METHODOLOGY
Needs
Key Resources to operating a SBDC
1100 SBDC Iin United States
100 in Mexico
60 in Center-America
47 South America
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
COMPETITIVENESS
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
¿WHY SUPPORTING THE MAGDALENA SBDC INTERVENTION?
MSME's PIVOTAL IMPORTANCE
of businesses are MSMEs
of employment is created by MSMEs
How can we support you?
MAIN FOCUS GROUPS
Our Customers
Entrepreneurs
Formal Businesses
Informal Business
CONSULTING MAIN FEATURES
Cost-free
Long term
Confidential
VALUE PERCEPTION
¿What is the SBDC aiming at?
Economic Impact
Businesses Creation
Sales Increase
Employment attraction and retention
Access to loans and credits
RESULTS
In 60 days!
260 contacts
95
client entrepreneurs
"Since it started out, Magdalena SBDC has mapped prospective and scalable social business models and projects in the region”. -CDE Progresa Magdalena.
What our MSMEs Need?
Specialized technical business assistance.
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
-Value Chains
MAPPED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Social Businesses (Social Entrepreneurship Program)
Rural High Impact Entrepreneurship (Small Producers and High Value Agriculture Markets and Value Chains)
Start-Up High Impact Growth
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: To contribute to MSMEs growth and consolidation through business creation, business strengthening and economic and social development generation
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$520.000)
Magdalena Regional Commission of Competitiveness
1. Horticulture at the Zona Bananera.
Development and implementation, on a commercial scale sustainable production model of vegetables to ensure stable and sufficient income to families of 200 single mothers linked to industry oil palm in the Department of Magdalena, with ability to replicate in other regions' Department
2. Acuiculture in Tenerife.
Provide fishermen's Association with culturally-sustainable productive model to grow fishes adapted within a framework of climate change mitigation for increasing their income, provide with nutrition of their families and minimize pressure on the ecosystem by overfishing and overfishing.
3. Sustainable Livestock in Magdalena.
The project will demonstrates the possible innovations for small and medium scale producers at the Demostration and Trainning Farm (DTF) in Tenerife and Pivijay by educating farmers in the short term to well manage and administer the farm and in the long term by producing ennhanced milk and meat production.
MIF Top Aligment: Small Producer and High Value Agriculture Markets - Value Chains
Strategic Projects
Business Development Center
1. Vive Digital Lab Magdalena
Enable the infraestructure and administrative endowments for Vive Digital Lab Hub in the department of the Magdalena, aiming to foster digitial entrepreneurship skills as well as apps development projects, easing the access for entrepreneurs, businesspeople and public institutions of the Department of Magdalena. Elementary and High or Upper Middle school
MIF Top Aligment: Start-Up and Early Stage Equity Funds
Required Budget: US$ 800.000
Objectives:
500 Entrepreneurs and businessman trained in digital contents
40 public servers trained in digital contents
500 students of the public schools trained in digital contents education
Strategic Projects
Business Development Center
2. INNOVASANTA MARTA - Innovation District
Description: To nurture the appropiate conditions of infrastructure, public spaces and economic environment that encourage the settling and growth of start-ups and high value companies, creating harmonic scenarios for innovation, technological development, and business opportunities within social and strategic economic sectors of the ecosystem.
MIF Top Aligment: Start-Up and Early Stage Equity Funds
Objectives
- Building-up of the 20 hectares to host companies
- Attraction of high-value companies
- Attraction of R&D high-value's companies departments
Required Budget: US$ 20'416.666 (10%)
Strategic Projects
Foundation for the Microentrepreneurial Development of Magdalena
OUR PURPOSE
We are the foundation of Santa Marta Chamber's of Commerce. We provide support and enable Micro-entrepreneurs to start the processes the formalization and business strenghtening by means of trainings, permanent assistance and micro-financing.
Our orientation allows us to provide opportunities for financial, economic and productive inclusion that help generates businesses higher rates of growth.
OUR RESULTS
Millions allocated in Microcredits
underserved families financially inclusived
Financial Inclusiveness to traditionally excluded population groups (Piramid Base)
Productive Inclusion to vulnerable population through innovative models for income generation
nonrefundable Seed Capital
users with formal jobs
systems of microfranchyse
businesses plans funded
Soft Skills Development (entrepreneurship, business-driven appraoch and management) for pyramid base population
entrepreneurs users
users trained in employability
Proposal of Financial Sustainability
Purpose: To offer Business Development services characterized by two components, as it follows, permanent tailored assistance and microfinance through seed capital and loans enabling social and economic inclusion.
Targeted Areas in MIF: Access to Finance and markets
Components: Microfinance in undersserved markets
Description: US$93.300 anually. This amount of money accounts for 70% of the total budget for every fiscal year. The total budget totalizes US$133.000
Global Proposal of Financial Sustainability
PROGRESA MAGDALENA SBDC = US $ 400.000 (NEXT 3 YEARS )
FUNDEMICROMAG = US $ 600.000 (1 YEAR)
INNOVATION DISTRICT = US $ 2.041.666 (10 % To Start )
VIVE DIGITAL LAB = US$800.000
Magdalena Regional Commission of Competitiveness = ND
TOTAL =
US $ 2.583.684
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