Activities

Accelerator Session at the World Circular Economy Forum 2025

The event "Measuring Progress and Promoting Circular Economy Indicators in Latin America and the Caribbean" is organized by ECLAC, UNOSD, UN-DESA and IDB/BID Invest, with support of K-eco and the German Cooperation.…

Twenty-fourth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC

Taller regional virtual abril 2025 “Potencialidades de los censos de población y vivienda: procesamiento de Microdatos con REDATAM y mapeo con QGis”

La información actualizada de la ronda censal 2020 permitirá evaluar cambios demográficos y socioeconómicos recientes con indicadores desglosados por sexo, edades, origen étnico-racial, estatus migratorio, discapacidad, y ubicación geográfica, entre otras variables relevantes. Los talleres brindarán formación práctica en procesamiento, análisis y mapeo de indicadores generados a partir de bases de microdatos censales, utilizando REDATAM y QGIS. REDATAM, desarrollado por el CELADE-División de Población de la CEPAL, facilita el procesamiento y análisis eficiente de estos datos con u…

XXVII Meeting with Specialized Agencies for the Advancement of Women (OEM27)

The XXVII Meeting with Specialized Agencies for the Advancement of Women will be held virtually on Thursday 10 April 2025, between 11.00 to 14.00 p.m. (Chilean time, GMT-4). …

Preparatory meeting with the countries of Central America, Spanish-speaking Caribbean and Mexico for the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

Preparatory meeting with the countries of Central America, Spanish-speaking Caribbean and Mexico will be held virtually on Wednesday 9 April 2025, between 11.00 to 14.00 p.m. (Chilean time, GMT-4). …

From Digital Government to Smart Government

General objective The general aim of the course is to enhance participants’ capacities in providing solutions to the needs of citizens, organizations, and the challenges of future crises, for example those linked to climate change, through Digital Government. The course also focuses on incorporating new knowledge to advance evidence-based decision making and data-driven policies to create public value and aiming to build a path towards a resilient Smart Government in the Caribbean subregion. Specific objectives To provide participants with an overview of the concepts, elements, conditions, be…

Preparatory meeting with South American countries for the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

The preparatory meeting with South American countries will be held virtually on Tuesday 8 April 2025, between 11.00 to 14.00 p.m. (Chilean time, GMT-4). …

Third Forum on Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Third Forum on Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, from 7-10 April 2025. The forum will be in person and with live streaming at https://live.cepal.org Registration for in-person participation is available at https://eventos.cepal.org/event/176/Please see the preliminary agenda for the forum here. …

Visit to St. Lucia of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance to the Escazú Agreement

The Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance (Committee) is a subsidiary body of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement, to promote the implementation and support the Parties in the implementation of the Agreement. According to the Rules relating to the Structure and Function of the Committee (COP Decision I/3) and its Working Modalities (LC/TS.2024/33), one of the functions of the Committee is to carry out periodic consultations and dialogues with the Parties, in an open, constructive and interactive manner on any matter related to the implementation and com…

Eighth Meeting - Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development 2025

Caribbean preparatory meeting of the XVI session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (hybrid format)

The Caribbean preparatory meeting of the XVI session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held in hybrid format (in person and virtually), in Barbados, on 27 March 2025, from 11.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. (Barbados time, GMT-4). …

Caribbean Youth Dialogues 2025 in preparation of the ECOSOC Youth Forum

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is an opportunity to galvanize action aimed at promoting greater inclusion of youth in all spheres. This roadmap recognizes in several of its goals the centrality of the full incorporation of youth as a necessary condition to move towards more inclusive societies, in which no one is left behind, on a path to sustainable development. However, youth in the Caribbean face many challenges that need to be addressed as precursors to creating environments that enable them to reach their maximum potential to contribute to the achievement of SDGs by 2030, thereby leaving a legacy for future youth generations.…

CARIBBEAN ACADEMIC FORUM. Contributions to the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean: Advancing Towards Care Societies

The Caribbean Academic Forum, titled Contributions to the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean: Advancing Towards Care Societies, will be held in Barbados, on 25th and 26th of March 2025.…

Special Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development of Latin America and the Caribbean

Background The member States of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) decided, under Resolution 682(XXXV), approved at the thirty-fifth session of the Commission held in May 2014, to establish the Regional Conference on Social Development of Latin America and the Caribbean as one of the subsidiary bodies of ECLAC. Among its objectives are to promote the improvement of national social development policies, foster international, regional, and bilateral cooperation among offices and institutions, examine multidimensional poverty, and advance the measurement of povert…

Pursuing Greater Alignment Between Trade and Sustainability: A Latin American Perspective

The seminar "Pursuing Greater Alignment between Trade and Sustainability: A Latin American Perspective" will be held on March 20 and 21 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. This event is co-organized by the ECLAC Office in Washington, DC, its International Trade and Integration Division, the "Remaking Global Trade for a Sustainable Future" project, and the Technology and Industrialization for Development Center (TIDE) at the University of Oxford. Its objective is to reflect, from a Latin American and Caribbean perspectiv…

Second regional review meeting on the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

The regional review meeting will be held on March 18-20, 2025 at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) headquarters in Santiago, Chile. It will begin with a Stakeholder Consultation on 18 March, followed by an Intergovernmental Conference on 19-20 March.…

National training workshop on census and survey data processing, analysis and dissemination using RedatamX

This workshop aims to provide follow-up training for staff at Saint Lucia’s Central Statistical Office (CSO) on Redatam X, the latest version of the REDATAM software. The three-day training workshop is scheduled for March 17–19, 2025, in Castries and will support the finalization of a REDATAM application for online access to Saint Lucia’s Census microdata. With ongoing support from ECLAC, the workshop will help ensure that the CSO, a regional pioneer in REDATAM use since 1991, maintains its expertise in the software and continues expanding access to census microdata for its users.…

Launch of the Gender Equality Bulletin - No. 4: Time for Care in Latin America and the Caribbean: Towards Social and Gender Co-responsibility

As part of the commemoration of International Women’s Day, the publication “Time for Care in Latin America and the Caribbean: Towards Social and Gender Co-responsibility,” jointly prepared by ECLAC and the ILO, will be presented.…

Stakeholder Consultation on the Roadmap for the Implementation of the Escazú Agreement in Grenada

Stakeholder Consultation on the Roadmap for the Implementation of the Escazú Agreement in Grenada…

56th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission

The Statistical Commission as the primary body for the coordination of the global statistical programmes in general and of the United Nations statistical and data-related system.…