WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INDEX OF PUBLIC POLICIES FOR MSMES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (IPPALC)
Panama City, Panama. September  20 to 21, 2016 . Hotel El Panamá, located in Vía España 111, Calle Eusebio A. Morales.

AGENDA

Tuesday, 20 September 2016

 

Mañana

  

8:30 – 9:00

REGISTRATION

8:30 – 8:45

OPENING SESSION

  • Minister of the Authority of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (AMPYME) María Celia Dopeso López.

8:45 – 9:45

SESSION I: DIMENSION 1 - Institutional and regulatory framework
Moderator: Karla Sánchez. Analyst of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)

8:45 – 9:15

Speaker: Antonio Fanelli. Senior Advisor of the Secretariat of Global Relations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

9:15 – 9:25

Remarks: Vicente Rivas. Regional Coordinator of the CENPROMYPE-EU ADESEP Programme of the Centre for the Promotion of Micro and Small Enterprises in Central America (CENPROMYPE)

9:25 – 9:45

Questions and answers

9:45 – 10:45

SESSION II: DIMENSION 2 - Access to financing
Moderator: Karla Sánchez. Analyst of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)

9:45 - 10:15 

Speaker: Antonio Fanelli. Senior Advisor of the Secretariat of Global Relations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

10:15 - 10:25

Remarks: Juan Carlos Elorza. Director of Productive and Financial Development of CAF-development bank of Latin America
10:25 - 10:45 Questions and answers
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00

SESSION III: DIMENSION 3 - Operating environment
Moderator: Eduardo Piña. Analyst of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
11:00 - 11:30 Speaker: Antonio Fanelli. Senior Advisor of the Secretariat of Global Relations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
11:30 – 11:40 Remarks: Hugh Johnson. President of Small Business Association of Jamaica and representative of the Caribbean Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (CASME)
11:40 – 12:00 Questions and answers
12:00 - 1:00

SESSION IV: DIMENSION 4, 5 y 7 – Business education, training and business development services
Moderator: Eduardo Piña. Analyst of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
12:00 - 12:30

Speaker: Antonio Fanelli. Senior Advisor of the Secretariat of Global Relations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Speaker: Karla Sánchez. Analyst of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
12:30 – 12:40 Remarks: Vicente Rivas. Regional Coordinator of CENPROMYPE-UE ADESEP Programme of the Centre for the Promotion of Micro and Small Enterprises in Central America (CENPROMYPE)
12:40 – 1:00 Questions and answers
1:00 – 2:00 Free time for lunch
   

Afternoon

  
   
2:00 – 3:00

SESSION V: DIMENSION 6 - Innovation, technology adaptation and technology transfer 
Moderator: Antonio Fanelli. Senior Advisor of the Secretariat of Global Relations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
2:00 – 2:30 Speaker: Karla Sánchez. Analyst of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
2:30 – 2:40  Remarks: Galileo Solis. Representative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
2:40 – 3:00 Questions and answers
3:00 – 4:00

SESSION VI: DIMENSION 8 – Partnership and productive articulation
Moderator: Antonio Fanelli. Senior Advisor of the Secretariat of Global Relations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
3:00 – 3:30 Speaker: Eduardo Piña. Analyst of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA))
3:30 – 3:40 Remarks: Juan Carlos Elorza. Director of Productive and Financial Development of CAF-development bank of Latin America
3:40 – 4:00 Questions and answers
4:00 - 4:15 Coffee break
4:15 – 4:45

SESSION VII: DIMENSION 9 – Internationalization of SMEs
Moderator: Antonio Fanelli. Senior Advisor of the Secretariat of Global Relations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
4:15 – 4:45

Speaker: Eduardo Piña. Analyst of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) 
4:45 – 4:55 Remarks: Lizandro A. Gutiérrez Neyra. Directorate General of Foreign Trade Development Policies of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism of Peru and Representative of the Technical Group for SMEs of the Pacific Alliance
4:55 – 5:15 Questions and answers
5:15 - 5:30  

CLOSING SESSION FOR THE DAY

  • Beyra Batista. Planning Coordinator of the Authority of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (AMPYME).

 

Wednesday, 21 September 2016

  

Morning

 
9:00 – 9:15

Lourdes Pérez. General Secretary of the Authority of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (AMPYME). 
9:15 – 9:30 

SESSION I: Implementation of the IPPALC-PHASE 1 Organizations involved and group of experts
Moderator: Lourdes Pérez. General Secretary of the Authority of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (AMPYME).
9:15 – 9:30

Speaker: Eduardo Piña. Analyst of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)

9:30 – 10:30

SESSION II: Implementation of the IPPALC-PHASE 2 Evaluation and quality-control of information
Moderator: Lourdes Pérez. General Secretary of the Authority of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (AMPYME).
9:30 – 10:30 Speaker: Eduardo Piña. Analyst of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
10:30 – 11:00

SESSION de Questions and answers
11:00 – 11:15

Coffee break
11:15 – 11:45

SESSION III: Implementation of the IPPALC-PHASE 3 Homogenization of ratings and National Statistics Information
Moderator: Lourdes Pérez. General Secretary of the Authority of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (AMPYME).
11:15 – 11:45

Speaker: Karla Sánchez. Analyst of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
11:45 – 12:15

SESSION IV: Implementation of the IPPALC-PHASES 4 y 5 Reconciliation of results, Final ratings, Calculation of the IPPALC and Final Report
Moderator: Lourdes Pérez. General Secretary of the Authority of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (AMPYME)
11:45 – 12:00 Speaker: Karla Sánchez. Analyst of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)

12:15 – 12:45

 Questions and answers 
12:45 – 2:00

Free time for lunch
 

 

Afternoon

 
2:00 – 2:45 

SESSION V: Financing and work programme - Proposal for pilot project
Moderator: Eduardo Piña. Analyst of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) 
2:00 – 2:45

Speaker: Anna Wiersma. Policy analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, Strategic Partnerships and New Initiatives of the Secretariat of Global Relations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
2:45 – 3:15 

Questions and answers 
3:15 – 4:30

Round of interventions - Initial impressions concerning participation in pilot project
Representatives of each country and regional organization will have 2-3 minutes to give their initial impressions concerning the pilot project.
4:30 – 5:00   

CLOSING SESSION

  • Lourdes Pérez. General Secretary of the Authority of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (AMPYME).