OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance Forum activities and future steps Study Visit for Local Development Practitioners 11 – 13 October 2010, Graz Michael Förschner (ZSI)

Tasks of the Forum _Identification and networking of the Forum network (new members and improved support to current members); _ Information exchange Meetings: Forum meetings, Forum Board meetings Others: Country fact-sheets, CFE Insight magazine, Forum handbooks and thematic brochures, Forum web pages (e.g. online documentary base) _Policy advice (Capacity building seminars, study visits)

Overview on the Network _ Ongoing identification of partnerships in 45 countries (50 countries served by the address database). _ The Forum covers approx area-based partnerships. _ The mailing list “members” serves more than 2100 individuals.

Forum in past years … _ Six Forum meetings including International Partnerships Fair (Ferbuary 2006) organised since 2005; _ Vienna Action Statement of Partnerships approved in March 2007, re-issued 2010; _ Annual Brochure “forumpartnerships2005” (printed); “forumpartnerships2006”, “forumpartnerships2009 (on-line); _ “Guide on successful partnerships” issued in 2006; _ Forum Newsletters, E-Bulletin: News at a Glance, 4 Thematic Handbooks published; _ 2 annual Capacity Building Seminars (Trento, Italy) and number of study visits organised;

CORE AND NEW FORUM ACTIVITIES _ Capacity Building Seminar “Universities, skills and entrepreneurship” Trento (Italy), October 2010 _ 7th Forum Meeting “Partnerships for Social Inclusion” Vienna (Austria),10 – 11 March 2011 _ Forum Thematic Brochures (Partnerships for regional economic development, employment and skills, social inclusion, the green economy, all forthcoming 2010) In upcoming months …

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