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Barbados to host micro-enterprise form – the theme: entrepreneurship
Barbados will host this year’s XV Inter-American Microenterprise Forum (Foromic 2012) from October 1 to 3, marking the first time ever that the event will be held in an English-speaking Caribbean country.
It is slated to be biggest annual microfinance and microenterprise development event in Latin America and the Caribbean.
This year’s forum will focus on innovative ways to unlock entrepreneurship. It is being organized by the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), a member of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, in collaboration with the Government of Barbados.
Green finance, savings products for low-income populations, and financing opportunities for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs in the Caribbean are among key topics on the agenda.
Impact investors and delegates from financial and microfinance institutions, associations of micro-entrepreneurs, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, foundations, and academia working in the area are all expected to participate.