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Past Dialogues
VI Dialogue
INTRODUCTION
VI INTER-AMERICAN DIALOGUE OF HIGH-LEVEL MSME AUTHORITIES
“Public Policies to Enhance the Competitiveness, Innovation and Internationalization of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)”
-Organized by the OAS Department of Economic Development and the National Commission of the Micro and Small Enterprise of El Salvador (CONAMYPE)—(San Salvador, El Salvador - April 24-25, 2019).
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. Ministers and/or permanent secretaries responsible for the portfolio of MSMEs of OAS Member States and representatives of institutions (such us development banks) with programs to support this sector.
PROGRAM
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SPEAKERS
Ileana Rogel, President, National Commission of Micro and Small Enterprises (CONAMYPE), El Salvador |
Maryse Robert, Director, Department of Economic Development, OAS |
Professor Salvador Sánchez Cerén, President of the Republic of El Salvador |
Renée Penco, Coordinator, Caribbean SBDC Program, OAS |
Marco Dini, Economic Affairs Officer, Production, Productivity and Management Division, ECLAC. |
Ignacio Méndez Fernández, Vice Minister of Development of SMEs, Ministry of Industry, Trade and MSMEs, Dominican Republic. |
Cristóbal Leturia, National Director, SERCOTEC, Chile. |
Althea West–Meyers, Manager/Business Development Division, Jamaica Business Development Corporation |
Patricio Gigli, National Director of Assistance to Entrepreneurs and SMEs, Ministry of Production and Labor, Argentina |
Senator Lynette P. Holder, Chief Executive Officer, Small Business Association of Barbados |
Isaac Godoy Larroza, Vice Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Ministry of Industry and Trade, Paraguay |
Kary I. Hintz-Tate, Acting Director, Office of Economic Policy and Summit Coordination, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State, United States. |
Enio Pinto, Gerente, Unidade de Relacionamento com o Cliente,
SEBRAE, Brazil |
Danny Sánchez-Mola, Founder and CEO, KOLAU, Google Strategic Partner. |
Miosotis Rivas, Executive Director, SICA’s Regional Center for the Promotion of MSMEs (CENPROMYPE). |
Gloria Zarazúa, Vice Minister of MSME Development, Ministry of Economy, Guatemala |
James Clark, Consul, Embassy of Canada in El Salvador. |
Idalia Hasbún, Manager of the Women Entrepreneurship Program, CONAMYPE, El Salvador. |
Gabriela León Segura, Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade (MEIC), Costa Rica. |
Lisa Harding, Coordinator, MSME Development Technical Cooperation Division, Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) |
John Rodriguez, Regional Sales Manager of Amazon Web Services for Central America. |
Albert Salgado, Executive Director of the UTSA South-West Texas Border SBDC Network and Interim Director of the Institute for Economic Development, University of Texas at San Antonio. |
Elsye Mariela Guzmán de Vega, Operations Analyst, Inter-American Development Bank, IDB LAB. |
Damie Sinanan, Manager, Competitiveness and Export Promotion, Caribbean Export Development Agency. |
James Howe, Principal Advisor, International Marketing and Branding, International Trade Center (Geneva). |
Nicolo Gligo, ECLAC. |
PARTICIPANTS
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PRESENTATIONS
- “The Experience of the SBDCs in Jamaica”
Althea West–Meyers, Manager/Business Development Division, Jamaica Business Development Corporation.
- “Disruptive Technologies and MSMEs in the Caribbean”
Damie Sinanan, Manager, Competitiveness and Export Promotion, Caribbean Export Development Agency.
- “Solutions from the Silicon Valley Startup KOLAU to improve the visibility and profitability of MSMEs”
Danny Sánchez-Mola, Founder and CEO, KOLAU, Google Strategic Partner.
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- “Technological Innovations with Emphasis on SMEs”
Elsye Mariela Guzmán de Vega, Operations Analyst, Inter-American Development Bank, IDB LAB.
- "Escenario del emprendedorismo en Brasil"
Enio Pinto, Gerente, Unidade de Relacionamento com o Cliente, SEBRAE, Brazil
- “Advances in the Implementation of the Women Entrepreneurship Model”
Gabriela León Segura, Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade (MEIC), Costa Rica.
- “Adaptation of the Government Procurement System of the Dominican Republic in Guatemala”
Gloria Zarazúa, Vice Minister of MSME Development, Ministry of Economy.
- “Transfer of the Women Entrepreneurship Model to Six countries in the SICA region”
Idalia Hasbún, Manager of the Women Entrepreneurship Program, CONAMYPE, El Salvador.
- “The Experience of the SBDCs in the Dominican republic”
Ignacio Méndez Fernández, Vice Minister of Development of SMEs, Ministry of Industry, Trade and MSMEs, Dominican Republic.
- Plan Nacional de Promoción y Formalización para el Desarrollo y Competitividad de las Mipymes
Isaac Godoy Larroza, Vice Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Ministry of Industry and Trade, Paraguay
- “Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy”
James Clark, Consul, Embassy of Canada in El Salvador.
- “Electronic Commerce”
James Howe, Principal Advisor, International Marketing and Branding, International Trade Center (Geneva).
- “Systematization of the experience of Colombia, Chile, El Salvador, and Mexico”
Marco Dini, Economic Affairs Officer, Production, Productivity and Management Division, ECLAC.
- Presentation on Barbados’ Vision for the MSME Sector, 2030
Senator Lynette P. Holder, Chief Executive Officer, Small Business Association of Barbados
- “Fostering MSMEs through Government Procurement in the SICA Region”
Miosotis Rivas, Executive Director, SICA’s Regional Center for the Promotion of MSMEs (CENPROMYPE).
- “2030 MSME Agenda and Disruptive Technologies”
Nicolo Gligo, ECLAC.
WORK PLAN 2019-2021
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