Eleadership to Accelerate SME eBusiness Adoption

The Latin America and Caribbean Region of the World Bank is increasing its efforts to help public and private organizations in Latin America to accelerate the rate of eBusiness adoption among micro and small businesses as part of national programs to increase competitiveness. The World Bank is well aware that much of the experience in this regard resides in outside the region- first by better understanding a number of leading domestic programs and understanding the potential for cooperation and outreach to our client countries. In connection with this effort, the World Bank e-Business Initiative for MSME Competitiveness has sponsored this videoconference to obtain a more in-depth appreciation of public programs to accelerate e-business adoption and build a working group of knowledge around this topic.

	January 20, 4:00 p.m - 6:30 p.m. (Washington DC) GDLN Network Washington DC I6-056
Mexico	Javier Perez Mazatan, Deputy Director e-Mexico, Ministry Communication & Transportation
Australia	Ashley Cross, General Manager, e-Business Initiative NOIE-National Office for the Information Economy
Canada	Richard Simpson, General Director, Industry Canada, E-commerce Task Force
Brazil	Tadao Takahashi, Chair, Sociedade da Informaçäo (Federal Task Force for Information Society)
Peru	Miguel Caroy, Ministry of Labor, PromPyme
Colombia	Hugo Sin, Subdirector, Agenda de Conectividad, Colombia Carlos Olivella, e-Business Initiative Prymeros
Costa Rica	Alexander Mora, Executive VicePresident ALETI and President of CAPROSOFT

Reading Materials

 En Breve - Chile: Accelerating eBusiness for Small Business Innovation and Growth, The World Bank 2003
  Net Impact Study Canada - The International Experience, Canadian e-Business Initiative, Industry Canada, 2003
  Mexico eBusiness for Small Business Development Project, Project Appraisal, The World Bank 2003
   Ecommerce and development report, UN conference on Trade and Development, 2004
  Infraestructura: Internet en Costa Rica, Dr. Ricardo Monge, Executive Dir. CAATEC (Powerpoint 129K PDF)
  Costa Rica en el Mundo Digital: Retos y Oportunidades, CAATEC (Powepoint, 311K PDF)
  Internet & E-commerce in Brazil: a perspective on their evolution, Instituto Sociedade da Informação (92K PDF)
  Ebusiness adoption by Micro and Small Enterprises: comparative analysis of eleadership strategies, The World Bank (486K PDF)