Morning

8:30 – 9:00

REGISTRATION

9:00 – 9:10

OPENING SESSION

• Speech by Linda Rabbaglietti, Director of the MERCOSUR Secretariat
• Speech by the Minister George Ney De Souza Fernandes, Chargé d’Affaires (a.i.) of the Delegation of Brazil to ALADI and MERCOSUR
• Speech by Econ. Virginia Cartaya, Director of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA

9:10 – 10:10

SESSION I: DATABASE FOR STRENGTHENING REGIONAL TRADE AND PRODUCTIVE INTEGRATION

Moderator: Econ. Virginia Cartaya, Director of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA 

• Database for strengthening regional trade and productive integration. Econ. Karla Sánchez, Analyst of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA.
• Need for information to promote regional value chains
  • • Need for information to promote regional value chains (Spanish). Daniel Kefeli, National Directorate for Industry of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay. 
    • Paraguay: Desarrollo de Cadenas de Valor e Integracion Productiva. Carolina Centurión, Director of Technical Directorate for Environment of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Paraguay

10:10 – 10:40

GENERAL DEBATE

10:40 – 11:10

COFFEE BREAK

11:10– 12:10

SESSION II: REGIONAL PRODUCTIVE INTEGRATION FROM A COMPARATIVE VIEW

Moderator: Econ. Virginia Cartaya, Director of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA

• Estrategia Regional de Articulación Productiva de MIPYMES de CENPROMYPE/SICA. CENPROMYPE/SICA’s Regional Strategy for Productive Articulation of MSMEs. Nahuel Oddone, Regional Advisor in Business Environment, Centre for the Promotion of Micro and Small Enterprises in Central America (CENPROMYPE)
• PYMES andinas: Integración productiva y fortalecimiento. Regional Strategy for Productive Integration in the Andean Community. Marianella Guzmán, Secretariat of the Andean Community (CAN)
• Programa AECID - MERCOSUR Integración Productiva. Productive integration, improvement of competitiveness and internationalization of SMEs in MERCOSUR. Blanca Rodríguez, Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)

12:10 – 12:40

GENERAL DEBATE

12:40 – 2:30

LUNCH

Afternoon

2:30 – 3:30

SESSION III: PRODUCTIVE TRANSFORMATION AND REGIONAL VALUE CHAINS

Moderator: Dr. Marcus De Salles, Technical Advisor of the Secretariat of MERCOSUR 

• El rol de las cadenas de valor en la política industrial. The role of value chains in the definition of the industrial policy. Demián Dalle, Argentine Coordinator of SGT 7 “Industry”
• Herramientas para el fortalecimiento de las cadenas de valor en América Latina. Tools for strengthening value chains in Latin America. Jorge Mario Martínez Piva, Head of the International Trade and Industry Unit. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
• Cadenas regionales de valor en Centroamérica. Central American regional value chains. Eduardo Espinoza, Director for Economic Intelligence. Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration

3:30 – 4:00

GENERAL DEBATE 

4:00 – 4:30

COFFEE BREAK 

4:00 – 5:00

CONCLUSIONS FOR DAY 1  

Moderator: Dr. Marcus De Salles, Technical Advisor of the Secretariat of MERCOSUR  

Conclusions for the day by Nahuel Oddone and Jorge Mario Martínez 

• Are there successful productive integration experiences in Latin America?
• Are there databases and information that support productive Integration?
• Is there enough information to promote value chains?
• Can we participate in global chains without strengthening regional chains?

Morning

9:30 – 10:30

SESSION IV: STRATEGIC ALLIANCES FOR TRADE PROMOTION

Moderator: Econ. Virginia Cartaya, Director of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA 

• Network of strategic alliances for trade promotion. Econ. Laura Méndez, Analyst of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA
• Integración productiva. Towards the construction of productive integration indicators: New methodologies and information systems. Diego Rivas, National Director for Productive Management of the Ministry of Production of the Argentine Republic

10:30 – 11:00 

GENERAL DEBATE

11:00 – 11:30 

COFFEE BREAK

11:30 – 12:30

SESSION V: TRADE PROMOTION AGENCIES

Moderator: Econ. Virginia Cartaya, Director of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA 

• Uruguay XXI. Álvaro Brunini, Manager of Investment
• PROCOLOMBIA: un aliado estrategico del empresario. Trade Promotion Agency of Colombia (PROCOLOMBIA). Pedro José Fernández Ayala, Vice-President of Innovation and Sectoral Intelligence
• Comisión de Promoción del Perú para la Exportación y el Turismo (PROMPERÚ). Trade Promotion Agency of Peru (PROMPERÚ). Ángela Medina, Market Intelligence Coordinator
• Modelo operativo de encadenamientos productivos de las PyMEs en la Alianza del Pacífico. Trade Promotion Agency of Mexico (PROMEXICO). Lourdes del Carmen Arana Flores, Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean
• Trade Promotion Agency of Chile (PROCHILE). Nelson Paredes, Head of Trade Information

12:30 – 1:00

GENERAL DEBATE

1:00 –  2:30

LUNCH

2:30 – 3:10

SESSION VI: EXPORT PROMOTION AGENCIES AND REGIONAL TRADE SUPPORT NETWORKS

Moderator: Dr. Marcus De Salles, Technical Advisor of the Secretariat of MERCOSUR 

• Central American Trade Network. Luis Eduardo Sánchez García, Manager of the Network
• Encontros Setoriais de Integração Produtiva. The experience of sectoral meetings on productive integration in MERCOSUR. María Cristina de A. C. Milani, Brazilian Alternate Coordinator in SGT 7 “Industry” and SGT 14 “Productive integration”

3:10 – 3:30

3:30 – 4:00

4:00 – 4:30

CONCLUSIONS FOR DAY 2 

Moderator: Econ. Virginia Cartaya, Director of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA 

Conclusions for the day by Pedro Fernández, Eduardo Espinoza and Luis Eduardo Sánchez

• Are there successful trade promotion experiences in the region?
• Are there sufficient trade networks?
• What other kinds of support are required for SMEs to be inserted into global value chains?
• How is productive integration connected to strategic alliances?

4:30 – 4:40

CLOSING SESSION 

• Speech by Econ. Virginia Cartaya, Director of Studies and Proposals of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA
• Speech by Linda Rabbaglietti, Director of the MERCOSUR Secretariat