San José, Costa Rica. September  03 to 04, 2015 . Auditorium of the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade (MEIC). San José, Costa Rica - Sabana Sur, 400 meters west of the Building of the Comptroller General of the Republic, former venue for ARESEP – now Edificio MEIC.

Each speaker may present documents, which will be uploaded to the Web site of the event. Participants may also submit additional written contributions for the discussions at the Seminar.

The Permanent Secretariat will prepare a final report on the meeting and compile all written contributions of speakers and participants, which will be published on SELA’s Web page.

Base document:

The Permanent Secretariat prepared de following base document, which served as the basis for discussion and exchange of ideas:

• Financing and guarantees to support SMEs in Central America. Pre-feasibility study on the creation of a Regional Guarantee System for SMEs in Central America.  San José, Costa Rica. 3 and 4 September 2015. SP/SFGA-PYMES-CEN/DT N° 2-15

Support documents: 

• Final Report: Seminar-Workshop on Guarantee Systems in Central America
  El Salvador, October 2013-  
  SP/STSDGEC/ IF- 13

• Seminar-Workshop on Guarantee Systems in Central America
  El Salvador, October 2013: Minisite in Spanish: