FORUM: “Galvanizing MSMEs Worldwide by Supporting Women and Youth Entrepreneurship and Resilient Supply Chains.” Micro-, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises Day 2023. This MSMEs day will also focus on supporting resilient supply chains to ensure workers and the environment benefit. Supply chains are a critical component of global trade and commerce, and conflicts, disasters, and pandemics can quickly impact their functioning, increasing costs and making transactions more difficult. Therefore, policymakers and businesses must join forces to ensure economically viable, socially, and environmentally sustainable supply chains. Follow the conversations with the hashtags: #smallbusinesses, #27June, #MSMEday, #MSMEs.
EVENTS: Join the all-day celebrations of the Micro-, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises Day 2023 at the United Nations Headquarters on Tuesday, 27 June 2022, from 09:30-17:30 EST and 15:30-23:30 CEST.
Panel discussion 1: Galvanizing MSMEs Worldwide by Supporting Women and Youth Entrepreneurship and Resilient Supply Chains. Multiple simultaneous shocks and crises have disturbed the global working environment for entrepreneurs and micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). In addition, conflicts, commodity dependence, geopolitical tensions, and pandemics drive social and economic instability, making MSMEs extremely vulnerable to rising inflation and supply chain disruptions. Among the most vulnerable, women- and youth-owned enterprises are often at risk of external shocks. This is when the percentage and overall number of business formations by women and youth are increasing worldwide. However, facing limited access to affordable finance, capacity-building support, partnership networks, and global markets, women and young entrepreneurs need help to overcome the numerous challenges that frequently stifle the growth of their businesses, confining many of them to informality or necessity entrepreneurship. Policies that strengthen capacities and support MSMEs development and entrepreneurship for women and youth need to be at the forefront to address those challenges, lower and remove barriers, and provide an operating environment for women- and youth-owned businesses to grow, thus contributing to the full achievement of SDGs 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10 and the "leave no one behind" promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals.
Panel discussions 2: Resilience and Rebuilding: MSMEs for Sustainable Development at the forefront of building back better and stronger from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Climate crisis and Conflicts. Entrepreneurs' adaptability and resilience have aided in responding to economic shocks, increasing the participation of women, youth and other disadvantaged groups part in the local, national and global economy. The event will feature micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises, including women and youth-led social start-ups, alongside global leaders to highlight progress, gaps and challenges that MSMEs and entrepreneurs continue to encounter, undermining their contributions to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the SDGs. Register to participate , download the programme and watch the livestream on UN Web TV.
MSMEs DAY 2023 - Schedules.
10 A.M. – 10:40 A.M. - Opening Statements.
Moderator: Mr. Ayman El Tarabishy, President & CEO, ICSB
Speakers:
- H.E. Csaba Kőrösi, President of the General Assembly of the UN (TBC)
- H.E. Lachezara Stoeva, President of the Economic and Social Council (TBC)
- H.E. Ambassador María del Carmen Squeff, Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations
- H.E. Ambassador Matthew Wilson, Permanent Representative and Ambassador of Barbados
- Mr. Gerd Müller, Director-General, UN Industrial Development Organization
- Ms. Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of UN Conference on Trade & Development
- Gilbert F. Houngbo, International Labour Organization Director-General
- Ms. Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Executive Director, International TradeCentre
- Mr. Li Junhua, under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs
- Mr. Winslow Sargeant, Chair of the Board, ICSB
Plenary 1: Global Ecosystem to Support MSMEs.
Organized by: UNIDO | Live Moderation: UNIDO
10:40 A.M. – 11:25 A.M.
Moderator: Mr. Ralf Bredel, Director and Representative to the United Nations, UNIDO
Speakers:
- H.E. Sithembiso Nyoni, Minister of Women Affairs, Community and Small and Medium Enterprise Development, Zimbabwe
- Mr. Racine Sarr, Founder at Shopmeaway,
- Mr. Jo Kyoo-il, Mayor, Jinju City, Republic of Korea
- Ms. Anne Chappaz, Chief, Institutions and Ecosystems, International Trade Centre
- Mr. Joel Nelson, Cargill, Global Leader, External Innovation
- Ms. Ibtihel Ben Hadj Mbare, General Manager and Founder of Herbalya
11:25 A.M. – 12:10 P.M.
Moderator: Mr. Amson Sibanda, Chief, National Strategies and Capacity Building Branch, Division for Sustainable Development Goals, DESA and Ms. Virginia Rose Losada WED Global Coordinator, SME Unit, ILO
Speakers:
- Ms. Lisa Skeete Tatum, Founder and CEO of Landit
- Ms. Obianuju Uzo-Ojinnaka, Founder at Traders of Africa
- Mr. Sandeep Chachra, CEO of ActionAid India
- Mrs. Claudia Mazari Torres, Mayor of Puente de Ixtla, Mexico
- Ms. Franziska Giffey, Former Governing Mayor of Berlin
- Ms. Suyesha Sthapit, Executive Director; Federation of Woman Entrepreneurs' Associations of Nepal (FWEAN)
- Ms. Christine Virtucio, CEO & Founder of Virtucio Designs
Plenary 3: Role of Youth in Supporting MSMEs Achieve the SDGS | (Youth Representatives)
12:10 P.M. – 12:55 P.M.
Moderator: Mr. Skye Blanks, ICSB COO
Speakers:
- ITC Pre-Recorded Ecopreneur Video
- Mr. Muhammad Sarim Raza, Co-founder at Mawesh E- Mandi
- Ms. Francesca Milocco (Project Coordinator of NanoValbruna, Board member of ReGeneration Hub Friuli)
- Mr. Stefano Cercelletta (Contest Coordinator of NanoValbruna, Board member of ReGeneration Hub Friuli)
- Mrs. Laura Segura, Manager of Innovation and Services of the ArgentineIndustrial Union
Plenary 4: Supply Chain Issues and Impact on United Nations SDGS and MSMEs Day
2:00 P.M. – 2:40 P.M.
Moderator: Mr. Winslow Sargeant, Chair ICSB
Speakers:
- ITC Pre-Recorded Ecopreneur Video
- Mr. Muhammad Sarim Raza, Co-founder at Mawesh E- Mandi
- Ms. Francesca Milocco (Project Coordinator of NanoValbruna, Board member of ReGeneration Hub Friuli)
- Mr. Stefano Cercelletta (Contest Coordinator of NanoValbruna, Board member of ReGeneration Hub Friuli)
- Mrs. Laura Segura, Manager of Innovation and Services of the Argentine Industrial Union
Plenary 5: The Voices of Innovation for MSMES – Global Perspectives
2:40 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.
Moderator: Ms. Analia Pastran, ICSB Director and Co-Chair of the World Urban Campaign of UN-Habitat
Speakers:
- H.E. Gloria Guevara, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Tourism of SaudiArabia, Sustainable Tourism Global Center (STGC)
- H.E. Orkhan Mammadov (Chairman of the Management Board), The Small and Medium Business Development Agency (SMBDA) of the Republic of Azerbaijan
- Ms. Vanessa Perry, The George Washington University School ofBusiness Vice Dean for Strategy
- Mr. Kichan Kim, Founder of Humane Entrepreneurship, Professor, Catholic University, S. Korea
- Mr. Stefano Bonini, Associate Professor of Finance. StevensInstitute of Technology
- Ms. Unatha Lutshaba, South African Cultural Observatory-Executive Director
- Ms. Chrystele Sanon, Qwampus Founder, Coach & Teacher
Plenary 6: Emerging Topics in MSMEs: The Future Ahead
4:00 P.M. – 5:15 P.M.
Moderator: Winslow Sargeant, Chair ICSB
Speakers:
- Mr. Tomas Canosa, Undersecretary of MSME of Argentina
- Mr. Hartmut-Heinrich Meyer Professor of Business Administration and Entrepreneurship at FOM, Germany
- Ms. Vicki Stylianou, Group Executive, Advocacy & Policy - Australia
- Mr. Jeff Alves, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the International Council for Small Business
- Mr. Paolo Licata, President BoD & CEO of CO2NVERT
- Ms. Martina Tomasetig, HR Manager & Co-founder of CO2NVERT(start-up winner of BAITE Innovation Award)
- Ms. Valentina Larini, technology developer of PeroGreen
- Mr. Enrico Montanaro, Co-founder & CEO of Agreen Biosolutions (start-up winner of BAITE Innovation Award)
- Mr. Gerhard Andrey, Member of the National Council of Switzerland
- Rico J. Baldegger, Director and Professor, School of ManagementFribourg
- Mr. Christian Meisel, Professor, Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal University
- Mr. Christoph Winkler, Professor & founding program director of the Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation,Iona University
- Mr. Kyle Lyon, Data Scientist, AI and the Future of MSMEs
- Ms. Jennifer Kirkland, Entrepreneur, Better Access to Healthcare for MSMEs
Closing Remarks
5:30 P.M. – 5:45 P.M.
Moderator: Mr. Ayman El Tarabishy, President & CEO, ICSB Speakers: ICSB and Youth.
LIVESTREAM: Galvanizing MSMEs Worldwide by Supporting Women and Youth Entrepreneurship and Resilient Supply Chains
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