Local Economic Development Agencies (LEDAs) of the ILS LEDA network have achieved very important results on job creation, small business development, valorization of local products - mainly healthy food -, environmental safeguard, green economy, preservation of the cultural heritage, social inclusion, gender equality, fight against poverty, peacemaking, channeling national and international funds to the territories, and as an instrument for facilitating the elaboration and the implementation of local and national policies and plans.
This booklet introduces 38 of these agencies, that participated to the 2015 meeting at EXPO Milan 2015, describing synthetically what results they have achieved in the last years, what is their impact on local economy and institutions, and their 100 good practices for a better world, of which 16 resulted candidates to the special ILS LEDA EXPO AWARD.
The good practices regard mainly the following topics: governance (18), food (30), environment (20), social inclusion and job creation (10), gender (7), finance (7), and innovation (7).
