Activities
Upcoming activities
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9 July 2025, 09:00 - 12:00
Virtual Expert Group Meeting on Responding to Sargassum Influxes
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10 - 11 July 2025
Regional Dialogues on External Financing and Climate-Resilient Development
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14 - 25 July 2025
National training course in project proposal preparation and effective…
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15 - 17 July 2025
Technical meeting on validation of household consumption expenditure…
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21 July - 31 December 2025
Territorialization of the Sustainable Development Goals in Latin America…
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21 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:30
Latin America and the Caribbean in the Final Five Years of the 2030…
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12 - 15 August 2025
XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
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6 - 10 October 2025
Regional Water Week for Latin America and the Caribbean – Santiago, Chile…
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6 - 8 October 2025
Fifth Global Expert Forum for Producers and Users of Disaster-related…
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25 - 27 November 2025
Thirteenth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC
Event | Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies
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“Territorial policies for post Covid-19 economic and social recovery. Towards a collaborative approach”.
25 June 2020, 11:00 - 14:00 | Event (Other events)Taller virtual de expertos…
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Webinar on Public Investment Planning with a Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus Approach
24 June 2020, 09:00 - 11:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The Natural Resources Division of ECLAC, in collaboration with ILPES and GIZ, presented to the Network of National Public Investment Systems (SNIP) of Latin America and the Caribbean methodological guidelines for the adoption of the Nexus approach in the design of policies, plans and projects in the water, energy and food sectors. In addition, case studies from LAC countries were presented as an example of the practical application of the guidelines.…
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Webinar: Covid-19 Latin American rail networks impacts and adaptations
22 June 2020, 05:00 - 07:00 | Event (Other events)Organize by the UIC Latin America Region together with the UIC Covid-19 Task Force Group and ALAF (Latin America Railway Association) with the participation of ECLAC…
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9 Jun 2020 - Financing the 2030 Agenda in times of COVID-19
9 June 2020, 05:00 - 14:00 | 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 for Sustainable Development in general and the Voluntary National Review (VNR) in particular. It also aims to provide a regular space for countries to communicate with regards to VNRs preparations. Participants Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago Session Goals The goal of this session was to discuss the topic of financing of the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean and how the VNR process can be used as an instrument…
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Policy Hackathon on Model Provisions for Trade in Times of Crisis and Pandemic in Regional and other Trade Agreements
7 June - 22 July 2020 | Event (Other events)This Policy Hackathon is organized as part of a United Nations Initiative on Model Provisions for Trade in Times of Crisis and Pandemic in Regional and other Trade Agreements, in collaboration with ARTNeT, WTO, CUTS and other organizations from civil society, academia and the private sector. In support of “building back better” after COVID-19, this Policy Hackathon aims to gather relevant inputs from all interested stakeholders from government, academia, civil society and private sector to support the development of provisions that could be included in regional and other trade and/or…
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Emerging occupations and regulation of platform work in Costa Rica
4 June 2020, 05:00 - 07:00 | Event (Other events)Objetivo: En el marco del programa de cooperación CEPAL-BMZgiz “Sendas de desarrollo sostenible para países de ingresos medios en el marco de la agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe”, se organiza este taller para avanzar en el análisis de las ocupaciones emergentes en el contexto de la digitalización y los desafíos y opciones de la regulación social y laboral del trabajo intermediado por plataformas digitales y en la discusión sobre políticas públicas para una adecuada regulación.…
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A study about the productive integration of Latin America and Asia-Pacific and its challenges.
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Webinar "The significant participation of the public in the Escazú Agreement in preparation for its entry into force: proposals and inputs"
27 - 28 May 2020 | Event (Other events)The elected representatives of the public and ECLAC invite the public to participate in the discussions to draft proposals for the significant participation of the public in the implementation of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (Escazú Agreement).…
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Big Push for Sustainability
26 May 2020, 12:00 - 14:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe das Nações Unidas (CEPAL) vem desenvolvendo o Big Push para a Sustentabilidade, que é uma abordagem renovada para apoiar os países da região na construção de estilos de desenvolvimento mais sustentáveis, baseada na coordenação de políticas para promover investimentos transformadores desses estilos. Em 2019, foi realizada a Chamada Aberta de Estudos de Casos de Investimentos para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável no Brasil, pela CEPAL em parceria com a Rede Brasil do Pacto Global e o Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), com o apoio d…
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Latin American and the Caribbean Youth Regional Dialogue towards the United Nations High Level Political Forum in the context of COVID-19
26 May 2020, 06:55 - 08:55 | Event (Other events)Young people have a central role to play in contributing innovative solutions to generate the ambitious transformation established in the 2030 Agenda and face the current global context. This webinar seeks to carry out the contributions of the youth from the Caribbean towards the United Nations High Level Political Forum 2020, as part of the preparatory process.…
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Virtual event "The role of climate action in the recovery from the COVID 19 crisis"
22 May 2020, 10:00 - 12:00 | Event (Other events)The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are facing a complex scenario that demands a debate about the urge for accelerating job creation and economic growth strategies that help to alleviate the social impact of the crisis caused by the pandemic. However, an economic recovery, with the same environmental effects as the ones before the pandemic, would lead to deepening the climate crisis with long-term impacts. Based on this scenario, the Executive Secretary of ECLAC invites you to participate in the event "The role of climate action in the COVID 19 crisis recovery" to inform and analy…
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Virtual Seminar on COVID-19: Strategies for a geospatial response in the Americas
15 May 2020, 07:00 - 09:15 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)Webex platform. Facilitated by ECLAC and UN-GGIM: Americas…
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Initiative on Model Provisions for Trade in Times of Crisis and Pandemic in Regional and other Trade Agreements
12 May 2020 | Event (Other events)Following the raft of ad-hoc trade measures taken by countries in response to the COVID-19 crisis, the United Nations ESCAP secretariat conducted a rapid review of bilateral and regional trade agreement (RTA) texts to see if they provided any guidance on what partners should do to ensure minimal disruption to trade and supply chains in such crises. As expected, RTAs include clauses in order to permit exception to the agreements in time of emergencies; but for the most part they do not feature provisions that could help deal with trade disruption in emergency or crisis situations. To address th…
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12 May 2020 - Virtual meeting of the national authorities on 2030 Agenda implementation
12 May 2020, 05:00 - 14:00 | 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 for Sustainable Development in general and the Voluntary National Review (VNR) in particular. It also aims to provide a regular space for countries to communicate with regards to VNRs preparations. Participants Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago Session goals This session convened the national authorities in charge of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda from countries that present their VNR at the Hig…
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X Regional Webinar: "Experiences in the construction of environmental indicators for SDG 6"
22 April 2020, 06:00 - 07:00 | Event (Other events)On April 22, 2020, the X Regional Webinar: Experiences in the construction of environmental indicators for SDG 6 was conducted, the event was organized by the Statistics Division of ECLAC.…
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14 Apr 2020 - The socioeconomic impact of COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean
14 April 2020, 05:00 - 14:00 | 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 for Sustainable Development in general and the Voluntary National Review (VNR) in particular. It also aims to provide a regular space for countries to communicate with regards to VNRs preparations. Participants Belize, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago Session goals The goal of this session was to discuss the impact of COVID-19 in the subregion and its implications on the VNR process and the overall implementatio…
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Briefing of Ministers and High-Level Authorities of Machineries for the Advancement of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean: The response to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis from a gender perspective
8 April 2020, 07:00 - 15:00 | Event (Presiding officers)In Latin America and the Caribbean, ministries and machineries for the advancement of women are designing and implementing initiatives and policies to address the gender dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Contingency plans and protocols are being implemented in several countries, aiming to cope with the saturation of health systems and social lockdown/isolation. At the meeting, an initial mapping will be presented of the initiatives announced to address gender dimensions in the responses to the pandemic in the Latin American and Caribbean countries. This mapping will be updated with the prog…
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The Escazú Agreement: towards the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda (Seminar for Civil Society Representatives and interested stakeholders)
1 April 2020, 06:00 - 09:00 | Event (Other events)**** Event postponed **** Organized by the Government of Grenada and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the seminar aims to raise awareness on the Escazú Agreement and its synergies with the 2030 Agenda and other international processes, review the role of civil society and other interested stakeholders in the Escazú Agreement and discuss the challenges and opportunities of the Regional Agreement to support the ratification process in Grenada.…
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The Escazú Agreement: towards the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda (Seminar for public officials)
31 March 2020, 06:00 - 13:00 | Event (Other events)**** Event postponed **** Organized by the Government of Grenada and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the seminar aims to raise awareness on the Escazú Agreement and its synergies with the 2030 Agenda and other international processes, examine the state of the art of implementation of access rights in the region with a particular focus on the Caribbean sub-region and review the Grenadian internal framework in the context of the Regional Agreement to support the ratification process.…
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10 March 2020 - Stakeholder engagement and results from the regional workshop
10 March 2020, 06:00 - 15:00 | 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 for Sustainable Development in general and the Voluntary National Review (VNR) in particular. It also aims to provide a regular space for countries to communicate with regards to VNRs preparations. Participants Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Session goals The goal of this session was to discuss the progress and challenges on stakeholder engagement in the VNR process. The results from the VNR regional…
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Virtual seminar towards the implementation of the Strategic Framework on Geospatial Information and Services for Disasters in the Americas
4 August 2020, 07:00 - 09:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)This webinar attempts to convene national representatives from diverse sectors that contribute in the geospatial response to disasters – national geospatial agencies, national statistics offices, risk and disaster management organizations, and many other representatives from the public, academic and private sectors related to the topic.…
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Virtual forum "Water-energy-food nexus: lever to achieve sustainable development"
31 July 2020, 07:30 - 08:30 | Event (Other events)On July 31, 2020, the virtual forum Water-Energy-Food Nexus: a lever to achieve sustainable development was held, which was part of a series of interviews called Talk to Inspire that was organized by the organization Mexico Actua and Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). The event had the participation of the President’s Office of Mexico, ECLAC and GIZ.…
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The Escazú Agreement: advancing the rule of law for sustainable development
28 July 2020, 10:00 - 14:00 | Event (Other events)The virtual seminar sought raise awareness on the Escazú Agreement and its synergies with the 2030 Agenda and other international processes, examine the role of the Judiciary in the implementation of environmental access rights and environmental protection and review the national and regional frameworks and judicial developments in the context of the Regional Agreement’s ratification process.…
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The Escazú Agreement: empowering societies for sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean
25 July 2020, 06:00 - 10:00 | Event (Other events)The virtual seminar sought to provide a general overview of the Escazú Agreement and its synergies with the 2030 Agenda and multilateral environmental agreements, as well as exchange views with the members of the National Workers Union in Saint Lucia to support the ratification process of the Escazú Agreement.…
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School on Latin American Economies 2020
13 July - 4 September 2020 | Event (Other events)About us The Summer School has given rise to ECLAC’s School of Advanced Studies on Latin American Economies, a plural space for thought that promotes discussion, reflection, and the exchange of ideas on development theories and policies. It combines specialized contributions from different ECLAC divisions with the advances and debates on the frontier of academic research. The School is an opportunity to discuss development issues with depth and rigor, while respecting the pluralism inherent in the social sciences. Theoretical and empirical issues are addressed during the program, with emphasis…
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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the new global and regional context: scenarios and projections in the current crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean
10 July 2020, 04:00 - 05:00 | Event (Other events)Virtual meeting - Side event on the margins of the 2020 High-level Political Forum for Sustainable Development…
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Overcoming gender data gaps in the Caribbean to accelerate the implementation of the SDGs
7 July - 26 August 2020 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The objective of these workshops is to promote the use of gender statistics for policymaking to ensure that no women and girls are left behind, in keeping with the commitments set out in the Regional Gender Agenda and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The focus of these workshops will be on mapping existing data and identifying gaps in the production of gender statistics, and providing recommendations regarding the production, development, systematisation and dissemination of statistical information and gender-sensitive indicators.…
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Executive Committee Meeting of the Conference on Science, Innovation, Information and Communication Technologies in Latin America and the Caribbean
2 July 2020, 06:30 - 08:00 | Event (Other events)Evento Cerrado.…
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Presentation of the key findings from the Internet & Jurisdiction and ECLAC Regional Status Report 2020
30 June 2020, 06:00 - 08:30 | Event (Other events)Reunión Virtual - 30 de junio de 2020 - 10:00 hras.…
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Global proposals for a sustainable recovery
29 June 2020, 06:45 - 08:45 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL) and Senator Jaques Wagner, Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Big Push for Sustainability of the Brazilian Federal Senate, are hosting the webinar “Global Proposals for a Sustainable Recovery” this coming Monday, June 29, from 10.45am to 12.45pm in Brasilia (GMT-3). In 2019, the Brazilian Federal Senate launched a Subcommittee to propose public policies, structural reforms and economic and social development that represent a "Big Push for Sustainability" in the country. The renewed objective in the curren…
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“Territorial policies for post Covid-19 economic and social recovery. Towards a collaborative approach”.
25 June 2020, 11:00 - 14:00 | Event (Other events)Taller virtual de expertos…
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Webinar on Public Investment Planning with a Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus Approach
24 June 2020, 09:00 - 11:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The Natural Resources Division of ECLAC, in collaboration with ILPES and GIZ, presented to the Network of National Public Investment Systems (SNIP) of Latin America and the Caribbean methodological guidelines for the adoption of the Nexus approach in the design of policies, plans and projects in the water, energy and food sectors. In addition, case studies from LAC countries were presented as an example of the practical application of the guidelines.…
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Webinar: Covid-19 Latin American rail networks impacts and adaptations
22 June 2020, 05:00 - 07:00 | Event (Other events)Organize by the UIC Latin America Region together with the UIC Covid-19 Task Force Group and ALAF (Latin America Railway Association) with the participation of ECLAC…
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9 Jun 2020 - Financing the 2030 Agenda in times of COVID-19
9 June 2020, 05:00 - 14:00 | 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 for Sustainable Development in general and the Voluntary National Review (VNR) in particular. It also aims to provide a regular space for countries to communicate with regards to VNRs preparations. Participants Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago Session Goals The goal of this session was to discuss the topic of financing of the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean and how the VNR process can be used as an instrument…
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Policy Hackathon on Model Provisions for Trade in Times of Crisis and Pandemic in Regional and other Trade Agreements
7 June - 22 July 2020 | Event (Other events)This Policy Hackathon is organized as part of a United Nations Initiative on Model Provisions for Trade in Times of Crisis and Pandemic in Regional and other Trade Agreements, in collaboration with ARTNeT, WTO, CUTS and other organizations from civil society, academia and the private sector. In support of “building back better” after COVID-19, this Policy Hackathon aims to gather relevant inputs from all interested stakeholders from government, academia, civil society and private sector to support the development of provisions that could be included in regional and other trade and/or…
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Emerging occupations and regulation of platform work in Costa Rica
4 June 2020, 05:00 - 07:00 | Event (Other events)Objetivo: En el marco del programa de cooperación CEPAL-BMZgiz “Sendas de desarrollo sostenible para países de ingresos medios en el marco de la agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe”, se organiza este taller para avanzar en el análisis de las ocupaciones emergentes en el contexto de la digitalización y los desafíos y opciones de la regulación social y laboral del trabajo intermediado por plataformas digitales y en la discusión sobre políticas públicas para una adecuada regulación.…
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A study about the productive integration of Latin America and Asia-Pacific and its challenges.
28 - 29 May 2020 | Event (Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies) -
Webinar "The significant participation of the public in the Escazú Agreement in preparation for its entry into force: proposals and inputs"
27 - 28 May 2020 | Event (Other events)The elected representatives of the public and ECLAC invite the public to participate in the discussions to draft proposals for the significant participation of the public in the implementation of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (Escazú Agreement).…
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Big Push for Sustainability
26 May 2020, 12:00 - 14:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe das Nações Unidas (CEPAL) vem desenvolvendo o Big Push para a Sustentabilidade, que é uma abordagem renovada para apoiar os países da região na construção de estilos de desenvolvimento mais sustentáveis, baseada na coordenação de políticas para promover investimentos transformadores desses estilos. Em 2019, foi realizada a Chamada Aberta de Estudos de Casos de Investimentos para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável no Brasil, pela CEPAL em parceria com a Rede Brasil do Pacto Global e o Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), com o apoio d…
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Latin American and the Caribbean Youth Regional Dialogue towards the United Nations High Level Political Forum in the context of COVID-19
26 May 2020, 06:55 - 08:55 | Event (Other events)Young people have a central role to play in contributing innovative solutions to generate the ambitious transformation established in the 2030 Agenda and face the current global context. This webinar seeks to carry out the contributions of the youth from the Caribbean towards the United Nations High Level Political Forum 2020, as part of the preparatory process.…