Human-Centered Entrepreneurship in an AI-Driven Future: Economic Empowerment for the Next Generation of MSMEs.

MSME DAY 2026

The 2026 International Forum on Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) will be the United Nations. The Forum is co-sponsored by the Permanent Missions to the United Nations of Barbados, the State of Kuwait the Republic of Korea. It is convened by the International Council for Small Business (ICSB), which co-founded UN MSMEs Day in 2017.




MSMEs account for more than 90 percent of businesses worldwide and generate the majority of global employment. The 2026 observance arrives at a moment when artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping production, finance, and labour, with profound consequences for the women CEOs, youth founders, and microenterprises who will define the next generation of the sector. The Forum places Human-Centered Entrepreneurship at the center of that transformation, recognizing that technology serves people, or it does not serve its purpose.




 
International Forum on MSMEs on June 26, 2026

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