SELA organizes Seminar on productive articulation strategies and methodologies, clusters and export consortiums: Caribbean and Central American Experiences

The Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) is organizing the  “Seminar on productive articulation strategies and methodologies, clusters and export consortiums: Caribbean and Central American Experiences,” scheduled to take place on 21 and 22 July 2016 at the headquarters of the regional organization in Caracas.

With this Seminar, the Permanent Secretariat of SELA hopes to contribute to the building of business and governmental institutional capacities for the development of productive articulation projects, such as clusters and export consortiums in Latin America and the Caribbean; disseminate information on productive articulation strategies, linkages, local productive developments and industrial districts, among other successful experiences; and identify productive articulation projects in the Caribbean and Central American countries that require direct technical assistance or through cooperation that encourages partnerships among SMEs in the region.

This event is aimed at focal points for small and medium-sized enterprises, representatives of regional organizations, government institutions and business associations, and experts in the field from Central American and Caribbean nations.

The Permanent Secretariat of SELA has conducted seminars and workshops on inter-firm cooperation and partnership with the purpose of strengthening the productive articulation capacities of SMEs in value chains and encouraging the formation of sectoral productive linkages. During the last 15 years, the organization has held workshops on internationalization of SMEs with the support of experts of public and private organizations from several countries in the region and other regions.

SMEs face the challenge of exporting, and to cope with it, they should formulate strategies with long-term objectives in order to conquer new markets, with trained staff at all levels acting in a coordinated manner and establishing different forms of sectoral linkages.

Opportunities offered by partnership are presented as a collective learning, which expands on innovative management processes and is derived from the articulation of models that have an impact on economic growth and competitiveness.

The description of all activities carried out by the Permanent Secretariat in the field of productive articulation, clusters, export consortiums, partnership and internationalization of SMEs is available on the specialized portal of the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Programme for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SELA-SMEs Programme).

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