Skill WAVE: Workshop for Action, Vision and Entrepreneurship - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. The workshops should provide tools necessary to enhance entrepreneurship and related business activities, specifically targeted toward youth and female entrepreneurs.…

Study Tour on Resilient Water Infrastructures

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is organizing a study tour focusing on resilient water infrastructures. Scheduled from November 18 to 22, 2024, in Santiago, Chile, this tour aims to provide an in-depth understanding of water management systems and their significance in ensuring water security and sanitation in the region.…

Regional training workshop on the use of REDATAM for the dissemination of census and survey microdata

The overall objective of this regional workshop is to train staff from the statistical offices of Jamaica and Belize in the use of REDATAM for the development of web applications for online dissemination of census and survey microdata. With follow-up support from ECLAC to be provided as necessary, the two statistical offices will then use REDATAM for online dissemination of their 2022 census data.…

Moving forward to the development of dissemination platforms based on an interoperable data banks ecosystem

This event is held within the framework of the Fifth United Nations World Data Forum, which will take place in Medellín, Colombia, from November 12 to 15, 2024.…

In-Person Training in Gender Statistics for Turks and Caicos Islands

The overall objective of this technical assistance is to improve the technical capacity of staff and management of the Department of Gender Affairs, the Department of Statistics, and other Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Government of Turks and Caicos Islands to collect, analyze, utilize and disseminate sex-disaggregated data in accordance with international standards and best practices.…

Parliamentary Caucus: The Escazú Agreement as a tool for climate governance and environmental democracy in Trinidad and Tobago

This Parliamentary Caucus will convene legislators from Trinidad and Tobago to discuss the Agreement as an effective tool for climate and environmental governance in Trinidad and Tobago, in line with the above. Participants will: • Discuss the crucial role of parliamentarians in strengthening the access rights and protection of environmental human rights defenders. • Explore innovative strategies to protect environmental human rights defenders and leverage the Escazú Agreement as a tool for climate governance and environmental democracy in Trinidad and Tobago. • Develop a set of key …

UNFCCC COP29: UN side event "Achieving transformative climate action through gender-responsive, rights-based economic approaches"

Turning Potentialities into Reality: The Importance of the Legislative Branch in Driving Decarbonization and Technological Advancement in the Productive Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean.

OPCC Side Event at the Legislators’ Pavillion, located at Pavilion G22b, Blue Zone. There won’t be live broadcast.…

Turning Potentialities into Reality: The Importance of the Legislative Branch in Driving Decarbonization and Technological Advancement in the Productive Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean.

OPCC Side Event at the Brazil’s Pavillion, located at Office E27, Pavilion D1, Blue Zone. There will no be live broadcast.…

Virtual meeting of the open-ended ad hoc working group on human rights defenders in environmental matters

The open-ended ad hoc working group on human rights defenders in environmental matters will hold a virtual meeting on Tuesday, 12 November, from 11:00 to 12:30 hrs, Chile time (GMT-3). The objective of the meeting will be for the coordinators of the working group to present the next steps, as well as to initiate a preliminary dialogue on the implementation programme of the Action Plan on Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters and to collect the public's impressions. To participate, prior registration is required.…

Virtual Expert Group Meeting on Human Capital Formation in the Caribbean

Labour productivity has been on a declining trend in the Caribbean. An examination of this trend revealed a growing concern of skills mismatch in the labour market. At the same time, youth unemployment is high in many countries, with young women and girls twice as likely not to be in education, employment or training. These are troubling signs for human capital formation at a time when Caribbean economies are experiencing low growth, and the global economy is becoming increasingly knowledge based.…

CLACS legacy and the REAL development Challenges for LATAM regional Economics

For more than 60 years, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign has worked to promote innovative research, specialist teaching, and public awareness of the Latin American and Caribbean region: its histories, challenges, and complex connections to the United States and other parts of the world. This conference seminar celebrates and builds upon the extraordinary contributions of Werner Baer and Geoffrey Hewings to the legacy of the Center. Through their inspiring, professional, and selfless work –with CLACS, with the Lemann Cen…

Ninth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean

The ninth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean is convened in follow-up to the agreements adopted at the eighth Ministerial Conference, held from 16 to 18 November 2022.…

EU-LAC Digital Alliance High-Level Policy Dialogues

The EU-LAC Digital Alliance High-Level Policy Dialogues on Connectivity and Artificial Intelligence (AI) will take place from November 5-6, 2024, at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile. Co-chaired by the European Union and the Republic of Chile, these bi-regional dialogues will gather high-level government officials, private sector representatives, civil society, and academia from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and the EU and its Member States. The dialogues will contribute to exchanging experiences, highlighting good practices from both LAC and the EU, and promoting c…

Visit to Chile of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance to the Escazú Agreement

The Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance, within the framework of its function of consultation and periodic dialogue with the Parties, will visit the Republic of Chile from November 4 to 8, 2024. The Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance (Committee) is a subsidiary body of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement, to promote the implementation and support the Parties in the implementation of the Agreement. More information: https://caac.cepal.org/en…

Side event "The Expansion of Social Registries to Advance the Implementation of Labour Inclusion Policies in the Face of a Reconfiguring Risk Structure"

The side event will address the challenges for social registers to have up-to-date and timely information required to confront shocks, disasters and the impacts of the climate crisis, assuring access to universal social protection, specially, for population groups with higher levels of vulnerability. Special emphasis will be placed on information and indicators for social protection policies that foster labour inclusion strategies, thus ensuring the livelihoods of this group and strengthen their resilience strategies for future shocks. The event is organised in the framework of the ECLAC-BMZ/g…

Side event: launch of report "The cost of the double burden of malnutrition: main social and economic impacts in eight Latin American countries"

Background In 2005, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC) developed and applied the methodology for studying the Cost of Hunger with the aim of estimating the social and economic impact of malnutrition in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries, and thereby informing governments and legislatures in LAC countries about the comprehensive impact of malnutrition on individuals, families and the economy of nations, in order to motivate public policies that allow for an effective response to this problem and guarantee the right to food of their pop…

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

The Sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held in Bridgetown, Barbados, on October 31, 2024, in the framework of the XVI Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). This meeting will bring together all the authorities from the Ministries or Secretariats of Social Development and their equivalents, and the outcomes will be recorded in a report that will be distributed to all member countries of ECLAC. The Presiding Officers el…

UN Regional Commissions’ High-Level Side Event at CBD COP-16: Key Actions for Interregional and Regional Implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

The United Nations Regional Commissions (RegComs) with their ability in addressing cross-sectoral and transboundary issues as well as their specific mandates as catalysts for transformative actions, hold a vital role in supporting Member States in their efforts to achieve the goals of integrated and interlinked frameworks, including the 2030 Agenda, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF), the climate agenda and inclusive and sustainable economic transformation. RegComs are deploying efforts to address the challenge of sustainable use and management of biodiversity, includi…

23 October 2024 – Reflections on the HLPF and Summit of the Future as well as meaningful engagement of diverse actors in the Voluntary National Review (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 Bahamas, Barbados, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay SESSION GOAL The specific goal of this session was to discuss the me…