Report of the workshop on boosting SME development and competitiveness in the Caribbean
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, in collaboration with the Division of Production, Productivity and Management at ECLAC Headquarters in Chile, convened a one-day workshop on “Boosting SME Development and Competitivenes...
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ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean
2015
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| Sumario: | The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional
Headquarters for the Caribbean, in collaboration with the Division of Production, Productivity
and Management at ECLAC Headquarters in Chile, convened a one-day workshop on “Boosting
SME Development and Competitiveness in the Caribbean”, at the Subregional Headquarters for
the Caribbean in Port of Spain on 14 May 2009.
The workshop was the culmination of country studies that were carried out under an
Italian Government-funded project to assess the policies, institutions and instruments for
dynamic Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) development and competitiveness in Jamaica,
Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. The aim was to use the lessons learned from the three
country studies to inform policy and practice in the other member countries of the Caribbean
Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC).
The main objectives of the workshop were to: (a) share and discuss the findings of the
country studies and lessons learned; (b) provide a forum for high quality discussion of the policy
environment, instruments, business development and support services required for successful
SME development in the Caribbean; and (c) map out a strategy for moving from analysis and
recommendation to policy implementation and business changes in order to promote a dynamic
and competitive SME sector. The workshop aimed to arrive at practical solutions to major
constraints and a weighting of key actions in order of priority of implementation, by adopting a
problem-solving approach.
Participants at the workshop included representatives of key SME support institutions in
the region, actual SMEs and academic researchers. The list of participants and provisional
programme are annexed to this report. |
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