3rd World Forum of Local Economic Development - “Local Economic Development: A means to address the challenges of the new Development Agenda Post-2015”

We are glad to announce the celebration of the 3^rd World Forum on Local Economic Development (LED). The event, organized by the Municipality and the Metropolitan City of Turin, the global network of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and its Working Group on LED, through the Andalusian Fund of Municipalities for International Solidarity (FAMSI), the Organization of Regions United (ORU FOGAR), the Brazilian Service of Support for Micro and Small Enterprises (SEBRAE), the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), will take place on 13^th-16^th October 2015 in Turin (Italy).

In September 2015, in occasion of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be adopted defining the new development framework of the next 15 years. The 3rd World Forum on LED will immediately follow this Summit, providing a timely opportunity to explore experiences and practices that can further present LED as a means for implementing the new development agenda at the local level.

The 3^rd World Forum is proposed as a platform to critically review experiences and assumptions that have dominated LED discourse and practices over the past two decades. Considering LED as an important means for implementing the post 2015 development agenda at the local level, the Forum will provide a space for a critical reflection. It will strive to not remain at showcasing how things been done in the past but rather promote creative discussions on how can we do things differently in order to better respond to the key challenges that are presented in the new SDGs and the related post 2015 development agenda.

In thematic terms, and in continuity with the Universal Exposition - 2015 EXPO (to be held in Milan), the 3^rd Forum will aim to explore how LED can represent a means of implementation of the future post-2015 development agenda by delving three main thematic areas:

- Regional competitiveness and innovation for more sustainable and inclusive development.

- Localizing employment generation. Towards local inclusive growth and jobs.

- Towards sustainable urbanization. LED strategies for creating positive urban rural linkages.

 

Click here to read the brochure of the event and discover how to engage.

Click here to read the report of the 1st World Forum of LED (October 2011, Sevilla, Spain).

Click here to read the report of the 2nd World Forum of LED (October 2013, Foz do Iguazu, Brazil)

 

If your organization is interested in joining the Forum and its process, you can also contact the organizers at info.art@undp.org or forum2015@comune.torino.it.

 

We look forward to your participation and contribution to this process, as its outcomes will depend on our collective efforts!

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