Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI)
Department of Economic Development

  Past Dialogues

"Public Policies to Enhance the Competitiveness, Innovation and Internationalization of MSMEs" 
September 10-11, 2012. New Orleans, United States

The OAS General Secretariat, through the Department of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism (DEDTT), and with the financial support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), organizes the II Inter-American Dialogue of High-Level MSME Authorities: “Public Policies to Enhance the Competitiveness, Innovation and Internationalization of MSMEs,” to be held on September 10-11, 2012 in New Orleans in the framework of the Annual Conference of the United States Association of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC).

The objective of this meeting is to promote a regional dialogue of high-level MSME authorities on policies and programs to enhance the competitiveness, innovation and internationalization of MSMES, and to foster the exchange of best practices for strengthening the contribution of this sector to the sustainable development of OAS Member States.