REGIONAL MEETING ON PUBLIC POLICIES TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT SMES
Cartagena, Colombia. April  23 to 24, 2015 . Hotel Dann.

AGENDA

Thursday, 23 April 2015

Morning

 

8:30 – 9:00 REGISTRATION

 
8:30 – 9:00 OPENING SESSION
  • Eng. Antonio Leone Durante, Coordinator of the Regional Latin American and Caribbean Programme for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SELA-SMEs Programme). Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA).
  • Adriana Rueda Perez, Director of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism

 
9:30 – 11:30 INTRODUCTORY SESSION
Moderator: Antonio Leone Durante, Coordinator of the Regional Latin American and Caribbean Programme for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SELA-SMEs Programme)

 

Presentation of the studies:

 
11:30 – 11:45 COFFEE BREAK

 
11:45 – 1:00 GENERAL DEBATE

 
1:00 – 2:30 FREE TIME FOR LUNCH

 
Afternoon  
2:30 – 3:30 SESSION I: PRODUCTIVE COORDINATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMEs)
Moderator: Adriana Rueda Perez, Director of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism

 
3:30 – 4:00 GENERAL DEBATE

 
4:00 – 4.15 COFFEE BREAK

 
4:15 – 5:15 SESSION II: INNOVATION, COMPETITIVENESS AND PRODUCTIVITY OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMEs)
Moderator: Michael Gordon, Manager of the Enterprise Development Division, Ministry of Labour and Small and Micro Enterprise Development. Trinidad and Tobago

 
5:15 – 5:45 GENERAL DEBATE

 

Friday 24 April 2015
Morning

 

9:00 – 11:00 SESSION III: ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMEs)
Moderator: Rosmey Quintero, President of the Colombian Association of Small and Medium-sized Industries (ACOPI)

 
11:00 – 11:30 COFFEE BREAK

 
11:30 – 12:00 SESIÓN IV: PANEL DE REFLEXIÓN EMPRESARIAL

 

  • ACOPI: Rosmery Quintero, President of the Colombian Association of Small and Medium Industries.
  • UNAPYME: Jose Luis Ramirez Zamorano, Secretary General of the National Union of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Chile.
  • ICRC: Noelia De Leon, Vice Treasurer and Coordinator of the SME Committee of the Chamber of Industries of Costa Rica and Chair of the Entrepreneurs Forum COSRA Rica
  • CASME: Edward Chin-Mook, President of the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises Caribbean (CASME, Jamaica).

 
12:30 – 2:30 FREE TIME FOR LUNCH

 
Afternoon  
2:00 – 3:30 SESSION IV: INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMEs)
Moderator: Martín Torres, Coordinator of the Marketing Desk of the National Council for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (CONAMIPYME), Under-Secretariat of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) of Honduras

 
3:40 – 4:00 COFFEE BREAK

 
4:00 – 5:00 GENERAL DEBATE

 
5:00 – 5:30 SESSION V: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Moderator:Antonio Leone Durante, Coordinator of the Regional Latin American and Caribbean Programme for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SELA-SMEs Programme)
  • Carlo Ferraro, SELA’s Consultant.
  • Daniel Stagno, SELA’s Consultant.

 
5:30 CLOSING SESSION
  • Eng. Antonio Leone Durante, Coordinator of the Regional Latin American and Caribbean Programme for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SELA-SMEs Programme). Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA).