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Tariff Policies in the Drinking Water Sector, Challenges and Opportunities for the Sanitation Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean…
UNCTAD and ECLAC have joined forces in responding to the COVID19 crisis by holding a regional dialogue on the role of Competition Policy in supporting the economic recovery of MSMEs post COVID-19. During the regional dialogue, participants will discuss on the following topics: 1. Policies to support MSMEs in the pandemic and economic recovery in Latin American countries and the dimension of competition policy. 2. Discussion of national reports on Brazil and Mexico on the Analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on MSMEs and the role of competition policy. 3. Debate with governmen…
Organized by Statistics Division and the Caribbean Subregional Headquarte of ECLAC. This is a Side-event of the 52nd session of the United Nations Statistical Commission…
The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL), the Brazilian Center for Strategic Studies and Management (CGEE), the Brazilian Energy Research Office (EPE) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) will host the webinar “Energy Big Push: accelerating clean energy innovation in Brazil” on 23 October 2020, from 10am to 12pm in Brasilia (GMT-3). Since early-2019, the Energy Big Push (EBP) Brazil has been a collaborative project aiming to support investments in innovation for a sustainable energy transition in the country. Led by CGEE, EPE, ECLAC/CEPAL an…
This is a side-event of Nineteenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC. Organized by Division for Gender Affairs of ECLAC.…
This is a side-event of Nineteenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC. Organized by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)…
The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL) and Senator Jaques Wagner, Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Big Push for Sustainability of the Brazilian Federal Senate, are hosting the webinar “Global Proposals for a Sustainable Recovery” this coming Monday, June 29, from 10.45am to 12.45pm in Brasilia (GMT-3). In 2019, the Brazilian Federal Senate launched a Subcommittee to propose public policies, structural reforms and economic and social development that represent a "Big Push for Sustainability" in the country. The renewed objective in the curren…
Taller virtual de expertos…
Following the raft of ad-hoc trade measures taken by countries in response to the COVID-19 crisis, the United Nations ESCAP secretariat conducted a rapid review of bilateral and regional trade agreement (RTA) texts to see if they provided any guidance on what partners should do to ensure minimal disruption to trade and supply chains in such crises. As expected, RTAs include clauses in order to permit exception to the agreements in time of emergencies; but for the most part they do not feature provisions that could help deal with trade disruption in emergency or crisis situations. To address th…
Idioma del curso Español Modalidad Presencial 1. Antecedentes generales Mejorar la calidad de las intervenciones públicas supone impulsar un cambio importante en los modelos de gestión burocrático-tradicionales, caracterizados por un énfasis en los insumos y procedimientos y en el control formal, avanzando a esquemas de gestión orientada a resultados. Se requiere avanzar en la aplicación de procesos de presupuesto en base de resultados, de planificación estratégica institucional y en la evaluación del desempeño, haciendo viable la obtención de resultados eficientes y eficaces con estánd…
El taller de discusión interno del MEPyD, parte del programa CEPAL-BMZ/giz, se llevará a cabo el día 31 de enero de 2020 en Santo Domingo.…
The workshop is organized within the framework of the UN Development Account (10th Tranche) project on Demographic transition: opportunities and challenges to achieve the SDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean , coordinated by CELADE-Population Division of ECLAC with the aim of enhancing capacities of the selected states to integrate population dynamics into their planning policies.…
The workshop is organized within the framework of the UN Development Account (10th Tranche) project on Demographic transition: opportunities and challenges to achieve the SDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean , coordinated by CELADE-Population Division of ECLAC with the aim of enhancing capacities of the selected states to integrate population dynamics into their planning policies.…
The Cities Conference II will be held at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile during the 16-19 of October 2018.…
The seminar is organized within the framework of the UN Development Account (10th Tranche) project on Demographic transition: opportunities and challenges to achieve the SDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean , coordinated by CELADE-Population Division of ECLAC with the aim of enhancing capacities of the selected states to integrate population dynamics into their planning policies.…
Understanding and addressing inequality in all its forms is necessary to promote the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and to ensure that “no one is left behind” in the development process. However, many challenges still exist to foster knowledge on the multiple dimensions of inequality, improve its measurement and strengthen the design of public policies for equality and that consider a rights-based approach. This Inter-regional Expert Group Meeting marks the closing of the 9th Tranche United Nations Development Account project “Promoting Equality: Strengthening the Capacity of…
The forum is organized within the framework of the UN Development Account (10th Tranche) project on Demographic transition: opportunities and challenges to achieve the SDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean , coordinated by CELADE-Population Division of ECLAC with the aim of enhancing capacities of the selected states to integrate population dynamics into their planning policies.…
The third meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago from 4 to 6 October 2016. The purpose of the meeting, among others, is to analyze and adopt the proposed format for national progress reports on the implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development as well as to review the progress report of the ad hoc working group for the preparation of a proposal on the indicators for regional follow-up of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Devel…
This Inter-regional Expert Group meeting is carried out in the framework of two United Nations Development Account projects aimed at promoting public policies oriented towards greater socio-economic equality and strengthening the capacities of countries to conceptualize, design and implement such policies: the 8th Tranche project “Time for Equality: Strengthening the Institutional Framework of Social Policies” and the 9th Tranche project “Promoting Equality: Strengthening the Capacity of Select Developing Countries to Design and Implement Equality-oriented Public Policies and Programmes”.…
The Regional Council for Planning elects Presiding Officers, who meet regularly to review the progress of work and the fulfilment of agreements adopted with regard to training, technical cooperation and research, as well as diverse matters relating to the operation and administration of the Institute. The Presiding Officers serve as such until the following meeting of the Council, which then elects their successors for the next four-year period.…
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