Activities
Upcoming activities
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9 Sep 2025 - 13:30Virtual meeting of the open-ended ad hoc working group on human rights…
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25 - 26 Sep 2025Regional and National Dialogues on External Financing and…
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30 Sep 2025 - 16:00Seminar on Ocean-based Climate Action in Support of Blue Economy…
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6 - 10 Oct 2025Regional Water Week for Latin America and the Caribbean – Santiago, Chile…
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6 - 8 Oct 2025Fifth Global Expert Forum for Producers and Users of Disaster-related…
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9 Oct 2025 - 11:00Seventh meeting of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance
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25 - 27 Nov 2025Thirteenth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC
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Fifth meeting of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance
16 Oct 2024 - 10:30 | Event (Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies)The fifth meeting of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance will be held virtually on 16 October 2024, between 12:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Santiago, Chile time. The objective of the meeting will be to report on the activities carried out by the Committee since the last meeting, held on 25 April 2024, as well as to report on the visit that it will make to the Republic of Chile from November 4 to 8, 2024, within the framework of its function of consultation and periodic dialogue with the Parties. The session is open to the public up…
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Fortieth session of ECLAC
9 - 11 Oct 2024 | Event (Sessions of the Commission)The fortieth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will be held from 9 to 11 October 2024 in Lima, pursuant to resolution 766(XXXIX), adopted at the thirty-ninth session of ECLAC, held in Buenos Aires from 24 to 26 October 2022. The meeting will be held in accordance with the ECLAC calendar of conferences for the period 2023–2024.…
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An Introduction To CGE Modeling focus upon trade and tax policy
7 - 8 Oct 2024 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)An Introduction to CGE Modeling is designed to introduce fundamental concepts and practices of tax and trade policy assessment. The primary tool used is Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling. The workshop will be a brief introduction to the practice of economic impact analysis, and a presentation of how CGE models are used to provide evidence-based analysis for Caribbean countries. The presentations will explain standard economic theory behind general equilibrium and will provide examples of CGE applications for tax policy and international trade analysis.…
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Eleventh Session of UN-GGIM: Americas
7 Oct 2024 - 15:00 | Event (Commitees)The XI UN-GGIM: Americas took place on 7 October 2024 in Mexico City. Virtual sessions were held on 25 and 26 September.…
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International Workshop on Register-Based Censuses
7 - 11 Oct 2024 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)This event is organised by CELADE-Population Division of ECLAC, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the National Institute of Statistics (INE) of Uruguay. The event's primary goal is to increase countries' knowledge about the use of administrative registers and sources to support population and housing censuses. The workshop will address the basic requirements, the relative advantages and disadvantages of the different approaches aimed at the use of administrative registers, and the experience of both extra-regional countries and…
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From Digital Government to Smart Government
2 - 30 Oct 2024 | Course (Course - Open for applications)I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION The significant need for governments in the region to streamline, optimize, make transparent and reduce the costs of public system processes and activities has led to the accelerated and substantial use of Information Technologies (IT). This shift aims to develop increasingly complex applications supported by dedicated architectures, specifically designed to work optimally by integrating systems, utilizing the best management tools, and developing models tailored to government needs. The goal is to create compatible platforms that address issues such as interoperabili…
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Education can’t wait: Enabling conditions and investment for a better future in Latin America and the Caribbean
24 Sep 2024 - 15:00 | Event (Other events)Be part of this event that brings together high authorities of the region to consolidate and mobilize a common position to ensure the enabling conditions and financing strategies that will allow for a sustainable transformation of public education, the achievement of the educational goals of the 2030 Agenda, and, with this, the advancement towards guaranteeing the human right to education for all.…
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Towards a society for all ages: building solidarity and equity across generations
21 Sep 2024 - 08:00 | Event (Other events)The side event entitled « Towards a society for all ages: building solidarity and equity across generations » is being organized by the Regional Commissions and the Permanent Mission of Chile during the Summit of the Future Action Days. The event will be held in-person on Saturday, 21 September 2024 from 09.30 to 11.00 a.m. EST in the Conference Room (40th floor) of the Permanent Mission of Chile, located at 885 2nd Avenue, New York.…
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Virtual Training in Gender Statistics for Turks and Caicos Islands
17 - 18 Sep 2024 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)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.…
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Virtual Expert Group Meeting: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Digital Government: Perspectives for Caribbean SIDS
17 Sep 2024 - 09:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The ECLAC subregional headquarters for the Caribbean will convene an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) to consider elements of artificial intelligence readiness and digital government strategies for Caribbean countries, taking into consideration their special circumstances as Small Island Developing States (SIDS). It will also include a discussion of the draft study: “Caribbean artificial intelligence readiness: an exploratory review”, which aims to provide a preliminary analysis of AI readiness for the Caribbean based on key dimensions and provide some recommendations to policymakers. Taking into …
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Seminar for Public Officials from the CARICOM region: “The Escazú Agreement: moving towards a more resilient and sustainable future in the Caribbean”
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Seminar "Challenges in moving towards universal health in Chile: the role of Primary Health Care (PHC) and financial sustainability"
13 Sep 2024 - 11:00 | Event (Other events)This seminar aims to discuss and reflect on the lessons learned and challenges faced in advancing towards universal health in Chile. It will focus on the centrality of the PHC strategy, and the challenges associated with financing the necessary reforms to the current health system.…
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Annual Seminar on National Accounts for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2024: Towards the 2025 SNA
10 - 11 Sep 2024 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The annual Seminar on national accounts for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2024 is held in hybrid format (in-person and virtual) on 10 and 11 September 2024, at ECLAC headquarters.…
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II Experts Meeting of the Community of Practice in Agricultural Statistics of Mexico, Central America and the Dominican Republic
10 Sep 2024 - 12:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)ECLAC Mexico hosted the Second Experts Meeting of the Community of Practice in Agricultural Statistics on September 10th, 2024.…
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Eighth meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable
9 - 10 Sep 2024 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)Confronting the challenges to resilient growth and sustainable development in the Caribbean: from dialogue to action post the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States…
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Thirtieth Session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee
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Twenty-third meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC
28 - 29 Aug 2024 | Event (Commitees)This twenty-third meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas was held from 28 to 29 August 2024, at the headquarters of ECLAC in Santiago, Chile.…
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Regional seminar on innovations in the population and housing census of the 2020 Round looking towards the 2030 Round
27 Aug 2024 - 14:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)This is a side event of the twenty-third meeting of the Executive Committee of the SCA-ECLAC. The objective of the seminar is to share innovations from the 2020 census round and lessons learned from the perspective of directors of national statistical offices. It seeks to contribute to the planning of the 2030 census round, enhancing lessons learned and capacities acquired in light of the results and challenges.…
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Workshop on the United Nations Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (IGIF) Trinidad and Tobago
21 - 23 Aug 2024 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)This event is being organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries Trinidad and Tobago and the Faculty of Engineering, University of the West Indies.…
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2024 School of Digital Transformation and Innovation in the Caribbean
12 - 15 Aug 2024 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The School of Digital Transformation and Innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean serves as a dynamic capacity-building programme for policymakers. Through lectures, panel discussions, case studies, and peer learning, it delivers pertinent, up-to-date content on transformation trends , and best practices, with a regional focus. Formerly known as "The Digital Transformation and Innovation Summer School," the programme has been collaboratively organised by prominent entities, including the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), CAF - The Develo…
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CLACS legacy and the REAL development Challenges for LATAM regional Economics
11 - 12 Nov 2024 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)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…
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Ninth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean
7 - 8 Nov 2024 | Event (Intergovernmental meetings)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.…
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EU-LAC Digital Alliance High-Level Policy Dialogues
5 - 6 Nov 2024 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)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…
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Visit to Chile of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance to the Escazú Agreement
4 - 8 Nov 2024 | Event (Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies)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…
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Side event "The Expansion of Social Registries to Advance the Implementation of Labour Inclusion Policies in the Face of a Reconfiguring Risk Structure"
1 Nov 2024 - 14:30 | Event (Other events)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…
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Side event: launch of report "The cost of the double burden of malnutrition: main social and economic impacts in eight Latin American countries"
31 Oct 2024 - 13:25 | Event (Other events)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…
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Sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development of Latin America and the Caribbean
31 Oct 2024 - 15:30 | Event (Presiding officers)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…
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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
29 Oct 2024 - 15:00 | Event (Other events)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…
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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
23 Oct 2024 - 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 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…
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Fifth meeting of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance
16 Oct 2024 - 10:30 | Event (Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies)The fifth meeting of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance will be held virtually on 16 October 2024, between 12:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Santiago, Chile time. The objective of the meeting will be to report on the activities carried out by the Committee since the last meeting, held on 25 April 2024, as well as to report on the visit that it will make to the Republic of Chile from November 4 to 8, 2024, within the framework of its function of consultation and periodic dialogue with the Parties. The session is open to the public up…
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Fortieth session of ECLAC
9 - 11 Oct 2024 | Event (Sessions of the Commission)The fortieth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will be held from 9 to 11 October 2024 in Lima, pursuant to resolution 766(XXXIX), adopted at the thirty-ninth session of ECLAC, held in Buenos Aires from 24 to 26 October 2022. The meeting will be held in accordance with the ECLAC calendar of conferences for the period 2023–2024.…
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An Introduction To CGE Modeling focus upon trade and tax policy
7 - 8 Oct 2024 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)An Introduction to CGE Modeling is designed to introduce fundamental concepts and practices of tax and trade policy assessment. The primary tool used is Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling. The workshop will be a brief introduction to the practice of economic impact analysis, and a presentation of how CGE models are used to provide evidence-based analysis for Caribbean countries. The presentations will explain standard economic theory behind general equilibrium and will provide examples of CGE applications for tax policy and international trade analysis.…
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Eleventh Session of UN-GGIM: Americas
7 Oct 2024 - 15:00 | Event (Commitees)The XI UN-GGIM: Americas took place on 7 October 2024 in Mexico City. Virtual sessions were held on 25 and 26 September.…
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International Workshop on Register-Based Censuses
7 - 11 Oct 2024 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)This event is organised by CELADE-Population Division of ECLAC, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the National Institute of Statistics (INE) of Uruguay. The event's primary goal is to increase countries' knowledge about the use of administrative registers and sources to support population and housing censuses. The workshop will address the basic requirements, the relative advantages and disadvantages of the different approaches aimed at the use of administrative registers, and the experience of both extra-regional countries and…
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From Digital Government to Smart Government
2 - 30 Oct 2024 | Course (Course - Open for applications)I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION The significant need for governments in the region to streamline, optimize, make transparent and reduce the costs of public system processes and activities has led to the accelerated and substantial use of Information Technologies (IT). This shift aims to develop increasingly complex applications supported by dedicated architectures, specifically designed to work optimally by integrating systems, utilizing the best management tools, and developing models tailored to government needs. The goal is to create compatible platforms that address issues such as interoperabili…
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Education can’t wait: Enabling conditions and investment for a better future in Latin America and the Caribbean
24 Sep 2024 - 15:00 | Event (Other events)Be part of this event that brings together high authorities of the region to consolidate and mobilize a common position to ensure the enabling conditions and financing strategies that will allow for a sustainable transformation of public education, the achievement of the educational goals of the 2030 Agenda, and, with this, the advancement towards guaranteeing the human right to education for all.…
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Towards a society for all ages: building solidarity and equity across generations
21 Sep 2024 - 08:00 | Event (Other events)The side event entitled « Towards a society for all ages: building solidarity and equity across generations » is being organized by the Regional Commissions and the Permanent Mission of Chile during the Summit of the Future Action Days. The event will be held in-person on Saturday, 21 September 2024 from 09.30 to 11.00 a.m. EST in the Conference Room (40th floor) of the Permanent Mission of Chile, located at 885 2nd Avenue, New York.…
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Virtual Training in Gender Statistics for Turks and Caicos Islands
17 - 18 Sep 2024 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)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.…
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Virtual Expert Group Meeting: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Digital Government: Perspectives for Caribbean SIDS
17 Sep 2024 - 09:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The ECLAC subregional headquarters for the Caribbean will convene an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) to consider elements of artificial intelligence readiness and digital government strategies for Caribbean countries, taking into consideration their special circumstances as Small Island Developing States (SIDS). It will also include a discussion of the draft study: “Caribbean artificial intelligence readiness: an exploratory review”, which aims to provide a preliminary analysis of AI readiness for the Caribbean based on key dimensions and provide some recommendations to policymakers. Taking into …
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Seminar for Public Officials from the CARICOM region: “The Escazú Agreement: moving towards a more resilient and sustainable future in the Caribbean”
16 Sep 2024 - 15:00 | Event (Other events)[[{"fid":"148884","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","alignment":"","field_file_image_alt_text[es][0][value]":false,"field_file_image_title_text[es][0][value]":false,"field_file_image_credits[es][0][value]":"","external_url":""},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"default","alignment":"","field_file_image_alt_text[es][0][value]":false,"field_file_image_title_text[es][0][value]":false,"field_file_image_credits[es][0][value]":"","external_url":""}},"attributes":{"class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1"}}]]The seminar is organized by the UN Economic Commissi…