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Intersectoral Perspectives on the Cooperation for the Promotion of Micro-enterprises

Intersectoral Perspectives on the Cooperation for the Promotion of Micro-enterprises. Francisco Pilotti Director of the Department of Social Development and Employment SEDI/OAS. Background: XIV IACML. Working Group 1

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Intersectoral Perspectives on the Cooperation for the Promotion of Micro-enterprises

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  1. Intersectoral Perspectives on the Cooperation for the Promotion of Micro-enterprises Francisco Pilotti Director of the Department of Social Development and Employment SEDI/OAS Department of Social Development and Employment SEDI/OEA

  2. Background: XIV IACML • Working Group 1 Contribute to the analysis and promotion of measures aimed at strengthening the competitiveness and productivity of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and other production units, in the areas of technical and financial assistance and professional training, considering the local level as a factor for development and employment generation. Department of Social Development and Employment SEDI/OEA

  3. Background: IV Summit of Mar del Plata • MSMEs are a fundamental component of economic growth, job creation and the reduction of poverty and inequality. Department of Social Development and Employment SEDI/OEA

  4. MSME: Employment and Poverty • Microentrepreneurship • Heterogeneous • Job creation • Precariousness and vulnerability Department of Social Development and Employment SEDI/OEA

  5. Common Interventions • Training • Access to technology • Administration and management • Commercialization of inputs and outputs • Access to credit • Fostering productive chaining Department of Social Development and Employment SEDI/OEA

  6. Sectoral Approach • Economy • Productivity • Labor • Training • Social Development • Poverty Department of Social Development and Employment SEDI/OEA

  7. Supporting MSMEs is a priority for all of these sectors Intersectoral Approach to Support MSMEs Inter-American networks in labor, social development and MSMEs They meet where common challenges exist Labor External Actors Poverty Economy By the means of: - Identification of shared challenges - Undertaking cooperation activities to address them The OAS, with external support is a catalyst to address these challenges Department of Social Development and Employment SEDI/OEA

  8. DSDE Networks The DSDE is the Technical Secretariat of: • The Inter-American Conference of the Ministers of Labor and its advisory bodies • The Ministerial and High Level Meeting of Social Development • The Social Network for Latin America and the Caribbean And supports the activities of: • The SME Congress of the Americas Department of Social Development and Employment SEDI/OEA

  9. The Activities of this Network The DSDE seeks to strengthen a network of permanent dialogue in all of its thematic areas, by the means of: • Support the political process of each forum • Horizontal cooperation strategy • Presenting and updating national Programs that are potentially transferable to other countries • Workshops to share experiences • Update comprehensive websites on Specialized Meetings • Design and maintain a Virtual Dialogue Fora • Technical and political videoconferences • Interagency alliances • Consultations with Civil Society and the Private Sector Department of Social Development and Employment SEDI/OEA

  10. Support to the Micro, Medium and Small-sized Enterprises Supporting the development of micro and small-sized enterprises as a strategy for job creation and combating poverty in the Americas Department of Social Development and Employment SEDI/OEA

  11. Support to the Micro, Medium and Small-sized Enterprises • Specific Objectives: • To identify, organize and systematize the best practices in creating and developing micro and small enterprises • To prepare a concept paper on the state of the art of this topic in the Americas and develop a virtual space that presents the best practices • To contribute to the hemispheric dialogue on the topic through a technical and political meeting Department of Social Development and Employment SEDI/OEA

  12. Results • Intersectoral workshop, July 25-26, 2006 • Ministry of Labour of Brazil and Chile • Microenterprise, poverty and employment in Latin America and the Caribbean: A proposal. • Conclusions and recommendations • http://www.sedi.oas.org/ddse/mipymes/ingles/default.asp Department of Social Development and Employment SEDI/OEA

  13. Conclusions and Recommendations • Microenterprises as the unit to be addressed • Territorial development as an strategy to support microentrepreneurship • Intervention areas • Training • Financing • Innovation • Formalization • Government procurement Department of Social Development and Employment SEDI/OEA

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