The Regional Workshop on Best Practices in the Implementation of Accounting Standards and Insurance Regulation for the Financial Inclusion of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) was held in Medellin, Colombia, from the 28th–29th November 2016. The event brought together over 30 representatives from Ecuador, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Peru, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia, including senior government officials, heads of entities responsible for accounting and insurance oversight and regulation, representatives of international standardization organizations, representatives from academia and the private sector, and multilateral organizations working in the area of financial inclusion. This initiative was convened by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in close collaboration with Eafit University and was also supported by key regional players, such as the Latin American Association of Insurance Supervisors (Assal), the Latin American Group of Accounting Standard Setters (Glenif), the Impact Insurance Facility of the International Labour Organization, and the Global Microscope for Financial Inclusion of the Inter-American Development Bank.
