Abstracts are now invited for the 2010 Working Communities International Congress, to be hosted by NESA, the peak body for Australian employment services providers, in partnership with the OECD LEED Program. NESA is a partner of the OECD LEED Program, and congress delegates will benefit from NESA’s relationship to the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance.

The second biennial congress will be held in Melbourne, Australia, from 24 – 26 March 2010.

Papers and presentations should address one or more of the conference themes:

• Workforce participation and social inclusion
• The local governance of employment and skills development
• Skills for competitiveness and green jobs
• Enhancing employment outcomes for indigenous people and communities
• Innovations for social and economic inclusion.

Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to deliver no less than a 10-minute presentation at the Congress and write a full paper which will be published after the Congress.

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Abstracts are to be submitted electronically by 26 November 2009 to 2010@working-communities.com. Abstracts will be evaluated by the Program Committee and successful applicants will be notified by 11 December 2009.