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Mesopartner has developed a framework to assess meso institutions for opportunities for improvement.
In the article, 'Assessment of meso organisations for opportunities for improvement', we argue that there are four dimensions to improving meso organisations’ performance, along which each meso…
A resilient meso space to enable an adaptive Systemic Competitiveness landscape Over the past few years, Mesopartner has been working on different topics in its meso research theme. We have collaborated closely with our clients, fellow researchers and policy makers to develop and experiment with different ideas in an iterative way, constantly switching between research, application and…
Improving the resolution of the meso layer: a case study When working to improve the performance of any sector or value chain, we often find a range of meso organisations or programmes designed to support upgrading, skills development and better decision making in small businesses in the targeted sector.
While mapping these organisations is not too difficult, it is much harder to figure out what…
PACA
Narrative research & SenseMaker®
Meso Assessment Framework
Regional Economic Potential Analysis
The Hexagon of Local Economic Development
Calidena
RALIS
The Compass of Local Competitiveness
Mesopartner methodologies
Mesopartner has developed or co-developed a number of methods and tools that are widely used by territorial development practitioners.
Mesopartner provides its annual University classes in Leipzig/Germany on Innovation Economics and Territorial Economic Development
In January 2023, Frank Waeltring from Mesopartner again provided his annual seminar at the University of Leipzig in the MBA from SEPT on the topics of Innovation Economics and Territorial Economic Development. He has been doing this for 16 years now. Why are you…
Research Resources
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What is systemic change, how can we achieve it and how can it be measured? These questions are often asked by our clients, which is why we have set up a research theme on systemic change – or what is sometimes also called transformative systems change. The…
Summer Academy Programme
The goal of the Summer Academy is to equip practitioners with the relevant knowledge and instruments to conduct organisational development, promote self-discovery and deepen interaction between the public and private sectors in Local Economic Development. The content combines analytical instruments and frameworks with process…
The Mesopartner training team
The Mesopartner team consists of partners and associates spread around the world. In this programme, we will draw on this diverse network to deliver content that applies to and is representative of many different realities. You can read more about each person by clicking on their picture.
Climate-neutral Cities: learning from inspiring implementation examples A review of the Connective Cities/COVID-19 program's Climate-neutral Urban Development led by Mesopartner