The South African LED Network is an association for Local Economic Development (LED) practitioners in South Africa. The organisation is dedicated to the promotion of good practice and dialogue in local economic development as well as connecting and networking practitioners.

The SA LED Network strives to improve the understanding of local economies by promoting discussion and exchange between the various kinds of LED practitioners to build a body of knowledge on effective strategies, approaches and measures.

In the following introductory pages you will find:

• What is LED?: This section gives a brief introduction to local economic development.
• Why do LED?: This section explains briefly the rationale for undertaking LED.
• How to do LED?: This section gives a brief overview of important potential areas of intervention.
• Who is involved in LED?: This section gives an introduction into the variety of stakeholders that are involved in LED and shows relevant stakeholders in the South African Context.
• Experiences in LED: This section shows best practices and lessons learnt from the undertaken LED initiatives.