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It is common for people without work to experience not one, but multiple barriers to employment. Success Themes in Supportive Employment identifies practices that contribute to the success which certain…
In their September 2013 declaration, G20 leaders agreed that creating more and better quality jobs should be at the heart of government policies in the recovery, not only to create…
Over the past few years the Réseau québécois de revitalisation intégrée has witnessed local stakeholders mobilizing to improve living conditions for certain populations and this especially the case in the…
At a time of scarce foundation and government dollars, crowdfunding is a potentially powerful tool that can be of use to many rural value chains. It is a tool appropriate…
This study examines the potential for a stronger and more significant worker co-operative sector in Saskatchewan and probes some of the development barriers that prevent it. These barriers to democratic,…
How to stimulate growth and support job creation are two critical challenges that countries confront following the global financial crisis. The Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme of the…
This is about localising prosperity for everyone – by building upon an area’s existing strengths so that it can develop from within, maximising the local economic and social benefits for…
Mainstreaming community economic development is about encouraging economic development to develop from within. About understanding and building upon an area’s existing strengths so that it can flourish by maximising the…
This briefing provides a summary of Mainstreaming Community Economic Development and how community groups can use the approach in their work. Why is Mainstreaming Community Economic Development important? This approach…
In the absence of epistemological and conceptual advances with strong ontological foundations, Dash argues, SSE cannot go very far in framing discourses and in engaging with the bigger picture, as…
This case study was requested by CEDEC—the Community Economic Development and Employability Corporation—as part of its role in helping communities throughout Quebec to identify, assess, and prepare to act on…
What is a multi-stakeholder co-op? A traditional co-op is made up of members who come together to co-operatively create an organization that can provide services to meet their needs. These…