Ministers and high-level representatives from 55 OECD Member and Non-Member countries, the European Union, and 12 international organisations and associations gathered in Mexico City, Mexico on 22-23 February 2018 at the OECD Ministerial Conference on SMEs to discuss how to enable SMEs to enhance their contributions to productivity and inclusive growth.

At the closing session of the Ministerial Conference, 55 countries adopted the Declaration on Strengthening SMEs and Entrepreneurship for Productivity and Inclusive Growth (also available in French).

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Ministers and high-level representatives in Mexico City on 22 February 2018.

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• Key Issues paper｜FR
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Why do SMEs matter for productivity and inclusive growth, and what new policies are needed for their development? 

We asked our experts: Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Faruk Özlü, Cathy Feingold, Jackie King, Elisa Giuliani and Lamia Kamal-Chaoui.

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Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs 2018

The 2018 OECD Scoreboard was launched on 21 February by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General and Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal, Mexican Minister of the economy.

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Side event on women's entrepreneurship

This interactive workshop explored the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs through a moderated discussion, with time allotted for questions and discussion with the audience. Key issues covered include digitalisation, access to finance and internationalisation.

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Workshop on boosting SME productivity

This OECD-INADEM workshop examined the main policy levers for increasing SME productivity by building linkages with other firms, including through digital technologies, supply-chain finance and crowdfunding, cluster development and FDI-SME linkages. 

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Agenda

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Key issues

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Chair's summary

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Discussion papers

Plenary session 1

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Plenary session 2

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Plenary session 3

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Policy notes

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• Parallel session 3
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• The Missing Entrepreneurs 2017
• Small, Medium, Strong. Trends in SME Performance and Business Conditions
• Policy brief on women’s entrepreneurship
• G20/OECD High-level Principles on SME Financing
• New Approaches to SME and Entrepreneurship Financing
• Intellectual Assets and Innovation: The SME Dimension
• Skills Development and Training in SMEs
• OECD Studies on SMEs and Entrepreneurship: Mexico 
• SME and Entrepreneurship Policy in Canada
• SME and Entrepreneurship Policy in Italy
• SME and Entrepreneurship Policy in Israel
• Financing approaches for tourism SMEs and entrepreneurs
• The Geography of Firm Dynamics
• OECD Framework for the Evaluation of SME and Entrepreneurship Policies
• Entrepreneurship at a Glance 2017
• Taxation of SMEs in OECD and G20 Countries
•  Fostering Markets for SME Finance: Matching Business and Investor Needs