"Since it started out, Magdalena SBDC has mapped prospective and scalable social business models and projects in the region”. -CDE Progresa Magdalena.

2012

2013

The adaptation process started out by transferring the SBDC Methodology from the USTA and SBA

2014

A national delegation mission visited the UTSA headquarters with the purpose of learning first-hand SBDC’s operations.

2015

INNpulsa, the High Impact Entrepreneurship and Innovation Colombia Agency called a public offering No. FMI-SBDC016-2015 for operation of the first 4 Small Business Development Centers.

2015

A SBDC proposal was approved after being submitted jointly by The Santa Marta Chamber of Commerce and PPA stakeholders such as the University of Magdalena, FENALCO and Fundemicromag.

MONITORING OPPORTUNITIES FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

27th May of 2015: Approved Proposal

11 November of 2015: Contract Sign

15 January of 2016: Constituent Deed

¡There are only 4 approved centers in the country!

15 March of 2016: Accreditation

METHODOLOGY

Needs

Key Resources to operating a SBDC

1100 SBDC Iin United States

100 in Mexico

60 in Center-America

47 South America

CONTENIDO

¿Economic Environment and Businesses Composition in the Magdalena Department.
Estructura organizativa del CDE
How can we support you?
CDE Beneficiaries
Economic Impact Capture
New stakeholders
Value perception
Goals
Outcomes

COMPETITIVIDAD

Fuente: DPN 2015 - Información departamental

GDP Share: 1,28%

Economic Environment and Business Structure in the Departament of Magdalena?

NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS INDEX (2015)

Source: IDC 2015

Magdalena ranks 21 out of 25 positions with a score of 3,75.

REACH

REGIONALIZATION

MSMEs Total

23638

NUMBER OF MSMEs/EMPLOYMENT

Cálculos: CDE PROGRESA - Magdalena Fuente: Registros CCSM Noviembre 2015

Microentrepises

SMEs

Big Entreprises

95,2%

47,31%

4,31%

26,58%

0,5%

26,12%

Micro Employment Generation

¿WHY SUPPORTING THE MAGDALENA SBDC INTERVENTION?

MSME's PIVOTAL IMPORTANCE

of businesses are MSMEs

of employment is created by MSMEs

Our Goal

To contribute to MSMEs growth and consolidation through business creation, business strengthening and economic and social development generation

¿Who We Are?

MAGDALENA SBDC

We'd like to tell you about what we do

Our Vission

To be acknowledged as the leading business services assistance organization in the Caribbean Region, which enables MSMEs to be successful, through effective assessment, training and specialized advisory on every stage of businesses life.

ESTRUCTURA ORGANIZATIVA DEL CDE

PRINCIPALES GRUPOS DE INTERÉS

Users

ICA

Partners

Host Institution

Local Governments

Workteam

DIRECTOR Y ADMINISTRATIVOS

JAVIER QUINTERO FRAGOZO

Director

YURANIS ROSADO SIERRA

Administrative Assistant

ASESORES

ROSMERY HERRERA MESA

Senior Consultant

LUISA COTES DE LA HOZ

Senior Consultant

ASESORES

SERGIO SILVA GUTIERREZ

Junior Consultant

JAVIER QUINTERO FRAGOZO

NOLVYS YUSEFF DELGADO

Junior Consultant

LEYNER FRANCO SANCHEZ

Junior Consultant

How can we support you?

PRINCIPALES GRUPOS DE INTERÉS

Our Customers

Entrepreneurs

Formal Businesses

Informal Business

PRINCIPALES CARACTERÍSTICAS DE LA ASESORÍA

Cost-free

Long term

Confidential

PERCEPCIÓN DE VALOR

¿What is the SBDC aiming at?

Economic Impact

Businesses Creation

Sales Increase

Employment attraction and retention

Access to loans and credits

NUEVOS ALIADOS

DAABON

ACR

Fundación She-Is

Mayorship of Fundación

Magdalena

Governorship

HACEMOS PARTE DE UN ECOSISTEMA

Diamante Caribe

Magdalena Regional Commission of Competitiveness

Santa Marta cómo vamos Initiative

Competitiveness National Index

Todos por un nuevo país

National System for Competiiveness, Science, Tecnology and Innovation

Ciudad caribe

METAS

600

N° of entrepreneurs clients

400

300

N° of companies clients

N° of entrepreneurs/businessmen-woman contacts

N° of assessed companies

N° of assessed entrepreneurs

N° of trained companies

N° of trained entrepreneurs

PERCEPCIÓN DE VALOR DE LOS USUARIOS Y SOCIOS

We reduce businesses death rates and help entrepreneurs take the best decisions for their business to grow better and faster.
Competitive and Productive Businesses.
Increase in employment creation.
More skilled human talent allocated in the regions' firms.
We offer long-term business counselling for business units strengthening.

RESULTS

In 60 days!

260 contacts

client entrepreneurs

What our MSMEs Need?

Specialized technical business assistance.

Seed Finance for access to fixed assets and working capital.

Links to Global Value chains in distribution and commercialization linkages.

Tailored training

PRIORITIZATION RATIONALE

MIF Topics alignment to our work and mission

- Women Empowerment

- Early stage Entrepreneurs (Start-up)

- Small Producer and High Value Agriculture Markets

- Microfinance

- Microfranchising

MAPPED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Social Businesses (Social Entreprises Program)

Rural High Impact Entrepreneurship (Access to Markets Capabilities and Skills)

Start-Up High Impact Growth (Access to Markets and loans)

Nekonoyume - Interactive Visual Novels

Maker - 3D Printing education

Association of Armed Conflict Victim's Women "Weaving Social Fabric"

Association of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta's Coffee producer and artisan Women

Proposal of Financial Sustainability

PROPOSAL:) for promoting business development assistance services in the terms of Access to Markets and Skills and Finance areas, for start-ups, women-led associations, rural businesses, Microfranchising, Microfinance under the Social Enterprises Program (SEP).

AREAS: Access to Markets and Skills

DESCRIPTION: The amount of money requested as MIF contributions is a US$400.000 grant for three years period timelapse until 2019. This accounts for roughly 70% of the total of proposed amount of the project (US$520.000)

THANKS