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What We Do

Profitability and Job Creation

  • Conducting value chain analyses to identify opportunities and address constraints in key sectors.
  • Enhancing enterprise capacities through innovative business practices and access to finance.
  • Supporting local businesses to excel in competitive markets.

Regional Economic Development

  • Developing municipal and intermunicipal action plans based on inclusive, participatory approaches.
  • Strengthening local government capacities to lead and manage LED initiatives effectively.
  • Attracting investments through targeted co-funding events for sustainable economic growth.

Effective Coordination and Support

  • Institutionalizing the LED Core Group to link local needs with national policies.
  • Advocating for the inclusion of local stakeholders in national strategy development.
  • Fostering collaboration between national structures and local stakeholders for impactful LED.

Sector-based Regional Economic Development

Our partners

LEDP collaborates with a diverse range of partners to ensure effective implementation of its intervention strategies and sustainable local economic development. Our partners span three main categories: strategic, implementation, and coordination partners, complemented by key actors within the market system. These partnerships include:
Private Sector
Public Sector
NGOs
Think Tanks
Academia
Associations
VET Colleges