Policy: Western Europe

SME policy in City of Valencia, Spain

The OECD was commissioned by the City of Valencia to review its economic development strategy and to make recommendations for improvements. To undertake this assignment, the OECD puled together an international team of four together with two members of staff.

David Irwin joined the team to review the City's existing support for new and growing businesses and to make recommendations fo how this could be improved. The final report, entitled "Foreign direct investment, internationalisation strategies and economic development in Valencia, Spain" was published in March 2007.