ABOUT THE FORUM
As the private sector plays a vital role in job-creation and prosperity, the Organization of American States (OAS) General Secretariat supports the business community’s efforts to contribute ideas and initiatives that pursue the goals of enhanced economic growth, prosperity and poverty reduction in the Hemisphere and that complement the actions taken by the OAS Member States and development institutions.
On the occasion of the XXXVI OAS General Assembly, the OAS General Secretariat (SEDI/Department of Trade, Tourism and Competitiveness), the Government of the Dominican Republic, with the leadership of business leaders from the Western Hemisphere, organized the Third OAS Private Sector Forum “Inter-American Proposal for a Public-Private Sector Alliance on Competitiveness and Job Creation”, in the Dominican Republic on June 2nd and 3rd, 2006.
The private sector communicated its recommendations on the theme of the Forum to the Heads of Delegation of the OAS Member States on June 4th, 2006.
