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

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…

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

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…

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

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 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…

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……

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