Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals: Uncertain Compliance Scenario for Latin America and the Caribbean
Alicia Bárcena: The Conversation Must Change between Governments, the Private Sector and Civil Society to Meet the SDGs
Regional Forum on Sustainable Development is a Space of Political Consensus among the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean
Alicia Bárcena: Addressing Inequality at the Local Level is Essential to Achieving Sustainable Development

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Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC Executive Secretary (center) during her presentation at the meeting

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States Require Integrated, Coordinated, Multilevel Support to Meet the 2030 Agenda

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, led a meeting with representatives of Chile, Guatemala and Guyana on how the UN system can support countries on their path toward sustainable development.

Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC Executive Secretary during her presentation in New York

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Alicia Bárcena: “Active fiscal policies are needed to finance the 2030 Agenda and ensure that no one is left behind”

On the first day of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2019, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, speaking on behalf of the five United Nations regional commissions, gave an account of the progress made toward meeting the SDGs and called for putting equality at the center.

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Latin America and the Caribbean to Reach Maximum Population Levels by 2058

Starting in 2059, diminishing population is projected for the region, mainly due to falling fertility and negative migration balances.

From right to left, Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s Foreign Secretary; Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President of Mexico; Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC's Executive Secretary, and Maximiliano Reyes, Undersecretary for Latin America and the Caribbean.

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The Right to Development in Places of Origin is the Solution so that Migration is an Option, Not an Obligation: ECLAC

In a ceremony led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the Executive Secretary of the UN regional commission, Alicia Bárcena, presented to Mexico a proposal for the El Salvador-Guatemala-Honduras-Mexico Comprehensive Development Plan.

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Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the...

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Social Panorama of Latin America 2018

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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
Examine various public policy issues in the region, adopt regional stances and devise mandates to the secretariat of the Commission.
Treaties
Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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.