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More approaches to LED

Take a look here for UNBIASED resources to the main approaches to local ecoomic development. On the LEDNA platform when we set it up we tried to include the broad range of approaches that were known and available in the public domain.

UCLGA-LEDNA workshop on LED in Zambia and Botswana

A two-day workshop on the establishment of an LED national programme in Zambia and Botswana was held from 20 to 21 August 2009 at the United Cities and Local Government of Africa (UCLGA)'s offices in Pretoria. Organised jointly by UCLGA and LEDNA, the workshop was attended by representatives of the Local Government Association of Zambia, the Botswana Association of Local Authorities and the South African Local Government Association.

Funding for LED - Contradicting the principles?

In a nutshell LED is defined as joint actions of the local public and private sector in order to make use of local resources and turn them into a competitive advantage. This very brief definition captures the essence of LED that local people use local resources for local economic development. The provocative question would then be: What do we need funding for?

How to build capacity on advocacy for LED?

Dear LED community!

Advocacy is often defined as "influencing the way that somebody else thinks about an issue". In Local Economic Development we are often faced with the challenge that we want to get buy-in from various stakeholders; that we want to convince decision-makers to support LED processes; that we want the public sector, the private sector and civil society to work jointly together and that we want to change the way people think about their own role in LED. Many of you will agree that advocacy for LED is not an easy task.