In compliance with the Work Programme of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA for 2016, this activity aims to: i) Promote an exchange of experiences accumulated in various programmes for development of entrepreneurs; ii) Analyze the progress made on entrepreneurship at the regional level, evaluating the causes of its development; iii) Encourage business organization in sectors that represent economic and social opportunities and promote the creation, among other mechanisms in entrepreneurship, of national systems of business incubators; iv) Consider features and prospects for dynamic enterprises; v) Consider and suggest new mechanisms for financing the entrepreneurial process, such as seed capital funds, networks of angel investors and venture capital funds.

The specific objectives of this seminar are as follows: 

1. Promotion of business training programmes and national incubation systems in sectors that represent economic and social opportunities in the countries of the region;
2. Conduction of a Regional Seminar-Workshop on entrepreneurship and development of projects for the creation of business incubators in the countries of the region;
3. Identification of successful institutions that promote business development programmes;
4. Dissemination of business development strategies and programmes.