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Regional workshop on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers

9 October 2014 | Event (Intergovernmental meetings)

The workshop had as its objectives to disseminate and exchange practices and knowledge on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers of OECD countries in Latin American and Caribbean and to raise awareness and understanding of this tool as an instrument to favour efficient, informed and inclusive environmental management considering national and regional initiatives and processes under way.…

ECLAC regional workshop on the development of REDATAM applications for the dissemination of census data

29 September - 10 October 2014 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

A team drawn from ECLAC’s subregional headquarters for the Caribbean and the regional headquarters in Santiago, Chile will be holding a training workshop to support the statistical offices of Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, and Barbados in the development of web-based applications for the dissemination of national census data.…

First Session of UN-GGIM: Americas

24 - 25 September 2014 | Event (Commitees)

The First of the United Nations Regional Committee on Global Geospatial Information Management for the Americas (UNGGIM: Americas) was held in Mexico City, from 24-25 September 2014.…

Twenty-ninth session of the Committee of the Whole

28 August - 29 October 2014 | Event (Committee of the Whole)

As Member States' deliberations on the post-2015 development agenda continue, there is an emerging consensus that strong monitoring and accountability will be crucial for the implementation of the new agenda. The President of the General Assembly of the United Nations convened an interactive dialogue in May 2014 to address "Elements for a monitoring and accountability framework for the post-2015 development agenda". In his letter of 13 June 2014 the Secretary-General of the United Nations requested the five regional commissions to hold consultations in this regard to facilitate discussion on t…

Thirteenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC

12 - 14 August 2014 | Event (Commitees)

At this meeting, the Executive Committee reviewed the status of implementation of the Biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities 2014-2015, adopted by the Statistical Conference of the Americas at its seventh meeting by virtue of resolution 8(VII), and the agreements adopted at the twelfth meeting of the Executive Committee. The Committee reviewed the status of the plans of action drawn up by the working groups and will assess the possibility of improving their operations; discussions also began on the criteria for determining the new strategic plan for the Statist…

Launch of the Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2014

4 August 2014, 06:00 - 07:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

On Monday 4 August, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2014, in which it will update its growth estimates for the region's countries this year. The annual report, which is one of the flagship documents of this United Nations regional commission, will be launched at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, by its Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, at a press conference scheduled for 11.00 a.m. The Economic Survey 2014 analyses the economic performance of Latin America and the Caribbean during…

ECLAC VI International Seminar on Carbon Footprint: "Environmental footprint pilot programs in exports"

11 - 12 June 2014 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

This international seminar was carried out at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, on 11 and 12 June 2014 and has the support of the Regional Delegation for Cooperation in the Southern Cone and Brazil, Embassy of France. Current standards of environmental sustainability in industrialized countries and some examples of public-private partnerships from agricultural sectors in Latin America and the Caribbean will be reviewed. These experiences provide tools seek to implement strategies to climate change, and calculate and mitigate the environmental footprint of food. …

Twenty- eight session of the Committee of the Whole

22 May 2014, 05:00 - 13:00 | Event (Committee of the Whole)

The Twenty-eight session of the Committee of the Whole of ECLAC was held on 22 May 2014 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Committee of the Whole is the subsidiary body of ECLAC which enables member Governments to meet between sessions of the Commission.…

Committee on South-South Cooperation on the occasion of the thirty fifth session of ECLAC

7 May 2014, 05:00 - 14:00 | Event (Commitees)

The thirty-fifth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) was hold in Lima from 5 to 9 May 2014. By resolution 661(XXXIV), adopted at the thirty-fourth session of ECLAC (San Salvador, 27 to 31 August 2012), member States agreed that Peru would host the meeting. The session is the most important event of each biennium for ECLAC. It provides a forum for the consideration of issues of importance for the development of the countries of the region and an opportunity to review the progress of the Commission's activities.…

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