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HLPF 2024 Side Event: Building capacities for anticipatory governance and legislative foresight through a network of parliamentary committees of the future in Latin America and the Caribbean to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda

15 July 2024, 07:00 - 08:30 | Event (Meetings of the United Nations system)

15 July 2024, 11.00 am - 12.30 pm (EST), United Nations Office of the Baha'i International Community, 866 United Nations Plaza #120, New York The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) held the First Regional Conference of Parliamentary Committees of the Future, in Santiago on 20 and 21 June 2024, where it launched a high-level initiative to build capacities for legislative foresight and anticipatory governance through the establishment of a network of Latin American and Caribbean parliamentary committees of the future. Foresight and strategic planning are in…

ECLAC Executive Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs participated in the HLPF side event “Global Energy Interconnectivity and Transition for the SDGs”

10 July 2024, 10:30 - 14:00 | Event (Meetings of the United Nations system)

ECLAC Executive Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs participated as keynote speaker in the High Level Politial Forum (HLPF) side event “Global Energy Interconnectivity and Transition for the SDGs” organized by the Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO)…

Skill WAVE: Workshop for Action, Vision and Entrepreneurship - Saint Kitts and Nevis

8 - 12 July 2024 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. The workshops should provide tools necessary to enhance entrepreneurship and related business activities, specifically targeted toward youth and female entrepreneurs.…

Roundtable for policymakers: Public Policies based on input-output approach

3 July 2024, 05:00 - 06:30 | Event (Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies)

Plenary session on Public Policies based on input-output approach As part of the international input-output 2024 conference, which will take place between July 1 and 5 in Santiago de Chile at the Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean, a Roundtable for policymakers has been organized in which four experts linked from various points of view will participate, with decision-making linked to policy applications. Some of the applications to review are the signing of free trade agreements, the analysis of the effects of globalization on trade, employment, and economic growth…

30th International Input-Output Association Conference and 12th Edition of the International School of I-O Analysis

1 - 5 July 2024 | Event (Other events)

Introduction We are delighted to announce that ECLAC, along with the International Input-Output Association (IIOA) will be hosting the 30th IIOA Conference at the ECLAC Headquarters in Santiago, Chile, between July 2 and July 5, 2024. This is a remarkable reflection of the close collaboration by the two global organizations in the development and promotion of methods, statistical data, analytical results, and policy application in the field of input-output. This event is supported by Andrés Bello University, the Central Bank of Chile and the Chilean Foreign Ministry. Moreover, in conjunction w…

“Social cohesion for inclusive social development in Latin America: monitoring, challenges and opportunities in an era of uncertainties"

27 June 2024, 10:30 - 12:00 | Event (Other events)

The central focus of the Fourth Regional Seminar on Social Development Social Protection and Inequality: Latin America and the Caribbean towards the Second World Summit for Social Development in 2025 is inequality. In this context, the objective of this parallel event is to open the discussion on the state of social cohesion in the region.…

Inequalities in early childhood: strategic and indispensable approaches to inclusive social development

26 June 2024, 09:40 - 11:30 | Event (Other events)

The event will bring together policymakers, experts, civil society representatives and international organizations to discuss the findings of the report “Confronting Inequality in Early Childhood - The footprints of the COVID-19 pandemic on new generations of children in Latin America and the Caribbean” and explore agendas and policies that will effectively mitigate the impacts of the pandemic and promote comprehensive early childhood development.…

Second Virtual Webinar - Conversations on the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (UN-IGIF): Strategic Pathway 2: Policy and Legal

26 June 2024, 08:00 - 09:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (UN-IGIF) was developed in collaboration between the United Nations and the World Bank, with the purpose of providing guidance to countries in developing and strengthening their national and subnational arrangements on geospatial information management and related infrastructure.…

Fourth Regional Seminar on Social Development "Social Protection and Inequality: Latin America and the Caribbean towards the Second World Summit for Social Development of 2025"

25 - 27 June 2024 | Event (Other events)

The objective of this seminar, organized by the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is to promote reflection and dialogue to advance in the recognition, analysis of the characteristics and dimensioning of social inequality in the region. Therefore, it seeks to strengthen the design of public policies that allow progress in inclusive social development and thus progress in meeting the goals agreed by the countries in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.…

Webinar on climate change statistics and indicators in Latin America and the Caribbean

18 June 2024, 07:30 - 09:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The region faces droughts and floods, affecting food security and the economy. Environmental statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean require inter-institutional collaboration. They are crucial for the 2030 Agenda, but insufficient. This seminar seeks to improve the resilience of statistical systems with innovative data and modern technologies, reviewing advances and challenges in climate change statistics.…

Seminar on the Global Statistical and Geospatial Framework - Principle 4

18 June 2024, 06:00 - 07:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The objective of this virtual seminar is to provide Member States and interested parties with the conceptual foundations related to the five principles of the United Nations Global Statistical and Geospatial Framework, to enhance the use of integrated statistical and geospatial information.…

Regional Seminar "Challenges and Opportunities of Population Aging: The Silver Economy"

18 - 19 June 2024 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

This Regional Seminar aims to discuss, reflect and dialogue on the challenges and opportunities of population aging, with a focus on the silver economy . During the event, the main findings of the new study on the future scenarios of consumption growth of older people will be presented. In addition, the event is an opportunity for participants to exchange experiences, to discuss the design and management of specific public policies including the needs to strengthen national capacities to respond to population aging, covering areas such as care, social protection systems, socio-labor…

13 June 2024 – Preparation for the 2024 High-level Political Forum (HLPF)

13 June 2024, 15:00 - 17:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

This Community of Practice is an informal space for exchange among peers and sharing of good practices with regards to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in general and the preparation of Voluntary National Reveiws (VNRs) in particular; and aims to provide a space to regularly communicate with peers. PARTICIPANTSAntigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Grenada, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Dominican Republic, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Venezuela SESSION GOALThe main objective of this meeting was to highlight good practices and innovative ideas from L…

Inter-regional expert meeting on the measurement of South-South cooperation

4 - 6 June 2024 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The inter-regional expert meeting will strengthen South-South cooperation, enhancing its global visibility by leveraging recent developments. It will host high-level debates on integrating and measuring South-South cooperation in future agendas, amplify the global South's voice and introduce a UN project for pilot studies and training on measurement methods.…

Regional multilateralism to implement access rights: The leading example of the Escazú Agreement

4 June 2024, 02:30 - 03:30 | Event (Meetings of the United Nations system)

The event seeks to raise international awareness of the Escazú Agreement, share valuable insights and good practices from the region, and facilitate dialogue among national focal points and other stakeholders on the implementation of the Agreement’s provisions relates to access rights and the protection of environmental defenders.…

Nature-based solutions to increase water availability for agriculture: Second Seminar of the ROSA Project

30 May 2024 | Event (Other events)

On Wednesday, May 29, ECLAC carried out the Second Seminar of the Network and Observatory for Water Sustainability (ROSA) Project, which analyzed opportunities to implement Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) to increase water availability for agriculture. This event made it possible to disseminate the study that ECLAC is conducting on NbS in the context of Chile's Irrigation Promotion Law and facilitated the exchange of experiences among participating countries.…

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