Presentation by Sylvain Giguère, Head of LEED Division, OECD 9th Annual Meeting of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance (Dublin-Kilkenny, Ireland), 26/27 March 2013. http://www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/9thfplgmeeting.htm

1. 9th Annual Meeting
IMPLEMENTING CHANGE:
A NEW LOCAL AGENDA FOR
JOBS AND GROWTH
In co-operation with the EU Presidency, Irish Government and Pobal
26-27 March 2013, Dublin-Kilkenny, Ireland
PLENARY SESSION I: A NEW LOCAL AGENDA FOR JOBS AND GROWTH
Sylvain Giguere
Head of LEED Division, OECD

2. Overview of Local Job Creation Project
• The project assesses the contribution of local
labour market policy to boosting quality jobs
enhancing productivity
• It is a cross-comparative study involving 11
countries: United States, Australia, Belgium
(Flanders), Canada, Czech Republic, France,
Ireland, Israel, Italy, Korea, and the United
Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
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3. Overview of Local Job Creation Project
(cont’d)
• Research is undertaken using a “dashboard” assessment along four
key thematic areas:
1. Better aligning policies and programmes to local economic
development
2. Adding value through skills
3. Targeting policy to local employment sectors and investing in
quality jobs
4. Inclusion
• The dashboard enables national and local policy makers to gain a
stronger overview of the strengths and weaknesses of the current
policy framework, while better prioritising future actions and
resources.

4. The quality job agenda
SKILLS GAPS AND HIGH SKILL
SHORTAGES EQUILIBRIUM
Skills
demand
LOW SKILL
SKILLS SURPLUS
EQUILIBRIUM
Skills supply

5. The meaning of joining up
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