International Seminar "Trade, industrialization and green growth: Exploring opportunities for cooperation between the Republic of Korea and Latin America"

First expert group meeting on opportunities and risks associated with the advent of digital currency in the Caribbean

The purpose of the meeting was to review the study on the associated risks and potential benefits of digital currency adoption in the Caribbean region.…

Launch of the Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2014

On Tuesday 2 December 2014, ECLAC will release its development overview of the region's economy in 2014 and growth projections for 2015. Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC's Executive Secretary, will give a press conference at the Commission headquarters in Santiago, Chile, which will take place at 11:00 a.m. and be broadcast live on the institution's Website. This panorama is part of the annual report Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2014, to be published shortly.…

Launch of the Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2014

ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena launches the flagship report: “Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2014”.…

First Workshop for Latin American and Caribbean countries "Supporting developing countries measure progress towards achieving a Green Economy"

Fifty-first meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean held their fifty-first meeting from 17 to 19 November 2014 in Santiago.…

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

By virtue of resolution 670(XXXIV), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) decided in 2012 that the ECLAC Ad Hoc Committee on Population and Development should be renamed the "Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean." It also endorsed the other provisions set forth in agreement 1, adopted by the Ad Hoc Committee at its meeting held in Quito from 4 to 6 July 2012, among which was the decision that the Regional Conference should meet every two years, while its Presiding Officers should meet at least once between the ordina…

Training of Trainers on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its optional Protocol

Objetivos: Capacitar a colegas de la region para que sean capacitadores en el tema.…

Fourth Meeting of the Focal Points appointed by the Governments of the Signatory Countries of the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

According to the Plan of Action to 2014, adopted in Guadalajara in April 2013, the objective of the meeting is to advance towards the creation of a regional instrument for the full implementation of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration, determining in particular definitions on the nature and content of the regional instrument.…

Regional workshop on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers

The workshop had as its objectives to disseminate and exchange practices and knowledge on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers of OECD countries in Latin American and Caribbean and to raise awareness and understanding of this tool as an instrument to favour efficient, informed and inclusive environmental management considering national and regional initiatives and processes under way.…

ECLAC regional workshop on the development of REDATAM applications for the dissemination of census data

A team drawn from ECLAC’s subregional headquarters for the Caribbean and the regional headquarters in Santiago, Chile will be holding a training workshop to support the statistical offices of Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, and Barbados in the development of web-based applications for the dissemination of national census data.…

First Session of UN-GGIM: Americas

The First of the United Nations Regional Committee on Global Geospatial Information Management for the Americas (UNGGIM: Americas) was held in Mexico City, from 24-25 September 2014.…

International Seminar. Facilitating the Effective Integration of Developing Countries into the Global Economy through programs of Aid for Trade

Seventh Meetings of the Workings groups created in the Plan of Action to 2014 (Groups 1 and 2)

Seventh Meetings of the Workings groups created in the Plan of Action to 2014 (Groups 1 and 2)…

Twenty-ninth session of the Committee of the Whole

As Member States' deliberations on the post-2015 development agenda continue, there is an emerging consensus that strong monitoring and accountability will be crucial for the implementation of the new agenda. The President of the General Assembly of the United Nations convened an interactive dialogue in May 2014 to address "Elements for a monitoring and accountability framework for the post-2015 development agenda". In his letter of 13 June 2014 the Secretary-General of the United Nations requested the five regional commissions to hold consultations in this regard to facilitate discussion on t…

Sixth Virtual Meeting of the Working group on capacity-building and cooperation, created in the Plan of Action to 2014 (Group 1)

Sixth Virtual Meeting of the Working group on capacity-building and cooperation, created in the Plan of Action to 2014 (Group 1)…

Thirteenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC

At this meeting, the Executive Committee reviewed the status of implementation of the Biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities 2014-2015, adopted by the Statistical Conference of the Americas at its seventh meeting by virtue of resolution 8(VII), and the agreements adopted at the twelfth meeting of the Executive Committee. The Committee reviewed the status of the plans of action drawn up by the working groups and will assess the possibility of improving their operations; discussions also began on the criteria for determining the new strategic plan for the Statist…

Launch of the Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2014

On Monday 4 August, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2014, in which it will update its growth estimates for the region's countries this year. The annual report, which is one of the flagship documents of this United Nations regional commission, will be launched at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, by its Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, at a press conference scheduled for 11.00 a.m. The Economic Survey 2014 analyses the economic performance of Latin America and the Caribbean during…

Sixth Meeting of the Working group on rights of access and regional instrument (Group 2)

The objective of the group is to deepen knowledge on access rights with the outlook of proposing the nature and contents of a regional instrument.…

Workshop on the Principle 10 and the regional process

Workshop jointly organized by ECLAC, the Government of Uruguay, CAInfo and GAIA.…