Signature and/or ratification ceremony of the Escazú Agreement at the 74th United Nations General Assembly

The Escazú Agreement one of the four environmental treaties highlighted by the United Nations Secretary-General in 2019 in support of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development. In the framework of the general debate of the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly, a specific space will be devoted for authorities of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean to sign and/or ratify the Escazú Agreement at the highest level possible at 10 a.m. on 26 September 2019 in the Treaty Event Area (“Kuwaiti boat”) in the General Assembly building.…

Seminar: Latin American & Caribbean perspectives on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

The Latin American and Caribbean region is extraordinarily privileged in terms of biodiversity, and LAC countries are among the most active and influential in international biodiversity negotiations. The region has seen many developments in biodiversity and environmental governance in the last decades and has experienced successes but also witnessed how the institutional landscape for biodiversity can remain fragile. The region has therefore much to contribute to debates on post-2020 biodiversity governance.…

Intra- and inter-regional value chains: Latin America and the Caribbean and Asia-Pacific

In the city of Seoul, José Durán, Chief of the Regional Integration Unit of the Division of International Trade and Integration of ECLAC, presented the main results of the project “Value Chain Development for the Deeper Integration of East Asia and Latin America”. The meeting, which took place at the embassy of Peru and was attended by representatives of the Group of Ambassadors of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC), was convened by Raúl Silverio Silvagni, Ambassador of the Republic of Paraguay in the Republic of Korea and Dean of GRULAC in Seoul. The presentation served as a space for E…

FEALAC’S Trade Facilitation in the context of the Digital Economy

In the framework of the annual FEALAC Working Group Meeting on “Trade, Investment, Tourism and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Argentina co-organized the seminar "FEALAC’s Trade Facilitation in the context of the Digital Economy". The seminar aimed to find ways to improve regional connectivity among FEALAC member states and to nurture business capabilities of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in a digital economy. The meeting focused on the analysis of value chains and th…

Regional workshop on Repositioning of the CDCC-RCM as the Caribbean SIDS mechanism for sustainable development

Regional workshop on Repositioning of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee – (CDCC-RCM) Regional Coordinating Mechanism as the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) mechanism for sustainable development.…

Input-Output Tables as a Tool for Trade and Industrial Policy in Latin America and Relations with Asia-Pacific

ECLAC, through its International Trade and Integration Division and in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic, is organizing the International Seminar "Input-Output Tables as a Tool for Trade and Industrial Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean and Relations with Asia Pacific,” and the roundtable “Dynamics of the Intra and Inter Regional Value Chains and Integration in Latin America and Asia.” These activities are taking place under the projects "Input-Output Tables for Industrial Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean”&nb…

First international workshop on operationalizing the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework

This first international workshop seeks to contribute to the strengthening of nationally integrated geospatial information management towards the producing, disseminating and applying of geospatial information for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.…

First Nexus Virtual Forum. Multipurpose water use projects in Latin America and the Caribbean

First Nexus Virtual Forum for Latin America and the Caribbean to discuss the challenges of multipurpose projects in the region…

Second meeting of the Statistical Coordination Group for the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean: Disaggregated data for regional monitoring of the SDGs

This second meeting is presented as a space for reflection among the countries, agencies, funds and programs of the United Nations System operating in the region and the United Nations Secretariat, on strategic issues of statistical monitoring of the SDGs in the region.…

Foro Corea – Chile sobre Adaptación al Cambio Climático y Reforestación

El objetivo de este Foro es discutir sobre los diferentes aspectos de las políticas y prácticas que han sido adoptadas en ambos países para enfrentarse a los desafíos que impone el Cambio Climático…

Seventeenth meeting of the Regional Council for Planning of ILPES

La XVI Conferencia de Ministros y Jefes de Planificación de América Latina y el Caribe y la XVII Reunión del Consejo Regional de Planificación (CRP) del Instituto Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Planificación Económica y Social (ILPES) tendrá lugar en la ciudad de Montevideo, del 28 al 30 de agosto de 2019.…

The effective and coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda in Guyana through the Escazú Agreement

The present workshop will seek to analyze how the Escazú Agreement contributes to the implementation of the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda in an effective and coherent manner in Guyana. To that end, it will specifically review key provisions of the Escazú Agreement and analyze national strengths, weaknesses and opportunities considering the current legislative and policy framework. It will also seek to identify gaps, needs and priorities and set the stage for national strategies and plans of action to more effectively implement the Escazú Agreement in the context of the environment…

CYEN Summit: Building the resilience of the Caribbean through effective youth engagement and participation

The 13th Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN) Summit will take place between 9 and 13 August 2019 in Georgetown, Guyana, under the theme Building the resilience of the Caribbean through effective youth engagement and participation. …

Caribbean Road Safety Regional Workshop

The capacity-building workshop bringed together international experts and representatives from eleven Caribbean English-speaking countries  Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Jamaica, Guyana, Saint Lucía, Saint Kitts, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, to discuss safer systems approaches and urban mobility policies; promoting a stronger regulatory and enforcement framework; optimizing data management for improved planning and policy making; as well as best practices for vehicle safety, including powered motor cycles.   …

Beyond July: an integrated support to member States in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda

The High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) takes place annually in July and is the most visible event on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It is also the space in which Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) are presented, marking an important milestone for member States in their reporting of progress towards the achievement of the agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, the implementation of the 2030 Agenda happens beyond July. Countries integrate the SDGs in their planning instruments and budgets, national statistical offices monitor progress and …

Translating the 2030 Agenda into national sustainable development realities: regional perspectives. Ministerial Lunch

Escazu Agreement: Establishing environmental rights for the most vulnerable

Organized by World Resources Institute, Government of Costa Rica, UN ECLAC, The Access Initiative, Namati, CIVICUS-World Alliance for Citizen Participation, DAR-Perú in the margins of the 2019 High Level Political Forum of the United Nations…

Building Back Better: Reckoning with Size in Pursuit of Resilience

The side event will consider the need to integrate resilience-building into sustainable development planning and practice in the Caribbean, in light of the inescapable impact of climate change on the environmental, infrastructural, economic and social wellbeing of Caribbean states. It is an opportunity for the UN community to reflect on the challenges faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in building resilience, focusing in particular on the implications of size that compromise such efforts. Panelists will explore remedies through partnership and engagement with all stakeholders.…

Technical workshop on “Value chain development for deeper integration of FEALAC: Asian perspectives”

The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is organizing a technical Workshop from 10 to 11 July 2019, UNCC, Bangkok, Thailand. The workshop is part of the collaborative project between ESCAP, ECLAC and ADB in a project aiming to enhance value chain integration between Asia and Latin America. The workshop will gather policy analysts, researchers and policymakers working in Asia-Pacific member states of FEALAC. The purposes of the workshop are to review the study in intraregional value chains development and to identify emerging opportunities and challenges facing Asia-…

Third Regional-Global Trade in Value Added (TiVA) Initiatives Workshop

The Regional-Global meeting on Trade in Value Added (TiVA) initiatives took place in Paris, at the headquarters of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in the end of June 2019. This meeting came as a follow-up to the development of the different TiVA initiatives. Delegates from different international organizations participated including the World Trade Organization (WTO), the United States Department of Commerce, Asian Development Bank (ADB), the European Commission's Joint Research Center (EC-JRC), as well as the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNEC…