Ninth Meeting of The Presiding Officers of the Committee on South-South Cooperation

The ninth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Committee on South-South Cooperation of Latin America and the Caribbean was held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago on 23 April 2019.…

Third Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Third Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development of Latin America and the Caribbean will be held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago on April 23, 2019, in the framework of the Third Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development. The Presiding Officers elected at the Second Regional Conference on Social Development of Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Montevideo in October 2017, is constituted by Chair, Uruguay, and Vice-Chai…

Third meeting - Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development - 2019

Face to face Redatam workshop: Census data analysis and processing for the creation of sociodemographic indicators

Emphasis will be made to the processing and analysis of information from population and housing censuses and household surveys with priority in the generation of indicators in the following areas: education vulnerability, estimation on habitat deficit, specification of target groups (third age, adolescents, indigenous population) and their socio-demographic characteristics, migration and UBN estimation. Address additional questions regarding the content of the workshop to alejandra.silva@cepal.org.…

Streaming/Webex Redatam workshop: Census data analysis and processing for the creation of sociodemographic indicators

Emphasis will be made to the processing and analysis of information from population and housing censuses and household surveys with priority in the generation of indicators in the following areas: education vulnerability, estimation on habitat deficit, specification of target groups (third age, adolescents, indigenous population) and their socio-demographic characteristics, migration and UBN estimation. Address additional questions regarding the content of the workshop to alejandra.silva@cepal.org. …

Seminar on "Advances of the Northern Triangle Customs Union: Impact and Benefits for the Region"

The seminar "Advances of the Northern Triangle Customs Union: Impact and Benefits for the Region" will take place in the city of San Salvador on March 29th. The event will include the participation of the Minister of Economy, Dr. Luz Estrella Rodríguez, as well as Mr. René Salazar, Director of Trade Policy. The event was conceived with the objective of publicizing the results of the study carried out by Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC): "Evaluation of the effects of the deepening of the Customs Union between the countries of the Northern Triangle".…

Eighteenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC

At this meeting will analyze from different perspectives the strategic challenges and priorities for the region’s statistical development. These priority areas and the expected outcomes will serve to guide the preparation of the Working Groups’ programs of activities for the 2020-2021 period.…

Workshop "Use of the Subregional Andean and South American Input-Output Tables for the analysis of Value Chains"

The Workshop "Use of the Andean Subregional MIP and the MIP of South America for the analysis of Value Chains" will take place in the city of Bogotá from March 26th to 28th. This workshop, which will be taught by economists from the International Trade and Integration Division of ECLAC, is sponsored by the Andean Community and the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia (MINCIT). Officials from different areas of MINCIT, the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE), and the National Planning Department (DNP) will participate in the training, as well as delegates f…

Seminar "Analysis of Value Chains from the sub-regional Andean Input-Output Table: The case of intraregional and Asia-Pacific trade"

The seminar "Analysis of Value Chains from the Andean subregional Input-Output Table: The case of intraregional trade and that of Asia Pacific" will be held in the city of Bogotá on March 26. During the Seminar, the methodology followed by ECLAC to assemble the South American Input-Output Tables for 2005 and 2011 will be presented, as well as the Input-Output Table of the Andean Community in both its 2005 and 2011 versions. Likewise, ECLAC will present results related to intra-Andean value chains, as well as trade relations with extra-regional Asia-Pacific partners. The sem…

International Seminar "Technical and Vocational Education and Training for labour inclusion and greater equality in Latin America and the Caribbean"

The seminar seeks to bring together government representatives and renowned specialists in order to establish a dialogue about inclusion challenges presented by the present and the future of work with a gender perspective; the articulation of the education and technical vocational system and its role as an instrument of inclusion; the identification and anticipation of skills demands, the dissemination of information about the labour market; and technical education and training financing.…

50th Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission

The Statistical Commission consists of 24 member countries of the United Nations, elected by the United Nations Economic and Social Council on the basis of an equitable geographical distribution. The term of office of members is four years.…

Informative Meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas, 2019

The meeting is held within the framework of the fiftieth session of the Statistical Commission.…

Meeting of International Cooperating Partners in Support of the Deep Integration Process of the Northern Triangle Countries

In December 2014, the Governments of the Republics of Guatemala and Honduras announced their willingness to advance in the deepening of the economic integration process, in accordance with the provisions of the Central American legal instruments. The investment for the establishment of the Customs Union model between Guatemala and Honduras began in 2016, and the Customs Union between Guatemala and Honduras was officially launched on June 26, 2017. In 2018, El Salvador signed the Adhesion to the Process of Deep Integration towards the Free Transit of Goods and of Natural Persons between the Rep…

Fifty-Eighth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

The 58th Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women was held on January 22 and 23, 2019, in Santiago, Chile.…

First Meeting of the Regional Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon

The event, organized by ECLAC in the framework of the EUROCLIMA+ programme, will present the results of five studies related to the social cost of carbon implementation in Latin America and the Caribbean.…

Regional Workshop: Public Policies for Disaster Risk Management

The workshop seeks to learn more about Colombia's experience in the design, construction and implementation of municipal and departmental public policies related to climate change and to disaster risk.…

Workshop: Use of the Subregional Andean Community and South American Input Output Tables

The workshop is structured in three blocks. Throughout the three days, the fundamentals of input-output analysis will be explained, and the calculation of indicators related to value chains, integration and value added will be demonstrated to enable participants to conduct economic analyses based on input output tables. The program used will be Excel. The workshop will be held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia, P.S. with the participation of diverse public entities of Bolivia, P.S. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Productive Development and Plural Economy, M…

Seminar: Analysis of Value Chains from the Andean Product Subregional Input Output Table (IOT) and the South American IOT 2005-2011

This seminar presented the methodology followed to assemble the 2005 South American Input Output Table (IOT), and the 2005 and 2011 versions of the Andean Community subregional IOT, as well as that corresponding national IOT. Similarly, ECLAC presented a set of results obtained from the Andean Community subregional IOT, as well as methodological details that allow for the use of the South American and Andean Community IOTs as tools for economic analysis. In addition, the seminar included presentations by the Institute of Advanced Studies in Development, the National Institu…

UNFCCC COP24 Side Event "Voices from the Climate Frontlines: Protecting the rights of the most vulnerable (and furthest behind)"

Organized by OHCHR, UN Women, UNICEF, UNCTAD, UNDP, UN HABITAT, ILO and ECLAC, the side event will analyse how the Paris Agreement Work Programme can and should ensure the right to participation, particularly for persons living in poverty that are disproportionately affected by climate change, and discuss concrete examples of how employing a participatory human rights based approach to climate action promotes sustainable development and the eradication of poverty. Speakers will reflect on the role of the recently adopted Escazú Agreement and the Aarhus Convention, as specific tools to mainstre…

UNFCCC COP24 Side Event: Implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions in Latin America and the Caribbean

ECLAC will participate in one of the two events organized by the EUROCLIMA+ Programme during the 24th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP24) that will take place in Katowice, Poland, from December 2 to 14.…