Activities
Upcoming activities
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23 - 25 September - All dayEscazú Agreement: Implementation and tools for the Public Defense of the…
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25 - 26 September - 09:00 - 17:00Regional and National Dialogues on External Financing and…
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26 Sep 2025 - 13:30Roundtable: Advancing access to information for environmental protection…
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30 Sep 2025 - 16:00Seminar on Ocean-based Climate Action in Support of Blue Economy…
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6 - 10 October - All dayRegional Water Week for Latin America and the Caribbean – Santiago, Chile…
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6 - 08 October - 09:00 - 12:00Fifth Global Expert Forum for Producers and Users of Disaster-related…
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9 Oct 2025 - 11:00Seventh meeting of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance
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20 - 09 November - All dayVirtual course on Regulation for digital trade and blockchain
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29 - 30 October - 14:30 - 17:30Sixth meeting Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population…
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25 - 27 November - 09:00 - 18:00Thirteenth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC
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The articulating role of international trade in the circular economy in fashion: challenges and opportunities
27 Apr 2023 - 15:30 | Event (Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies)Circularity in the used clothing trade would generate important benefits by extending the useful life of those garments that are in good condition, allowing people to purchase clothing at an affordable price, generating local employment, and reducing CO2 emissions and waste generation by substituting the production of a new garment. However, in some cases, exports of second-hand garments generate negative impacts on the destination markets. This occurs when the exported products are of poor quality, i.e. they are not able to meet the needs for warmth, or do not meet the climatic conditions of …
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Side event: Localization of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Role of Voluntary Local Reviews in the Latin America and Caribbean Region
27 Apr 2023 | Event (Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development)The main goal of the side event was to share good practices and experiences, as well as innovative approaches to overcoming challenges faced in the formulation and preparation of the VLRs to implement and monitor the 2030 Agenda at local level, and to improve vertical integration at local, national, regional and global levels.…
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Rail as the backbone of sustainable transport for people and goods of the future
25 Apr 2023 - 10:30 | Event (Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies)Background With seven years to go until 2030, the year in which the 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are to be implemented, the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have faced a challenging health, economic, social and environmental context. The crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine reverted some of the progress in infrastructure, transport and logistics achieved before 2020. In this context, the transition towards sustainable and efficient transport to advance towards the achievement of the 2…
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Regional Voluntary National Review and Voluntary Local Review Workshop for Latin American and Caribbean countries
25 Apr 2023 - 14:40 | Event (Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development)The goal of this workshop was to strengthen the knowledge and capacities of Latin American and Caribbean countries in the formulation and preparation of their Voluntary National Reviews and Voluntary Local Reviews as part of their national strategy to implement and monitor the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as well as to enhance vertical integration across the local, national, regional and global levels.…
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Sixth meeting - Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development - 2023
25 - 28 April - 04:00 - 12:00 | Event (Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development)At the thirty-sixth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), held in Mexico City from 23 to 27 May 2016, the member States adopted resolution 700 (XXXVI), Mexico Resolution, which established the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development as a regional mechanism to follow up and review the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the Sustainable Development Goals and targets, its means of implementation, and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda. The Economic and So…
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Parliamentary Summit on Climate Change and Just Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean
20 Apr 2023 - 14:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The Parliamentary Observatory on Climate Change and Just Transition (OPCC, from its acronym in Spanish) is an initiative carried out jointly by parliamentary leaders from various countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), with the aim of constituting a shared information tool on the state of environmental legislation and parliamentary treatment in the region. The Summit represents an opportunity for dialogue among legislators from LAC with the objective to strengthen climate ambition in the region. The main objectives of the Summit include: Presentation of a joint statement that exp…
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Parliamentary Summit on Climate Change and Just Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean
20 Apr 2023 - 14:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The Parliamentary Observatory on Climate Change and Just Transition (OPCC, from its acronym in Spanish) is an initiative carried out jointly by parliamentary leaders from various countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), with the aim of constituting a shared information tool on the state of environmental legislation and parliamentary treatment in the region. The Summit represents an opportunity for dialogue among legislators from LAC with the objective to strengthen climate ambition in the region. The main objectives of the Summit include: Presentation o…
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Second meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement (COP2)
19 - 21 Apr 2023 | Event (Intergovernmental meetings)The extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties will be in person between 19 and 21 April 2023 at Buenos Aires, Argentina. The aim of the meeting will be to elect the inaugural members of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance and consider any other matter decided by the Parties. All information about the COP2 is available at: https://acuerdodeescazu.cepal.org/cop2/en…
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Workshop on Implementation of global guidelines to strengthen geospatial information management in the Caribbean
19 - 21 April - 05:00 - 12:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The objective of this workshop is training in the use of the United Nations methodology for the development of a national action plan based on the nine strategic pathways of the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (UN-IGIF).…
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Seminar-workshop on instruments for strengthening official statistics: code of good practice and peer review mechanisms
12 - 14 April - 06:00 - 13:30 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)Working group on Peer review mechanism in Latin America and the Caribbean of the Statistical Conference of the Americas.…
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Joint ECLAC and ESCWA regional webinar on Prices: innovation and integration of statistical operations
4 - 05 April - 05:00 - 10:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)This meeting aims to promote resilient and agile statistics that meet the need for post-COVID-19.…
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JRC/ESTAT – ECLAC Collaboration on FIGARO ACT II
30 - 31 March - 08:00 - 10:30 | Event (Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies)Meeting of the JRC/ESTAT - ECLAC will discuss the collaboration on FIGARO ACT II. FIGARO tables are a new statistical product for economic modelling. Since 2021, they are produced annually, linking national accounts with data on business, trade and jobs for EU Member States and 18 main EU trading partners; a ‘rest of the world’ region completes the FIGARO tables. Date: 30 - 31 March 2023 Location: Seville, Spain Chair: José Manuel Rueda Cantuche Short Agenda: a) FIGARO framework and ECLAC IOTs b) Data collection and transformation process c) Main challenges and problems of assembling…
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22 March 2023 – The sixth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development (April 24-28, 2023)
22 Mar 2023 - 17:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)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. PARTICIPANTSArgentina, Barbados, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Spain, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Venezuela SESSION GOALThe specific goal of this session was to i…
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Review the participation of ECLAC promoting the action agenda for water for Latin America and the Caribbean at the United Nations Water Conference
22 - 24 Mar 2023 | Event (Other events)ECLAC has presented a Regional Action Agenda for Water, which consolidates the commitments of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean at the United Nations Water Conference in New York. This, to face the challenge of achieving Goal 6 of the 2023 Sustainable Development Agenda, to guarantee the availability of water and its sustainable management and sanitation for all.…
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ECLAC will bring the voice and commitments of Latin America and the Caribbean to the United Nations Water Conference
22 - 24 March - 06:00 - 16:00 | Event (Other events)Next week the United Nations Water Conference will take place in New York, an event that has not been held since 1977. Here, ECLAC will be participating in different events to highlight the needs and commitments of the region, in such a way that they remain framed in the Action Agenda for Water that will be elaborated from there.…
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Side event: The Buenos Aires Commitment and its contribution to multilateralism
17 Mar 2023 - 14:15 | Event (Meetings of the United Nations system)Side event organized by the Government of Argentina in collaboration with UN Women and ECLAC within the framework of the 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67).…
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Implementing Global Principles on Responsible Business Conduct: transparency, human rights and anti-corruption obligations in practice
16 Mar 2023 - 11:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)Transparency, responsible business conduct with regard to environmental, social and governance responsibilities have become an integral part of any business vocabulary in the last decades. Companies who can show to internal guidelines, best practices and transparent processes of due diligence will have a competitive benefit and gain the trust of the consumers. At the same time, companies have increased in size and areas of operation, making them necessary global actors in ensuring human rights, anticorruption and sustainable development. Both Norway and Chile have adopted the UN Guiding Princi…
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Roundtable "Opportunities to move towards universal social protection systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: the role of interregional dialogue"
14 Mar 2023 - 09:30 | Event (Other events)This online event is organized under the framework of two projects: “Social protection and vulnerability: universal social protection systems in Latin America” of the Facility for Development in Transition, financed by the European Union, and the ECLAC-BMZ/giz project “Transformative Reactivation: Overcoming the consequences of COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean”. This event also contributes to the preparative works of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean to be held next October. Simultaneous interpretation spanish-english-spanish w…
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ECLAC participated in the National Meeting of the Water for Life Dialogues, organized in the City of La Paz, Bolivia.
14 Mar 2023 - 08:00 | Event (Other events)ECLAC's Natural Resources Division participated in the National Meeting of the Water for Life Dialogues , an event whose objective is to present the position of the Plurinational State of Bolivia regarding water for life, in the preparation for the World Water Conference of the United Nations, scheduled for March 22 and 24.…
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Preparatory meeting for the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement (preCOP2)
6 Mar 2023 - 11:00 | Event (Intergovernmental meetings)The preparatory meeting for the Second meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement (preCOP2) will take place virtually on 6 March 2023 between 11 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. Santiago, Chile time. The matters to be addressed at the extraordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties being held in Buenos Aires, from 19-21 April 2023, will be discussed. These include the election of the inaugural members of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance and consider any other matter decided by the Parties. For more information about the meeting, please visit:&nbs…
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Call for papers - XII REDLAS Conference regional integration in services
1 Jul 2023 - 08:00 | Event (Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies)Background Services represent approximately two-thirds of GDP and employment in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). However, this sector still represents a small part of the region's exports. Although services include several modern activities delivered by digital means and that are knowledge-intensive (such as telecommunications, computing, software, finance, and various types of creative and business services), most services in the region are traditional, low productivity, and informal. This situation has a negative impact on services exports, slows down the growth of the manufacturing an…
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29 June 2023 – Preparation for the 2023 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF)
29 Jun 2023 - 17:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)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. PARTICIPANTSArgentina, Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Spain, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay SESSION GOALThe main objective of this meeting was to highlight good practices and…
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Third Regional Seminar on Social Development "Promoting labour inclusion as a way to overcome inequalities and informality in Latin America and the Caribbean"
27 - 29 June - 06:00 - 10:00 | Event (Other events)The objective of this third Regional Seminar on Social Development, which will be held in a hybrid format, is to reflect on the promotion of labour inclusion policies that allow progress towards the reduction of gaps with experts from the United Nations and multilateral organizations, academics, and labour policy decision-makers in the region. In addition, we hope to provide a space to discuss and share strategies and innovations proposed in the field of labour policies as integral parts of the transformative recovery with equality and sustainability in the region and to highlight successful e…
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Discussion on "Environmental Justice and Water Management Challenges" with Professor Joan Martínez Alier
23 Jun 2023 - 07:50 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)Last Friday, June 23, a discussion organized by ECLAC's Natural Resources Division was held with Professor Joan Martínez Alier, a prominent figure in the field of ecological economics, political ecology, and environmental justice.…
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Matchmaking: showcases of green technologies
22 - 28 June - 05:00 - 08:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The event “Matchmaking: showcases of green technologies”, held exclusively online, will take place from 22 to 28 June 2023. The event is promoted by the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) of Brazil, with the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services (MDIC) of Brazil, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Euroclima+ Program of the European Union, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Centre for Management and Strategic Studies (CGEE), Ação AL INVEST Verde DPI and the Royal Danish Embassy in Brazil. The showcase pres…
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Regional Seminar "The Contribution of International Migration to Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean"
14 - 15 June - 05:00 - 14:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The objective of this seminar is to share the results of the United Nations Development Account (12th Tranche) project Harnessing the contribution of international migration to sustainable development in Latin American and Caribbean countries , coordinated by CELADE - Population Division of the ECLAC, and to reflect on the analysis dimensions of the studies, as well as on their public policy implications.…
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Third Expert forum for producers and users of disaster-related statistics
5 - 07 June - 04:00 - 07:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The annual expert forums are organized to advance the production and use of disaster-related statistics for risk-informed development in support of the aim of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Disaster-related Statistics (IAEG-DRS) of the United Nations Statistical Commission.…
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1 June 2023 – Balance of the sixth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development (April 24-28, 2023)
1 Jun 2023 - 17:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)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 Argentina, Barbados, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay SESSION GOAL The specific goal of this session was to reflect on the sixth meeting of the Forum of the Co…
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Workshop "Contributions of international migration to sustainable development" - Jamaica
1 - 02 June - 05:00 - 09:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)This workshop is part of the activities of the United Nations Development Account project Harnessing the contribution of intra-regional migration to socio-economic development in Latin American and Caribbean countries (12th tranche), which focuses on five countries (Costa Rica, Chile, Jamaica, Mexico and Peru).…
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First session of the Regional Conference on South South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean
30 - 31 May - 04:00 - 14:00 | Event (Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies)The Regional Conference was established by virtue of resolution 752(PLEN.36) adopted by the member States of ECLAC at the thirty-sixth session of its Committee of the Whole in December 2021. In that meeting member States approved the renaming of the Committee on South-South Cooperation as the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean.…
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XXXV Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy
15 - 17 May - 11:00 - 10:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The XXXV Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy is organized by the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), through the Economic Development Division. It is sponsored by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and supported by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).…
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Caribbean SIDS relevant climate change and disasters indicators for evidence-based policies: Final regional workshop of the project 2023
10 - 12 May - 05:00 - 13:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)Institutionalizing sound evidence-based sustainable development policies in the Caribbean requires quality, timely, and accessible climate change and disasters indicators that are harmonized and comparable across countries.…
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Twenty-second meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC
3 - 04 May - 05:00 - 14:00 | Event (Commitees)This twenty-second meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas was held virtually on May 3 and 4, 2023. Agreements of the meeting are available on this page.…
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The articulating role of international trade in the circular economy in fashion: challenges and opportunities
27 Apr 2023 - 15:30 | Event (Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies)Circularity in the used clothing trade would generate important benefits by extending the useful life of those garments that are in good condition, allowing people to purchase clothing at an affordable price, generating local employment, and reducing CO2 emissions and waste generation by substituting the production of a new garment. However, in some cases, exports of second-hand garments generate negative impacts on the destination markets. This occurs when the exported products are of poor quality, i.e. they are not able to meet the needs for warmth, or do not meet the climatic conditions of …
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Side event: Localization of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Role of Voluntary Local Reviews in the Latin America and Caribbean Region
27 Apr 2023 | Event (Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development)The main goal of the side event was to share good practices and experiences, as well as innovative approaches to overcoming challenges faced in the formulation and preparation of the VLRs to implement and monitor the 2030 Agenda at local level, and to improve vertical integration at local, national, regional and global levels.…
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Rail as the backbone of sustainable transport for people and goods of the future
25 Apr 2023 - 10:30 | Event (Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies)Background With seven years to go until 2030, the year in which the 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are to be implemented, the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have faced a challenging health, economic, social and environmental context. The crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine reverted some of the progress in infrastructure, transport and logistics achieved before 2020. In this context, the transition towards sustainable and efficient transport to advance towards the achievement of the 2…
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Regional Voluntary National Review and Voluntary Local Review Workshop for Latin American and Caribbean countries
25 Apr 2023 - 14:40 | Event (Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development)The goal of this workshop was to strengthen the knowledge and capacities of Latin American and Caribbean countries in the formulation and preparation of their Voluntary National Reviews and Voluntary Local Reviews as part of their national strategy to implement and monitor the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as well as to enhance vertical integration across the local, national, regional and global levels.…
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Sixth meeting - Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development - 2023
25 - 28 April - 04:00 - 12:00 | Event (Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development)At the thirty-sixth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), held in Mexico City from 23 to 27 May 2016, the member States adopted resolution 700 (XXXVI), Mexico Resolution, which established the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development as a regional mechanism to follow up and review the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the Sustainable Development Goals and targets, its means of implementation, and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda. The Economic and So…
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Parliamentary Summit on Climate Change and Just Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean
20 Apr 2023 - 14:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The Parliamentary Observatory on Climate Change and Just Transition (OPCC, from its acronym in Spanish) is an initiative carried out jointly by parliamentary leaders from various countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), with the aim of constituting a shared information tool on the state of environmental legislation and parliamentary treatment in the region. The Summit represents an opportunity for dialogue among legislators from LAC with the objective to strengthen climate ambition in the region. The main objectives of the Summit include: Presentation o…
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Parliamentary Summit on Climate Change and Just Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean
20 Apr 2023 - 14:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The Parliamentary Observatory on Climate Change and Just Transition (OPCC, from its acronym in Spanish) is an initiative carried out jointly by parliamentary leaders from various countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), with the aim of constituting a shared information tool on the state of environmental legislation and parliamentary treatment in the region. The Summit represents an opportunity for dialogue among legislators from LAC with the objective to strengthen climate ambition in the region. The main objectives of the Summit include: Presentation of a joint statement that exp…