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The Statistical Commission consists of 24 member countries of the United Nations, elected by the United Nations Economic and Social Council on the basis of an equitable geographical distribution. The term of office of members is four years.…
Reconocidos expertos internacionales participarán del evento, donde se difundirán experiencias internacionales y debatirá sobre el potencial de la analítica de grandes datos como herramienta para el desarrollo y el diseño de políticas basadas en evidencia, y su rol como elemento promotor de la innovación y el progreso tecnológico.…
The ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean is convening a Caribbean Symposium on Mainstreaming the SDGs into National Development Planning as a platform to address sustainable development planning, implementation, and monitoring and reporting in the subregion, especially relating to the SDGs and the SAMOA Pathway.…
At this meeting, article 9 (access to environmental justice) was presented and discussed…
The thirty-second session of the Committee of the Whole has been convened by the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Government of Mexico, in its capacity as Chair of the Committee of the Whole, in preparation for the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development. …
The first UN World Data Forum will be hosted by Statistics South Africa from 15 to 18 January 2017, with support from the Statistics Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, under the guidance of the United Nations Statistical Commission and the High-level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-Building for Statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development…
The fifth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Committee on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean was held in Santo Domingo.…
Countries in the subregion are set to meet to identify a set of core indicators, from among the global indicators for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),which the Caribbean would regard as essential to produce.…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), supporting the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and in cooperation with the Ministry of External Affairs of India, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico and the Government of Jalisco, is organizing the Seventh India-Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Conclave in Guadalajara, Mexico, on 28 and 29 november 2016. Between India and Latin America and the Caribbean, there are important linkages in terms of trade, foreign direct investment and the potential for south-south cooperation. The growting economic relationship…
Experts from the information and communication sectors recently participated in a workshop aimed at identifying and discussing common Research Data Management (RDM) issues that organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean are facing.…
Webpage of the meeting: http://negociacionp10.cepal.org/5/en…
The Expert Group Meeting will work to: · Take stock of existing mechanisms to promote gender-responsive and disability-inclusive development, including existing technical assistance programs and funding mechanisms and mainstreaming efforts; · Identify strategies within the UN and among Member States, the private sector and civil society, to address persistent challenges and barriers to the empowerment of women and girls with disabilities and bring the gender and disability agendas together; and · Develop recommendations to amplify the…
The workshop will help to institutionalize child sensitive national development through evidenced based policy processes.…
Part of the Governance Week for Natural Resources and Infrastructure…
The Seminar will address topics such as the state of implementation of the SNA 2008 at global level; the quarterly national accounts; the quarterly accounts for institutional sectors; the historical series of national accounts; the integrated systems for economic statistics and classifications; the social expenditure and national accounts; the new IMF national accounts manual; the measurement of the South-South Cooperation, among others.…
Part of the Governance Week on Natural Resources and Infrastructure…
The Governance Week on Natural Resources and Infrastructure will take place between November 7th and 11th 2016 at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile. Government representatives from the areas of mining, transport, energy, public works, water and sanitation, as well as multilateral agencies and the private sector will come together in order to promote a cross-sectoral dialogue which advances toward a governance of natural resources and of infrastructure in favor of a more sustainable development.…
Los objetivos de la Reunión son: Analizar la integración productiva de la región y los retos y oportunidades que ésta presenta para el proceso de integración regional. Analizar información relevante sobre la evolución económica reciente de la región, particularmente en los temas de comercio, inversión y crecimiento. Promover un debate informado sobre las oportunidades y desafíos de Centroamérica para fortalecer la integración económica e impulsar con ello, el desarrollo humano y bienestar de su población. Contribuir a la formación de opinión pública informada y estimular el diálogo social y p…
ECLAC’s first meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean was carried out jointly with the VIII Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean and was co-organized by the UNDP Regional Office for Latin America, the Vice-presidency of the Dominican Republic and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)…