Wednesday 05 December

Morning

REGISTRATION

9:00 –  9:10

OPENING SESSION 

• Javier Paulinich, Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
• Representative of the Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration (SIECA)

10:45 – 11:00 

COFFEE BREAK

11:00 – 12:30 

SESSION II: PUBLIC INITIATIVES IN THE FIELD OF PRODUCTIVE TRANSFORMATION FOR INTEGRATION INTO VALUE CHAINS (PACIFIC ALLIANCE)

Moderator: Catalina Galdámez, Head of Research and Analysis (SIECA) 

• Nelson Paredes, Head of the Sub-Department of Commercial Information. Directorate-General for International Economic Relations (DIRECON). Integración de Chile a las cadenas globales de valor
• Representative of the Trade Promotion Agency of Colombia (PROCOLOMBIA)
• Lourdes Arana Flores, Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean. Trade Promotion Agency of Mexico (PROMÉXICO). Iniciativas Públicas en Materia de Transformación Productiva para la Inserción en las Cadenas de Valor.
• Mario Ocharan, Deputy Director of Intelligence and Commercial Prospects. Trade Promotion Agency of Peru (PROMPERÚ). Iniciativas públicas para la inserción de MIPYMEs en las Cadenas de Valor

Questions and answers 

Objective of the roundtable: Present the practical experiences of each country making up regional integration mechanisms in the identification of productive complementarities and detection of niches that could lead to the generation of regional linkages.

LUNCH

2:00 – 3:30

SESSION II: PUBLIC INITIATIVES IN THE FIELD OF PRODUCTIVE TRANSFORMATION FOR INTEGRATION INTO VALUE CHAINS (MERCOSUR) 

Moderator: Virginia Cartaya, Director of Studies and Proposals of SELA 

• Demian Gastón Dalle, National Coordinator of the Working Sub-group 7 “Industry". Ministry of Production of Argentina. Iniciativas públicas en materia de transformación productiva para la inserción de la MYPE en las cadenas de valor en MERCOSUR
• Alfredo Gonçalves Nascimento, Coordinator of Market Access. Special Secretariat of Micro and Small-sized Enterprises. Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Brazil. Secretaria Especial da Micro e Pequena Empresa - SEMPE.
• Carlos Osorio, Director of the Technical Environmental Section of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Paraguay. Estudio de prospectiva tecnológica cadenas de valor.
• Daniel Kefeli, Head of the Economic Integration Unit. Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining of Uruguay. Estrategia, transformación productiva e Inserción de Uruguay en la Cadena Global.

Questions and answers 

3:30 – 3:50

COFFEE BREAK

3:50 – 5:20

SESSION II: PUBLIC INITIATIVES IN THE FIELD OF PRODUCTIVE TRANSFORMATION FOR INTEGRATION INTO VALUE CHAINS (CENTRAL AMERICA) 

Moderator:

• Debbie Alfaro, Projects Officer. Belize Trade and Investment Development. Belize. Belize experience   - MSME Policy and Strategy in Belize.
• Luis Barrera, Manager of Suppliers. National Commission of Micro and Small Enterprises (CONAMYPE). El Salvador
• Jorge Enrique Estrada, Advisor to the Vice-Ministry of Development of International Trade and Integration. Ministry of Economy. Guatemala
• Silvio Alemán, Market Analyst of the Directorate for Promotion and Marketing of Workshops and Small Businesses. Ministry of Family, Community, Cooperative and Associative Economy (MEFCCA). Nicaragua
• Iván Cruz, Responsible for Productive Articulation. Ministry of Industry, Trade and MSMEs. Dominican Republic 

Questions and answers

5:20 – 6:00

CONCLUSIONS FOR THE DAY 1 (Panel of experts) 

Moderator: Eduardo Espinoza Valverde, Director of the Centre for Studies on Economic Integration (SIECA) 

• Conclusions for the day by Jorge Mario Martínez and Nahuel Oddone 

Trigger questions: 

• What are the main challenges for the region to achieve the true productive transformation?
• What has been done to overcome them?
• What are the opportunities and tools available to increase competitiveness and productivity in the region?

6:00-6:30 

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Thursday 06 December

Morning

9:30 – 10:30

SESSION III: OPPORTUNITIES FOR COOPERATION TO ENHANCE TRADE AND PRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT 

Moderator: Jorge Mario Martínez, Head of the International Trade and Industry Unit. ECLAC 

• Luis Eduardo Sánchez, Manager of the Central American Trade Network (SIECA). Operation of the Central American Trade Network (RCAC).
• Mercy Ramos Díaz de Paz, Project Manager in the Country Management for El Salvador. Dynamics Project. Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI). 

Questions and answers 

Objective: Present the various international cooperation initiatives focused on enhancing the exchange of goods and services as a contribution to productive development. 

10:30 – 11:00

COFFEE BREAK

11:00 – 12:00

SESSION IV: DETERMINING PRODUCTIVE SECTORS 

Moderator: Nahuel Oddone, Head of theDepartment of Promotion and Exchange of Social Policies. ISM-MERCOSUR 

• Alba Sofía Escoto, Research and Analysis Specialist. SIECA. Cadenas de valor regionales en Centroamérica
• Karla Sánchez, Analyst of Studies and Proposals of SELA. Capacidades productivas: una estrategia para el crecimiento económico. 

Questions and answers 

Objective: Exchange of experiences in the development of methodologies to identify and determine productive sectors with potential. In addition, roundtables will be formed to coordinate the following activity.

CLOSING SESSION 

• Virginia Cartaya, Director of Studies and Proposals of SELA
• Eduardo Espinoza Valverde, Director of the Centre for Studies on Economic Integration (SIECA)