Caracas, 15 August 2017.-  The Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), Ambassador Javier Paulinich, and the President of CAF-Development Bank of Latin America, Luis Carranza, signed Phase III of the non-refundable technical cooperation agreement for the creation of the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Digital and Collaborative Ports, with […]

Caracas, 01 August 2017.-  Ambassador Javier Paulinich takes office today as new Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), an intergovernmental organization that brings together 27 countries in the region, for the period 2017-2021. Ambassador Paulinich will take over as the highest-ranking authority of SELA, with the purpose of strengthening the […]

As part of the activities of the Program for the creation of the Digital and Collaborative Ports Network, which is being developed by the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) in conjunction with the CAF-Latin American Development Bank, Port of Cartagena Colombia, between Wednesday 25 and Saturday July 29 2017, the II Latin American […]

In response to the challenges that emerge during the evolution of entrepreneurship initiatives, it becomes urgent to empower entrepreneurs, so that they can timely respond to such challenges on the basis of informed and documented decisions. In this connection, the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) and the Institute for […]

Caracas.- During the XII Special Meeting of the Latin American Council of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), held in Caracas on 13 June 2017, Ambassador Javier Paulinich Velarde, current Director-General for Foreign Policy Studies and Strategies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru, was elected by acclamation as the new Permanent […]

09 June 2017. –  Representatives of 27 Latin American and Caribbean countries will meet on 13 June in Caracas on the occasion of the XII Special Meeting of the Latin American Council, the highest decision-making organ of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), to elect the new Permanent Secretary for the period 2017-2021. The […]

The Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), jointly with the National Institute of the Entrepreneur (INADEM) of the Secretariat of Economy of Mexico and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), will hold the “Workshop to launch the Public Policy Index for MSMEs in Latin America and the Caribbean […]

The Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Peru and the University of the Pacific in Lima, is organizing the Regional Seminar “Analysis of economic, trade and cooperation relations of Latin America and the Caribbean with the Republic of […]

The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is a plurilateral economic integration agreement comprising twelve (12) countries located in the Pacific Basin, namely: Australia, United States, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. The TPP aims at the creation of a strong integration platform in the Asia-Pacific region that boosts the trade […]

Entrepreneurship is an opportunity for people to insert in the national or local productive chain with the aim of increasing the value added of goods and services in the economy and the quality of life of its inhabitants, thus reducing poverty. The Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) is organizing, […]

The Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) is organizing the  “Seminar on productive articulation strategies and methodologies, clusters and export consortiums: Caribbean and Central American Experiences,” scheduled to take place on 21 and 22 July 2016 at the headquarters of the regional organization in Caracas. With this Seminar, the Permanent […]

The Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) and the Directorate-General for Support to Small and Medium Enterprises (DIGEPYME) of the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Trade (MEIC) of Costa Rica are organizing the “Regional Meeting on Update Study on the Index of Public Policies for SMEs in Latin America and […]