# <span class="cbi-brand-name">CBI</span> webinar - SME impact assessments (Recording available)

<span class="cbi-brand-name">CBI</span> organised a webinar on SME impact assessments as part of the Connecting Business initiative webinar series on collective private sector action for COVID-19 response and recovery.

Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) make up over 90% of all firms and account on average for 60-70% of total employment and 50% of GDP. They have a critial role in crisis preparedness, response and recovery.

In this webinar, <span class="cbi-brand-name">CBI</span> secetariat introduced how <span class="cbi-brand-name">CBI</span> and its networks are engaging SMEs and providing them support. The guest speakers also presented the SME impact assessment experiences and future plans on both the global level and the country level.

**Webinar moderator: Karen Smith**, Program Coordinator, <span class="cbi-brand-name">CBI</span>

**Guest speakers:**

- **Yuko Hirose**, Policy Analyst, Recovery Solutions and Human Mobility, UNDP
- **Pelin Kihtir**, Director, Business for Goals (<span class="cbi-brand-name">CBI</span> Member Network in Turkey)
- **Jonas Mfouatie**, Resident Representative Ad-Interim UNDP Côte d’Ivoire
- **Butch Meily**, President, PDRF (<span class="cbi-brand-name">CBI</span> Member Network in the Philippines) and **Karen Dominique Brillantes**, Programme Analyst Institutions and Partnerships, UNDP Philippinesi

**To watch the webinar recording, please click [here](https://undp.zoom.us/rec/share/1eBKL5ur3D1JWq_x132BCvR8NarUeaa8hnca-6Bbn0-aHJkU9IIIrpwTqX5cAXAP).**

**Please click the icon below to view the presentation for the webinar.**

*Photo credit: UNDP PAPP/Abed Zagout*