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INTRODUCTION

V INTER-AMERICAN DIALOGUE OF HIGH-LEVEL MSME AUTHORITIES
Public Policies to Enhance the Competitiveness, Innovation and Internationalization of MSMEs

The objective of the Dialogue is to exchange good practices and identify concrete opportunities for horizontal cooperation on policies and programs to support the competitiveness, innovation and internationalization of MSMEs. Vice ministers and permanent secretaries responsible for the portfolio of MSMEs and representatives of institutions with programs to support this sector participated in the Dialogue. The meeting concluded with the identification of elements of a Work Plan to promote the competitiveness, innovation and internationalization of MSMEs as part of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the region.

The Fifth Inter-American Dialogue of High-Level MSME Authorities was held on May 16 and 17, 2017 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. It was organized by the Department of Economic Development of The OAS and the Instituto Nacional del Emprendedor (INADEM) of the Secretaría de Economía of Mexico.

The International Network of Small and Medium Enterprises (INSME), an organization established within the framework of the OECD and based in Rome, joined the activities of the Dialogue on May 17 that was dedicated to the themes of innovation and the role of SMEs in global value chains.

The V Dialogue was held at the Convention Center of Puerto Vallarta.

PROGRAM

 

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SPEAKERS

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal
Minister of Economy, Mexico

Kim Osborne
Executive Secretary for Integral Development at the OAS - Washington, D.C.

Rocio Abud Mirabent
General Director of Programs for MiPymes of the National Institute of Entrepreneurs (INADEM) - México

Cynthia Villarreal Muraira General Coordinator of PRONAFIM - México

ChristianMaryse Robert
Director, Department of Economic Development, Executive Secretariat for Integral Development, OAS

Nicolás Puebla
Asesor, Subsecretaría de Política y Gestión de la PyME, Argentina

Robert McKinley 
Director of the Institute of Economic Development at UTSA

Bernardo Troncoso Narváez
Advisor to the Entrepreneurship Committee of the Corporation for the Promotion of Production (CORFO) - Chile

Ileana Rogel
Executive Director of the Comisión Nacional de la Micro y Pequeña Empresa (CONAMYPE) - El Salvador 

Anderson Cumberbatch
Chief Business Development Adviser (Ag), Ministry of Industry, Internal. Business, Commerce and Small Business Development - Barbados

Ingrid Figueroa 
Executive Director of CENPROMYPE

Yokasta Guzmán 
Director General of Public Contracts of the Dominican Republic

Ignacio Antonio Méndez Fernández
Viceminister, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and MSMEs - Domincan Republic 

Juan Carlos Parra Fonseca
Vice Minister of Industries, Ministry of Industry and Productivity - Ecuador 

Esther M. Thomas 
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, Enterprise and Small Business Development - Dominica 

Fabian Victora
Specialist, Department of Economic Development, OAS

Juan Carlos Elorza
Director for Productive and Financial Development at the Latin America Development Bank

Sergio Avilés
Manager of the Financing for Majorities Unit at the Central American Bank for Economic Integration

Marcia Montes Castillo
Viceminister of Economy, Industry and Commerce - Costa Rica

Lejia Melanie Gideon
 General Manager of Enterprise & Innovation / Investment Development at BELTRAIDE - Belize

Guillermo Moncecchi 
Undersecretary of Industry, Energy and Mining - Uruguay

Rafael Moreira
Advisor to the Director of Finance and Administration of Sebrae - Brazil

Donovan Stanberry 
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Industry, Commerce,
Agriculture and Fisheries, Jamaica

Mike Moffatt
Chief Innovation Fellow, ISED, Government of Canada.

PRESENTATIONS

 

TUESDAY - MAY 16

Increasing the Productivity of Small Traditional Enterprises
INADEM and PRONAFIM programs for traditional microenterprises and the Argentinian experience

Increasing the Productivity of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Strengthening the Institutional Support Framework for MSMEs

Increasing the Productivity of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
MSMEs and Government Procurement

INCLUSIVE ECONOMIES: BUILDING MSME RESILIENCE TO DISASTERS

INCLUSIVE ECONOMIES: IMPROVING ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND MSMEs

 

WEDNESDAY - MAY 17

COMPETITIVE ECONOMIES: INCREASING SME PRODUCTIVITY AND LONG-TERM GROWTH THROUGH INNOVATION

COMPETITIVE ECONOMIES: CREATING A NURTURING ENVIRONMENT FOR SMEs

COMPETITIVE ECONOMIES: ENGAGING SMEs IN GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS