UCMP-- Session Five -- Local Economic Development -- Part One

Session Five

Module: Local Economic Development (Part One)

Dear Participants,

In the next two days, you will expand your knowledge on Local Economic Development (LED). This may be a new concept for some of you. However, most of you will find that you are familiar with several LED programs, such as livelihood programs, incentive programs, business services programs, market building programs, etc. Often, however, these programs are conceptualized and then implemented in an ad-hoc way without a comprehension of the strategic direction of the local economy. The LED Strategy Process, which is the focus of this session, aims at elaborating how cities can use economic strategic planning to stimulate the local economy. Because the focus of this module is a strategic approach to LED, you will use that you learnt in the City Strategic Planning Module of this Course.

Download the comments of the Module Resource Person on the previous exercise. You should download comments on all the other participating nodes as well. Your facilitator(s) will help you in this task.

Study the comments and discuss them as a group. See what the Module Resource Person has said about your group’s completed exercises. Also see what groups in other city nodes have done and the Resource Person’s comments.

A. Presentation: Local Economic Development

Please click on the following to view a presentation on the subject by Soraya Goga

Presentation: Overview

Presentation: Part 1

Presentation: Part 2

Presentation: Part 3

B. Exercises

Download the following exercise from the CD on to your computer and complete them in your groups (the exercise is in the Microsoft Word^© format).
Please take the help of your facilitator(s) to upload the completed exercise using the web. The Module Resource Person will provide comments on your completed exercise which you can download via the web when you meet during the next session.
Exercise 7: Organizing a Local Economic Development Effort
Exercise 8: A SWOT Assessment of Lubnao City
- A Competitive Assessment
- City of Lubnao

C. Study Materials