RALIS
PACA
Meso Assessment Framework
The Compass of Local Competitiveness
Calidena
The Hexagon of Local Economic Development
Regional Economic Potential Analysis
Mesopartner methodologies
Mesopartner has developed or co-developed a number of methods and tools that are widely used by territorial development practitioners.
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Competitiveness is based on innovation. Any company that wants to thrive in a globalised economy has to constantly innovate. Innovation is shaped by the structure and the pattern of interaction in an innovation system. Innovation systems have a territorial dimension. Any location that wants…
The Hexagon is a framework to organise LED training events. It organises the key issues in territorial development around six triangles. Moreover, it is the basis of a number of formats for quick workshops to clarify local stakeholders' perspective at LED.
The Hexagon is the sum of six triangles:
The target group of LED: Local firms, start-ups, and external investors Locational factors:…
Additional resources
Compass Brochure
Compass Pocket Guide for facilitators
The Compass, which is an evolution from the Balanced Scorecard approach, is a participatory method that combines strategising, action planning and monitoring. It is a robust method, and its use is not limited to territorial development. The efficiency of the method makes it particularly appealing to business people…
Additional resources
In an article from 2008, Christian Schoen introduced the Regional Economic Potential Analysis. To explore the differences between the Mesopartner and other traditional potential analysis approaches, he provides an overview of the existing methodologies to identify potentials of local, regional and national industries and subsectors. He explains the need to introduce a…
Additional Resources
CALIDENA website CALIDENA handbook
CALIDENA is a participatory methodology developed and implemented by the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) and Mesopartner to stimulate quality in value chains (VC) and aims to systematically and sustainably support the improvement of the national quality infrastructure (NQI) in developing and transformation…
Economic Cooperation between German and Lebanese Municipalities
Frank Waeltring of Mesopartner co-organised and facilitated a Local Economic Development (LED) Workshop with LED practitioners from German and Lebanese cities and districts. The workshop is only one among many other events in the Connective Cities-Initiative organised by the GIZ, the German Association of Cities (DST) and…
SED Programme Development in Nepal
Sustainable economic development (SED) is one focal area of German Development Cooperation (GDC) in Nepal. Several projects have been implemented by GIZ, PTB and recently also by KfW within this focal area, but a topical and strategic roof was still missing. In early 2018, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)…
