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The fifty-sixth meeting of the Presiding Officers was held from 5 to 6 October 2017 in Havana, Cuba.…
One year on from Habitat III, the Cities Conference focused on the implementation of the New Urban Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean for inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities.…
The purpose of this study tour is to provide officials and policy makers from Latin America the opportunity to learn first-hand how two important Thai national development banks, the SME bank and the Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC), are enhancing the access of small and medium enterprises in Thailand and exchange views and experiences on the subject.…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is implementing a project on financial inclusion in various Latin American countries with the goal of identifying and promoting the development of a wide range of financial instruments that would allow development banks to foster financial inclusion of SMEs. Within the scope of the project, ECLAC will participate in a workshop on small and medium enterprise (SME) financing and the role of development banks in Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America, organized by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCA…
The Latin American and Caribbean Network on Services Research -REDLAS- (www.redlas.net) is a network of research groups and individuals actively involved in service trade research and policy formulation. REDLAS members come from diverse disciplinary backgrounds and they are mostly part of universities and research institutes, while others are employed in governments, international organizations and the private sector. The VI REDLAS Conference will discuss topics such as new niches of services based on automation, trade negotiations, public policies and Public and Private Partnership to p…
Organized by ECLAC and PAHO…
The aim of the meeting will be to generate inputs that the governments will use in negotiations on the global compact.…
On August 23, 2017, as part of the 90-year celebration of the creation of the Central Bank of Ecuador, ECLAC presented the South American Input-Output Matrix for 2005 and the Andean Subregional Input-Output Matrix for 2005 and 2011 in Quito, Ecuador. These tools will enable policymakers and analysts to identify productive chains and analyze the effects of changes in the final demand for goods and services on production and employment. During the event, the Central Bank of Ecuador presented the Ecuadorian Social Accounting Matrix for 2007 and 2014.…
ECLAC and the Latin American Association of Development Financing Institutions (ALIDE) are co-organizing a seminar to promote financial inclusion of SMEs through development bank financial innovation policies.…
The Dominican Republic has found itself exposed to more frequent droughts and flooding in recent years, along with higher temperatures and various hurricanes, placing numerous Dominican families in greater vulnerability. Climate change represents a threat to food security and nutrition, living conditions, and rural population incomes because it affects agricultural activity, including basic foods and exports such as coffee. Thus, the challenge is to transition to more sustainable and inclusive agriculture to protect both the farm-based rural poor, as well as city-based food consumers. Th…
Este seminario, desarrollado en conjunto por la División de Desarrollo Productivo y Empresarial de la CEPAL, por la Corporación de Fomento de la Producción de Chile, CORFO, e InvestChile, busca generar un espacio de discusión e intercambio de ideas del impacto de la globalización sobre las políticas de desarrollo en América Latina, enfatizando sus aspectos tecnológicos, financieros, comerciales y de economía política. Apunta a entender las alternativas y el espacio para las políticas macroeconómicas, industriales y tecnológicas en la región. En este sentido, contará con la participación de de…
The meeting will focus on articles 11 to 25 of the compilation text as a whole and the administrative, financial and budgetary implications of the future agreement. Deadline to register: Monday, 10 July 2017.…
Organized jointly by the Statistical Divisions of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia, ESCAP.…
Organized jointly by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and CARICOM…
The Conference is taking place within the framework of the third cycle of the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing. The main aim to assess the progress made in the implementation of the San José Charter on the Rights of Older Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Conference will also seek to identify key actions for expanding the protection of the human rights of older persons in the next five years, specifically those that facilitate the implementation of the Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older …
ECLAC Caribbean will deliver a disaster assessment methodology training to the benefit of the Tobago Emergency Management Agency (TEMA).…
La consulta regional tiene por objetivos principales i) recoger los puntos de vista de las partes interesadas en las Américas sobre el contenido del proyecto de directrices, y ii) lograr una mejor comprensión de las leyes, la jurisprudencia, las políticas y las buenas prácticas en la región con respecto a la puesta en práctica efectiva del derecho a participar en los asuntos públicos. Las discusiones sostenidas durante la consulta deberían ayudar al ACNUDH en la preparación del proyecto de directrices.…
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.…
The fifty-fifth meeting of the Presiding Officers was held at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago from 25 to 26 May 2017.…