Annex A. Conference Programme
Related events preceding the OECD Ministerial Conference on “Strengthening SMEs and Entrepreneurship for Productivity and Inclusive Growth”
OECD-inadem workshop on building business linkages that boost sme productivity
The workshop “Building business linkages that boost SME productivity” is the third of a series of workshops on the topic of SME productivity organised by the OECD in collaboration with Mexico’s National Institute of the Entrepreneur (INADEM). The first workshop in the series looked into the importance of upgrading managerial skills and management practices to enhance SME productivity (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 3-4 November 2016), while the second dealt with the link between workforce skills and SME productivity (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 15-16 May 2017). This third workshop will focus on business linkages and how strengthening SME supply chain linkages and other types of inter-firm collaboration can boost SME productivity.
Women entrepreneurs: seizing the benefits of digitalisation and globalisation
This event will be an interactive workshop that includes an expert panel discussion and a policy hack. An international expert panel will explore the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs through a moderated discussion, with time allotted for questions and discussion with the audience. Key issues to be covered include digitalisation, access to finance and internationalisation. The policy hack will bring together participants in small groups to identify a tangible solution to specific policy challenges. Each group will identify one person who will “pitch” their solution to expert judges and other participants in 3 minutes. The expert judges will then select the top 3 ideas.
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Agenda at a glance
