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Driving Small Businesses Development in Jamaica
With the launch of its pilot Small Business
Development Centers (SBDC) on January 23, 2015, the government of
Jamaica marked a milestone in its support to the local small and
medium enterprises sector. The launch signified a culmination of the
efforts of a broader OAS initiative in the CARICOM region that began
in 2012, designed to strengthen the capacity of the institutions
that support, assist and train Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
(MSMEs) by adapting the United States SBDC model. The support of the MSME sector is a key component of a comprehensive
economic strategy to foster inclusive and sustainable
development. The sector has traditionally faced obstacles that have
hindered its performance, such as limited access to finance,
difficulties in the internationalization of markets, and low levels
of competitiveness. As such, in recognition of these challenges,
Member States have taken steps at both the national and regional
levels to strengthen this sector.
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Addressing the nexus between social protection, labor and employment
Focused and real inter-sectoral effort between the labor, social development and social security authorities is an absolute necessity for the construction of comprehensive social protection systems. The December 10-12 workshop "Toward an intersectoral focus on social protection in the Americas: Labor, social development and social security" held in Mexico City, reinforces the work being advanced by the region in collaboration with the OAS-SEDI.
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Intellectual Property Training Supports Innovation
As the region’s governments look to grow the competitiveness of their productive sectors, there is an increasing need to establish and promote public policies and programs that encourage research, development and marketing of technology-based goods and services. In support of these efforts, the OAS-SEDI liaised with recognized institutions to carry out the 2nd Edition of the Academy on Technology Transfer and Commercialization for the Americas held December 2 to 12 in the city of La Paz Baja California Sur, Mexico.
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OAS and Trinidad and Tobago Partner on Sustainable Cities
With the proportion of the population living in cities doubling from 41% to 80% in the last 60 years , the Latin American and Caribbean region has the highest rate of urbanization in the developing world. The challenges posed to OAS member states in this context and the recent advancements to address them was the focus of the
Second Edition of the Sustainable Cities Course
held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, December 1-5, 2014.
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Suriname, New Chair of the OAS Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI)
Permanent Representative of Suriname to the OAS, Ambassador Niermala Badrising, assumed the leadership of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) on
January 30, 2015. CIDI serves as a permanent regional forum for member states to discuss and follow-up on development issues, as well as to guide the work of the OAS Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI).
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Cooperation in Action
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January 29, 2014
OAS-SENA Colombia join efforts for
professional and vocational training. The new
interinstitutional agreement between the OAS-SEDI and the National
Service of Learning (SENA) of Colombia - an exemplary institution in
delivering comprehensive professional and vocational training
programs - opens new opportunities for cooperation in the region.
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December 30, 2014
ITEN concludes cooperation missions between 16 Member States.
The
Inter-American Teacher Education Network (ITEN)
is working on compiling detailed information about the lessons
learned and achievements of the 12 technical cooperation missions
carried out during 2014 with the participation of over 250
representatives from the Ministries of Education and teachers from
16 OAS member states.
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December 05, 2014
The OAS-SEDI team reaches out to its
local Washington community during the holidays. The
OAS-SEDI team held a food-drive in December in coordination with the
Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB),
providing 160 pounds of food (enough to feed 10 families) and cash
donations for local families struggling with hunger – estimated at
nearly 700,000 individuals in the area.
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