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…

Expert Group Meeting on knowledge management for development: towards a practical approach for the Caribbean

The aims of the meeting were to increase awareness of knowledge management as a tool for development, and advance discussions towards a practical knowledge management approach for the Caribbean subregion. It offered participating countries and institutions the opportunity to share their views on: (a) A background document prepared as the basis for deliberations by ECLAC (b) The role of indigenous knowledge in participatory approaches for sustainable development (c) Country and institutional experiences on knowledge management for development (d) The challenges and way forward towards a knowled…

First Training Course on Information Society Measurement in the Caribbean

The First Training Course on Information Society Measurement in the Caribbean workshop is organized by the United Nations Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), as part of the activities of its project Observatory for the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean (OSILAC), under the framework of the actions of the Statistical Conference of the Americas and the Partnership on Measuring ICT for development, particularly with the support of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), who will d…

Course II: Development of applications for diffusion with Redatam+SP

This cycle of Redatam+SP consists of three courses: The first course is focused on the creation of data bases in Redatam format, he second one is focused on the design and development of applications for distribution in CD and Web page form, And the third course is centered on the use and processing of census data and other information sources for the generation of socio-demographic indicators. During the 15th to the 26th of October 2007, CELADE will be offering Course II: Development and applications for diffusion with Redatam+SP, creation of applications using Redatam+SP xPlan and using Re…

Seminar-Workshop "Indigenous Peoples in Latin America: Health Policies and Programs, How Much and How has Progress Been Made?"

Bi-national Workshop "An Ethnic Approach to Sources of Health Data: Experiences in the Area of the Mapuche People of Argentina and Chile, Recommendations for Their Future Development in the Context of the Americas"

Advances in the areas of censuses and surveys have been seen in Latin America. However, in the specific case of ethnic groups, few advances have been observed in the field of health information, particularly in what relates to registries. Being that these are of interest to both ECLAC and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), the work that is being developed by the AD/GE and HDM/HA units of PAHO has taken shape as a joint activity with CELADE, which has a long tradition in demographic development. This work deals with a strategy that aims to foster the collection of information that wil…

Specialized Workshop on Redatam+SP Latest Imporevements and Multiplatform (Windows and Linux) Version Introduction

This workshop has been structured in two main activities: the first one, oriented to show the new functions of the software implemented in the database creation, statistical processing and xPlan application's creation modules. The second activity, oriented to show, use and analyze the Beta version of Redatam under the Linux platform. These activities will be conducted all-around vital statistics database and xPlan applications creation. Redatam+SP, as its previous versions, is a tool that allows any professional to process, in an easy and fast way, the data from the censuses and other sources…

Workshop "The Use of Census Information for Indigenous and Afrodescendent Peoples: Pertinence and Scope in Policies and Programs," Ecuador

The project includes the completion of a study and the production of a socio-demographic atlas, culminating with diffusion and training workshops at the national level. The specific objectives of the workshop are the presentation of the scope and limitations of census information for obtaining demographic and socio-economic indicators for Indigenous peoples and Afrodescendent populations; the joint undertaking among professionals and technicians--Indigenous, Afrodescendent, and others--of the interpretation and use of census information as input in the design, follow-up and evaluation of polic…

Workshop "The Use of Census Information for Indigenous and Afrodescendent Peoples: Pertinence and Scope in Policies and Programs," Bolivia

The project includes the completion of a study and the production of a socio-demographic atlas, culminating with diffusion and training workshops at the national level. The specific objectives of the workshop are the presentation of the scope and limitations of census information for obtaining demographic and socio-economic indicators for Indigenous peoples and Afrodescendent populations; the joint undertaking among professionals and technicians--Indigenous, Afrodescendent, and others--of the interpretation and use of census information as input in the design, follow-up and evaluation of polic…