REGIONAL MEETING ON INNOVATIVE MECHANISMS FOR FINANCING AND GUARANTEES FOR MSMES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. April  19 to 21, 2017 . Hotel Renaissance, George Washington Ave. 367, Apto. Postal 769-2.

AGENDA

Wednesday, 19 April 2017

 

Morning 

  

8:30 – 9:00 

REGISTRATION

9:00 – 9:30

OPENING SESSION

09:30 – 11:30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION I. CARIBBEAN PANEL: STATUS OF FINANCING AND GUARANTEES FOR MSMEs IN CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES. RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON BEST PRACTICES 

Moderator: Representative of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC) of the Dominican Republic 

  • Ethie Simpson Miller. Caribbean Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (CASME)
  • Andrea Taylor, Programme Manager, Small Business Association of Barbados
  • Lejia Melanie Gideon, General Manager, Enterprise and Innovation. Ministry of Economic Development, Petroleum, Investment, Trade and Commerce of Belize
  • Gillian Edwards. Officer-in-Charge, Small Business Bureau, Ministry of  Business of Guyana
  • Jempsy Fils-Aime. Ministry of Trade and Industry of Haiti
  • Clifford Spencer, Director of Projects and Programmes in the MSME. Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture & Fisheries of Jamaica
  • Ratan Kalka, Manager Business Support Services, Suriname Business Development Centre (SBC)
  • Willa Guy-Straker, Director of the National Entrepreneurship Development Company (NEDCO), Trinidad and Tobago

10 to 15-minute interventions based on specific questions to guide presentations and interventions.  

11:30 - 11:45

COFFEE BREAK

11:45- 12:45

GENERAL DEBATE

12:45– 02:00

FREE TIME FOR LUNCH

Afternoon

 

  

2:00 – 4:15

SESSION II – CENTRAL AMERICAN PANEL: STATUS OF FINANCING AND GUARANTEES FOR MSMEs IN CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES AND MEXICO. RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON BEST PRACTICES 

Moderator: Representative of the Centre for the Promotion of Micro and Small Enterprises in Central America (CENPROMYPE)  

  • Luis Manuel Rodriguez. Secretariat of Economy. National Entrepreneurship Institute (INADEM) of Mexico
  • Luis Roberto Ramirez, Director of the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce (MEIC). General Direction to Support Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (DIGEPYME) of Costa Rica
  • Ileana Rogel, Executive Director of the National Commission for Micro and Small Enterprise (CONAMYPE) of El Salvador
  • Andrés Carranza, Advisor of Business Development Projects,  Ministry of Economy (MINECO) of Guatemala
  • Ariana Castro. Ministry of Family, Community, Cooperative and Associative Economy (MEFCCA) of Nicaragua
  • Lorena Rodriguez, Director of Financial Services of the Authority for Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (AMPYME) of Panama

15/20-minute presentations related to best practices in the field in your country   

4:15 – 4:30

COFFEE BREAK

4:30 – 5:30 

GENERAL DEBATE

 

  

Thursday, 20 April 2017

 

Morning 

 

 

 

 

 

9:00 – 11:30

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION III: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INITIATIVES OF FINANCING AND GUARANTEES FOR MSMEs. PRESENTATIONS ON BEST PRACTICES 

Moderator: Representative of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC) of the Dominican Republic

10/20-minute presentations related to best practices in the field in your country 
11:30 – 12:30

GENERAL DEBATE
12:30 – 2:00

FREE TIME FOR LUNCH
 

 

Afternoon

  

 

2:00 – 4:15

SESSION IV: REGIONAL AND SUBREGIONAL SYSTEMS OF FINANCING AND GUARANTEES FOR MSMEs IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN. POTENTIALITIES AND ADVANCES. 

Moderator: Representative of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)

  • Rodolfo Clavier, Principal Executive of the CAF-development bank of Latin America
  • Peter Blackman, Portfolio Manager, Private Sector Development Unit, Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
  • Daniel Murcia, Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI)
  • Raúl Borrás, Latin American Association of Guarantee Institutions (ALIGA)
  • Denis Zurita. Ministry of Industry and Productivity (MIPRO) of Ecuador 
  • Representative of Mastercard Internacional (*)
  • Representative of the Latin American Federation of Factoring (*) 
   
4:30 – 5:30

GENERAL DEBATE 

 

Friday, 21 April 2017

* Private session with regional participants *

Morning 

  

9:00 – 12:00

DISCUSSION ON CONCLUSIONS AND NEXT STEPS AMONG LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN REPRESENTATIVES 

Moderators:  

  • Representative of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC) of the Dominican Republic
  • Representative of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)

Interventions by regional representatives by subregion on the next steps to follow up agreements on financing and guarantees

12:30 – 2:00

FREE TIME FOR LUNCH

2:00 – 5:00

Cultural visit to Colonial City of Santo Domingo for representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries

7:00 – 10:00

Dinner and exhibition of national dances for representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries