These proceedings contain summaries of papers presented at a 1988 conference held to explore the Local Economic Development Action (LEDA) Program of the European Community. Titles and authors are as follows: "Opening Address" (George Yennimatas); "Getting to the Heart of Local Development" (Haris Martinos); "Les Baronnies: Fighting Emigration and Agricultural Decline" (Jean-Baptiste Lanaspeze); "Hamburg: Urban Unemployment--A Financial as well as a Social Problem" (Jobst Fiedler); "Connemara: Problems of Fostering Endogenous Development" (Michael Keane); "Ravenna: Technical Support and Partnership to Overcome Inertia" (Paolo Garonna); "Genk: Official Levels Working Together" (Bert Verbrugghe); "Sitia: Infrastructure as a Building Block for Endogenous Development" (Nicos Petrakis); "Shannon Region: The Long-Term Approach" (Donal Dineen); "Denmark: The Benefits of a Local Approach" (Leif Christian Hansen); "Getting the Right Balance" (Chris Brooks); "Enhancing Chances of Success" (Antonio Vazquez-Barquero, Jean-Eric Aubert); "Barcelona: Conflicts and Partnership--Who Is Responsible?" (Jorge Aznar); "Changing Local Structures and Making the European Connection" (Kristian Primdal, Jan Hendeliowitz); "Mobilizing Energies and Managing Tensions--The Work of Local Development Agencies" (Catherine Leroy); "Local Actors--Public and Private" (Leo Verhoef); "Fostering the Developmental Approach" (Alberto Melo); "Evaluation: A Fundamental Concept" (Peter Aitken); "Central Government: The Policy Instigator" (Norman Perry); "Tailoring to Needs" (Gerhard Grobner);"Local Employment Committees: A French Approach" (Paulette Pommier); "Development Agency--A Greek Approach" (Christos Tassiopoulos); "The Central/Local Dialectic" (David Coombes); "Policies for the Future" (Jerome Vignon); "The European Community: Development Instigator or Finance Circulator?" (Paolo Garonna); "Making the Most of the Resources on Offer" (Derrick Johnstone); "The LEDA Programme--Developing the 'Software' of Local Development" (Haris Martinos); "Which Know-How for Local Development?" (Manfred Kaiser); "Development Centers on People" (William Schweke); and "Closing Remarks" (John Morley). Appendices summarize LEDA workshops and provide addresses of participants. A LEDA brochure is included. (KC)