CEIB-CEOE and SEGIB organize on July 2 and 3 in Buenos Aires a business summit focused on Ibero-American MSMEs and young entrepreneurs, as a follow-up to the activities they carry out within the framework of the Summits of Heads of State and Government . The program includes the III Ibero-American Forum of the MIPYME, under the theme "Ibero-American Pymes facing the challenge of innovation and sustainability", and which is attended by representatives of the governments of the region, business organizations of CEIB and entrepreneurs. The Spanish delegation heads the CEOE CEO and CEPYME president, Gerardo Cuerva.

The Minister of Production of the Nation Dante Sica stands out among the participants; the Ibero-American General Secretary, Rebeca Grynspan; the Secretary of Entrepreneurs and Pymes, Mariano Meyer, the Vice Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises of Paraguay, Isaac Godoy; the deputy minister of Development of the Mipyme of Guatemala, Gloria del Carmen Zarazúa; his Dominican Republic counterpart, Ignacio Méndez; or that of Costa Rica, Sandra Pacheco, among others. The vice president of CEOE and president of CEPYME, Gerardo Cuerva, will participate in the various activities; the newly appointed president of CEIB and president of the Andorran Business Confederation (CEA), Gerard Cadena; and representatives of the business organizations of Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, Central America and Venezuela, among others. Also, the CEO of International CEOE and permanent secretary of CEIB, Narciso Casado; the vice president of CEAJE, Antonio Magraner; and the president of FIJE, Juan Manuel Barrero.

Private Sector Meeting Mipymes

Tomorrow, Day 2, the Vice President of CEOE and President of CEPYME, Gerardo Cuerva and the Vice President of the Industrial Union of Argentina (UIA), Daniel Funes de Rioja, will inaugurate in the Ministry of Production of Buenos Aires the Meeting of the Private Sector Mipymes, in which will address the challenges of productive transformation and the inclusion of MSMEs in the fourth industrial revolution. They will also address the promotion of intraregional trade and the participation of SMEs in global value chains; the Ibero-American space as an open innovation platform and the promotion of alliances to compete: startups, entrepreneurs and SMEs together with the large company; the analysis of public support policies and the new normative marcso; and the economic empowerment of women and their participation in the business organization.

From the meeting, final conclusions will be reached; A commitment will be made in terms of innovation and entrepreneurship; and the next steps will be established. The final considerations will be the responsibility of the Ibero-American General Secretary, Rebeca Grynspan. All these issues will be discussed later in depth in the III Ibero-American Forum of the Mipyme, which is held on Wednesday 3 in the Argentine capital. The theme and points to debate arise from the Summit of Guatemala, held in November 2018.

After the meeting a lunch will be held, offered by the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Argentina, in which the vice president of CEOE and president of CEPYME, Gerardo Cuerva, will intervene.

Young Entrepreneurs Forum

Tomorrow, an event organized by the Spanish Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs Associations (CEAJE) and the Ibero-American Federation of Young Entrepreneurs (FIJE), under the theme "Business in Ibero-America" ​​will also be held tomorrow in the framework of the III Forum of the Mipyme. The President of Fix, Juan Manuel Barrero, will open the day; the Ibero-American General Secretary, Rebeca Grynspan; the general secretary of the Ibero-American Youth Organization, Max Trejo; and the vice president of CEOE, Gerardo Cuerva. More than 150 young entrepreneurs from all over the Region will participate in the event.

During the ceremony, the CEOs of SMEs and startups and the presidents and vice-presidents of the Young Entrepreneurs Associations of Ibero-American countries, will talk about the innovative young entrepreneurs of Latin America and the organizations of young entrepreneurs in the Region. To address this last issue, intervene, among others, the vice president of the CEAJE, Antonio Magraner. The Forum will be closed by the CEO of International CEOE and permanent secretary of CEIB, Narciso Casado.

III Ibero-American Forum of the Mipyme

On Wednesday, March 3, the III Ibero-American Forum of the MIPYME will begin in Buenos Aires, in which representatives of the governments of the countries of the Region, CEIB's business organizations and businessmen participate. This conference, like the previous one, serves as a follow-up to the activities that take place within the framework of the Ibero-American Summits of Heads of State and Government.

The Ibero-American Forum on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises is a space for reflection, exchange of good practices and discussion on the reality of the Ibero-American SME, its support policies, the new organizational models and the promotion of strategic alliances between countries. It is a joint initiative of the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB), the Government of Argentina and the Ibero-American Business Council (CEIB).

The third edition, which takes place in Buenos Aires, seeks to open a space for reflection on the challenges of productive transformation and the inclusion of MSMEs in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the promotion of intraregional trade and the participation of SMEs in global value chains.

Likewise, it will be discussed around the opportunities offered by the Ibero-American space as a platform for open innovation and the promotion of partnerships to compete: startups, entrepreneurs and SMEs together with the large company, as well as an analysis of public support policies and new regulatory frameworks, paying special attention to cases of good practices. From an approach with a gender perspective, emphasis will be placed on the economic empowerment of women and their participation in the business organization.

The Minister of Production of the Nation Dante Sica will take part in the opening session; the Secretary of International Economic Relations of Argentina, Horacio Reyser; the vice president of CEOE and president of CEPYME, Gerardo Cuerva; the president of the UIA, Miguel Acevedo; and the Ibero-American General Secretary, Rebeca Grynspan. The Secretary of Entrepreneurs and Pymes, Mariano Meyer, the Vice Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises of Paraguay, Isaac Godoy, will also participate in the various panels; the deputy minister of Development of the Mipyme of Guatemala, Gloria del Carmen Zarazúa; his Dominican Republic counterpart, Ignacio Méndez; or that of Costa Rica, Sandra Pacheco, among others. The event will be closed -organized by CEIB, SEGIB, Presidency of the Nation (Argentina), Ministry of Relations and Worship, the Ministry of Production and Labor, and CEAJE- the president of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce of the Argentine Republic, Guillermo Ambrogi and the head of Economy and Companies of SEGIB in Spain, Pablo Adrían Hardy.

His Majesty the King attended the ceremony of the Enterprise Night of the Confederation of Employers of the province of Cádiz, CEC, which was held at the Rota Naval Base. The event has brought together a thousand attendees around the recognition of the importance that companies have for the improvement of society, the generation of employment, wealth and value, as well as the institutions that contribute to economic development.

The Night of the Company has recognized the trajectories of the Hervaz Business Group, the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras and, on an equal footing, to the five wine companies of the province of Cádiz that maintain, after more than six generations, their management and guardianship in the hands of the same families: Barbadillo, Caballero, Delgado Zuleta, González Byass and Osborne.

Business Group Hervaz. The CEC recognizes the trajectory of this company, founded in 1950 by Manuel Vázquez Fernández, dedicated to agricultural and livestock activities. In 1966, the company acquired the Dehesa de las Yeguas, in the Alcornocales Natural Park, an emblematic operation of the family group. From there, it begins its diversification in different sectors: energy, real estate, industrial (first ice producer in Europe), innovation applied to the agri-food sector, engineering, consulting, medicine, etc. The recognition of the CEC wants to make visible the impetus, effort and generation of wealth by this family business. He picked up the distinction, Manuel Vázquez Gavira.

Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras. The recognition of entrepreneurs in the province of Cádiz stresses the importance and economic traction of the first port of Spain, that of Algeciras. This infrastructure generates, according to various studies, More than 28,000 jobs -Direct, indirect and induced- and 2,010 million euros of Gross Value Added to the Andalusian economy. The CEC extends its recognition to the value chain of this important economic generator and its incalculable strategic value as a point of access to Europe from the South. Gerardo Landaluce Calleja, President, picked up the award.

Lastly, the CEC recognizes, on an equal footing, the five wine companies in the province of Cádiz that have maintained their management in the hands of the same families since its inception: Barbadillo, Caballero, Delgado Zuleta, González Byass and Osborne. These companies are managed by sixths, sevenths, octaves and, in some cases by the ninth generation of families, which symbolizes and represents the province's business tradition, the effort to maintain and continue emblematic activities through its brands and products, icons recognized worldwide. They picked up the distinctions:

• Bodegas Barbadillo, Manuel Barbadillo Eyzaguirre
• Bodegas Caballero, Luis Caballero González-Gordon
• Bodegas Delgado Zuleta, José María Bustillo Aguirre
• Bodegas González Byass, Pick up the distinction, Mauricio González Gordon
• Bodegas Osborne, Collect the distinction, Fernando Terry Osborne

In the same way, the CEC has carried out a Special recognition to the Spanish Navy, to celebrate this business party in the hangars of the Fleet of Aircraft of the Naval Base of Rota. The Admiral of the Fleet, ALFLOT, Manuel Garat Caramé, received a Spanish flag, a replica of the combat flag of the flagship of the Navy, King Juan Carlos I, in recognition of the thousands of men and women who make up the contingent of our Marina in the province of Cádiz.

The following authorities and institutional and business representatives attended in response to the call of the CEC, which is chaired by Javier Sánchez Rojas: Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla, president of the Junta de Andalucía; María Reyes Maroto Illera, Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism; Lucrecio Fernández, Government delegate in Andalusia; Juan Marín, vice president of the Junta de Andalucía; Antonio Garamendi Lecanda, president of CEOE; Javier González de Lara, president of the CEA; José Javier Ruíz Arana, mayor of Rota; Irene García, president of the Provincial Council; the general secretary of the CEC, Carmen Romero; Gerardo Cuerva, president of Cepyme; and Lorenzo Amor, president of ATA.

The Night of the Company has the support of an important list of companies and institutions.

• Sponsors: Cepsa, Caja Rural del Sur Foundation, Nunadrola, of the Carrod Group, and La Caixa.
• Companies and collaborating institutions: Transfrutalla, Consortium of the Free Zone of Cádiz, Airtificial, Tincasur and American Supplies.
• Media-partners: Diario de Cádiz, Diario de Jerez, Southern Europe, Radio Cádiz-Cadena SER, and the stations of Cádiz and Jerez of the COPE network.
• Finally, two Cadiz companies as partners: Tickentradas and Sound 5.

On June 20, the General Assembly of associates of the ASPA Federation elected Miguel Santos Romón Mena as president for the next three years.

Romón Mena joined the Association of External Prevention Services in 2003, being vice president of the ASPA Federation in the previous term. He has been co-founder and president of the Castellano-Leonesa Association of External Prevention Services, ASPACYL, from 2006 until June 18.

He is the general director and founding partner of the Prevention Service of Others Prevenges Consultores, with headquarters in Valladolid for 18 years.

Together with him, the vice-president, David Muñoz Espejo; the secretary, José Ruíz de la Sierra; the treasurer, Luis García Morales and the members Sonia Pérez Rubinos and Naroa Sagarna Sagarna.

The president has stated his commitment to work for a federation for all, with honesty and transparency, along with the rest of the members of the Board of Directors, based on the following lines of action: give relevance to the social value indispensable to the activity of Prevention Services, promoting and defending the image and interests of the sector; promote a legislative framework with the necessary legal security and business freedom, with special attention to the scarcity of health resources; procure a adequate framework of labor relations reflected in collective bargaining and search for sectoral unit with the rest of associations, based on the structural strength of the current Federation.

At the appointment, lThe business representatives showed their confidence that this new period that now opens up in the Extremaduran government supposes strengthening and deepening the collaboration of CEOE and CREEX with the Executive chaired by Fernández Vara, to face together the challenges facing Extremadura with the aim of equaling their levels of development, employment and welfare to the rest of the territories of Spain.

This spirit of collaboration was already transferred to the president of Extremadura by the heads of CREEX and Antonio Garamendi during the meeting held last March and where different issues aimed at promoting the socio-economic development of Extremadura were addressed. Among them, the improvement of infrastructures and communications, the administrative agility to attract investments, the fiscal pressure borne by citizens and businesses and the need to continue betting on the Social Dialogue were discussed.

From the CREEX, is confident that all these issues continue to be priority issues on the agenda of the new regional government, whose holders, in regard to the various ministries, will be known, predictably, next week.

The inauguration was held in the Plaza de los Naranjos of the Assembly of Extremadura, where Vara addressed the government of the nation to say that "Spain is in debt to Extremadura." He recalled the "enormous confidence" that Extremadura has given him in the past regional elections, "not only for the result, but for the participation, which makes us stronger when it comes to being more demanding".

He alluded to the train, "an element that, as you well know, has only begun to be resolved when public resources have been compromised so that it can be a reality." For the president of the Board, in this moment of "so much complexity" "accurate diagnoses" and also "treatments" are needed, and the answers "can be simple, but not simple", he affirmed.

In his opinion, in this scenario, effort, work and recovering lost consensus are required. Thus, he said not to understand that there are no points of agreement in Spain because "it is what the country needs" right now, "sit down to agree on those things that are essential". Spanish politicians "we owe this country" to find meeting points and agreements, and respond to issues that have to do with global challenges, more than any other consideration, he said.

Fernández Vara indicated that he contributes what he has, his experience, knowledge, years or ability to work, but above all "a vision of the country". He stressed that Spain is much more than the sum of 17 pieces, it is a country that must be understood as a society in which "everyone contributes what he has, so that each one can receive what he needs; that is the Spain in which I believe ".

Finally, he expressed the importance of flags and symbols, but "there are no flags or symbols more beautiful than equal opportunities, than the National Health System, the pension system, the Law of Dependency or anything that allows us to aspire to live in a better and fairer world, "he concluded.

The vice president of the Government of Spain, Carmen Calvo, also participated in the event; the president of the Congress of Deputies, Meritxell Batet; the president of the Senate, Manuel Cruz; the Minister of Public Works, José Luis Ábalos; and the president of the Council of State, Mª Teresa Fernández de la Vega, among other authorities.

After the ceremony, the president of CEOE was at the Teatro de Mérida to mark the beginning of the 65th edition of the Mérida Festival. An opportunity to highlight the value of inland tourism in Spain.