The OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme Papers present innovative ideas and practical examples on how to boost local development and job creation.

I am proud to inform you that one of its recent publications has cited the work of Cities Changing Diabetes, even guiding readers to the Urban Diabetes Toolbox and accompanying Diabetes Projection Model.

The paper, Building Local Ecosystems for Social Innovation – A Methodological Framework, can be accessed here. The authors highlight that partnerships between social economy actors and businesses, when combined with social innovation and a strong societal purpose, can indeed support and enable preventive solutions to health challenges.