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Foresight for development

5 Nov - 10 Dec 2025, All day | Course (Course - Open for applications)

COURSE OBJECTIVEAt the end of the course, participants will be able to understand the concept of foresight for development and its main approaches. They will also be able to design a methodological strategy and mechanisms for the institutionalization of foresight at different levels and institutions of the State.LEARNING OBJECTIVES- Know, analyze, and identify in reality the concepts related to foresight for development.- Design a methodological strategy to apply foresight for development in a practical case.- Define mechanisms to incorporate foresight into the regular functioning of public in…

Territorialization of the Sustainable Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean

21 Jul - 31 Dec 2025, All day | Course (Course - Open for applications)

COURSE OBJECTIVES a. To guide the development of Voluntary Local Reviews (VLR) using basic guidelines that are globally agreed upon and adapted to the regional context.b. To support subnational governments in the territorialization of the 2030 Agenda, drawing from practices in the region and around the world.c. To disseminate lessons learned in the implementation of VLR in Latin America and the Caribbean. BACKGROUND The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted in 2015 by UN Member States, sets forth "a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into th…

Taller regional virtual abril 2025 “Potencialidades de los censos de población y vivienda: procesamiento de Microdatos con REDATAM y mapeo con QGis”

22 - 29 Apr 2025, 10:00 - 18:00 | Course (Workshop - Finished)

La información actualizada de la ronda censal 2020 permitirá evaluar cambios demográficos y socioeconómicos recientes con indicadores desglosados por sexo, edades, origen étnico-racial, estatus migratorio, discapacidad, y ubicación geográfica, entre otras variables relevantes. Los talleres brindarán formación práctica en procesamiento, análisis y mapeo de indicadores generados a partir de bases de microdatos censales, utilizando REDATAM y QGIS. REDATAM, desarrollado por el CELADE-División de Población de la CEPAL, facilita el procesamiento y análisis eficiente de estos datos con u…

From Digital Government to Smart Government

9 Apr - 07 May 2025, 09:00 - 18:00 | Course (Course - Open for applications)

General objective The general aim of the course is to enhance participants’ capacities in providing solutions to the needs of citizens, organizations, and the challenges of future crises, for example those linked to climate change, through Digital Government. The course also focuses on incorporating new knowledge to advance evidence-based decision making and data-driven policies to create public value and aiming to build a path towards a resilient Smart Government in the Caribbean subregion. Specific objectives To provide participants with an overview of the concepts, elements, conditions, be…

From Digital Government to Smart Government

2 - 30 Oct 2024, 13:15 | 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…

Introduction to digital trade regulations in Asia and Latin America

16 Oct - 26 Nov 2023, 06:00 - 15:00 | Course (Course - Open for applications)

Course language English and Spanish Registration contact Alejandro Fredes a.fredesparedes@gmail.com This interdisciplinary course is designed for policymakers and researchers who want to develop a critical understanding of global digital trade regulations. The rise of digital trade, which covers trade in digital goods and online services, foreign direct investment in sectors relevant to the digital economy, and data movement, is a new reality that our economies are adjusting to. New digital technologies, such as 3D printing, big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, Inte…

Online regional workshop: Measurement of SDG indicators and follow-up of the 2030 Development Agenda through the processing of census data with REDATAM and mapping with QGis

10 - 17 May 2022, 06:00 - 09:00 | Course (Workshop - Open for applications)

The region faces substantive challenges related to data sources to measure real progress in achieving the objectives and goals of the development agendas. In this context, population and housing censuses appears to be a primary source of information and should be considered as essential information for the calculation of the follow up indicators. Censuses are universal, they apply to the whole population within a country, they provide basic information at the dwelling, household and person levels, allowing the socio demographic characterization of the population and its living conditions. Like…

Opportunities and challenges for MSMEs in Caribbean cross-border e-commerce

8 Nov - 10 Dec 2021, 16:00 | Course (Course - Planned)

THE GOAL OF THE COURSE Training policymakers in good practices to improve thecapacities of MSMEs to participate in cross-border e-commerce. SPECIFIC GOALS To learn about recent developments and trends indomestic and cross-border e-commerce particularly sincethe beginning of the pandemic and to examine thebarriers and challenges that MSMEs face in this type ofinternational trade. To understand the process of digital transformation anddigital capacity-building of MSMEs for the effectiveimplementation of cross-border e-commerce processes,systems and tools, along with the support thatgovernments …

Performance indicators for public management

31 May - 28 Jun 2021, 13:15 | Course (Course - Open for applications)

General Objective This introductory course seeks to develop and strengthen participants' capacities to formulate performance indicators as an important tool to strengthen public management planning, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation systems. Learning Goals To introduce students to the concepts of public management and provide a framework for performance indicators. To understand the fundamental components of an indicator for its definition and design. To understand the different types of indicators and their use. To practice formulating different types of performance indicators. COURSE DU…

Online Redatam workshop: Use and processing of census data for the creation of the Agenda 2030 and SDG follow-up indicators

4 - 11 May 2021, 06:00 - 14:00 | Course (Workshop - Open for applications)

The region faces substantive challenges related to data sources in order to measure real progress in achieving the objectives and goals of the development agendas. In this context, population and housing censuses appears to be a primary source of information and should be considered as essential information for the calculation of the follow up indicators. Census are universal, they apply to the whole population within a country, they provide basic information at the dwelling household and person levels, allowing the socio demographic characterization of the population and its living conditions…

Course: Current challenges of the port system for the countries of the Greater Caribbean

5 - 15 Oct 2020, 07:00 - 12:00 | Course (Course - Under way)

The course is given by the Infrastructure Services Unit of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC, Regional Commission of the United Nations). It addresses the main current trends and future prospects of ports with a strategic, regional and global vision of the evolution of the port and maritime industry. The concepts in port management have evolved along with the globalization and evolution of markets, regional and world industry, technological changes, new requirements for sustainability, collaboration and efficiency throughout the chain, making new strategies nec…

Damage and Loss Assessment Methodology and Planning for Disaster Risk Reduction

13 Jan - 10 Feb 2020, 06:00 - 15:30 | Course (Course - Open for applications)

Language: English Target Audience: The course is aimed primarily at key actors in the process of planning, implementing, following up and monitoring Agenda 2030 for the achievement of sustainable development objectives. The course is mainly aimed to government officials from ministries of planning, public works and national emergency offices in charge of the development and implementation of strategies for disaster risk reduction Duration: During this 4-week course, lessons will be enabled for students on a weekly basis. Each lesson has an estimated duration of 10 hours and should be completed…

Redatam workshop 2019: Database creation and development of web applications for data processing and dissemination with Redatam Webserver

19 - 30 Aug 2019, 05:00 - 10:00 | Course (Workshop - Open for applications)

The objective of the workshop is twofold: first, to train participants in the creation of Redatam databases, with emphasis in the migration of external sources such as DBF, CSPro, SPSS, ASCII into Redatam format. Secondly, to develop a web application using the Redatam Webserver platform and language. This application will allow online processing of the statistical microdata through the Internet.…

Workshop "Use of the MERCOSUR and South American Input-Output Tables for the Analysis of Value Chains"

13 - 15 May 2019, 04:30 - 13:00 | Course (Workshop - )

The workshop "Use of the MERCOSUR and South American Input-Output Tables for the Analysis of Value Chains" will be held In the city of Montevideo between May 13 and 15th, 2019. This workshop, which will be taught by economists from the International Trade and Integration Division of ECLAC, is sponsored by the MERCOSUR Secretariat. Officials from various public institutions of MERCOSUR member countries, mainly Ministries of Industry and Foreign Trade, Production, and Foreign Affairs, among others, as well as officials and technicians of the MERCOSUR Secretariat will participate in the…

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

8 - 12 Apr 2019, 05:00 - 13:00 | Course (Workshop - Open for applications)

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

8 - 15 Apr 2019, 05:00 - 09:00 | Course (Workshop - Open for applications)

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. …

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

26 - 28 Mar 2019, 10:45 - 10:00 | Course (Workshop - )

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…

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

11 - 13 Dec 2018, 11:30 - 10:00 | Course (Workshop - )

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…

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