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National Consultation - Sustainable Recovery and Resilience towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the Commonwealth of Dominica

16 March 2022, 11:00 - 14:00 | Event (Other events)

The National Consultation aims at discussing with stakeholders the progress in formulating and implementing sustainable recovery plans in Dominica and receiving input and concrete recommendations on building back better and accelerating the implementation of the country’s national development plans, in this case the National Resilience Development Strategy (NRDS) towards advancing the achievement of the sustainable development goals.…

Side event “Financing for Gender Equality in the Context of Sustainable Development”

7 March 2022, 09:45 - 11:15 | Event (Other events)

The event Financing for Gender Equality in the Context of Sustainable Development will bring together Government representatives at the national and local levels, authorities of financial institutions and representatives of organizations of the United Nations System. Throughout the conversations, they will exchange experiences, analysis, and proposals to include gender equality in financing and in initiatives to promote a transformative recovery with equality.…

Twentieth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

5 November 2021, 06:00 - 14:00 | Event (Monitoring committee)

CDCC Member Countries and Associate Members will convene virtually for the 20th meeting of the CDCC Monitoring Committee.…

European Union facility joint response to COVID-19: Fostering sustainable development models in LAC countries - Fiscal policies to mitigate the effects of the pandemic and foster investment for a sustainable recovery

13 July 2021, 04:30 - 06:15 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

This Experts Meeting will provide a space for a regional dialogue among country authorities, international organizations and fiscal experts to discuss domestic resource mobilization and public spending issues to reduce structural gaps, as well as to explore policy options to expand fiscal space to mitigate the effects of the pandemic and boost investments for a sustainable and inclusive recovery.…

XXXIII Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy

21 - 23 April 2021 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The XXXIII Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy is organized by the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), through the Economic Development Division. It is sponsored by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and supported by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the World Bank and the Monetary Fund International (IMF).…

CORPYME: Hacia una infraestructura digital para promover la internacionalización de las pymes

24 - 29 September 2020 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

Background Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) represent just 6% of the region's exports, yet they constitute 99% of the number of formal businesses and two thirds of employment. This partly reflects the low productivity of these companies and their difficulty in overcoming different obstacles to export, beyond the challenge of accessing credit. Trade Promotion Organizations (TPOs) are the main responsible for supporting SMEs in their internationalization process. To do this, they offer various services and carry out different activities to help e…

Sixth meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable

10 September 2020, 06:00 - 09:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

This year the Caribbean Development Roundtable (CDR) takes stock of the progress so far made in persuading the international community to extend the financial support needed by Member States.…

Emerging occupations and regulation of platform work in Costa Rica

4 June 2020, 05:00 - 07:00 | Event (Other events)

Objetivo: En el marco del programa de cooperación CEPAL-BMZgiz “Sendas de desarrollo sostenible para países de ingresos medios en el marco de la agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe”, se organiza este taller para avanzar en el análisis de las ocupaciones emergentes en el contexto de la digitalización y los desafíos y opciones de la regulación social y laboral del trabajo intermediado por plataformas digitales y en la discusión sobre políticas públicas para una adecuada regulación.…

Building Back Better: Reckoning with Size in Pursuit of Resilience

10 July 2019, 09:15 - 10:30 | Event (Other events)

The side event will consider the need to integrate resilience-building into sustainable development planning and practice in the Caribbean, in light of the inescapable impact of climate change on the environmental, infrastructural, economic and social wellbeing of Caribbean states. It is an opportunity for the UN community to reflect on the challenges faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in building resilience, focusing in particular on the implications of size that compromise such efforts. Panelists will explore remedies through partnership and engagement with all stakeholders.…

Fourth International Conference on TVET in the Caribbean

22 - 24 May 2019 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

At the request of UNESCO, ECLAC participated in the 4th International Conference on TVET in the Caribbean, which took place in Montego Bay, Jamaica on May 22-24, 2019. There, ECLAC presented the results of the ECLAC-Government of Norway cooperation programme “Technical and vocational education and training for greater equality in Latin America and the Caribbean”. In particular, it shared lessons learned on the contribution of TVET to socioeconomic development and on the regional experience on financing of TVET.…

Nineteenth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

17 May 2019, 04:00 - 13:00 | Event (Monitoring committee)

CDCC Member Countries and Associate Members will convene in Port of Spain for the 19th meeting of the CDCC Monitoring Committee.…

Holistic Approaches for Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean Region

15 - 16 May 2019 | Event (Other events)

This international event is co-organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). This event is based on effective collaboration and partnership among different UN entities and relevant government institutions in line with the spirit of the 2030 Agenda.…

International Seminar "Technical and Vocational Education and Training for labour inclusion and greater equality in Latin America and the Caribbean"

13 - 14 March 2019 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The seminar seeks to bring together government representatives and renowned specialists in order to establish a dialogue about inclusion challenges presented by the present and the future of work with a gender perspective; the articulation of the education and technical vocational system and its role as an instrument of inclusion; the identification and anticipation of skills demands, the dissemination of information about the labour market; and technical education and training financing.…

Group Meeting on the World Economy (Project LINK) 2018

5 - 7 September 2018 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

Organized by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) , United Nations Headquarters (UNHQ) and Economic Development Division (CEPAL), in cooperation with the University of Toronto and the Central Bank of Chile…

Expert meeting on agricultural insurance and comprehensive risk management in the SICA region

5 - 6 June 2018 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The expert meeting on agricultural insurance and comprehensive risk management in Central America and the Dominican Republic was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on June 5 and 6, 2018. The meeting aimed to analyze the current status of pre-requisites for the development and/or strengthening of traditional and parametric agricultural insurance in the countries; deepen the progress and lessons learned on agricultural insurance products indexed at the national, regional and international levels aimed at micro and small producers; and validate strategic lines for the development and stren…

Fifth meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable

26 April 2018, 06:00 - 14:45 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

This year the Caribbean Development Roundtable (CDR) takes a frontal look at four major issues facing the region with a view to identifying workable solutions to address them successfully.…

Brazil: Financial Inclusion of Small Businesses Seminar

21 November 2017, 11:30 - 14:45 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

Under the auspices of ECLAC, Sebrae organized a seminar on financial inclusion of small and medium enterprises, which was attended by nearly 50 professionals. For ECLAC, the seminar was an opportunity to present the results and broaden the discussion of its project on Financial inclusion of SMEs and innovation policies of development banks,” particularly focusing on the case study of Brazil that was debated with strategic partners from the country. The new Sebrae investigation on SME financing was also presented and discussed at the seminar.…

Costa Rica: Promoting financial inclusion via Development Bank innovation policies

13 November 2017, 05:00 - 22:30 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

Within the framework of ECLAC's project, and counting on its sponsorship, the Costa Rican System of Development Banks (SBD) organized a seminar to promote financial inclusion with a focus on innovative development bank policies. The Seminar was used as a space for presenting the results of ECLAC’s project on “Financial inclusion of SMEs and development bank financial innovation policies, including the case study on Costa Rica.…

Chile: Seminar Promoting Financial Inclusion through Development Bank Innovation Policies

18 - 19 October 2017 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The Seminar is part of a greater ECLAC project whose aim is to promote the development of a greater array of financial instruments that would allow development banks to boost the financial inclusion of the SME sector, given that SMEs play a central role in the productive fabric and job creation in the regional economies. More specifically, the project centers on the state of financial inclusion in seven Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru) and on the policies that development banks could pursue in order to promote financial inclusion. The…

Seminar on Export Promotion Policies in Asia and Latin America

11 October 2017, 12:00 - 15:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The objective of the seminar is to make a comparative analysis of export promotion policies in Asia and Latin America. Prof. Yukiko Fukagawa of Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan will present on export promotion policies in Asian countries, ECLAC will present the experience of Latin America, and representatives of ProChile and SOFOFA will discuss the experience of Chile.…