Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

2030 Agenda Requires Multilateral Cooperation and Commitments on Fiscal, Technological and Financial Matters
Technology and Innovation are Fundamental for the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean
Op-ed by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC Executive Secretary
Op-ed by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, about the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2018 (HLPF).
Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters Strengthens Democracy and Promotes Growth with Equality and Sustainability

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Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC's Executive Secretary, during the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.

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Regional Action is Essential to Guaranteeing the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

In a special session in the framework of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development being held through July 18 in New York, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, underlined the role of the UN’s regional commissions.

Alicia Bárcena speaks in a side event to the High-level Political Forum.

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Alicia Bárcena: Planning is Key to Implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated today in a side event to the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, which is being held at United Nations headquarters in New York.

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ECLAC Advocates for a Renewed Strategy of Dynamic Cooperation Based on Multilateralism between Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union

The United Nations regional organization presented a new document with policy recommendations in the framework of the second EU-CELAC Foreign Ministers Meeting held in Brussels.

Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, during the side event of UN-Habitat in the HLPF 2018

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Access to Financing and Improved Fiscal Capacities Are Crucial to Achieving Inclusive, Resilient and Sustainable Cities

Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, participated in the UN-Habitat event on the challenges of meeting Sustainable Development Goal 11.

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2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Centred on sustainable development and based on equality as an aim and as an ethical principle.
Subsidiary bodies and Intergovernmental meetings
Permanent intergovernmental bodies of ECLAC and other intergovernmental meetings that examine various public policy issues in the region, adopt regional stances in their respective areas of competence and devise mandates to the secretariat of the Commission.
Observatories
ECLAC has created different observatories which track the region's economic and social situation.
The Inefficiency of Inequality
ECLAC proposes strategic guidelines to increase the efficiency of Latin American and Caribbean economies, based on equality and sustainability and within the framework of the 2030 Agenda.