Training on methodological tools to assess the quality of estimates in household surveys

This activity focuses on presenting the R library “Calidad”, a set of methodological tools to assess the quality of an estimate towards objective criteria of the estimate’s reliability in complex household surveys.…

Launch of the Latin America and Caribbean Marketplace Explorer

The International Trade Centre (ITC) together with Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-ECLAC) and the Centre for Market Insights of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, are pleased to invite you to attend the launch of the Latin America and the Caribbean Marketplace Explorer and an accompanying publication. LACME is the first tool that allows a Latin America and Caribbean-wide analysis of B2C goods-oriented marketplaces. This free dashboard explores trends in marketplace usage from 2019 to 2022 across 33 countries of 900 marketplaces. This tool gathers timely …

ECLAC participates in the Webinar "What does Valuing Water mean in practice and why is it important for the United Nations Water Conference?".

The Webinar, organized by Deltares and the Valuing Water Initiative, addressed the importance of valuing water in our societies, and exposed the synergies between the Initiative driven by the Netherlands and ECLAC with the objective of achieving a systemic change in decision-making and ensuring sustainability and water security in the Latin American and Caribbean region, as well as the joint path towards the UN Water Conference 2023.…

The Economics of the Circular Economy Transition

As the global economy expands and living standards rise, the world's raw materials consumption is expected to nearly double by 2060. This is particularly alarming because materials extraction, processing, use and waste management lead to very significant environmental pressures, ranging from local pollution at mining sites to GHG emissions from metal processing or air pollution from waste handling and disposal. In parallel, the mismanagement of plastic has resulted in significant environmental pollution and, if left unchecked, has the potential to cause even more important economic and so…

Seventh meeting of the Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information

This team of specialists, created in 2013 under the auspices of the United Nations Statistical Commission and UN-GGIM, proposes guidelines, methodologies and standards to link statistical data to a location and to have disaggregated information available in the territory.…

ECLAC's Natural Resources Division participates in the "International Seminar on Drought and Flood Management"

The seminar, organized by CCAD, had as its main objective to increase the knowledge of public policies, strategies and instruments, for the management of the risk of droughts and floods in public entities and regional institutions. ECLAC participated in the event through its Water and Energy Unit, together with high-level representatives of other regional and international organizations.…

Ninth Session of UN-GGIM: Americas

The Ninth Session of the United Nations Regional Committee for Global Geospatial Information Management for the Americas (UN-GGIM: Americas) was held in Santiago, from November 28 to 30, 2022.…

ECLAC participates in the Virtual Workshop "Gender approach and comprehensive management of water resources" aimed at strengthening the existing Cooperation Alliance between agencies of the European Union (EU) and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)

The Workshop, organized by UN Women Argentina and ECLAC, addressed the relationship between gender and water resources. It aimed at strengthening the capacities of the work teams of the entities of the established Cooperation Alliance. This Alliance seeks to improve the formulation and implementation of territorial and regional sustainable development projects and plans.…

ECLAC participates in the XII Edition of the International Economic Week – The Economics of Natural Resources

The event organized by the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, took place in Quito (Ecuador), in the Auditorium of the Cultural Center - PUCE, included the participation of experts from various institutions related to natural resources. ECLAC, through the Natural Resources Division, presented three keynote talks in the framework of the work carried out by the Division and its Water and Energy Unit.…

Activities of the members of the Regional Group of Experts on Water Resources in Latin America and the Caribbean from September to November 2022

The Regional Expert Group on Water Resources in Latin America and the Caribbean has been created in the preparatory framework for the World Water Conference 2023. Between September and November 2022, its members have promoted various activities that contribute to the acceleration of the achievement of SDG 6:…

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

The objective of the first forum was be to provide a space for discussion on the situation of human rights defenders in environmental matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, bringing together the Parties to the Escazú Agreement, recognized specialists in the field, and the public, especially human rights defenders, indigenous peoples and local communities, and people or groups in vulnerable situations who defend the environment.…

Addressing coordination and data sharing challenges for better environment, climate change and disaster indicators

The Statistics Division and the Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in collaboration with United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission, have been working together over the past year and a half at the country level to strengthen institutional and statistical capacities of selected Caribbean countries to better produce, disseminate and use environment, climate change and disaster indicators. Wo…

Eighth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Eighth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean is jointly organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Government of Uruguay. The Conference aims to define a set of digital policy priorities at the regional level within the framework of the Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean (eLAC) with a vision beyond 2022.…

The results of ECLAC's public consultation to identify water priorities of Caribbean countries have been published

ECLAC developed a Caribbean open consultation to showcase the region's priorities on water resources. The consultation was conducted through an open online survey between August and October 2022. It intended to collect contributions from different regional stakeholders, as inputs to the preparatory process of the United Nations Water Conference 2023.…

COP27 Event: The Escazú Agreement: opportunities to promote an inclusive, informed and participatory climate action in Latin America and the Caribbean

Technical meeting on validation of household consumption expenditure prices of the International Comparison Program (ICP), Cycle 2021

Virtual meeting organized by ECLAC in its capacity as Regional Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean of the ICP.…

XI REDLAS Conference: "Creative and modern services for trade and sustainable development"

On November 14 and 15, 2022, the eleventh conference of the Latin American and Caribbean NETWORK of Researchers and Policy Makers around Services (REDLAS) will be held under the eaves of the Peru Service Summit in Lima. This activity is organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Regional Program Alliances for Democracy and Development with Latin America (ADELA) of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), in collaboration with PromPerú and the University of Lima . This conference will be attended by experts from academia, governments and the private se…

COP27 side event - Protagonist Latin American and Caribbean Parliaments: mobilizing climate finance

COP27 side event with a hybrid format (face-to-face at the Euroclima+ Pavilion at the Blue Zone of COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh and virtual, with live broadcast on the Euroclima+ YouTube channel)…

Regional technical workshop on tax expenditures

This workshop was organized by ECLAC at its Subregional Headquarters in Mexico, with the support of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) of Germany. The objective of the meeting was to engage in a technical exchange between authorities and international organizations on tax expenditures and provide tools to strengthen their design, measurement, and accountability. As part of the workshop activities, an ECLAC report was presented on the measurement of tax expenditures in Latin America. At the o…

Belize: National workshop on generating climate change and disaster indicators for policy decision-making

The Caribbean region is acutely threatened by climate change, particularly the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Belize is no exception. The country is situated in the tropical cyclone belts and is directly exposed to the forces of the oceans. And as a small geographical area, disasters might affect vast proportions of the country. Availability of quality statistics and indicators are crucial to effectively respond to the effects of climate change and build resilience.…