Regional development and employment growth

Experts’ meeting on regional development and employment growth, 25-26 June 2007, Dublin, Ireland

Venue: Raymond-Pierre Bodin Conference centre, European Foundation, Dublin.

Draft programme

Day 1, Day 2

Monday, 25 June 2007

13.45Registration and coffee

14.00Welcome and introduction
Isabella Biletta and Xabier Irastorza
European Foundation

14.30 Partnerships, local development and employment growth: links and challenges

A global view of ‘Local economic and employment development’
Gabriela Miranda-Gallardo
Policy Analyst, OECD (LEED Programme)

Discussion

15.30Cultural change as a prerequisite for business creation

The Nalón Valley in Asturias
Jose Manuel Pérez-Diaz, Ciudad Industrial del Valle del Nalón, S.A. (Spain)

16.00Coffee break

16.20Continuation of discussion

16.45Innovativeness versus entrepreneurial development?
tbc

18.00End of session

18.45Dinner

Tuesday, 26 June 2007

09.00Introduction

09.30Methodological approaches

Prof. Dr. Martin Heidenreich
Institute for Sociology, University of Oldenburg

Discussion

10.45Coffee break

11.00Continuation of discussion

12.45Lunch

14.00 End of seminar and departure of bus to the airport for flights departing after 16.30