The countries of the Ibero-American space are experiencing an unprecedented situation due to the advance of the COVID 19 virus in the region. Undoubtedly, this crisis represents the greatest economic and social challenge that Latin America has faced in its recent history, and to mitigate its effects, unprecedented multilateral coordination will be required.
We are facing a new and conjunctural scenario, which will represent a parenthesis in our daily activities, and in which it will be necessary for the region to show itself more united and committed than ever in order to successfully overcome the challenge posed to our societies by the coronavirus. .
In this sense, the Ibero-American governments are taking important measures these days with the objective, on the one hand, of containing the spread of the virus, and on the other, of making available to companies, workers and families, the necessary means to guarantee their survival in these moments of enormous uncertainty. From our institutions we are monitoring the situation and collecting information that we will make available on our portals for all social and economic actors, so that the experiences of some countries help others, and a rich exchange of information is generated.
At SEGIB, CEIB, and FIJE, we believe that this situation may represent an opportunity for international cooperation and public and private collaboration to be strengthened, with a view to creating the appropriate mechanisms that allow us to combat the effects of this or other possible crises that may affect the region in the future.
For this reason, from the Ibero-American General Secretariat, SEGIB, the Permanent Secretariat of the Council of Ibero-American Entrepreneurs, CEIB, and the Ibero-American Federation of Young Entrepreneurs, FIJE, we call for unity and solidarity among all of us in the face of this important health crisis and economic that we are living, making ourselves available to the community for any necessary support in the delicate situation that we are going through.
Likewise, we reiterate our support to the governments, to all Ibero-American businessmen, and especially to small and medium-sized companies, wishing that we will soon get out of this temporary situation and all together continue to create a more prosperous, cohesive, innovative and sustainable Ibero-American space. .
