2021 HLPF official side event: "Empowering people to protect the planet in a COVID-19 context: the contribution of SDG 16 and environmental access rights to sustainable and resilient recovery"

This event aims to generate a space for inter-regional multi-stakeholder dialogue on experiences that empower people to protect the planet in times of COVID-19. As a linchpin of sustainable and resilient recovery efforts, the implementation of environmental access rights to information, public participation and justice at different levels will be featured.…

Reclaiming Industrial Policy for Latin American Development

This particular webinar seeks to find answers if industrial policies are central to achieving a high level of socio-economic development and requires interventions that go beyond macroeconomic stability, the transparent functioning of markets, and an insertion into the world economy based on the promotion of foreign direct investment and indiscriminate trade liberalization. The seminar will promote a discussion oriented towards the definition of a renewed strategy for the region, aimed at promoting sustainable growth through the creation of economic and social value above what accrues from its…

Middle income strata, COVID-19 and the challenges of social protection, in the context of Development in Transition Days (DiT)

In Latin America and the Caribbean, the social and economic impacts associated with the pandemic have been felt significantly in the population belonging to low-income strata. However, the pandemic has also highlighted the vulnerability of our region's middle-income strata, placing them at the center of the debate. This event invites us to discuss social protection strategies and tools, analyzing the feasibility of implementation for a transformative recovery in the region. The debate is expected to delve into regional experiences and scenarios, comparing them with the characteristics of …

Panel: Women's autonomy and the care economy in the framework of a transformative and sustainable recovery with equality

The crisis caused by the COVID-19 virus has accentuated the structural challenges of gender inequality and has generated a setback of more than a decade in terms of women's participation in the labor market, a deepening of the feminization of poverty and an increase in the burden of care work, even in higher-income countries such as Chile, Costa Rica and Uruguay. Furthermore, as one of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the digitalization of economies that still face a significant gender gap in terms of access to and use of technologies, accentuated even more by income levels, has…

Suriname: National workshop on generating climate change and disasters indicators for policy decision-making

Organized by Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the General Bureau of Statistics (GBS) of Suriname, in the framework of the Development Account 12 project.…

Side Event : Women’s autonomy and the care economy in the framework of a transformative and sustainable recovery with equality, Development in Transition (DiT) sessions

The crisis caused by the COVID-19 virus has accentuated the structural challenges of gender inequality and has generated a setback of more than a decade in terms of women's participation in the labor market, a deepening of the feminization of poverty and an increase in the burden of care work, even in higher-income countries such as Chile, Costa Rica and Uruguay. Furthermore, as one of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the digitalization of economies that still face a significant gender gap in terms of access to and use of technologies, accentuated even more by income levels, has acce…

European Union facility joint response to COVID-19: Fostering sustainable development models in LAC countries - Fiscal policies to mitigate the effects of the pandemic and foster investment for a sustainable recovery

This Experts Meeting will provide a space for a regional dialogue among country authorities, international organizations and fiscal experts to discuss domestic resource mobilization and public spending issues to reduce structural gaps, as well as to explore policy options to expand fiscal space to mitigate the effects of the pandemic and boost investments for a sustainable and inclusive recovery.…

Expert meeting: EU FACILITY JOINT RESPONSE TO COVID-19: “Fostering sustainable development models in LAC countries”

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) harder than any other region in the world. The region suffered a 7.7% GDP drop in 2020, and over a million lives have been lost. With around 60% of informal workers and 40% of all workers in the region surviving without any form of social safety net before the pandemic hit, the most vulnerable members of society are bearing the brunt of the crisis today. A series of pre-existing development traps, outlined in the Latin American Economic Outlook 2019, have increased the crisis´ toll in the region. As LAC countries chart the pat…

Regional Integration for Economic Recovery

As part of the month of Development in Transition: Dialogues to chart new paths for Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC, together with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the European Commission, organized the Event: Regional Integration for Economic Recovery. The panel was attended by a group of high-level officials from international organisations and regional integration mechanisms in the Americas and the Caribbean. The specialists who participated in the event made an urgent call to boost regional integration to achieve a transformative recovery after th…

EU FACILITY JOINT RESPONSE TO COVID-19: “Fostering sustainable development models in LAC countries”

The expansion of global value chains (GVC) has opened new opportunities for economies in transition, which seek to expand and diversify their international trade and gain access to new technologies. However, the current pandemic has left the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean in a very vulnerable position. Against this background, high-level officials from international organizations and regional integration mechanisms will address the following questions: What is the state of intraregional trade within your integration mechanism? What weaknesses has the pandemic exposed? What oppor…

Webinar National Accounts System - Towards the 2025 SNA

This webinar is the first in a series of regional seminars within the framework of the updating process of the System National Account (SNA) and Balance of Payments Manual (BPM) and is organized by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), in collaboration with the Commission. Economic for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).…

Webinar on poverty mapping using small area estimation techniques

As many countries have turned their attention to the estimation of poverty at the subnational level, this webinar aims to discuss practical aspects of poverty mapping.…

Just transition: strategies for a sustainable recovery

The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC, or CEPAL for the acronym in Spanish and Portuguese) and the Environment Commission of the Brazilian Federal Senate co-organize the High-Level (online) Seminar “Just Transition: Strategies for a Sustainable Recovery” on Wednesday (30 June) from 11h to 12h30 (GMT-3). The seminar takes place within the context of the celebrations of the Month of the Environment “Green June” to discuss the relevance of environmental justice in the design of sustainable recovery strategies and policies. The unfolding of the COVID-19 …

ECLAC’s participation in the launch of a platform that analyzes Global Value Chains

In recent years, studies on global value chains, which depict how interconnected countries are in terms of trade and production, have multiplied. To contribute to this objective, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) presented the Regional Integration and Value Chain Analyzer (RIVA) tool. This initiative was carried out in collaboration with the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FOCALAE) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). RIVA is an online tool that uses data from the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Multiregional …

The role of e-commerce and digital trade in the economic reactivation in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) together with the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Regional Programme Alliances for Development and Democracy with Latin America (ADELA) are pleased to invite you to participate in this webinar. During the webinar, we will be presenting the report “Enabling Latin America and the Caribbean to better harness e-commerce and digital trade in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic”, prepared jointly by the IDB, ECLAC and KAS, will be presented, followed by a high-level panel, of public authorities a…

Webinar No 2 – Leveraging the Caribbean Geoportal for disaster planning and management

8 June 2021 - Preparing for the 2021 High-level Political Forum (HLPF)

This community of practice is an informal space for exchange among peers and sharing of good practices with regards to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in general and the preparation of VNRs in particular; and aims to provide a space to regularly communicate with peers. PARTICIPANTS Bahamas; Barbados; Jamaica; St. Kitts and Navis; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago SESSION GOAL The specific goal of this session was preparing for the upcoming High-level Political Forum (HLPF), which will take place from 6-15 July 2021.…

Technical meeting on national accounts data requirements for the International Comparison Program (ICP), Cycle 2021 - the Caribbean

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

ECLAC participates in the session Innovation in water and sanitation management within the framework of the IV Latin American and Caribbean Forum on Housing and Habitat

Habitat for Humanity (HFH) in collaboration with the Inter-American Union for Housing (Uniapravi) organized the IV Latin American and Caribbean Forum on Housing and Habitat: Action for housing and settlements against COVID-19, a multi-actor space of the sector in the region that seeks to collectively share, reimagine and build the new reality of housing and the city. The IV Forum aimed to generate ideas to overcome the crisis in social housing and vulnerable settlements during and after COVID-19, as well as contribute to economic reactivation and social equity. It was held in virtual mode from…

Executive meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

The main objective of this meeting is to confirm the convening of the fourth session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, with the participation of delegates from the member countries of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference.…