativity, strategic location and attractive environment for investors, is bearing fruit in the form of the city of knowledge economy, which brings also growth of working opportunities.”

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Working language english and Czech (Czech for plenaries only)

Date/time DAY 1: monday 10th April, 2017 | From 9.00 to 18.00DAY 2: tuesday 11th April, 2017 | From 8.00 to 14.00

location SLOVANSKý DůM / SLAVIC HOUSENa Příkopě 22, 11000 Prague, Czech Republic Website: www.slovanskydum.cz/en

ParticiPation costs there is no participation fee. travel, accommodation costs and visa fees are covered by participants them-selves.

Visa please note that participants are responsible for obtaining their own visa for entering the Czech republic if necessary. please contact your ministry of Foreign Affairs if that is the case. If you need the letter of invita-tion in order to obtain visa, please note this in your registration and provide detailed information regarding your flight references and the correct date of arrival and departure. more information on Czech visas for conference attendances is available at the following site: http://www.mzv.cz/jnp/en/information_for_aliens/short_stay_visa/business_conference_seminar_cultur-al_or.html

GENERAL INFORMATION

Logistical Information

FORUM VENUE | 10Th -11Th APRIL 201713Th ANNUAL MEETING OF ThE OECD LEED FORUM ON PartnershiPs and LocaL deveLoPment at sLovanský dům / SLAVIC hOUSESlavic house is located in the street Na Příkopě It is a spacious modern shopping mall with shops, restaurants, cafes, beauty salons and a cinema with several screens. this unique complex is built on the foundation of two medieval houses, one of which the famous Hussite leader Jan Žižka bought in 1414. The current design of the complex has its roots in the 17th century, when there was a baroque reconstruction by john bartholomew, Vernier baron de rougemont, who was also the owner of the French formal gardens in the yard. Complete reconstruction in 1997 respects the baroque and Art Nouveau style building, from the beginning of the 20th century.

aDDress Na Příkopě 22, 11000 Prague 1, Czech Republic

HoW to reacH it? Slovanský dům is at the underground (yellow line B) and tram station (No. 3, 6, 8, 13, 14, 15, 26) “Náměstí republiky”. You can also reach it from the underground station “Můstek” (green lina A) exit Na Příkopě. (See the map below).

Website www.slovanskydum.cz/en

Wifi Network: SD-publicpassword: praha2014

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getting arounD Prague Prague has an integrated metro, tram and bus network – tickets are valid on all types of transport, and for transfers between them.

there are single tickets (32 CZK for 60 minutes or 24 CZK for 30 minutes travel), 1-day (110 CZK), 3-day (310 CZK) and 1-month (670 CZK) passes.

buy tickets at newsagents, metro stations and public transport Information Centres. the information centres open daily at Prague Airport terminals 1 and 2, at Můstek metro station (bottom of the Wenceslas Square), and at Praha Hlavní Nádraží (main train station). They also give out free tram and metro maps.

ticket validation: validate your ticket before you travel by punching it in the orange machine located at the top of the escalators on the metro, and inside trams and buses.

For more information, please check www.dpp.cz/en/transport-around-prague

METRO

the prague metro operates daily 5 a.m.-12 a.m. metro lines operate a service every 2-3 minutes during peak hours, and 4-9 minutes after 7 p.m.

there are 3 metro lines: A (green), b (yellow) and C (red). these cover all areas of the city centre.

TRAMS

Daytime trams operate daily 4.30 a.m.-12 a.m. the most popular trams run every 4 minutes. other trams run every 8-10 minutes during the week, and every 8-15 minutes at weekends.

Night trams operate nightly 12 a.m.- 4.30 a.m. they run every 30 minutes, and are numbered 51 through 59.

BUSES

buses (autobusy) cover the outskirts of prague and areas where trams or the metro do not run. Daytime bus-es operate daily 4.30 a.m.-12 a.m in 6-8 min, with 10-20 min. intervals in peak hours, and 15-30 min. intervals on off-peak hours and weekends. Night buses (numbers 501-513) operate nightly 12 a.m.- 4.30 at 30-60 min. intervals.

TRANSPORT FROM ThE AIRPORT AND WIThIN ThE CITY CENTRE

PRAGUEthis magical city of bridges, cathedrals, gold-tipped towers and church domes, has been mirrored in the sur-face of the swan-filled Vltava River for more than ten centuries. Several nicknames have been attributed to prague: the City of a hundred Spires, golden prague or magic prague, always celebrating its architectural and spiritual richness and its mystical attraction. prague now boasts a totally unique and extensive historical city centre, almost undamaged by WWII, which since 1992 has been a protected uNeSCo World heritage Site.

to learn more about prague, please check www.prague.eu/en.

DINNER RECEPTION | 10Th APRIL 2017 | 19.00 - 21.00ThE LORD MAYOR’S RESIDENCEWe are delighted to invite all participants to a dinner reception from 19.00 at the Lord mayor’s residence. the unique premises of the City mayor’s residence are considered an artistic and architectural gem in the art deco style by architect František roith. the residence of the mayor was built up between the years 1925 -1928 as a gift to the city of prague to its 60th aniversary as a capital and to the Czechoslovakia for its 10th anniversary. The residence occupies the entire first and second floor of the front tract of the City Library at the mariánské square. Do not forget to indicate your participation in the registration form, places are limited.

aDDress City Library, mariánské nám. 98/1, 11000 praha 1, Czech republic

HoW to reacH it? the Lord mayor’s residence is in a very city center. therefore we recommend you to take a nice walk from Slovanský dům through e.g. through Prašná brána (Powder Tower), Celetná street to Staroměstské náměstí (Oldtown Square), following Platnéřská steet directly to the entrance into the residence (takes about 10-15 minutes). Close to the residence is an underground station Staroměstská (green line A), and similarly the TRAM stop no. 2, 6, 17, 18, 25 stop Staroměstská is next to it.

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For Further INFormAtIoN oN LoCAL prACtICAL DetAILS, pLeASe CoNtACt

Mr. Jan Ulman

email: [email protected] | phone: +420 224 864 019

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