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Get to know this year's Local Initiatives!

How are different initiatives and programmes contributing to local development around OECD countries? Find out more about all the programmes featured at the 2024 PLACES Live: Local Initiatives Marketplace.

WeRIn project (Women Entrepreneurs in Inclusive Regional Ecosystems)

WeRin is a project funded by the ERASMUS+ Knowledge Alliance programme during 2020-2024. Partners ranged across 6 European countries (Croatia, Germany, Ireland, Norway, The Netherlands and Turkey). It aims at increasing the engagement and participation of female graduate entrepreneurs; promoting and embedding inclusive entrepreneurship education;...

Norway Unlimited

Norway Unlimited is a competence-driven entity with a focus on place-based social entrepreneurship. Our vision is that residents of Norway who have an idea for a solution to social and environmental challenges in their local environment should have access to a place where they can get support and tools to further develop the idea and try it out....

Centre for Oresund Region Studies & Centre for Modern European Studies

This is a joint presentation of two initiatives working to promote collaboration between universities in the Oresund region: CEMES and CORS. • CEMES (Centre for Modern European Studies): An Öresund Network of Lund University, Malmö University and the University of Copenhagen The task of the Centre for Modern European Studies (CEMES) is to...

GET-AHED: Green Education and Transition

The GET-AHED project is an Erasmus+ funded project supporting the role of “soft” infrastructure in driving local, social and economic transformation through individuals and institutions. GET-AHED stands for “Green Education and Transition - A Higher Education Digital Buddy” and was launched in January 2023, the project has 5 European partners and...

MTU Student Enterprise Camp.

The MTU Student Enterprise Camp is a regional initiative funded by the Higher Education Authority of Ireland and delivered by Munster Technological University, supporting youth development for students aged 13-17years in the areas of entrepreneurship and employment and skills. Indicating the initiatives sustainability and impact, the programme...

Öresund Metro (Malmö - Copenhagen Metro)

In 2035 the new metro line M5 will open i Copenhagen. There is possibilities to connect a line to Malmö in the project. With an Öresund Metro, an extra one million people will have a commuting distance within an hour across the Öresund. Travel time between Malmö and Copenhagen would be halved to around 20 minutes. Faster travel stimulates jobs,...

SILVER SMEs

The highly successful SILVER SMEs is a regional cooperation project, studies the strengths, weaknesses, investigates the threats, and explores the opportunities and innovative initiatives in the growing silver economy. Funded by Interreg Europe, the project has 9 partners across 7 countries. It was launched in June 2018 and ran for five years....

The People's Transition: Community-led Development for Climate Justice

The People’s Transition is a participative decision-making model developed by TASC—Ireland's Think-tank for Action on Social Change—that views climate action as an enabler of local development. The model brings together climate justice and local development and gives people and communities a voice in, and ownership of, the transition to a...

TwispWorks

TwispWorks’ mission is to: Start. Build. Grow. Together. Our 6.4-acre campus, which served as a USFS Ranger Station for 90 years, is now home to over 30 organizations, artists, small businesses, and schools. Arts, education, and healthy economy partnerships and programs facilitated by TwispWorks have grown to serve the Methow Valley from Carlton...

No Wrong Door

The No Wrong Door (NWD) initiative aims to address key structural barriers to Londoners gaining employment, facilitating the greater integration of skills and employment provision across London. The initiative is being delivered in partnership with London’s 4 Sub-regional partnerships (SRPs), London Councils and DWP/Jobcentre Plus. For...

Øresunddirekt

Medicon Village

Fehmarn Belt

HH tunnel

Climate Alliance & Regions4Climate

STRING - green hydrogen corridor

Region Halland Initiative

Halland is a county in the southwest part of Sweden. A strong agricultural sector and an enterprise base of medium-sized companies with several stronger industrial actors. The food sector is particularly strong and has a potential to grow more. For the long term resilience needs to be assured. The sector is vulnerable to climate change induced...

Reskilling4Employment (R4E)

Reskilling for Employment (R4E) is a company-driven initiative launched by the European Round Table for Industry (ERT) in 2021to help address reskilling and upskilling needs across Europe, particularly in the context of digital and sustainability transitions. Automation and digitalisation are changing the nature of work and the demand for...

Skills forecasting in Flanders, Belgium

The Flemish skills forecasting framework guides the development of essential skills intelligence to inform Flemish labour market policy at the regional, sectoral and business level. Mapping future competences underpins regional efforts to better align the supply of training and education with the evolving needs of the Flemish labour market. The...

Jobbtorg

The City of Stockholm, in collaboration with the Employment Agency and with ESF as a co-financier, has coordinated a labor market support program specifically for foreign-born women. This comprehensive full-time package aims to help long-term unemployed foreign-born women find jobs. The program offers full-time parallel activities, combining...

Asuria

Asuria is a proud Australian-owned government outsourced services provider supporting thousands of people across Australia, Europe, and the Middle East. Our capability and expertise mean we continuously seek to understand government requirements and desired outcomes to develop services that really make a difference. For over 25 years Asuria has...