Regional Forum: “Access to Credit
and Financing for SME”
Pegasus
Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica, December 8, 2009
OPENING
SESSION
ü Address by
Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce of Jamaica
ü Address by
Ambassador
ü Address by
Leela Ramoutar, Private Sector Specialist of CARICOM
ü Address by
CONFERENCES
ü
María del Carmen
Díaz Amador, PRONAFIM, México. “A New Model to Fight Poverty. Social Policy of the Mexican Government”
ü A. Ludwig Ouenniche, Caribbean Association
of Industry and Commerce (CAIC), “Institutional Support for SMEs: Business
Planning Services and Development of Financing Proposals - The experience of the
St. Maarten Small Business Development Foundation.”
ü Sloan Coleman,
Senior Regulatory Specialist, Office of Financial Assistance, Small Business
Administration(SBA) of USA:” SBA’s Capital Access Programs”
VIA VIDEO CONFERENCING
ü Sandra
Husbands, President of the Caribbean Association of SME (CASME):” The Search for SME Financing –
Illusive?”
ü Veronica
Maceda, FOEX- FONDEPRO, Ministry of Economics Affairs of El Salvador: “More
Competitiveness for the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises”.
ü Reginald
Budhan, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Investment and
Commerce of Jamaica: “Policy Challenges of Financing the Micro and Small
Businesses - The Jamaican Experience”.
ü Lisa Bell, Acting
Deputy President
of Jamaica Trade and Invest (JTI). “Providing Financial Advisory Services to
SMES - Experience of the Corporate Finance Broker”
ü Gonzalo
Capriles, Coordinator of the Management Unit of the SELA-IBERPYME
Programme, “Policies
and instruments to deal with the impact of the international economic crisis on
Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Latin America and the Caribbean”
, German Caires,
SELA, “Guarantee Systems”
ü Dalma
James, President of the Jamaica Small Business
Association, “Solutions for Ready Availability and Easier Access to Financing
for SMEs in CARICOM.”