Workshop on validation of scores of the Public Policy Index for MSMEs in Latin America and the Caribbean (IPPALC)

Background

The implementation of the second edition of the Public Policy Index for MSMEs in Latin America and the Caribbean (IPPALC) began in June 2020, when the launch event for this new cycle of the project was held in Montevideo, Uruguay, with the participation of ten countries in the region.

On that occasion, the national coordinators of IPPALC of Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru, which make up the Pacific Alliance, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay and Uruguay, together with representatives of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), CAF-development bank of Latin America, and the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), leading organizations of the project, achieved the objectives set: i) to present the new virtual platform for accessing the assessment questionnaire; ii) to discuss and approve the dimensions of analysis for the second edition; iii) to evaluate the contents of the new questionnaire; and, iv) to present and approve the work schedule.

Subsequently, between May and June of this year, national workshops were held virtually (one per participating country) to discuss and validate the information gathered in the questionnaire concerning the treatment of national public policies for MSMEs that was circulated after the launch meeting.

According to the schedule, the "Workshop on validation of scores of the Public Policy Index for MSMEs in Latin America and the Caribbean (IPPALC)" will allow for presenting and justifying the preliminary results obtained by the countries in each dimension of the Index and for generating an exchange of opinions among the national coordinators in order to clarify the scores and subsequent analyses.

Objectives

To present, discuss and validate the scores obtained for the dimensions and sub-dimensions of the IPPALC, as well as the preliminary conclusions generated for each of the ten participating countries.

Participants

This activity is aimed at governmental focal points for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises of the Pacific Alliance Member States, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, regional and international organisations.

Logistical aspects

Language: Spanish with simultaneous translation into Portuguese.
Venue: Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (SEBRAE). Brasilia, Brazil.
Date: 29 and 30 August 2023.

Agenda

Thursday 29 August 2023

Morning
08:45 – 09:00	Registration
09:00 – 09:30	Opening session Representative of SELA Representative of the CAF Representative of the OECD Representative of the Government of Brazil
09:40 – 10:00	Introducing and setting up the meeting Representative of the OECD Open debate
10:00 – 10:15	Coffe Break
10:15 - 11:15	Session I. Institutional Framework Representative of the OECD Open debate
11:15 – 12:15	Session II. Operational environment Representative of the OECD Open debate
12:15 – 2:00	LUNCH
Afternoon
02:00 – 03:00	Session III. Access to finance Representative of CAF Open debate
03:00 – 04:00	Session IV. Public procurement Representative of the OECD Open debate
04:00 – 04:15	Coffe Break
04:00 -05:00	Session V. Innovation and technology Representative of the OECD Open debate

Wednesday 30 August 2023

Morning
09:00 – 10:00	Session VI. Productive transformation Representative of the OECD Open debate
10:00 – 10:15	Coffe Break
10:15 – 11:15	Session VII. Market access and internationalisation Representative of SELA Open debate
11:15 – 12:15	Session VIII. Digitalisation Representative of the OECD Open debate
12:15 – 2:00	LUNCH
Afternoon
02:00 – 03:00	Session IX. Green economy / Covid-19 / Gender Representative of the OECD Open debate
03:00 – 04:00	Summary of the workshop and next steps Representative of the OECD Representative of SELA Open debate
04:00 – 04:30	Closing session Representative of SELA Representative of the OECD Representative of CAF