Local Economic And Employment Development Leed Measure Manage And Maximise Your Impact A Guide For The Social Economy

This guide offers a simple, straightforward approach for social economy entities to measure, manage and ultimately maximise their impact, and to prioritise the use of findings for strategic organisational learning and improvement.

As social and solidarity economy (SSE) entities are increasingly requested to demonstrate their positive contribution to society, social impact measurement can help them understand the additional, net value generated by their activities, in the pursuit of their mission and beyond. Policy plays an important role to facilitate a conducive environment to unlock the uptake of social impact measurement among SSE actors.

Drawing from a wide array of case studies, this book analyses best-practice local strategies for increasing workforce skills. And it also takes a close look at the opportunities and challenges presented by international migration.

This publication highlights the impact of culture on local economies and the methodological issues related to its identification.

The impact of COVID-19 on local jobs and workers dwarfs those of the 2008 global financial crisis. The 2020 edition of Job Creation and Local Economic Development considers the short-term impacts on local labour markets as well as the longer-term implications for local development.

This third edition of Job Creation and Local Economic Development examines the impact of technological progress on regional and local labour markets. It sheds light on widening regional gaps on job creation, workers education and skills, as well as inclusion in local economies.

Planning Policy Statement 4: Planning for Sustainable Economic Growth sets out planning policies for economic development. This includes development within the B Use Classes, public and community uses and main town centre uses. They also relate to other development which achieves at least one of the following objectives: provision of employment opportunities; generation of wealth; and, production or generation of economic output or product. These policies do not apply to housing development.