Seminar-Workshop on Internationalization of SMEs

SEMINAR-WORKSHOP ON INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SMES

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Quito, Ecuador. December 01 to 02, 2016 . Hotel Quito, Av. Gonzalez Suarez N27 142.

AGENDA

Thursday, 1 December 2016

Morning
8:30 – 9:00	REGISTRATION
9:00 – 9:30	OPENING SESSION Representative of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) Representative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Representative of the Ministry of Industry and Productivity (MIPRO) of Ecuador Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Trade of Ecuador
9:30 – 09:45	INTRODUCTORY SESSION Representative of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
09:45 – 11:30	SESSION I: SOUTH AMERICAN REGION: PUBLIC POLICIES FOR THE PROMOTION OF EXPORTS AND NATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMEs) Moderator: Representative of the Ministry of Industry and Productivity (MIPRO) of Ecuador (15-minute interventions) Rebeca Vidal - CAF-development bank of Latin America Ryan J. Cobey - Representative of Ecuador - Ministry of Industry and Productivity (MIPRO) and Ministry of Foreign Trade Doria Patricia Puerto Becerra - Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism. Vice-Ministry for Business Development of Colombia Zoila Inés Pando – Ministry of Production. Vice-Ministry for MSE and Industry of Perú Manuel Amado Sánchez Arregui – Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining. National Directorate of Crafts, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (DINAPYME) of Uruguay Representative of Bolivia – Ministry of Productive Development and Plural Economy (*)
11:00 – 11:45	COFFEE BREAK
11:45 – 12:45	GENERAL DEBATE
12:45– 02:00	FREE TIME FOR LUNCH

Afternoon

2:00 – 4:00	SESSION II: CENTRAL AMERICAN REGION AND MEXICO: PUBLIC POLICIES FOR THE PROMOTION OF EXPORTS AND NATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMEs) Moderator: Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Trade of Ecuador (15-minute interventions) Representative of the Centre for the Promotion of Micro and Small Enterprises in Central America (CENPROMYPE) Jorge Garay Trejo – Secretariat of Economy. National Entrepreneurship Institute of Mexico (INADEM) Rosa Monge - Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade of Costa Rica (MEIC). General Direction to Support Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (DIGEPYME) Iris Maribel Orozco Rivera – Ministry of Economy of Guatemala (MINECO) Rafael Antonio Ortiz Vásquez – National Commission for Micro and Small Enterprises of El Salvador (CONAMYPE) Maximino Rodríguez – Authority for Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises of Panamá (AMPYME) Paloma Corporán – Ministry of Industry and Trade of Republic Dominic
4:00 – 4:15	COFFEE BREAK
4:15 – 5:15	GENERAL DEBATE


Friday, 2 December 2016

Morning
9:00 – 10:30	SESSION III: CARIBBEAN REGION: PUBLIC POLICIES FOR THE PROMOTION OF EXPORTS AND NATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (PYMES) Moderator: Representative of the Ministry of Industry and Productivity (MIPRO) of Ecuador (15-minute interventions) Denis Garth Mitchell of the Caribbean Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (CASME) Representative of Trinidad y Tobago - Ministry of Labour and Small and Micro Enterprise Development () Lynette P. Holder - Minister of Industry, International Business Commerce and Small Business Development / Small Business Association (SBA) Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA) Representative of Surinam - Suriname Business Forum () Hugh Johnson - Ministry of Industry Commerce Agriculture and Fisheries of Jamaica Leroy Adolphus - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guyana Diana Hernandez - Belize Trade & Investment Development Service
10:30 – 11:00	DEBATE
11:00 – 11:15	COFFEE BREAK
11:15 – 12:00	SESSION IV: STATUS AND PROSPECT OF INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Moderator: Representative of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) (15-minute interventions) Morgan Doyle, Representante del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) El trabajo de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo Industrial (ONUDI) en el fomento a las PYMES. Xavier Cercas, Representative of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) (*)
12:00 – 12:30	DEBATE
12:30 – 2:00	FREE TIME FOR LUNCH

Afternoon

2:00 – 3:20	SESSION V: SUCCESSFUL CASES OF INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SMEs IN ECUADOR Moderator: Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Trade of Ecuador (20-minute interventions) Bolívar Núñez, Director de Balcón de Servicios, Pro Ecuador. Ing. Gustavo Ruíz Paulsen, Cámara de la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa de Pichincha (CAPEIPI). Representative of the Chamber of Industry and Production (Ecuador) () Representative of the Ecuadorian Business Committee () Representative of the Chamber of Industry of Guayaquil (Ecuador) () Representative of selected industrial sectors in Ecuador: tuna industry, shrimp industry, chocolate industry, etc. ()
3:20 – 4:00	GENERAL DEBATE
4:00 – 4:30	COFFEE BREAK
4:30 – 5:00	CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Representative of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) Representative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Representative of the Ministry of Industry and Productivity (MIPRO) of Ecuador Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Trade of Ecuador
5:00 – 5:15	CLOSING SESSION

(*) To be confirmed

Meeting details
- Background
- Objectives
- Agenda
- Logistics
- Map
- Documents
- Participants
- Information on migration
- Contacts
- Sponsors and Collaborators
- Photo gallery