Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming in National Sustainable Development Planning

ECLAC Caribbean, in collaboration with ECLAC Division for Gender Affairs, convenes the Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming in National Sustainable Development Planning for technical experts and representatives attending the Caribbean preparatory meeting to the XIV session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean.…

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

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.…

Positive Community, Positive Role Models

The Government of Trinidad and Tobago, the UN system and several civil society organisations will gather at the Enterprise Government Primary School on 24 November 2018 to present the event 'Positive Community, Positive Role Models'.…

Webinar for Caribbean Governments on the Regional agreement on access to information, participation and justice in environmental matters in Latin America and the Caribbean

Organized by ECLAC, CARICOM and the OECS, the webinar aims to present the content of the Regional Agreement to Caribbean government delegates involved in the signature and ratification process and offer an opportunity to discuss queries with legal experts.…

SAMOA Pathway Caribbean Regional Preparatory Meeting

The SAMOA Pathway Caribbean Regional Preparatory Meeting will be held from 7-9 August 2018, in San Pedro, Belize, to be preceded by the Caribbean Regional Partnership Dialogue on 6 August also in San Pedro…

Caribbean Forum on Population, Youth and Development

The Caribbean forum will contribute to creating synergies between youth policies and broader development frameworks, including the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development, the SAMOA Pathway, the SDGs as well as sectoral plans at national level. It will give young people an opportunity to engage directly with public policy making and put youth perspectives at the centre of the social policy dialogue. Meeting participants will identify actions to ensure greater attention to youth issues, and youth participation, in sectoral policies and international development frameworks.…

XXVII Meeting of the Special Committee on Transport

The XXVI Meeting of the Special Committee for Transport of the ACS was held on June 14th, 2018 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The Meeting was Chaired by Panama, Chair of the Committee for the period 2018-2019 with the presence of the Dra. June Soomer, General Secretary of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) an organization for consultation, cooperation and concerted action in trade, transport, sustainable tourism and natural disasters in the Greater Caribbean. The meeting was attended by ambassadors and officials of the embassies of the following countries: Antigua & Barbuda…

Launch of the ECLAC/CCJ book "Ensuring environmental access rights in the Caribbean: Analysis of selected case law"

Twenty-seventh session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

Pursuant to resolution 358(XVI) of 1975, the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) was created as a permanent subsidiary body of the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean to promote development cooperation among Caribbean countries.…

Fifth meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable

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.…

Trinidad and Tobago: Logistics integration the case of Hydrocarbons

Implemented under the ECLAC/ United Nations Development Account project: Logistics integration for a more sustainable exploitation of natural resources in Latin America and the Caribbean…

Disaster assessment methodology training

ECLAC Caribbean will deliver a disaster assessment methodology training to the benefit of the Tobago Emergency Management Agency (TEMA).…

Caribbean preparatory meeting for the Fourth Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing and the Rights of Older Persons

As set out in Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Resolution 2015/5, the third regional review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (2002) takes place in 2017 to be followed by a global review by the United Nations Commission for Social Development in early 2018. In line with Resolution 2015/5, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will facilitate the review and appraisal exercise within the region.…

BIEE Programme Launch in the Caribbean & Capacity Building Workshop on Energy Efficiency Indicators

ECLAC, with the support of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) is currently developing a Database for Energy Efficiency Indicators (BIEE) for the Caribbean.…

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

CDCC member countries and associate members will convene in Port of Spain for the 18th meeting of the CDCC Monitoring Committee.…

Workshop to accelerate SDG implementation in the Caribbean

ECLAC Caribbean is organizing a one-day workshop to accelerate SDG Implementation in the Caribbean as an avenue to discuss practical steps towards establishing national institutional frameworks for SDG implementation in the Caribbean.…

Digital Financial Services (DFS) Workshop

The primary purpose and objective of this workshop is to continue providing Caribbean stakeholders from various sectors with interactive sessions along the theme of utilizing technology innovations towards the goal of improving financial transactions and financing arrangements…

Forum on Internet of Things (IOT): Smarter Living in the Caribbean

The forum on “IOT” seeks to highlight the significance of IOT as a technological revolution that represents the future of computing and communications, and its development being dependent on dynamic technical innovation.…

Disaster Risk Management and Resilience Building

The training course will focus on strengthening the capacity of member States in the assessment of the effects and impacts of disasters in the Caribbean in light of the 2030 development instruments.…