16^th INSME Annual Meeting
20 Years after the first OECD SME Ministerial Conference in Bologna: Progress and Perspectives for SME Policies in a post COVID-19 Environment

Rome, Italy, November 17, 2020
Online Event

 

 

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The event is organised in collaboration with

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

 

CONFERENCE THEME

The webinar celebrated the 20^th anniversary of the “Bologna Charter on SMEs policies” – the Ministerial declaration adopted on the 15^th of June 2000 on the occasion of the first OECD SME Ministerial Conference that laid the basis for the establishment of the INSME Network – in a High-Level joint INSME-OECD international conference organised to discuss current opportunities and challenges for SMEs and entrepreneurs, the progress in policy approaches over the past decades, the lessons learnt, long-standing and emerging policy challenges, and policy priorities to ensure SMEs and entrepreneurs are drivers of a strong, resilient, green, and inclusive recovery.

AGENDA

Welcome and introduction

• Martin Godel, Chair of the OECD Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship (WPSMEE) and Head of Division of the State Secretariat of Economic Affairs (Switzerland)
• Sergio Arzeni, President, International Network for SMEs (INSME)

Opening remarks

• Ulrik Vestergaard Knudsen, Deputy Secretary General of the OECD

High-level panel

• Enrico Letta, President of Notre Europe – Institute Jacques Delors and Director International Studies at Science-Po, Paris, former Italian Prime Minister and Minister of Industry hosting the Bologna Ministerial Conference,
• Patrick Meinhardt, Vice-President of European Entrepreneurs and Board member of INSME.
• Josianne Cutajar, Member of the European Parliament
• Yves Leterme, President of Tojoy Western Europe and Member of INSME, former Prime Minister of Belgium and Deputy Secretary General of the OECD
• Gian Paolo Manzella, State Undersecretary, Ministry of Economic Development, Italy

Open floor discussion

Concluding remarks

• Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE)

CONFERENCE OUTLINE

You can find a detailed breakdown of the event here.