XXI Meeting of Cooperation Directors for Latin America and the Caribbean

XXI Meeting of Cooperation Directors for Latin America and the Caribbean

“Cooperation for Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

in Latin America and the Caribbean”

Torarica Hotel & Casino
Mr. L.J. Rietbergplein 1
Paramaribo, Suriname, 29 and 30 July 2010

Background | Objectives | Provisional Agenda | Documents

Venue and Date | Languages | Hotels | Transport

Migration Information | Contacts | Organizers

The Meetings of International Cooperation Directors for Latin America and the Caribbean have been held within the framework of SELA since 1978 in order to promote and encourage a permanent meeting space so that the international cooperation directors of the region and various actors of international and South-South cooperation may exchange information, ideas, experiences and best practices on different topics involving cooperation from the Latin American and Caribbean perspective.

The “XXI Meeting of International Cooperation Directors for Latin America and the Caribbean”, whose central topic is “Cooperation for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean”, is being organized by the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) and the Government of Suriname, through the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation of Suriname. It will be held on 29 and 30 July 2010, in Paramaribo, Suriname.

The International Cooperation Directors for Latin America and the Caribbean, representatives of bilateral and multilateral development agencies, regional and international organizations will be present at this meeting, as well as specialists and academicians from the region.

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Objectives

Analyze the main issues, trends and prospects of regional and international cooperation within the framework of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean;
Evaluate new opportunities and areas that may receive cooperation from bilateral and multilateral sources, integration secretariats, regional development banks and other actors in Latin America and the Caribbean; and
Exchange successful experiences and best practices concerning the effectiveness of international cooperation projects for encouraging and strengthening micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in the region.

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Provisional agenda for the meeting

Government of Suriname

Thursday, 29 July 2010
Morning
9:30 – 10:00	REGISTRATION
10:00 – 10:45	OPENING SESSION Speech by Mrs. Ada Yanira Gutierrez, Director of the Sub-Secretariat for International Cooperation (SEGEPLAN) of Guatemala. First Vice-Presidency of the Latin American Council of SELA and headquarters of the XX ICDLAC Speech by the Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), Ambassador José Rivera Banuet Speech by the Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation of Suriname, His Excellency Ricardo Van Ravenswaay DOCUMENTARY
10:45- 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00– 11:30	INTRODUCTORY SESSION: “Trends and opportunities in international cooperation for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean”Presentation by the Permanent Secretariat of SELA Moderator: Antonio Romero, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
11:30– 1:00	SESSION I: Cooperation for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean. Main support and strengthening programmes. Perspective of integration secretariats and regional development banks. (Presentations: 15-20 minutes) Andean Development Corporation (CAF) Manuel Malaret, Director of SMEs and Microfinance Caribbean Community (CARICOM) – Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Lisa M. Harding, Investment Officer Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) – Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) Carina Cockburn, Specialist MIF CENPROMYPE – Central American Economic Integration Secretariat (SIECA). Vicente Rivas
1:00 – 1:30	Debate
1:30 – 2:30	Free time for lunch
Afternoon
2:30 - 4:00	SESSION II: Cooperation for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean. Main support and strengthening programmes. Perspective of bilateral and multilateral development agencies. (Presentations: 15-20 minutes) Moderator: Iris Sandel, Acting Permanent Secretary Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation of Suriname Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB) Luis Guillermo Solís, Director of the Centre of Information of SEGIB for Central America IBERPYME Programme Antonio Leone, Coordinator of the IBERPYME Programme Management Unit Organization of American States (OAS) Jorge Saggiante, Director of the Department of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Aizar Antonio Assefh, Representative of UNIDO in Colombia Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Rudolf Buitelaar, Chief, Project Management Unit. Programme Planning and Management Division German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) Stephan Heieck, Director of the Regional Programme for Sustainable Economic Development in Central America (DESCA) United States Agency for International Development (USAID) James Goggins, Mission Director in Barbados
4:00 – 4:15	Coffee break
4:15 – 5:30	Debate
7:00	Dinner
Friday, 30 July 2010 Morning
9:00- 11:00	SESION III: Cooperation for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean. Main support and strengthening programmes. Perspective of the International Cooperation Directors for Latin America and the Caribbean. (Presentations: 5-7 minutes) Moderator: Antonio Leone, Coordinator of the IBERPYME Programme Management Unit International Cooperation Directors for Latin America and the Caribbean
11:00 – 11:15	Coffee break
11:15 – 1:00	Debate
01:00 – 2:30	Free time for lunch
Afternoon
2:30 - 3:00	SESSION IV: FOLLOW UP OF THE CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LAST MEETING OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION DIRECTORS FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Moderator: Antonio Romero, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of SELA i) Presentation of the informative document “Visions, approaches and trends of international cooperation for development: Towards a practical conceptual framework for Latin America and the Caribbean”, prepared by the Permanent Secretariat of SELA (Available in Spanish)
3:00 – 4:00	Debate
4:00 – 4:15	Coffee break
4:15 - 5:00	SESSION V: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. CENTRAL TOPIC AND VENUE OF THE XXXII MEETING OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION DIRECTORS FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
5:00 - 5:30	CLOSING SESSION Speech by the Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation of Suriname Speech by the Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), Ambassador José Rivera Banuet

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Documents

Conclusions and Recommendations of the XXI Meeting of International Cooperation Directors for Latin America and the Caribbean
SP/XXI-RDCIALC/CR-10

Palabras del Embajador José Rivera Banuet,Secretario Permanente del Sistema
Económico Latinoamericano y del Caribe (SELA) - Sesión inaugural Available in Spanish)

SP/XXI-RDCIALC/Di N° 1-10

Speech by His Excellency Ricardo Van Ravenswaay, Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation of Suriname
SP/XXI-RDCIALC/Di N° 2-10

Palabras de la Sra. Ada Yanira Gutiérrez, Directora de la Subsecretaría de Cooperación Internacional SEGEPLAN de Guatemala-Sesión inaugural (Available in Spanish)
SP/XXI-RDCIALC/Di N° 3-10

Tendencias y oportunidades de la cooperación internacional para apoyar el desarrollo de las Micro,
Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas en América Latina y el Caribe
Antonio F. Romero, Director de Relaciones para la Integración y Cooperación del SELA (Available in Spanish)
SP/XXI-RDCIALC/Di N° 4-10

The Multilateral Investment Fund

Carina Cockburn, Specialist MIF, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) – Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF)
SP/XXI-RDCIALC/Di N° 5-10

El Programa IBERPYME
Antonio Leone, Coordinador de la Unidad de Gestión del Programa IBERPYME
SP/XXI-RDCIALC/Di N° 6-10 (Available in Spanish)

Cooperation for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Main support and strengthening programmes. Perspective of the Department of Economic
Development, Trade and Tourism, OAS
Jorge Saggiante, Director of the Department of Economic
Development, Trade and Tourism Organization of American States (OAS)
SP/XXI-RDCIALC/Di N° 7-10

Cooperation for Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in LAC
Aizar Antonio Assefh, Representative of UNIDO in Colombia.United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
SP/XXI-RDCIALC/Di N° 8-10

La situación de las PYMES en América Latina. El enfoque y el aporte de CEPAL
Rudolf Buitelaar, Jefe Unidad de Gerencia de Proyectos,Dirección de Desarrollo Productivo y Empresarial de la
CEPAL
SP/XXI-RDCIALC/Di N° 9-10

Cooperación para las Micro, Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas en América Latina y el Caribe. Planteamiento y principales
iniciativas de la GTZ en la región

Stephan Heieck, Director del Programa DesarrolloEconómico Sostenible en Centroamérica (DESCA)
Agencia Alemana para la Cooperación Internacional (GTZ)
SP/XXI-RDCIALC/Di N° 10-10

Cooperation for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean. Perspective of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
James Goggins, Mission Director in Barbados, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
SP/XXI-RDCIALC/Di N° 11-10

Visiones, enfoques y tendencias de la cooperación internacional para el desarrollo: Hacia un marco conceptual
y práctico latinoamericano y caribeño
Antonio F. Romero, Director de Relaciones para la Integración y Cooperación del SELA
SP/XXI-RDCIALC/Di N° 12-10 (Available in Spanish)

Actividades de ALIDE en materia de financiamiento de las Micro y PYMES
Jorge Montesinos, Jefe, Programa Capacitación y Cooperación de la Secretaría General de ALIDE
SP/XXI-RDCIALC/Di N° 13-10 (Available in Spanish)

Intervención del Dr. Rubén Ramos, Director General del Ministerio del Comercio Exterior y la Inversión Extranjera de Cuba (MINCEX), sobrela Cooperación para la Micro, Pequeña y Mediana Empresa en América Latina y el Caribe
SP/XXI-RDCIALC/Di N° 14-10 (Available in Spanish)

Agenda

Agenda - XXI Meeting of International Cooperation Directors for Latin America and the Caribbean. Cooperation for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean

Paramaribo - Suriname, 29 and 30 July 2010

Base document:

SELA: "Trends and opportunities in international cooperation for small and medium-sized enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean"

SP/XXI-RDCIALC/DT No. 2-10

Report on the Programme of Institutional Cooperation for the Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (IBERPYME). 1998 - 2010

SP/XXI-RDCIALC/DT N° 3-10

SELA: “Visions, approaches and trends of international cooperation for development: Towards a practical conceptual framework for Latin America and the Caribbean”

SP/XXI-RDCIALC/DT No. 4-10

Support Documents:

Developing women entrepreneurs: The need to rethink gender policies and programmes in the development of SMEs

SP/Di No. 5-10

Each speaker may submit written documents that will be uploaded to the Web site of the event. Participants can also make additional written contributions for the debates at the meeting.

The Permanent Secretariat will prepare a final report on the meeting and compile all the written contributions made by speakers and participants, which will be uploaded to SELA’s Web page.

Reference documents:

Final Report of the XX Meeting of Cooperation Directors for Latin America and the Caribbean. Antigua, Guatemala, September 2009. SP/XX-RDCIALC/IF-09

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Venue and Date

The XXI Meeting of Cooperation Directors for Latin America and the Caribbean will be held in Paramaribo, Suriname on 29 and 30 July 2010.

Address:

Torarica Hotel & Casino

Mr. L.J. Rietbergplein 1

P.O. Box 1514

Paramaribo

Suriname

Telephone: + (597) 471500

Fax: + (597) 411682

E-mail: reservations@torarica.com

http://www.torarica.com/hotelandcasino/

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Languages

The official languages will be Spanish and English. There will be simultaneous interpretation.

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Hotels

Participants can make reservations directly with the hotel of their preference, indicating that they will participate at the XXI Meeting of Cooperation Directors for Latin America and the Caribbean, so as to benefit from SELA’s preferential tariff.

Torarica Hotel & Casino Mr. L.J. Rietbergplein 1 P.O. Box 1514 Paramaribo Suriname Telephone: + (597) 471500 Fax: + (597) 411682 E-mail: reservations@torarica.com http://www.torarica.com/hotelandcasino/ The average of the room rate is 120 US$ Contact for reservations: Ms. Heliante Fris E-mail: groups@torarica.com		Royal Torarica Address: Kleine Waterstraat 10 Phone: +597 473500, Fax: +597 473808 E-mail: groups@torarica.com Website: www.torarica.com Contact: Ms. Claire Antonius or Mrs. Helianthe Fris

Eco Resort Inn Address: Cornelis Jongbawstraat 16 Phone: +597 425522, Fax: +597 425510 E-mail: info@ecoresortinn.com Website: www.torarica.com Rates starting from 95 to 120 US$

Other Hotels Nearby

Courtyard By Marriott Paramaribo Address: Kleine Waterstraat 1a Phone: +597 456000, Fax: +597 456677 E-mail: cy.pbmcy.reservations@courtyard.com Website: www.marriott.com The average of the room rate is 100 US$ The room rate is US$ 100 approximately Contact for reservation: Maritza Currie		Zeelandia Suites Address: Kleine Waterstraat 1a, Paramaribo Phone: +597 424631, Fax: +597 424790 E-mail: zeelands@sr.net Website: www.zeelandiasuites.com

Residence Inn Paramaribo Address: Anton Dragtonweg 7, Paramaribo Phone: +597 472387 , Fax: +597 424811 E-mail: resinpbo@sr.net Website: www.resinn.com		Hotel Krasnapolsky Address: Domineestraat 39, Paramaribo Phone: +597 475050, Fax: +597 420139 E-mail: reservations@krasnapolsky.sr Website: www.krasnapolsky.sr

Best Western Elegance Hotel Address: Frederick Derbystraat 99-100, Paramaribo Phone: +597 420007, Fax: +597 420008 E-mail: frontoffice@bestwesternsuriname.com Website: www.bestwesternsuriname.com The average of the room rate is 95 US$

If you need assistance from the Permanent Secretariat, kindly contact Mrs. Cora Romero, Travel and Arrangements Official for SELA, (Telephones: (58-212) 9557111 and 9557124; Fax: (58-212) 9516901 and 9515292; Electronic mail: cromero@sela.org).

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Transport

Most of the Hotels offer transportation from the Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport and the hotel. Arrangement should be made upfront.

Le Grand Baldew (Tel: 597/47 47 13) provides service between the Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport and Paramaribo hotels. The 47-km trip takes about 45 minutes when traffic and weather are favourable. You must reserve 24 hours in advance.

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Migration Information in order to enter Suriname

The SELA Member States that require visa to enter Suriname are the following:

Argentina

Bolivia

Colombia (Diplomatic or official passport holders do not require a visa)

Costa Rica (Diplomatic or official passport holders do not require a visa)

Cuba (Diplomatic or official passport holders do not require a visa)

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Haiti

Honduras

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Dominican Republic

Uruguay

Venezuela (Diplomatic or official passport holders do not require a visa)

In such cases, SELA can request the Ministry of Affairs of Suriname to issue courtesy visas, to participate in official events.

In order to speed up arrangements with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, those participants that require visa must:

Fill in the visa application form and attach a picture,
Copy of the itinerary,
Copy of page(s) of the passport containing their picture, name(s) and the expiration date.

Send this information to the following e-mails: natasha_halfhuid@hotmail.com, or natasha.halfhuid@plos.sr (carbon copy to jgordon@sela.org and hfonseca@sela.org).

Passports must be signed and valid for 6 months from the date of intended travel. Please, also specify the type of passport (diplomatic, service or National passport).

Visa Application Form

Participants are recommended to bring a copy of their visa application form with its corresponding photograph upon arrival in Suriname.

To avoid any inconvenience, it is recommended for participants to consult in time the information on migration in the Web site of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Suriname:

http://www.surinameembassy.org/visa_extension.shtml

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Contacts

Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)

http://www.sela.org

Antonio Romero, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation

Javier Gordon Ruiz, Coordinator of Cooperation Projects

Herminia Fonseca, Project Assistant

Telephones: (58-212) / 955.71.11 / 955.71.21 / 955.71.15 / 955.7137 / 955.7103

Fax: (58-212) 951.52.92 / 951.69.01

E-mails: aromero@sela.org; jgordon@sela.org; hfonseca@sela.org.

Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation of Suriname