SEMINAR-WORKSHOP ON CREDIT GUARANTEE SYSTEMS IN THE CARIBBEAN
Georgetown, Guyana. October  14 to 15, 2014

AGENDA

Tuesday, 14 October

Morning

 

8:30 – 9:00 REGISTRATION

 
9:00 – 9:30 OPENING SESSION
  • Representative of SELA
  • Representative of the Government of Guyana
  • Representative of CARICOM

 
9:30 – 10:30 Keynote speech on public policies for the promotion of guarantee systems and challenges faced by Latin America and the Caribbean
Pablo Pombo, Ibero-American Guarantee Network (REGAR)

 
10:30 – 10:50 Coffee break

 
10:50 – 12:10 Opportunities and financial constraints for SMEs in the Caribbean
  • Guyana
  • Haití
  • Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
  • Association of SMEs (CASME)

 
12:10 – 12:30 Questions and Answers

 
12:30 Lunch

 

Afternoon

 

  
14:00 – 14:45 Prospects for SMEs in the Caribbean: Requirements and sectors in need of financial assistance. Types of assistance
  • Leela Ramoutar, Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

 
14:45 – 15:30 Public Policies for SMEs Financing
  • Barbados
  • Jamaica
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Surinam

 
15:30 – 15:50 Questions and Answers

 
15:50 – 16:10 Coffee break

 
16:10 – 17:00 Structure and policies of Colombian guarantee funds: Similarities and differences with the Caribbean region
  • Juan Carlos Romero Angel, Director of Commercial Relations of the National Guarantee Fund (FNG)

 
17:00 Closing session and remarks for the day

 



Wednesday, 15 October
Morning

 

9:00 – 10:00 Prospects and challenges for guarantee systems. The Peruvian experience.
  • Edgard Coquis, President of the Guarantee Fund for the Small Industry of Perú (FOGAPI)

 
10:00 – 10:20 Coffee break

 
10:20 – 11:20 Experience of El Salvador in guarantee funds, best practices and proposals.
  • Ingrid Duran, Manager of the National Guarantee Fund of El Salvador (FSG/BANDESAL)

 
11:20 – 12:00 Mechanisms to formalize SMEs and incorporate them into the financial system. Basics elements for creating a credit flow environment
  • Wayne Dass, Caribbean Information and Credit Rating Services Limited (CariCRIS)

 
12:00 Lunch

 
Afternoon  
13:30 – 14:30 Strategies to develop and strengthen a regional guarantee scheme
  • Gustavo Ardila, Vicepresident of Productive and Financial Sectors of CAF-Development Bank of Latin America

 
14:30 – 14:50 Questions and Answers

 
14:50 – 15:10 Coffee break

 
15:10 – 16:10 General Debate: A Regional Caribbean Guarantee System: requirements for a regional action plan and further steps.
  • Pablo Pombo, Ibero-American Guarantee Network (REGAR)
  • Juan Carlos Romero Angel, National Guarantee Fund of Colombia (FNG)
  • Antonio Leone, SELA-SMEs Programme
  • Gustavo Ardila, Representative of CAF

 
16:10 – 16:30 Conclusions and recommendations

 
16:30 Closing session