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Sri Lanka: New hope for war victims Decades of civil war have left deep scars in Sri Lanka. An ILO training project brings new hope to some of those whose lives and hopes were shattered by the violence.
Training offer: ITCILO
Recommended Reading on the Global Economic Crisis
Routes out of the crisis - Strategies for local employment recovery, skills development and social protection in Asia. 1-3 December 2009, Malang, Indonesia The overall aim of the meeting is strengthen the capacity of constituents, policy makers and practitioners at local level to undertake effective employment recovery and skills strategies in response to the financial and economic crisis. Specifically, the meeting should contribute to: I. Increased understanding of the employment and skills impact in relation to the crisis; II. Improved capacity for the design of effective local employment and skills strategies to support existing national responses to the crisis
IFAD's Knowledgebase on Rural Poverty A useful collection of insight documents, initiatives, reports, case studies and news on a rich selection of topics related to rural poverty. Material ranges from climate change to rural finance, desertification, land issues and trade liberalisation, and is tackled from the perspective of a variety of sectors and actors (gender, indigenous peoples...) of the rural economy.
LED and the Global Financial Crisis
Local Economic Development Network of African (LEDNA) A new one stop shop for local economic development information and networking, and which gives access to free, peer checked LED knowledge and to local economic development networks in Africa and globally. The online platform comprises resources on the concept of LED, guidelines on “how to make LED work” and examples of best practice, listed by region or by thematic area. For more details please take a look at the portal www.ledna.org, register in and download LED tools, methods and project documents for free, start sharing your knowledge and getting in contact with the worldwide community of LED practitioners!
The six thematic Working Groups On the first day the Inter-agency Conference on LED, 22 to 24 October 2008, Turin, discussion around LED kicked off with six theme-specific working groups, involving each participant in a group of choice. The selection of topics was aimed at exploring goverance aspects of LED processes, their economic outcomes and their application to a varied field of socio-economic development practices, ranging from Indigenous People's rights to Value Chains upgrading to Public-Private Dialogue, etc.
The Role of Cooperatives and other Self-Help Organizations in Crisis Resolution and Socio-EconomicRecovery This document has been prepared primarily for the use of those involved in crisis response and reconstruction programmes, who may not be specialists in the field of cooperatives and self-help organizations (Coops/SHOs); however, it is appreciated that those having varying degrees of experience in this field may also make use of the Report. Specialists in the field of Coops/SHOs, without direct experience of crisis response and reconstruction work can also benefit from studying the wide range of material that has been prepared by and for the ILO’s Crisis Response InFocus Programme. The availability of these publications makes it unnecessary to repeat the many important relevant matters covered within them.
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