Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. November  03 to 04, 2016 . Puerto Vallarta's International Convention Center, Paseo de las Flores N. 505 Col. Villa las Flores, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, C.P. 48335 / Tel. +52 (322) 226 2870.

During the "Regional Meeting on Innovation, Competitiveness and Productivity ", held in Lima on 5 and 6 may 2015, organized by the Permanent Secretariat of SELA within the framework of the Regional Latin American and Caribbean Programme for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SELA-SMEs Programme), emphasis was made on the importance of incorporating innovation and technological development in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in order to sustain and increase their competitiveness and productivity.

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises face difficulties and limitations to efficiently incorporate resources for innovation and technological development of their companies, and therefore public policies to support them in this regard should ensure that the resources invested in innovation are efficiently used for greater growth and business sustainability of this type of companies. It is essential for governmental focal points related to small and medium-sized enterprises help MSMEs to identify innovations and technological developments that may have a positive impact on the development of the entrepreneurial activity and even carry out the business restructuring or reorientation on the basis of the new opportunities offered by the incorporation of innovation and use of new technologies.