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What We Do

What We Do

Profitability and Job Creation

  • Conducting value chain analyses in priority sectors to identify market gaps and growth opportunities
  • Supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in improving product quality, standards and business processes.
  • Enhancing access to finance through grants, co-financing schemes and partnership-based mechanisms.
  • Facilitating linkages between entrepreneurs and new markets, as well as commercial partners.

Regional Economic Development

  • Supporting inter-municipal cooperation to develop a shared economic vision and joint initiatives.
  • Strengthening municipal capacities in local economic development (LED) planning and management through the introduction of practical tools and models.
  • Promoting investment attraction based on sectoral and territorial development priorities.
  • Linking economic initiatives with infrastructure and spatial development planning.

Effective Coordination and Support

  • Strengthening linkages between local and national levels to ensure that local needs are reflected in policy-making.
  • Supporting sectoral and thematic platforms as spaces for collaboration and knowledge exchange.
  • Fostering partnerships between public institutions, the private sector and development organisations.
  • Systematising lessons learned and supporting their scaling at the national level.

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