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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16 - 26 September - 09:00 - 17:00National training course in project proposal preparation and effective…
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23 - 25 September - All dayEscazú Agreement: Implementation and tools for the Public Defense of the…
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25 - 26 September - 09:00 - 17:00Regional 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 October - All dayRegional Water Week for Latin America and the Caribbean – Santiago, Chile…
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6 - 08 October - 09:00 - 12:00Fifth 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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20 - 09 November - All dayVirtual course on Regulation for digital trade and blockchain
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25 - 27 November - 09:00 - 18:00Thirteenth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC
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13 June 2024 – Preparation for the 2024 High-level Political Forum (HLPF)
13 Jun 2024 - 17:00 | 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 Voluntary National Reveiws (VNRs) in particular; and aims to provide a space to regularly communicate with peers. PARTICIPANTSAntigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Grenada, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Dominican Republic, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Venezuela SESSION GOALThe main objective of this meeting was to highlight good practices and innovative ideas from L…
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Inter-regional expert meeting on the measurement of South-South cooperation
4 - 06 June - 05:00 - 14:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The inter-regional expert meeting will strengthen South-South cooperation, enhancing its global visibility by leveraging recent developments. It will host high-level debates on integrating and measuring South-South cooperation in future agendas, amplify the global South's voice and introduce a UN project for pilot studies and training on measurement methods.…
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Regional multilateralism to implement access rights: The leading example of the Escazú Agreement
4 Jun 2024 - 03:30 | Event (Meetings of the United Nations system)The event seeks to raise international awareness of the Escazú Agreement, share valuable insights and good practices from the region, and facilitate dialogue among national focal points and other stakeholders on the implementation of the Agreement’s provisions relates to access rights and the protection of environmental defenders.…
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Nature-based solutions to increase water availability for agriculture: Second Seminar of the ROSA Project
30 May 2024 | Event (Other events)On Wednesday, May 29, ECLAC carried out the Second Seminar of the Network and Observatory for Water Sustainability (ROSA) Project, which analyzed opportunities to implement Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) to increase water availability for agriculture. This event made it possible to disseminate the study that ECLAC is conducting on NbS in the context of Chile's Irrigation Promotion Law and facilitated the exchange of experiences among participating countries.…
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Location Intelligence the panacea to accelerated development in SIDS - CARIGEO side-event
30 May 2024 - 06:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)This side-event seeks to highlight the importance of location intelligence and geospatial technologies in propelling growth in the Caribbean while exploring real-life applications in SIDS.…
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Climate change and environmental legislation in support of the delivery of the new Programme of Action for SIDS
29 May - All day | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)This side event will take place at the 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS-4). Convened by the Parliamentary Observatory on Climate Change and Just Transition (OPCC), it will discuss how robust legal frameworks can unlock climate finance for building resilience and enhancing institutional capacities in Caribbean SIDS. The event will also explore ways the OPCC can collaborate to bolster environmental and climate change legislation in the region.…
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SIDS4 Conference: "Enhancing Caribbean Development Using Data, Geospatial Information, and Environmental Monitoring: Building a Regional Environmental Information ecoSystem (REIS)"
28 May 2024 - 05:30 | Event (Meetings of the United Nations system)To highlight the pivotal role of digital technologies, authoritative data, and geospatial information in advancing environmental and developmental initiatives and aiding sound decision making across the Caribbean. This event will explore the operational framework and collaborative mechanisms of the Regional Environmental Information ecosystem (REIS), aiming to enhance data management, environmental monitoring and assessment, and informed policy and decision making, thereby contributing to the SIDS4 goal of Resilient Prosperity.…
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Eye on Island Issues - Development Stories and SIDS4
22 May 2024 - 08:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)Media Webinar in the Leadup to the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States…
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ECLAC's Executive Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs completes successful first visit to Washington D.C.
20 May 2024 | Event (Other events)In his first official visit to Washington D.C. since being appointed Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs was a speaker at the 54th Annual Washington Conference: Advancing the Business Case for the Americas, organized by the Council of the Americas, and at the Wilson Center’s event No More Lost Decades: Opportunities From Nearshoring, the Energy Transition, and Other Drivers of Sustainable Growth, while also participating in meetings with the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Inter-American Dialogue…
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Trade in Services for development - Empowering LAC countries to reap development dividends
16 May 2024 - 07:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)Services have emerged as the driving force shaping the economic landscape of countries at all levels of development. Services trade has become a key element in growth strategies, becoming the most dynamic component of global trade in recent times. In 2023, the WTO and the World Bank jointly published a study entitled 'Trade in Services for Development', which underscored the significant and multifaceted development impact of trade in services and the important opportunities it offers to developing countries in terms of export-led growth, economic diversification, inflows of foreign direct inve…
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Seminar on the Global Statistical and Geospatial Framework - Principle 3
14 May 2024 - 08:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The objective of this virtual seminar is to provide Member States and interested parties with the conceptual foundations related to the five principles of the United Nations Global Statistical and Geospatial Framework, to enhance the use of integrated statistical and geospatial information.…
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World Press Freedom Day 2024: "Informing the Planet: international mechanisms for accessing environmental information"
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Panel discussion "The fundamental role of women and gender mainstreaming in the implementation of the Escazú Agreement"
25 Apr 2024 - 13:30 | Event (Other events)Event organized on the occasion of the Third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement (Santiago, 22-24 April 2024).…
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Fourth meeting of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance of the Escazu Agreement
25 Apr 2024 - 12:00 | Event (Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies)The Committee to Support the Implementation and Compliance of the Escazú Agreement held its fourth session on Thursday, April 25, 2024, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. in Santiago, Chile. The session was broadcast live.…
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First Virtual Webinar - Conversations on the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (UN-IGIF): Strategic Pathway 1: Governance and Institutions
24 Apr 2024 - 09:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The United Nations Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (UN-IGIF) serves as a foundational roadmap for enhancing geospatial information management globally. Its primary goal is to aid countries in developing, integrating, and optimizing their geospatial resources, thereby narrowing the digital gap, and fostering socioeconomic progress for all.…
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Third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement
22 - 24 April - 10:00 - 14:00 | Event (Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies)The third meeting of the Conference of the Parties will take place 22 and 24 April 2024 in-person in Santiago, Chile. Streamed live. …
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Third meeting of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance
22 Apr 2024 - 06:00 | Event (Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies)The Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance of the Escazú Agreement held its third meeting on Monday, April 22, 2024, between 9 and 10 am Santiago, Chile time. The document establishing its working modalities, mandated to be prepared by the Rules of composition and operation of the Committee adopted at the first Conference of the Parties, was approved. The session featured live streaming …
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Seventh Meeting - Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development 2024
15 - 18 April - 04:00 - 10:00 | Event (Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development)The seventh meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development will be held in Santiago, from 15 to 18 April 2024.…
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Fourth meeting of the Conference on Science, Innovation and ICTs of ECLAC
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Caribbean Youth Dialogues 2024 in preparation of the ECOSOC Youth Forum
3 - 04 April - 02:00 - 05:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The Caribbean is home to more than 11 million youth between the ages of 15 and 29. These young people have a central role to play in achieving sustainable development in the region. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is an opportunity to galvanize action aimed at promoting greater inclusion of youth in all spheres. This roadmap recognizes in several of its goals the centrality of the full incorporation of youth as a necessary condition to move towards more egalitarian societies on a path of sustainable development. However, youth in the subregion face many challenges that need to be a…
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Roundtable for policymakers: Public Policies based on input-output approach
3 Jul 2024 - 06:30 | Event (Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies)Plenary session on Public Policies based on input-output approach As part of the international input-output 2024 conference, which will take place between July 1 and 5 in Santiago de Chile at the Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean, a Roundtable for policymakers has been organized in which four experts linked from various points of view will participate, with decision-making linked to policy applications. Some of the applications to review are the signing of free trade agreements, the analysis of the effects of globalization on trade, employment, and economic growth…
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30th International Input-Output Association Conference and 12th Edition of the International School of I-O Analysis
1 - 05 July - 05:00 - 10:00 | Event (Other events)Introduction We are delighted to announce that ECLAC, along with the International Input-Output Association (IIOA) will be hosting the 30th IIOA Conference at the ECLAC Headquarters in Santiago, Chile, between July 2 and July 5, 2024. This is a remarkable reflection of the close collaboration by the two global organizations in the development and promotion of methods, statistical data, analytical results, and policy application in the field of input-output. This event is supported by Andrés Bello University, the Central Bank of Chile and the Chilean Foreign Ministry. Moreover, in conjunction w…
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“Social cohesion for inclusive social development in Latin America: monitoring, challenges and opportunities in an era of uncertainties"
27 Jun 2024 - 12:00 | Event (Other events)The central focus of the Fourth Regional Seminar on Social Development Social Protection and Inequality: Latin America and the Caribbean towards the Second World Summit for Social Development in 2025 is inequality. In this context, the objective of this parallel event is to open the discussion on the state of social cohesion in the region.…
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ECLAC participated in the forum "Energy Transition - Bolivia 2050"
27 - 28 Jun 2024 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)ECLAC contributed to the dialogue on renewable energy and participated in the panel on governance and management of natural resources.…
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Inequalities in early childhood: strategic and indispensable approaches to inclusive social development
26 Jun 2024 - 11:30 | Event (Other events)The event will bring together policymakers, experts, civil society representatives and international organizations to discuss the findings of the report “Confronting Inequality in Early Childhood - The footprints of the COVID-19 pandemic on new generations of children in Latin America and the Caribbean” and explore agendas and policies that will effectively mitigate the impacts of the pandemic and promote comprehensive early childhood development.…
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Second Virtual Webinar - Conversations on the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (UN-IGIF): Strategic Pathway 2: Policy and Legal
26 Jun 2024 - 09:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (UN-IGIF) was developed in collaboration between the United Nations and the World Bank, with the purpose of providing guidance to countries in developing and strengthening their national and subnational arrangements on geospatial information management and related infrastructure.…
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Presentation of the book "Non-contributory pension systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: Towards solidarity with sustainability"
25 Jun 2024 - 10:30 | Event (Other events)Attend the launch of ECLAC's new publication on non-contributory pension systems in the region.…
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Fourth Regional Seminar on Social Development "Social Protection and Inequality: Latin America and the Caribbean towards the Second World Summit for Social Development of 2025"
25 - 27 June - 05:30 - 10:00 | Event (Other events)The objective of this seminar, organized by the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is to promote reflection and dialogue to advance in the recognition, analysis of the characteristics and dimensioning of social inequality in the region. Therefore, it seeks to strengthen the design of public policies that allow progress in inclusive social development and thus progress in meeting the goals agreed by the countries in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.…
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First meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean
19 Jun 2024 - 14:00 | Event (Presiding officers)Santiago, 19 de junio de 2024…
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Webinar on climate change statistics and indicators in Latin America and the Caribbean
18 Jun 2024 - 09:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The region faces droughts and floods, affecting food security and the economy. Environmental statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean require inter-institutional collaboration. They are crucial for the 2030 Agenda, but insufficient. This seminar seeks to improve the resilience of statistical systems with innovative data and modern technologies, reviewing advances and challenges in climate change statistics.…
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Seminar on the Global Statistical and Geospatial Framework - Principle 4
18 Jun 2024 - 07:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The objective of this virtual seminar is to provide Member States and interested parties with the conceptual foundations related to the five principles of the United Nations Global Statistical and Geospatial Framework, to enhance the use of integrated statistical and geospatial information.…
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Regional Seminar "Challenges and Opportunities of Population Aging: The Silver Economy"
18 - 19 June - 05:00 - 09:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)This Regional Seminar aims to discuss, reflect and dialogue on the challenges and opportunities of population aging, with a focus on the silver economy . During the event, the main findings of the new study on the future scenarios of consumption growth of older people will be presented. In addition, the event is an opportunity for participants to exchange experiences, to discuss the design and management of specific public policies including the needs to strengthen national capacities to respond to population aging, covering areas such as care, social protection systems, socio-labor…
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13 June 2024 – Preparation for the 2024 High-level Political Forum (HLPF)
13 Jun 2024 - 17:00 | 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 Voluntary National Reveiws (VNRs) in particular; and aims to provide a space to regularly communicate with peers. PARTICIPANTSAntigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Grenada, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Dominican Republic, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Venezuela SESSION GOALThe main objective of this meeting was to highlight good practices and innovative ideas from L…
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Inter-regional expert meeting on the measurement of South-South cooperation
4 - 06 June - 05:00 - 14:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)The inter-regional expert meeting will strengthen South-South cooperation, enhancing its global visibility by leveraging recent developments. It will host high-level debates on integrating and measuring South-South cooperation in future agendas, amplify the global South's voice and introduce a UN project for pilot studies and training on measurement methods.…
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Regional multilateralism to implement access rights: The leading example of the Escazú Agreement
4 Jun 2024 - 03:30 | Event (Meetings of the United Nations system)The event seeks to raise international awareness of the Escazú Agreement, share valuable insights and good practices from the region, and facilitate dialogue among national focal points and other stakeholders on the implementation of the Agreement’s provisions relates to access rights and the protection of environmental defenders.…
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Nature-based solutions to increase water availability for agriculture: Second Seminar of the ROSA Project
30 May 2024 | Event (Other events)On Wednesday, May 29, ECLAC carried out the Second Seminar of the Network and Observatory for Water Sustainability (ROSA) Project, which analyzed opportunities to implement Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) to increase water availability for agriculture. This event made it possible to disseminate the study that ECLAC is conducting on NbS in the context of Chile's Irrigation Promotion Law and facilitated the exchange of experiences among participating countries.…
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Location Intelligence the panacea to accelerated development in SIDS - CARIGEO side-event
30 May 2024 - 06:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)This side-event seeks to highlight the importance of location intelligence and geospatial technologies in propelling growth in the Caribbean while exploring real-life applications in SIDS.…
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Climate change and environmental legislation in support of the delivery of the new Programme of Action for SIDS
29 May - All day | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)This side event will take place at the 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS-4). Convened by the Parliamentary Observatory on Climate Change and Just Transition (OPCC), it will discuss how robust legal frameworks can unlock climate finance for building resilience and enhancing institutional capacities in Caribbean SIDS. The event will also explore ways the OPCC can collaborate to bolster environmental and climate change legislation in the region.…
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SIDS4 Conference: "Enhancing Caribbean Development Using Data, Geospatial Information, and Environmental Monitoring: Building a Regional Environmental Information ecoSystem (REIS)"
28 May 2024 - 05:30 | Event (Meetings of the United Nations system)To highlight the pivotal role of digital technologies, authoritative data, and geospatial information in advancing environmental and developmental initiatives and aiding sound decision making across the Caribbean. This event will explore the operational framework and collaborative mechanisms of the Regional Environmental Information ecosystem (REIS), aiming to enhance data management, environmental monitoring and assessment, and informed policy and decision making, thereby contributing to the SIDS4 goal of Resilient Prosperity.…
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Eye on Island Issues - Development Stories and SIDS4
22 May 2024 - 08:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)Media Webinar in the Leadup to the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States…