2011 Conference Theme
Energising local economies: Partnerships for prosperous communities
Local government in many countries has a growing responsibility to support and promote local economic development (LED). This covers a range of different issues for the local government sector, from setting overall local strategic priorities, providing an enabling environment and efficient services for economic development to flourish, local procurement of goods and services, promoting inward investment, supporting training and skills development, directly attracting jobs and investment, working with central government, the private sector and other partners to implement joint investment and job-creating strategies. A healthy local economy also helps to sustain the tax-base of local authorities.
