July 4, 2024 – The National Coordinators of the Pacific Alliance (PA) met today in Valparaiso, Chile, in a preparatory meeting for the meeting of the High Level Group of the PA, composed of the deputy ministers of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the bloc, to be held tomorrow in the same city.
The meeting was led by the National Coordinators of Chile, as pro tempore presidency (PPT), and included representatives from Colombia, Mexico and Peru, both virtually and in person.
During the meeting, they reviewed the status of processes and agreements of the Council of Ministers regarding Costa Rica and the 2024 work plan of the Cooperation Fund; they also discussed the status of technical projects financed by this Fund; the interest of other countries in this regional integration mechanism and its relationship with the ASEAN and Mercosur blocs, among other topics.
Before the start of the meeting, the National Coordinators participated in the opening ceremony of the presentation of the results of the “SME Policy Index 2024: Towards an inclusive, resilient and sustainable recovery”, an analytical tool developed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), in cooperation with the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) and the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF). This Index is a valuable input for the Technical Group on SMEs, which will use it as input for the preparation of the Public-Private Roadmap for MSMEs.
Communications PPT 2024 Pacific Alliance
