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Mining standards: Turning opportunity into local-development reality

Reading Time: 3 minutesIt is the “paradox of proximity”: communities nearest a mine feel its impacts first, yet often lack the skills, finance or infrastructure to secure jobs and contracts. How can these opportunities be turned into outcomes?

La economía social y solidaria en Cataluña: claves del éxito

Reading Time: 4 minutesLa economía social y solidaria catalana no nació solo de la ley: desde 2016, catorce “Ateneus Cooperatius” y redes comunitarias han creado más de 1100 cooperativas. ¿Bastará ahora la política para sostener lo que crearon?

When the copper party ends… can mining regions make the gains last?

Reading Time: 3 minutesCopper booms do not last for ever. Prices rise, investment pours in and mining regions expand. Then the cycle turns. The obvious question for places that depend on mining is: what remains when it does?

How cities borrow ideas and make them work locally

Reading Time: 4 minutesCities often look to one another for solutions to challenges ranging from housing shortages and climate risks to infrastructure pressures and social inequalities. How can cities bridge the gap between inspiration and implementation?

The social and solidarity economy in Catalonia: Secrets to success

Reading Time: 4 minutesCatalonia’s social and solidarity economy wasn’t built by legislation alone: fourteen Cooperative Hubs and community networks came first, creating over 1,100 cooperatives since 2016. As legal recognition arrives, can policy alone sustain what communities already built?

Beyond buffaloes: Building a social enterprise in Laos

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn rural Laos, Laos Buffalo Dairy rents pregnant buffaloes from farmers, supporting rural families while producing milk commercially, sustaining livelihoods without disrupting traditional local farming practices. But can shared value be a lasting business model?

Putting people at the heart of Ukraine’s recovery

Reading Time: 5 minutesIn Ivano-Frankivsk, Promprylad Foundation retrains displaced people, veterans and women for in-demand local jobs, supporting 30,000+ people and 600+ new jobs since 2022. Can community-led models like this reshape how we think about post-war economic recovery?

Can MENA’s digital finance boom close the gender gap?

Reading Time: 4 minutesAsk whether digital finance is helping women entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) overcome old barriers and the honest answer is: both, at the same time. But is access enough to drive real growth?

All together now? Migrant integration at the local level

25 February 2022 Margaux Tharaux - (OECD) and Bert Kuby - (EC)

Reading Time: 3 minutes1 in 10 people across OECD countries are migrants. They bring fiscal benefits to their host countries. Latest OECD estimates across 25 countries show that migrants contributed USD 2.5 trillion in taxes annually, USD 570 billion more than governments spent on them.

Covid-19 and commercial real estate: the threat to city finances

22 February 2022 Howard Chernick - (CUNY)

Reading Time: 4 minutesMass adoption of remote working has reduced the value of living close to city centers along with demand for office space. A sharp adjustment in property prices is likely, presenting cities with significant fiscal risks. In response, mayors will need to rethink the role of city centers and actively work to shore up revenues.

Tackling growing pains – how scale-ups can lead the recovery

18 February 2022 Lenka Wildnerova - (OECD) and Carlo Menon - (OECD)

Reading Time: 3 minutes “scale up” account for the majority of new jobs in the economy. These firms can play a key role in the recovery. However, scaling up brings new challenges.

What can we learn about the circular economy from social entrepreneurs?

16 February 2022 Stephan Kampelmann - (Sonian Wood Coop)

Reading Time: 5 minutesEvery year the city of Brussels imports over 60 000 tons of wood, when the wood could be sourced from the Sonian Forest just outside the city. Instead, most of the wood sourced from the forest is exported to Asia to be processed and sent back as finished products. The Sonian Wood Coop was launched in 2019 to change this dynamic.

No Net Zero without SMEs

09 February 2022 Hyoung Kwon Ko - (Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Korea to the OECD)

Reading Time: 3 minutesGreening can clearly save costs: improving energy efficiency in SMEs can Iead to cost savings by reducing their energy demand by 10- 30%. Beyond such cost benefits, improved energy efficiency can strengthen small-business resilience by reducing exposure to energy-price volatility and uncertainty, and improve product quality and safety.

It’s a Match: Reskilling refugees to meet Germany’s growing IT needs

07 February 2022 Anne Kjær Bathel - (ReDI School)

Reading Time: 4 minutesEstablished during Germany’s “refugee crisis” six years ago, the ReDI School of Digital Integration brings together IT professionals to teach coding and basic computer skills to refugees and migrants.

Reaching digital deserts – extending access to broadband has never been so important

28 January 2022 Kathy Macdonald - (Ookla for Good), Michelle Marshalian - (OECD) and Maria Paula Caldas - (OECD)

Reading Time: 3 minutesIn 2020, global Internet traffic was estimated to be more than 3 zettabytes – the equivalent of 325 million households watching Netflix simultaneously, at all times. By 2022, these flows will be 1,000 times greater than in 2002, 20 years earlier.

Ever wondered what we mean by “Entrepreneurship Education”?

26 January 2022 Dr. Rebecca Corbin - (NACCE) and Raffaele Trapasso - (OECD)

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNACCE and OECD share a common goal in finding solutions to a range of social, economic, and environmental challenges. In this podcast, they highlight the importance of collaboration and entrepreneurial mindset as core skills to address pandemic challenges at the personal and community levels.

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