The PACA methodology was developed by Jörg Meyer-Stamer of the international Consultancy Firm Mesopartner and has been successfully applied in a number of developing and transition countries. The methodology combines competitiveness concepts with the principles of rapid / participatory appraisal in order to identify quickly implementable activities to stimulate a local economy. It is not aiming at grand strategies and big projects, but rather at practical approaches to remedying local market failures which stand in the way of business growth. The process should take no more than two weeks, involving a team of 4-8 local stakeholders and a series of consultations with public, private and civil society sector actors.
PACA differs from other LED process approaches in that it does not start by producing an LED strategic plan. Strategic planning is seen as a comprehensive effort which demands enormous resources and takes a lot of time. It also does not give much latitude for learning-by-doing in implementation. If a community is doing local economic development, it may after some time decide that it would be useful to think more strategically, and to have a strategic plan. So in the case of PACA, strategic planning is an outcome of a LED initiative, not the start.
Manuals and materials on implementing PACA have been produced by Mesopartner, who undertakes training and sensitising on the methodology.
LEDNA aims to offer the fullest possible number of local economic development approaches that are publicly available. Together with the network members we will refine and add to these. LED is universally seen as a locally driven, planned and partnership approach to improving either:
1. Entire local economies e.g. a small town and its rural surroundings or a city or even a metropolitan region - a location with a common local economy.
2. Specific parts of local economies - e.g. a market square, a port, commercial district, industrial estates, housing or slum improvement areas.
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Business climate indicates how governments support business development. Even though different businesses require different conditions, there are certain local attributes which make the locality attractive to investors when comparing to other places.
Improving the performance of small businesses requires a wide scope of services – starting from basic skills and management training up to specific advisory services, marketing or technology assistance. BDS assist businesses to perform better, but they are also a business opportunity for service providers.
Businesses need certain framework conditions for growth. There are factors that either “make or brake” the local economy. They rank from governance issues and legal certainty to the institutional set-up of public and private sector, including access to business services, finance and adequate social and economic infrastructure.
Le climat des affaires est indicateur de la qualité du soutien des autorités locales au développement des entreprises. Bien que les conditions requises soient différentes d’un secteur de l’économie à l’autre, il existe néanmoins des attributs locaux qui peuvent être développés pour rendre une localité plus attractive aux investisseurs en comparaison à d’autres localités.
Clusters are geographic concentrations of interconnected companies, services or associated institutions within a sector. The development and upgrading of clusters is an important agenda for governments, companies, and other institutions. Clusteri development initiatives are an important new direction in economic policy, building on earlier efforts in macroeconomic stabilisation, privatisation, market opening, and reducing the costs of doing business.
Les collectivités locales représentent la sphère de gouvernement la plus proche des communautés et jouent donc un rôle clé dans la satisfaction des besoins socio-économiques et matériels des populations locales. Elles assurent la stabilité et sont sensées « structurer et gérer » le processus DEL. Elles ont un rôle essentiel de facilitation et de soutien aux autres acteurs locaux en établissant des partenariats entre le secteur public, le secteur privé et la communauté toute entière afin de promouvoir le développement économique.
Les pôles de développement sont des concentrations géographiques d'entreprises interconnectées et de services ou institutions associées au sein d'un secteur. Le développement et la modernisation des pôles est un objectif important pour les gouvernements, entreprises et autres institutions. Les initiatives de développement des pôles sont une nouvelle orientation importante des politiques économiques s'appuyant sur les efforts antérieurs en matière de stabilisation macroéconomique, de privatisation, d’ouverture des marchés, et de réduction du coût des affaires.
