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🇫🇷 THE VOICES OF PARIS!

Don't take our word for it. Hear from our participants!

The ICSB–OECD SME World Forum 2026 brought the world together in Paris.

Grateful to OECD, HEC Paris, WPO, Station F & all our partners.

The journey continues! 🌍

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The International Council for Small Business (ICSB) is proud to announce its new Board of Directors, bringing together distinguished global leaders committed to advancing entrepreneurship, small business development, and human-centered economic growth worldwide.
Please join us in welcoming the ICSB Board:
Dr. Jeffrey Alves – Chair of the Board and JICSB Editor-in-Chief
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This edition begins in Paris, where ICSB honors Marie-Florence Estimé for her pioneering contributions to global SME policy and the institutions that have given small businesses a stronger voice. We then explore Intergenerational Human-Centered Entrepreneurship, examining why connecting the wisdom of older generations with the energy and creativity of younger entrepreneurs is essential to building a future where no one is left behind. Finally, new research spanning 15,621 SMEs across 14 emerging economies reveals why digital readiness underpins AI adoption—and why technology alone cannot guarantee sustainable progress. https://t.co/31iQWryTvw

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Honoring a legacy at the OECD in Paris! 🇫🇷

ICSB proudly recognized Marie-Florence Estimé with the Global Excellence Award and Entrepreneur Medal for her contributions to global SME policy and entrepreneurship. https://t.co/ou2IyDyHfu

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☕ Pour yourself an espresso!
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🌍 Older generations.
🇰🇷 Small businesses and AI.
💡 Students learning to think beyond AI.
Three stories. One message:
The future of entrepreneurship must be human-centered, and no one should be left behind.

#ICSB #Entrepreneurship #AI

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🌍 Human flourishing has no expiration date.

“Knowledge does not retire. Creativity does not retire. Purpose does not retire.”

Ambassador Martín García Moritán launches ICSB Global Messages with a powerful call for intergenerational entrepreneurship.

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Thank you to Chérine Zgaya Bouzouita, Director of EDCube and Assistant Professor at EDC Paris Business School, for hosting a wonderful pre-conference event in Paris. 🇫🇷

Big ideas. Bold voices. Game-changing conversations. Experience the Forum live from Paris!

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Lai-Chong Au, Group Chief Executive Officer of Delta Asia Financial Group, China. A wonderful conversation at EDC Paris Business School about how AI is reshaping the banking industry, on the eve of the SME World Forum in Paris.

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Live from EDC Paris Business School! Dr. Jeff Alves, incoming Chair of ICSB, introduces the new Innovation and Entrepreneurship Review (IER) journal at the ICSB × OECD SME World Forum 2026 pre-conference event. Students, practitioners, and policymakers are joining in.

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Rico Baldegger, Co-Chair of the ICSB x OECD SME World Forum 2026, has arrived at OECD headquarters in Paris! Final preparations are underway for three days of global dialogue, and tonight he welcomes attendees to the opening reception. #SMEWorldForum

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Rico Baldegger, Co-Chair of the ICSB x OECD SME World Forum 2026, has arrived at OECD headquarters in Paris! Final preparations are underway for three days of global dialogue. Tonight: the opening reception. Paris, we're ready! #SMEWorldForum

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Great science doesn't automatically create great businesses. How do we turn breakthrough discoveries into entrepreneurial impact?
Join leading voices at the ICSB × OECD SME World Forum in Paris, October 22, for Deeptech Entrepreneurship and Incubation.

🌐 https://t.co/Gc8pUsXKMo

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France scores above the median of 43 economies on every entrepreneurship measure in the HCE Index, and below it on every flourishing measure. Only 8% of employees are engaged at work (Europe: 12%). Published before the student protests began. https://t.co/DJZkA2wgHG #HCEIndex

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What if growth is no longer enough?

We measure entrepreneurship through revenue, investment & business creation. But are we measuring what matters most?

Growth matters. Yet its greatest purpose is realized when people flourish. https://t.co/cKWFkWvhMN

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Something interesting happened when we opened the conversation to the world.

5 signals emerged on AI, finance, ecosystems, opportunity, and human flourishing.

The ICSB × OECD SME World Forum 2026 Preliminary Program is LIVE!

Paris, Oct 21–23 🇫🇷

https://t.co/NZivqB3cnC

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Open Access has arrived at ICSB.
The Innovation & Entrepreneurship Review (IER) is officially live, published with Taylor & Francis and led by Ayman ElTarabishy, Eric Liguori & Katia Passerini.
A new chapter for innovation and entrepreneurship research. https://t.co/xCON0DCoKj

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Big news for ICSB: the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Review (IER) is officially live with Taylor & Francis — our first fully Open Access journal. https://t.co/X565H7t0gP
Rigorous. Global. Accessible.
Open Access has arrived at ICSB. 🌍
#ICSB #OpenAccess #Entrepreneurship #Innovation

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☕ Pour yourself a double cortado and settle in.

This week at ICSB, we’re looking at what it takes for SMEs to thrive in a world of constant change. https://t.co/uZgdczBZBs

The September 30 deadline is approaching for research submissions to the ICSB × OECD SME World Forum 2026 in Paris. We also explore why today’s leaders must be able to manage today, lead people, and create tomorrow, and feature new research showing how digital adoption, experience, and policy awareness can shape small-business survival, growth, and formalization.

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ICSB is at #UNGA81! 🌍Today, Dr. Winslow Sargeant, ICSB Immediate Past Chair & Board Member, joins the UNGA 81 Side Event:Crisis Resilience: Anticipate, Adapt and AdvanceBringing the voice of entrepreneurs and MSMEs to the global conversation on resilience.
https://t.co/9H1amtM20c
#ICSB #MSMEs #Entrepreneurship #Resilience #UNGA