8 December 2015 | Meetings and technical symposiums
The possibilities for integrating the twin imperatives of pursuing climate resilience and debt reduction, from a Caribbean perspective, will be considered at a side event during the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP21).
30 November 2015 | Meetings and technical symposiums
The conference will bring together policy-makers and other experts from across the Caribbean to address common issues and challenges related to population ageing, elder abuse and the rights of older persons.
24 August 2015 | Meetings and technical symposiums
Hosted at ECLAC Caribbean’s headquarters on 24 August 2015, an expert group meeting will bring together representatives from the National Statistical Offices of the Caribbean region as well as other experts in information and communications technology to discuss Big data, its implications and uses.
29 July 2015 | Other events
The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch its Economic Survey of Latin American and Caribbean 2015.
6 July 2015 | Meetings and technical symposiums
The Expert Group meeting will review a revised draft of a framework for medium term growth and development for Caribbean countries. This draft was prepared by consultants Dr. Ralph Henry and Dr. Earl Boodoo.
26 June 2015 | Monitoring committee
“There is no question that the Caribbean is shouldering an unsustainable debt burden which compromises the capacity of the economies for sustained growth and restricts the options available to governments to introduce important social and welfare programmes” the Executive Secretary of the Economic...
24 June 2015 | Meetings and technical symposiums
ECLAC subregional headquarters will facilitate the consideration of Caribbean sustainable development goals (SDGs) at a technical meeting of key stakeholders including intergovernmental organizations and civil society.
5 June 2015 | Cultural activities
ECLAC Caribbean staff members worked side by side with communities in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, to protect and preserve the local environmental heritage, in a special commemoration of the United Nations World Environment Day 2015.
27 May 2015 | Other events
The ECLAC Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will launch the flagship publication Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean.
29 April 2015 | Meetings and technical symposiums
The Caribbean’s perspective on integrating the SIDS Accelerated Modalities for Action (SAMOA) Pathway into the Sustainable Development Goals and the Post 2015 Development Agenda will be discussed.
27 March 2015 | Meetings and technical symposiums
ECLAC subregional headquarters is strongly supporting the regional effort to identify among the sustainable development goals (SDGs), those representing the most crucial development challenges facing the Caribbean, with a view to consolidating support and action towards addressing them.
15 March 2015 | Meetings and technical symposiums
Caribbean experts will meet in Saint Lucia on Sunday 15 March 2015, to discuss strategies for implementing the Sids Accelerated Modalities for Action (SAMOA) Pathway in the region.
12 March 2015 | Meetings and technical symposiums
The purpose of the meeting was to review the study on the associated risks and potential benefits of digital currency adoption in the Caribbean region.