Third meeting of the Conference on Science, Innovation and ICTs of ECLAC

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

Organized by Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Department of the Environment, Ministry of Health, Wellness & The Environment and Statistic Division of Antigua and Barbuda (Ministry of Finance and Corporate Governance) in the framework of the Development Account 12 project.…

Thirty-Sixth Session of the Committee of the Whole of ECLAC

El trigésimo sexto período de sesiones del Comité Plenario ha sido convocado por la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) y el Gobierno de Costa Rica, en su calidad de Presidente del Comité Plenario de la CEPAL.…

Workshop for the use of a tool for balancing the supply and use tables (SUT)

Co-organized by Statistics Division of ECLAC and United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD).…

Global Policy Dialogue (GPD) - Post COVID-19 Resurgence of MSMEs and Competition Policy

Following the successful implementation of the phase II regional dialogues across the world with each of the UN regional economic commissions, UNCTAD in close partnership with DESA-ESCAP-ECLAC-ESCWA will co-host a Global Policy Dialogue (GPD), which is an interactive discussion that will bring together representatives and officials of government MSME bodies, as well as competition agency representatives from across the world to discuss how competition policy could support MSMEs. The event will prioritise sharing experiences and best practices that have emerged during this crisis. The GPD will …

SIRGAS Symposium 2021

The 2021 SIRGAS Symposium was held virtually from November 29 to December 1, 2021. It was organized by the National Geographic Institute of Peru with the support of the Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH) and the International Association of Geodesy (IAG).…

Caribbean activities related to measuring environment, climate change and disasters indicators for policy decision-making

This is a side-event of the Eleventh meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC, organized by the Statistics Division of ECLAC. Experiences related to indicators produced or developed by countries of the subregion will be presented, as well as progress in the production of a resilience database for the Caribbean subregion.…

ECLAC's participation in the Conference on Water Finance and Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean

The virtual event, held as part of the preparations for the 9th World Water Forum 2022, was organized by the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) and saw the participation of ECLAC, represented by the Director of the Natural Resources Division, Dr Jeannette Sánchez, who presented ECLAC's proposal for a water transition framed in the promotion of sustainability and the achievement of sustainable development objectives.…

Population and housing censuses in pandemic contexts: regional panorama and challenges

This is a side-event of the Eleventh meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC, organized by CELADE-Population Division of ECLAC and the National Statistical Institute of Chile.…

Eleventh meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC

This eleventh meeting of the SCA-ECLAC, as well as the side-events will be held virtually.…

Preparatory meeting for the Fifth Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing and the Rights of Older Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean

Within the framework of the Fifth Intergovernmental Conference on Aging and the Rights of Older Persons to be held in 2022, this preparatory meeting is organized, which aims to present a preliminary content proposal for the preparation of the regional report, report on progress and experiences in the process of preparing national reports on compliance with the Madrid International Plan of Action and addressing aspects related to the organization of the Fifth Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Aging and the Rights of Older People, which will take place in 2022.…

Eighth Session of UN-GGIM: Americas

The Eighth Session of the United Nations Regional Committee on Global Geospatial Information Management for the Americas (UNGGIM: Americas) was held virtually, from November 16 to 19 November, 2021.…

Saint Lucia: 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 Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science Technology, in the framework of the Development Account 12 project.…

9 Nov 2021 - Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement in the VNR Process

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 Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Navis, and Trinidad and Tobago SESSION GOAL The specific goal of this session was to discuss the meaningful engagement of stakeholders, such as civil society, the private sector, academia and local authorities, in the VNR process. This session featured a pr…

COP 26 side event - Protagonist Latin American and Caribbean Parliaments: Announcement of the Parliamentary Observatory for Climate Change and Just Transition

COP 26 side event with a hybrid format (face-to-face at the Euroclima+ Pavilion at the Blue Zone of COP 26 in Glasgow and virtual, with live broadcast on the Euroclima+ YouTube channel)…

Opportunities and challenges for MSMEs in Caribbean cross-border e-commerce

THE GOAL OF THE COURSE Training policymakers in good practices to improve thecapacities of MSMEs to participate in cross-border e-commerce. SPECIFIC GOALS To learn about recent developments and trends indomestic and cross-border e-commerce particularly sincethe beginning of the pandemic and to examine thebarriers and challenges that MSMEs face in this type ofinternational trade. To understand the process of digital transformation anddigital capacity-building of MSMEs for the effectiveimplementation of cross-border e-commerce processes,systems and tools, along with the support thatgovernments …

Twentieth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

CDCC Member Countries and Associate Members will convene virtually for the 20th meeting of the CDCC Monitoring Committee.…

Seminar on non-communicable diseases and their impact on sustainable development in the Caribbean

The overall objective of this seminar is to examine the confounding factor of COVID -19 in relation to NCDs and to highlight the contribution that an economic analytical approach to the problem of NCDs could make towards sustainably addressing the developmental challenges posed by these chronic diseases. The main expected output of the seminar is a set of proposed actions and recommendations for different stakeholders in sustainably addressing the challenges posed to Caribbean economies by NCDs.…

Annual Seminar on National Accounts for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2021: Towards SCN 2025 - Methodological update and new challenges in National Accounts measurements

This 2021 version of the seminar focuses primarily on the topics of the 2025 SNA update and the future of economic statistics, based on information on the status of the guidelines and the global consultation on topics such as welfare and sustainability, and the informal economy.…

Fourth session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

The fourth session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean is being organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Government of Antigua and Barbuda and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The meeting, which will be held virtually, will be attended by social development authorities from the region. The document to be presented on this occasion analyses the impact of disasters and inequality as well as options for the implementation of some of the lines of action of the Regional Agenda for Inclusive …