Course and Forum on Climate Risk Management and Sustainability in Public Investment Projects in Panama

Based on the possible lines of action from the Regional Course and Forum held in Honduras in April 2016, and as requested by the Panama Minister of Economics and Finance, the Mexico Subregional Headquarters of ECLAC coordinated and held a national course on “Public Investment Projects Involving Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability, and Climate Finance in Panama”, the course was held in coordination with the State Subdirectorate of Concessions and Risks, and the Department of Investment Programming, both of which form part of the Ministry of Ec…

Capacity-building workshop and good practices on the application of Principle 10 in Latin America and the Caribbean

The goal of the workshop is to discuss and analyze experiences in the implementation of Principle 10 in Latin America and the Caribbean, with the aim of taking stock and identifying key issues for the effective implementation of Principle 10 in the region. The workshop will provide a unique opportunity for the participants to get to know the trends, challenges and lessons learned in over twenty years of Latin-American and Caribbean efforts to effectively apply Principle 10 of the 1992 Rio Declaration. LIMITED CAPACITY. PRIOR REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED (SEND EMAIL TO PRINCIPIO10.LAC@CEPAL.OR…

Course on public investment projects, comprehensive risk management, and climate change in Honduras

Based on the proposed lines of action from the 2016 regional summit in Honduras, and as requested by the finance minister of said country, in coordination with Secretary of Finance (SEFIN) General Directorate for Public Investment and the Mexico Subregional Headquarters of ECLAC, this course was held as a means to increase the robustness of projects, the resilience of both institutions and possibly affected populations, and to improve the environmental impact assessment that guarantees their sustainability, it also went over the application and use of international funding available to develop…

Redatam workshop on Database creation and development of web applications for data dissemination

This is an intensive hands-on training and will be conducted in Spanish. The course will have duration of 76 hours during ten days. It is aimed at professionals, technicians and users in general with experience and knowledge in data management and processing and ideally with some knowledge of Redatam. This workshop is part of the technical advisory activities that CELADE-Population Division continuously provides to national institutions related to the use and dissemination of sociodemographic and sectoral information, especially population census and surveys. Place: The course will take place …

Enhancing the Contribution of Preferential Trade Agreements to Inclusive and Equitable Trade in the Caribbean

Redatam workshop 2016: Census data analysis and processing for the creation of sociodemographic indicators using Redatam

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. Redatam7 will be used. Date: From April 25th to 29th, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Place: The course will take place at ECLAC headquarters, CELADE-Population Division, Santiago, Chi…

Redatam workshop on database creation and web application development for dissemination of population and housing census data

The course objectives will be To introduce participants to the use of REDATAM as a tool for analysis and dissemination of population and housing census data in order to ensure timely delivery of the census results. To promote the use of REDATAM among Caribbean countries for processing and dissemination of their censuses and surveys To develop the capacity within the National Statistical Offices in the use of REDATAM as a validation and database creation tool To develop the capacity within the National Statistical Offices for the creation of applications built using Redatam Webserver for on li…

Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) training session - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A public financial institution from Brazil, Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) will soon benefit from the established disaster assessment expertise of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean, as a team from the Sustainable Development and Disaster Unit (SDDU) visits from 1-4 March to present ECLAC’s disaster assessment training package to officials of the Brazilian Development Bank. The initiative follows other similar efforts to strengthen the ability of countries in Latin America and the Ca…

Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) training session - Panama City, Panama

The first collaboration between ECLAC and UNISDR will be through a two-day training targeting members of the United Nations Development Group for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNDG LAC), and will take place on 18-19 February in Panama City, Panama. The training will inform participants of the complexities of a disaster, how different sectors might be impacted, and how to use the damage and loss assessment methodology affectively in a timely manner.…

Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) training session - Arequipa & Ica, Peru

With its well-established experience in dealing with disasters, ECLAC Caribbean has helped strengthen the capacity to assess damage and losses due to disasters of over 100 government and regional officials in several regions of Peru. Training sessions were delivered in Lima, Cusco, Moyobamba and Piura. The last two sessions in Arequipa and Ica, being held from February 2 to 10 will complete wide geographic coverage of CENEPRED's most important regional offices.…

Capacity-building workshop for the interested public and civil society organizations on participation in international negotiations on environmental matters (Principle 10)

The workshop will have simultaneous interpretation from Spanish into English and viceversa. The programme and additional information are available at: http://negociacionp10.cepal.org/en/programme/capacity-building-workshop……

Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) training session - Piura, Peru

Over the past few months, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), with its well-established experience in dealing with natural disasters, has helped strengthen the capacity of CENEPRED officers, and of national and regional government officials to plan, prepare and respond to such events. This month, a team from the ECLAC Caribbean office travelled to the San Martin and Piura regions to provide training, aimed at strengthening the capacity of CENEPRED and regional government officials to assess damages and losses caused by disasters. Over 70 officers fr…

Regional implementation meeting on access rights and sustainable development in the Caribbean region and workshop on climate change, natural disasters and coastal vulnerability

Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) training session - San Jose, Costa Rica

The training on the Disaster Assessment Methodology was requested by the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Policy (MIDEPLAN), as part of the ministry’s efforts to improve disaster risk management and reduce risk in the country. The course is imparted during three days, and combines expositions of the methodology with practical cases to allow participants to apply the different concepts and methods. The training is designed for policy makers and professionals involved directly with disaster risk management and risk reduction. Additionally, and since the methodology has a multisectoral …

Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) training session - Cusco, Peru

These sessions are being conducted as part of a series of ECLAC training courses that will strengthen the ability of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to assess damage and losses caused by natural disasters. Considering the fact that Latin America and the Caribbean ranks as one of the regions most affected by disasters, this training will help provide countries with the knowledge to determine their own recovery and reconstruction path, and to incorporate future measures to reduce vulnerabilities and increase resilience. This particular session will inform participants on the complex…

Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) training session - Lima, Peru

These sessions are being conducted as part of a series of ECLAC training courses that will strengthen the ability of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to assess damage and losses caused by natural disasters. Considering the fact that Latin America and the Caribbean ranks as one of the regions most affected by disasters, this training will help provide countries with the knowledge to determine their own recovery and reconstruction path, and to incorporate future measures to reduce vulnerabilities and increase resilience. This particular session will inform participants on the complex…

Regional seminar on time use surveys

AS part of its ongoing work in the Caribbean, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has responded to requests from member and associate member states for statistical capacity training in the core elements of Time Use Surveys. The training will offer a forum for sensitizing participants on the value of Time Use Surveys, and will facilitate the use of Time Use Surveys for measuring all forms of work – especially women’s activities. The initiative will complement ECLAC’s ongoing efforts to build greater capacity in the compilation of gender statistics and in the…

Workshop on R+SP xPlan Applications Development for Data Dissemination

This workshop was conceived as an instance to learn on the one hand how to migrate different sources of information into Redatam and on the other hand how to develop applications which facilitates the dissemination of these data, through the Web using the R+SP WebServer.…

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…

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…