COMING EVENTS :
AECM Annual Seminar on the Financial and Economic Crisis and the role of guarantee schemes - 25 September 2009, Le Meridien, Nice, France
Kindly hosted by SOCAMA, SIAGI and OSEO
This year, AECM's annual Seminar will be held on 25 September to deal with the impact of the Financial and Economic crisis on SME access to finance. It will highlight the way in which SMEs are affected by the turmoil, e.g. by more restrictive credit conditions, decreasing turnover as well as demand for their products and rising late payments.
The Seminar will focus on how access to finance can be maintained despite of the crisis, on the role of guarantee schemes as well as on the added value that specific guarantee products can bring.
Programme
PAST EVENTS :
AECM Annual Seminar on SME Internationalization - 16 May 2008, Hilton, Budapest, Hungary
Kindly hosted by AVHGA (Rural Credit Guarantee Foundation)
This year's AECM Annual Seminar was held on the 16 May in Budapest, Hungary and dealt with the issue of SME Internationalization. As globalization is intensifying, SMEs are increasingly coming under competitive pressure, both on their home markets and abroad. While there are many incentives for SMEs to go international, they still face disproportionately high market entry barriers when compared to larger companies, in particular in relation to access to finance.
The presentations made by the different speakers highlighted the support role played by the public institutions and SME organisations when helping SMEs to internationalize as well as the specific guarantee products provided by Guarantee organizations to ensure the necessary financial envelope for these operations.
The Seminar was attended by over 280 representatives from Guarantee institutions in Europe, the middle East and Asia, from European SME Organisations as well as from the European Commission and Hungarian public authorities.
Programme
Summary of presentations
Speakers' CVs
Presentation AVHGA ; Presentation Roy;
Presentation Rute. Presentation Fournier;
Presentation Bátorfi; Presentation Treier.
Presentation SBCG; Presentation Herrero;
Presentation Jehin. Presentation Major;
Presentation Vadasz; Presentation CGC
Presentation KODIT
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First Global Summit of SME Guarantee Organisations Leaders, organised by SPGM/AECM on 9 October 2007, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa, Portugal
On the 9 October SPGM and AECM organised the first Global Summit of Guarantee Organisations' Leaders, with the aim of promoting a better understanding of the different guarantee schemes and programs existent around the globe, to use best practices as a way to influence policy makers to include “SME Guarantees” in their permanent development agendas as well as to promote a true partnership (alliance) between SME, Banks and the State, through guarantee schemes/programs. These aims were formalised with the signature of the "Lisbon declaration" of guarantee leaders.
Programme Global Summit
List of participants
Lisbon declaration
XII Latin-American Forum of Guarantee and Finance Systems for Microbusinesses and SME - 12-14 November in Santiago de Chile
The XII Latin-American Forum of Guarantee and Finance Systems for microbusinesses and SME took place this year from the 12 to the 14 of November in Santiago de Chile. The event was an opportunity for an exchange of experiences between the different practitioners and has updated participants on the latest developments in the field of guarantees and financial support for microbusinesses and SME.
For more information, please consult the following web-sites:
http://www.redegarantias.com/xiiforo/xiiforo.html
http://www.redegarantias.com/contenido.asp?idarticulo=278
