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Upcoming activities
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9 July 2025, 09:00 - 12:00Virtual Expert Group Meeting on Responding to Sargassum Influxes
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10 - 11 July 2025Regional Dialogues on External Financing and Climate-Resilient Development
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14 - 25 July 2025National training course in project proposal preparation and effective…
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15 - 17 July 2025Technical meeting on validation of household consumption expenditure…
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21 July - 31 December 2025Territorialization of the Sustainable Development Goals in Latin America…
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21 July 2025, 13:00 - 14:30Latin America and the Caribbean in the Final Five Years of the 2030…
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12 - 15 August 2025XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
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6 - 10 October 2025Regional Water Week for Latin America and the Caribbean – Santiago, Chile…
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6 - 8 October 2025Fifth Global Expert Forum for Producers and Users of Disaster-related…
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25 - 27 November 2025Thirteenth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC
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Course - Workshop "Institutional Strategic Planning and Result-based Management"
10 - 13 March 2020 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)Idioma del curso Español Modalidad Presencial 1. Antecedentes generales Mejorar la calidad de las intervenciones públicas supone impulsar un cambio importante en los modelos de gestión burocrático-tradicionales, caracterizados por un énfasis en los insumos y procedimientos y en el control formal, avanzando a esquemas de gestión orientada a resultados. Se requiere avanzar en la aplicación de procesos de presupuesto en base de resultados, de planificación estratégica institucional y en la evaluación del desempeño, haciendo viable la obtención de resultados eficientes y eficaces con estánd…
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Regional Workshop " Using SDG 6 Policy Support System (SDG-PSS) to facilitate countries in Latin America and the Caribbean for water-related sustainable development"
4 - 5 March 2020 | Event (Other events)On March 4 and 5, 2020, in San José, Costa Rica, the Regional Workshop Using SDG 6 Policy Support System (SDG-PSS) to facilitate countries in Latin America and the Caribbean for water-related sustainable development was carried out.…
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Second anniversary of the adoption of the Escazú Agreement and launching of young Escazú Champions
4 March 2020, 06:00 - 08:00 | Event (Other events)The Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (Escazú Agreement), was adopted at Escazú, Costa Rica, on 4 March 2018.…
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Cartagena Dialogue on Cruise, Port and Cities 2020
20 February 2020, 05:30 - 09:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)Special Session…
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Main challenges for cruise industry in the Caribbean
20 February 2020, 05:30 - 09:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)Special Session at the Conference Cartagena dialogue on “Cruise, Ports and Cities”…
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Regional workshop for countries from Latin America and the Caribbean presenting their Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) in 2020
3 - 4 February 2020 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The main objective of the meeting was to promote exchange and learning between peers, thus contributing to the strengthening of countries' capacities to deal with the opportunities and challenges of the VNR process. This goes beyond the preparation of the VNR, taking a strategic perspective of a second generation VNR into account, which focuses on the appropriation and implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the national level.…
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Workshop Economy of Climate Change in the Dominican Republic
31 January 2020, 10:30 - 14:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)El taller de discusión interno del MEPyD, parte del programa CEPAL-BMZ/giz, se llevará a cabo el día 31 de enero de 2020 en Santo Domingo.…
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Inter-American Task Force on Women's Leadership
28 January 2020 | Event (Other events)This initiative was launched during the VIII Summit of the Americas (Peru, April 2018), when leaders of the Americas and Caribbean approved the creation of the Inter-American Task Force on Women’s Leadership to promote gender equity and women’s leadership through enhanced cooperation and synergies between international and inter-American organizations. So far, the Task Force members have had dialogues with governments and other stakeholders, looking to define a road-map enhancing the commitment of key actors and harmonize the efforts to achieve even greater efficacy through multi-sectoral alli…
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Fifty-ninth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
28 January 2020, 09:00 - 10:00 | Event (Presiding officers)The Fifty-ninth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean was held on 28 January 2020, in Santiago, Chile, prior to the XIV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean.…
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XIV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Dialogue "The challenges and opportunities to improve water management in Chile"
23 January 2020, 06:00 - 10:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)Technical dialogue on the challenges for water management and sustainable development in Chile…
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15 Jan 2020 - Data and Statistics for SDG implementation
15 January 2020, 06:00 - 13:00 | 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 data and statistics for SDG implementation, with a specific focus on the experience in Jamaica.…
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Third Nexus Virtual Forum. Integrated Watershed Management under a Nexus Perspective.
14 January 2020, 07:00 - 10:00 | Event (Other events)Third Nexus Virtual Forum for Latin American and Caribbean to discuss the main regional challenges of Integrated Watershed Management from a nexus perspective.…
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Damage and Loss Assessment Methodology and Planning for Disaster Risk Reduction
13 January - 10 February 2020 | Course (Course - Open for applications)Language: English Target Audience: The course is aimed primarily at key actors in the process of planning, implementing, following up and monitoring Agenda 2030 for the achievement of sustainable development objectives. The course is mainly aimed to government officials from ministries of planning, public works and national emergency offices in charge of the development and implementation of strategies for disaster risk reduction Duration: During this 4-week course, lessons will be enabled for students on a weekly basis. Each lesson has an estimated duration of 10 hours and should be completed…
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Capacity Building to Incorporate Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable and Inclusive Climate Change Adaptation in the Public Investment of COSEFIN/SICA Member Countries
1 January 2020 - 31 December 2022 | Event (Other events)The Executive Secretariat of COSEFIN and ECLAC are co-executing this project with financing from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (COSUDE) in Central America. Seven Ministers of Finance and three Ministers or Secretaries of Planning responsible for SNIPs are key partners for the project with responsibilities in its technical governance. Said project is grounded in the initiative “Capacity Building in Public Investment Project Design and the Development of Green Tax Instruments to Respond to Climate Change and Contribute to SDGs in Central America and the Dominican Republic” tha…
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UNFCCC COP25: Advancing climate action through Escazú Agreement standards in Latin America and the Caribbean
12 December 2019, 08:30 - 10:00 | Event (Other events)The event discusses how the Escazú Agreement on Access to Information, Participation and Justice in environmental matters in LAC supports the implementation of the Paris Agreement and ensures that climates policies are shaped by and in benefit for those that are most affected by climate change.…
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ECLAC at COP25 in the context of the ECLAC-BMZ/giz Program
11 December 2019, 07:45 - 09:15 | Event (Other events)En el marco del programa CEPAL-BMZ/giz, CEPAL participará en la COP25 con el evento paralelo "Gran impulso energético: acelerando las inversiones en innovación energética sostenible en Brasil en el contexto del enfoque Big Push for Sustainability de la CEPAL". Más de 10 instituciones brasileñas, regionales e institucionales están trabajando juntas para responder preguntas claves con el fin de apoyar más y mejores inversiones públicas y privadas en las áreas de investigación, desarrollo y demostración (RD&D) de soluciones de energía sostenible (SES) en Brasil. ¿Cuánto y…
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UNFCCC COP25: InforMEA Stand "Collective contributions of Multilateral Environmental Agreements to climate action"
11 - 12 December 2019 | Event (Other events)InforMEA, platform of the Secretariats of all United Nations Multilateral Environmental Agreements, will have a stand at the official exhibit zone of UNFCCC COP25 on 11 and 12 December 2019. The stand will highlight the Escazú Agreement and the online course Introductory course on SDG 16 and access rights, the Aarhus Convention and the Escazú Agreement will be launched.…
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10 Dec 2019 - Expectations for the Community of Practice
10 December 2019, 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 Belize, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago Session goals The goal of this session was for participants to discuss their expectations for the Community of Practice.…
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UNFCCC COP25: Realizing the right to participate: empowering people as agents of more effective climate action
9 December 2019, 15:30 - 17:00 | Event (Other events)ONU UN Side event on SDG 16, led by OHCHR and UNICEF with the support of ECLAC, UN Environment, ILO, UN Women and CBD.…
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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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Course - Workshop "Institutional Strategic Planning and Result-based Management"
10 - 13 March 2020 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)Idioma del curso Español Modalidad Presencial 1. Antecedentes generales Mejorar la calidad de las intervenciones públicas supone impulsar un cambio importante en los modelos de gestión burocrático-tradicionales, caracterizados por un énfasis en los insumos y procedimientos y en el control formal, avanzando a esquemas de gestión orientada a resultados. Se requiere avanzar en la aplicación de procesos de presupuesto en base de resultados, de planificación estratégica institucional y en la evaluación del desempeño, haciendo viable la obtención de resultados eficientes y eficaces con estánd…
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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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Regional Workshop " Using SDG 6 Policy Support System (SDG-PSS) to facilitate countries in Latin America and the Caribbean for water-related sustainable development"
4 - 5 March 2020 | Event (Other events)On March 4 and 5, 2020, in San José, Costa Rica, the Regional Workshop Using SDG 6 Policy Support System (SDG-PSS) to facilitate countries in Latin America and the Caribbean for water-related sustainable development was carried out.…
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Second anniversary of the adoption of the Escazú Agreement and launching of young Escazú Champions
4 March 2020, 06:00 - 08:00 | Event (Other events)The Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (Escazú Agreement), was adopted at Escazú, Costa Rica, on 4 March 2018.…
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Cartagena Dialogue on Cruise, Port and Cities 2020
20 February 2020, 05:30 - 09:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)Special Session…
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Main challenges for cruise industry in the Caribbean
20 February 2020, 05:30 - 09:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)Special Session at the Conference Cartagena dialogue on “Cruise, Ports and Cities”…
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Regional workshop for countries from Latin America and the Caribbean presenting their Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) in 2020
3 - 4 February 2020 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The main objective of the meeting was to promote exchange and learning between peers, thus contributing to the strengthening of countries' capacities to deal with the opportunities and challenges of the VNR process. This goes beyond the preparation of the VNR, taking a strategic perspective of a second generation VNR into account, which focuses on the appropriation and implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the national level.…
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Workshop Economy of Climate Change in the Dominican Republic
31 January 2020, 10:30 - 14:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)El taller de discusión interno del MEPyD, parte del programa CEPAL-BMZ/giz, se llevará a cabo el día 31 de enero de 2020 en Santo Domingo.…
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Inter-American Task Force on Women's Leadership
28 January 2020 | Event (Other events)This initiative was launched during the VIII Summit of the Americas (Peru, April 2018), when leaders of the Americas and Caribbean approved the creation of the Inter-American Task Force on Women’s Leadership to promote gender equity and women’s leadership through enhanced cooperation and synergies between international and inter-American organizations. So far, the Task Force members have had dialogues with governments and other stakeholders, looking to define a road-map enhancing the commitment of key actors and harmonize the efforts to achieve even greater efficacy through multi-sectoral alli…
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Fifty-ninth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
28 January 2020, 09:00 - 10:00 | Event (Presiding officers)The Fifty-ninth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean was held on 28 January 2020, in Santiago, Chile, prior to the XIV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean.…
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XIV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
27 - 31 January 2020 | Event (Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies)