Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

ECLAC Will Present New Figures on Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean
Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean Approved the eLAC2022 Digital Agenda
Alicia Bárcena Urges for an Articulated Response to the Crisis, with Greater Cooperation between Multilateral Financial Institutions, to Achieve Sustainable and Egalitarian Growth
ECLAC: The Persistence of Violence against Women and Girls in the Region and Femicide, its Maximum Expression, is Troubling

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foto de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL.

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Alicia Bárcena: We Call for a Redoubled Commitment to Eradicating the “Shadow Pandemic” of Violence against Women and Girls in the Region

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary spoke at a high-level political event held in the framework of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which is being commemorated this Wednesday, November 25.

From left to right: Mario Cimoli, Deputy Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, y Luis F. Yáñez, Secretary of the Commission of ECLAC.

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Countries in the Region Stressed the Urgency of Making Progress on Inclusion and Digital Transformation to Emerge from the Crisis and Achieve Development with Equality and Environmental Sustainability

The President of Ecuador, Lenín Moreno, and ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, led the inauguration of the VII Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is being held through Thursday.

Photo of the broadcast of the seminar on Latin America, organized by the Vatican

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To Change the Development Pattern, ECLAC Calls for Forging New Compacts and Coalitions with Transformative Leaderships, at a Seminar Organized by the Vatican

The Executive Secretary of the United Nations organization, Alicia Bárcena, participated in a webinar entitled “Latin America: Church, Pope Francis and pandemic-related scenarios,” organized by the papal headquarters.

Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC's Executive Secretary, during the interview.

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Because Another World is Possible, ECLAC Reaffirms that Equality and Sustainability Must Be at the Center of Latin America and the Caribbean’s Development: Alicia Bárcena

In a special chapter of the “ECLAC’s Horizons” program, the organization’s Executive Secretary delved into the issues addressed during the Commission’s 38th session and the policy proposals for a post-pandemic recovery.

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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.
Building a New Future
Transformative Recovery with Equality and Sustainability