Youth Tourpreneurship Bootcamp: Antigua & Barbuda and Grenada

To guide young people in Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts & Nevis, and Saint Vincent & the Grenadines into seeing tourism not as something that only large tour companies, hotels and cruise ships run, but as something they too can do, while placing them on a path to self-sustainability.…

Seventh meeting of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance

The seventh session of the Implementation and Compliance Support Committee will be held in person in Panama City on October 9, 2025, between 9:00 and 11:00 Panama City time. The session is open to the public upon registration.…

Fifth Global Expert Forum for Producers and Users of Disaster-related Statistics

The forum concluded by reaffirming the global commitment to generating quality statistics that support more effective public policies for disaster risk reduction, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.…

Regional and National Dialogues on External Financing and Climate-Resilient Development

Guided by an enhanced framework, UNCTAD led data collection field missions, identifying their current and potential external financial options, blockages and impediments to the uptake of innovative financial instruments, as well as the regulatory, institutional, and market-related changes required to encourage these innovations. These efforts culminated in the delivery of climate adaptation and mitigation reports for each country, assessing direct and indirect climate risks and proposing strategies to address these risks and achieve SDGs 17.4 and 13.b and will contribute to the regional d…

National training course in project proposal preparation and effective project implementation - St. Lucia

The overall objective of the training course is to strengthen the skills level of policymakers and technical staff of the Government of Saint Lucia in project proposal preparation and effective project implementation. The course will enhance institutional capacity in project proposal development and implementation, ensuring effective and efficient project delivery, with the ultimate purpose of improving the skills and processes of project proposal preparation and implementation within organisations, leading to higher project success rates.…

Virtual meeting of the open-ended ad hoc working group on human rights defenders in environmental matters

The open-ended ad hoc working group on human rights defenders in environmental matters will hold a virtual meeting on Tuesday, 9 September, from 12:00 to 13:30 hrs, Chile time (GMT-3). The meeting is open to all members of the public. The objective of the meeting will be to address the elaboration of the regional assessment of the Action Plan on Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters and to collect the impressions of the Parties and the public. To participate, prior registration is required on Webex…

Latin America and the Caribbean in the Final Five Years of the 2030 Agenda: Territorialization and the Role of Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs) to Accelerate Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

HLPF 2025 Virtual Side Event Within the framework of the High-Level Political Forum 2025, this side event organized by ECLAC will address the progress, challenges, and opportunities for accelerating the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean during its final five years. Building on the momentum for the territorialization of the SDGs and the development of Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs), concrete experiences will be analyzed and exchanges between local, national, and regional actors will be encouraged. In addition, the English version of ECLAC's virtual course on t…

National training course in project proposal preparation and effective project implementation - Grenada

The overall objective of the training course is to strengthen the skills level of executives, senior management, and technical staff of the Government of Grenada in project proposal preparation and effective project implementation. The course will enhance institutional capacity in project proposal development and implementation, ensuring effective and efficient project delivery with the ultimate purpose of improving the skills and processes of project proposal preparation and implementation within organisations, leading to higher project success rates.…

National capacity building workshops in cost benefit analysis - St Lucia

The overall objective of the training is to strengthen the skills level of policymakers and technical officers of the Government of Saint Lucia in cost-benefit analysis which will enhance their ability to design and implement data-informed policies and strategies for accelerating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and building a resilient economy.…

Fifth Regional Seminar on Social Development

BACKGROUND Since the 1995 World Summit on Social Development in Copenhagen, the global agenda on social development has advanced significantly, not only on a deeper understanding of challenges such as well-being, poverty, inequality, and discrimination, but also on a growing emphasis on upholding economic, social, and cultural rights. Within this evolving framework, the changes, ambition and commitment of countries have been notable. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Regional Agenda for Inclusive Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean stand as compelling exampl…

28 May 2025 – Preparation for the 2025 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 Voluntary National Reveiws (VNRs) in particular; and aims to provide a space to regularly communicate with peers. PARTICIPANTSBahamas, Barbados, Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay SESSION GOALThe main objective of this meeting was to highlight good practices and innovative ideas from Latin Ame…

National capacity building workshops in cost benefit analysis - Grenada

The overall objective of the training is to strengthen the skills level of policymakers and technical officers of the Government of Grenada in cost-benefit analysis which will enhance their ability to design and implement data-informed policies and strategies for accelerating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and building a resilient economy.…

National capacity building workshops in statistical analysis - Grenada

The overall objective of the training is to strengthen the skills level of policymakers and technical officers of the Government of Grenada in statistical analysis which will enhance their ability to design and implement data-informed policies and strategies for accelerating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and building a resilient economy.…

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

The twenty-fourth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas was held virtually from 29 to 30 April 2025.…

Caribbean Regional Breakout Session at the ECOSOC Youth Forum

The Caribbean Regional Breakout Session will provide a space to present the results of the youth regional preparatory consultations and local dialogues in the framework of the 14th ECOSOC Youth Forum and the 8th Forum of LAC Countries on Sustainable Development, providing an opportunity to promote and strengthen the dialogue with Member States and UN agencies, for a meaningful and inclusive children, youth and adolescent (CYA) participation in the acceleration of action towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.…

Sixth meeting of the Statistical Coordination Group for the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean

Representatives from eight countries participated on April 9 in the sixth virtual meeting of the Statistical Coordination Group for the 2030 Agenda, organized by ECLAC, to review progress, share experiences, and agree on next steps in monitoring the SDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean.…

Side event: The rights of persons with disabilities in the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals and the regional agenda on population and development

The side event will take the form of a panel discussion and the main theme will be the inclusion of persons with disabilities and their rights in the framework of the SDGs and the regional population and development agenda. In this regard, the focus will be on the progress and challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean to ensure that the rights of persons with disabilities are at the center of public policies for the implementation of the SDGs and the population and development agenda. The event is aimed at government representatives of institutions responsible for policies related to perso…

Session on the Second World Summit for Social Development (Qatar, 2025)

Sesión desarrollada en el marco de la Octava Reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible 2025. A desarrollarse en Santiago, desde el 31 de marzo al 4 de abril.…

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

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, the…