SME Finance: Canadian-Caribbean Collaboration
Putting the G20 Framework on SME Finance into Practice: Prospects for Canadian-Caribbean Collaboration
Date: December 6th, 2010
Hosted by: The Centre for Trade Policy and Law (CTPL), Carleton University, University of Ottawa, and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)
Focusing on developing a pragmatic approach to combine Canadian and Caribbean experience and expertise to improve access to finance for SMEs in the Caribbean, this initiative builds on the commitments made at the Toronto G20 Summit “to improving access to financial services for the poor and to increasing financial available to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries”. The workshop brings together Canadian, Caribbean and other international experts from the private sector, government, nongovernment and development communities with direct experience in implementing projects that promote greater financial inclusion in the developing world.
To view the agenda of this seminar click here
For presentation slides from our speakers, please click on the links below
Secured Transactions - Importance & Best Practices
A Financial System Organization View
Putting SME Finance Into Practice
IDB Support for STR in Jamaica 2008-2012
Mainstreaming SME Financing in the Caribbean is a project helping Caribbean entrepreneurs grow their businesses by working with governments, the private sector, civil society groups and regional organizations to implement collateral-based lending reform targeted at increasing access to finance to SMEs (small and medium enterprises).
For more information, please read Mainstreaming SME Finance in the Caribbean Project
We also invite you to read the discussion paper hosted at the December 6th seminar.
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