XI Raúl Prebisch Memorial Lecture, dictated by Danilo Astori entitled: "Innovation Is Essential for Increasing Productivity and Improving Competitiveness in Countries"

Twenty-sixth session of the Committee of the Whole

The twenty-sixth session of the Committee of the Whole of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) taked place at United Nation’s headquarters in New York from 28 to 29 March 2012. The Committee of the Whole is an ECLAC body that allowed governments of member countries to meet between formal sessions of the Commission. This time ECLAC member countries examined the following issues, among others: Economic and social overview of Latin America and the Caribbean and outlook for 2012. Report on the activities of the subsidiary bodies of ECLAC, 2010-2012. Activities conduc…

Inter-agency Assessment of Sustainable Development 20 Years on from the Earth Summit: Progress, Gaps and Strategic Guidelines for Latin America and the Caribbean

On 27 March 2012, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, ECLAC presented the inter-agency document Sustainable Development 20 Years on from the Earth Summit: Progress, Gaps and Strategic Guidelines in Latin America & the Caribbean .…

Workshop "Negotiating trade agreements for the 21st century: The case of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement"

This workshop organized jointly by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the University of Adelaide’s Institute for International Trade (IIT), with the generous financial support of the Australian Government’s Overseas Aid Program (AUSAid). The workshop, held at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago from 26 to 28 March 2012, brought together experienced trade negotiators from Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the eleven member countries of the Arco del Pacífico Latinoamericano group.…

Seminar: "The New India and the New Latin America - Synergies and Complementarities"

This seminar held on December 5, 2011 in Buenos Aires, was organized by ECLAC and the Government of India, included the presence of R. Viswanathan, Indian Ambassador to Argentina, Uruguay y Paraguay; Samuel Pinheiro Guimaraes, Secretary General of the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR); Marisol Argueta de Barillas, Senior Director and Head of Latin America at the World Economic Forum (WEF); Embajador Horacio Salvador, Director General of International Economic Negotiations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina; and Osvaldo Rosales, Director, Division of International Trade and Integrati…

Sixth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC

Fifteenth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

The fifteenth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of CDCC took place in Port-of-Spain on 12 September 2011. Representatives of eight member States of CDCC attended the fifteenth Meeting of the Monitoring Committee: Belize, Cuba, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. …

Regional preparatory process for Latin America and the Caribbean

In the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Meeting Preparatory to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, which was held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, from 7 to September 9 2011, countries agreed to a joint conclusion.…

Expert Group Meeting on “Knowledge Management in the Public Sector” and “Knowledge Strategies for Development: Knowledge Networks”

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean is convening a combined Regional Expert Group Meeting on “Knowledge Management in the Public Sector”; and “Knowledge Strategies for Development: Knowledge Networks”, which will be held at its Port of Spain Office from Wednesday 24 to Friday 26 August 2011. The findings of a report recently prepared by the ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean on the topic of Knowledge Management on the Public Sector will be presented at the meeting, and will serve as the basis for the delib…

Latin American and Caribbean Labor Markets and the Global Economy

This Latin American and Caribbean Regional Conference on Trade and Employment is part of the ongoing International Collaborative Initiative on Trade and Employment (ICITE), supported by a number of leading international organizations, including the OECD, ILO, WTO, UNECLAC, IDB and the World Bank. This regional conference aim to: 1) Take stock and expand the range of empirical and institutional analyses on the relationship between international integration and labor markets, 2) Promote dialogue and exchange of relevant literature among stakeholders, and 3) Inform policy-makers and the public of…

Tenth Raúl Prebisch Memorial Lecture, dictated by José Antonio Ocampo entitled: "Economic Growth is, above all else, a Process of Structural Change"

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

The tenth meeting of the Executive Committee will review the status of implementation of the biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities, 2009-2011; of resolution 6 (V) adopted by the Conference at its fifth meeting; and of the agreements adopted by the Executive Committee at its ninth meeting. At its tenth meeting, the Executive Committee will also review the operating modalities of the working groups of the Conference in order to propose measures aimed at strengthening their achievements. In addition, the Executive Committee must decide upon the preliminary agenda…

Redatam+SP workshop: Census data analysis and processing for the creation of sociodemographic indicators using Redatam7

CELADE, in order to continue supporting national institutions in the use of census data, offers the 2011 version of the course on processing and analysis of demographic information using the Redatam Software. The course objective is to define process and create sociodemographic indicators to facilitate local planning. The participants will work with the new Redatam 7 Emphasis will be made to the processing and analysis of information coming from population and housing censuses with priority in the generation of indicators in the following areas: education vulnerability, estimation on habitat d…

Forty-fifth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

Los días 6 y 7 de diciembre se realiza en Santiago la XLV Reunión de la Mesa Directiva de la Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe. La reunión de la Mesa Directiva de la Conferencia reúne a las delegaciones de los países miembros de la Mesa Directiva. Esta reunión se lleva a cabo para identificar las prioridades de los gobiernos de los países y de la Secretaría de la Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer con miras a cumplir los acuerdos adoptados en el Consenso de Brasilia, celebrados durante la undécima Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer. La inauguración de la Reuni…

Regional Meeting of the National Transfers Account Project in Latin America and the Caribbean - Cuba

Havana, Cuba; as part of the IV congress of the Latin American Population Association (ALAP)…

Third Ministerial conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean

En el Marco de la eLAC, en febrero de 2008, ​se llevó a cabo la Segunda Conferencia Ministerial sobre laSociedad de la Información de América Latina y del Caribe, en la ciudad de San Salvador, República de El Salvador, Durante este evento, el Gobierno del Perú ofreció dar continuidad al proceso de la eLAC y celebrar la Tercera Reunión Ministerial de la Sociedad de la Información de América Latina y el Caribe en el Perú, en 2010.…

XI session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

The eleventh session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean was convened by the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in compliance with ECLAC resolution 658(XXXIII) and was held in Brasilia, from 13 to 16 July 2010. …

Sub-regional meeting Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean

Representatives of national mechanisms for the advancement of women and national statistical offices of the Caribbean countries met in Rodney Bay, Saint Lucia with representatives of ECLAC, CARICOM, INSTRAW, PAHO, UNFPA and UNIFEM, and discussed the progress made and challenges faced by the Caribbean countries to obtain statistical information on the Observatory's strategic indicators.…

Thirty-third session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

The thirty-third session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) was held in Brasilia, from 30 May to 1 June 2010. By resolution 643(XXXII), adopted at the thirty-second session of ECLAC (Santo Domingo, 9-13 June 2008), member States agreed that Brazil would be the host country of the meeting. The session is the most important event of each biennium for ECLAC. It provides a forum for the consideration of issues of importance for the development of the countries of the region and an opportunity to review the activities of the Commission.…

Committee on South-South Cooperation on the occasion of the thirty third session of ECLAC

The ECLAC secretariat presented for consideration by delegations the report on the activities of the ECLAC system to promote and support South-South cooperation during the biennium 2008-2009, which examines the characteristics of South-South cooperation and multilateral assistance channelled through the United Nations.…