SEMINAR-WORKSHOP ON PRODUCTIVE ARTICULATION FOR THE STRENGTHENING AND DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMES)
Santiago, Chile. June  26 to 28, 2019 . Seminar: 26 June 2019, at the Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism / Workshop: 27 and 28 June 2019, at the Hotel Crowne Plaza Santiago.

AGENDA

SEMINAR

Wednesday, 26 June 2019

Morning 

 

8:30 –  9:00

REGISTRATION
9:00 –  9:10

OPENING SESSION 

  • Virginia Cartaya (Spanish), Director of Studies and Proposals of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA).
  • Jorge O’Ryan, Director of the Export Promotion Bureau of Chile (ProChile) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile.
 

GROUP PHOTO

9:15 – 11:15 

SESSION I: MAIN PRODUCTIVE ARTICULATION INITIATIVES FOR SMEs AT THE NATIONAL AND REGIONAL LEVELS (30 min.) 

Moderator: Virginia Cartaya, Director of Studies and Proposals of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) 

  • Constanza Manosalva, Global Value Chains Division. Directorate-General of International Economic Affairs of Chile (DIRECON)
  • Juan Carlos Elorza, Director of Private Sector Technical Analysis and Assessment. CAF-development bank of Latin America
  • Rodrigo Krell Loy, Head of Trade and Industrial Policy. Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism of Chile
  • Nahuel Oddone, Head of the Department of Promotion and Exchange of Social Policies of the MERCOSUR Social Institute.
11:15 – 11:30 

COFFEE BREAK

11: 30– 01:30 

SESSION II: PRODUCTIVITY IN THE FIELD OF NETWORKS AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION (30 min.) 

Moderator: 

  • Roberto Urmeneta. International Consultant. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
  • José Ramón Morales. Associate researcher at the Centre for International Development of Harvard Kennedy School
  • Juan José Obach, Executive Director of the Sustainable Project Management Office. Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism of the Government of Chile
  • Damián Pirrocco, Economist specializing in industrial policy of the National Directorate for Industries. Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining of Uruguay 

Questions and answers

01:30 – 3:00

LUNCH

Afternoon

3:00 – 4:00

SESSION III: METHODOLOGIES AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL TO IDENTIFY PRODUCTIVE SECTORS (20 min.) 

Moderator: Virginia Cartaya, Director of Studies and Proposals of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) 

  • Ana Maria Castillo, Coordinator of Sectoral Intelligence of the Trade Promotion Agency of Colombia (PROCOLOMBIA)
  • Mario Ocharan, Deputy Director of Intelligence and Commercial Prospects. Trade Promotion Agency of Peru (PROMPERÚ)
  • Juan Paredes Romero, Director of Promotion, Development and Innovation of the Vice-Ministry of MSMEs. Ministry of Industry and Trade of Paraguay.

4:00 – 4:15

COFFEE BREAK

3:35 – 4:35 

SESSION III: METHODOLOGIES AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL TO IDENTIFY PRODUCTIVE SECTORS (CONTINUATION) (20 min.) 

Moderator: 

  • Demian Dalle, National Coordinator of Working Subgroup 7 “Industry”. Ministry of Production of Argentina
  • Amed Figueroa, Export Business Advisor. Belize Trade and Investment Development (BELTRAIDE). BELIZE
  • Iván Cruz, Official in charge ofProductive Articulation of the Vice-Ministry for Development of MSMEs. Ministry of Industry, Trade and MSMEs (MICM) of Dominican Republic

Questions and answers

4:35 – 5:45

SESSION IV: PRESENTATION OF ADVANCES IN THE SELA-CAF PROJECT: PRODUCTIVE ARTICULATION PROGRAMME FOR THE STRENGHTENING AND DEVELOPMENT OF SMES IN THE REGION 

  • Representative of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA.
    Activities executed by SELA together with the countries participating in the project.
  • Milagros Yépez, Executive of the Directorate for Regional Initiatives. CAF-development bank of Latin America. Support in the execution of the project.

5:45 – 6:00 

CLOSING SESSION 

  • Virginia Cartaya, Director of Studies and Proposals of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
  • Representative of the Directorate-General of International Economic Affairs of Chile (DIRECON)

WORKSHOP

Training of national coordinators of the countries participating in the Programme
Thursday, 27 June 2019

Morning

 

 

WORK METHODOLOGY OF THE WORKSHOP

  • Virginia Cartaya, Director of Studies and Proposals of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
9:00 –10:30

SESSION IV: REVIEW OF ADVANCES IN WEBINARS

This session will focus on the aspects addressed in each of the webinars to date. For that purpose, emphasis will be made on the following issues:

  • Databases used for the development of the methodology
  • Organization of data in STATA
  • Statistical models used for the identification of potential productive niches
10:30 – 10:45

COFFEE BREAK

10:45 – 11:00

CREATION OF WORKING GROUPS: 

  • According to the advances made in each of the countries, emphasis will be made on the creation of working groups to provide continuity to the training of participants. In this connection, there will be two working groups, with the first comprised of those who are working on the preparation of databases and the second made up of those who are already working with the STATA Software.
  • Working groups will receive the technical support of analysts of studies and proposals of SELA with the collaboration of Dr. Gustavo Sánchez, instructor at STATACorp.
11:00 – 1:00

WORKING GROUP I: DATABASES USED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE METHODOLOGY

  • Review of primary data with a format other than STATA
  • Organization of data by industry and year
  • Validation of data by country
1:00 – 2:30

LUNCH 

Afternoon

 

2:30 – 4:00

WORKING GROUP I: DATABASES USED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE METHODOLOGY (CONTINUATION)

  • - Review of primary data with a format other than STATA
  • - Organization of data by industry and year
  • - Validation of data by country

CONCLUSIONS OF THE GROUP

In order to generate audience feedback, participants will have the opportunity to make a 5-minute presentation on their advances.

4:00 – 4:15 

COFFEE BREAK

4:15 – 5:45

WORKING GROUP II: ORGANIZATION OF DATA IN STATA

  • Import of data into STATA
  • Organization of data according to SELA-generated programming code
  • Validation of results by country
  • Identification of main facts by industry and years by country
5:45 – 6:00

SUMMARY OF THE DAY

  • Virginia Cartaya, Director of Studies and Proposals of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA). 

WORKSHOP

Training of national coordinators of the countries participating in the Programme
Friday, 28 June 2019

Morning

 

9:00 – 10:30

WORKING GROUP II: ORGANIZATION OF DATA IN STATA (CONTINUATION) 

  • Import of data into STATA
  • Organization of data according to SELA-generated programming code
  • Validation of results by country
  • Identification of main facts by industry and years by country 

CONCLUSIONS OF THE WORKING GROUP 

In order to generate audience feedback, participants will have the opportunity to make a 5-minute presentation on their advances.

10:30 – 10:45

COFFEE BREAK

10:45 –12:30

WORKING GROUP III: STATISTICAL MODELS USED FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL PRODUCTIVE NICHES  

  • Development of intensive margin of labour supply
  • Analysis of results by country
  • Development of extensive margin of labour supply
  • Development of extensive margin of exports
  • Analysis of results by country
12:30 – 2:00

LUNCH

2:00 –3:30

WORKING GROUP III: STATISTICAL MODELS USED FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL PRODUCTIVE NICHES  (CONTINUATION) 

  • Development of intensive margin of labour supply
  • Analysis of results by country
  • Development of extensive margin of labour supply
  • Development of extensive margin of exports
  • Analysis of results by country

CONCLUSIONS OF THE WORKING GROUP 

In order to generate audience feedback, participants will have the opportunity to make a 5-minute presentation on their advances.

3:30–3:45

COFFEE BREAK

3:45– 4:15

NEXT STAGES OF THE PROJECT 

  • Virginia Cartaya, Director of Studies and Proposals of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
4:15 -4:30

CLOSING SESSION 

  • Virginia Cartaya, Director of Studies and Proposals of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
  • Representative of the Directorate-General of International Economic Affairs of Chile (DIRECON)