ECLAC-Germany Cooperation

Since 1980, the Strategic Alliance between the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) of Germany has aimed at contributing to sustainable development by closing social, economic, and environmental development gaps, as well as contributing to regional integration in Latin America and the Caribbean. Over the years both partners increased their efforts towards the common goal by consolidating their cooperation in a Strategic Alliance in late 2003.

Projects

Topics

Big push for sustainability

Circular Economy

Digitalization

Fiscal policy

Gender

Human Rights

Industrial Policy

Just Transition

Activities

15 May 2025, 09:00 - 12:00 | Meetings and technical symposiums

Accelerator Session at the World Circular Economy Forum 2025

The event "Measuring progress and promoting circularity through public policies in Latin America and the Caribbean" is organized by ECLAC, UNOSD, UN-DESA and IDB/BID Invest, with support of K-eco and the German Cooperation.
1 November 2024, 13:00 - 14:30 | Other events

Side event "The Expansion of Social Registries to Advance the…

The side event will address the challenges for social registers to have up-to-date and timely information required to confront shocks, disasters and the impacts of the climate crisis, assuring access to universal social protection, specially, for population groups with higher levels of vulnerability. Special emphasis will be placed on information and indicators for social protection policies that foster labour inclusion strategies, thus ensuring the livelihoods of this group and strengthen their resilience strategies for future shocks. The event is organised in the framework of the ECLAC-BMZ/giz Project “Productive, ecological and socially just economic transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean”.
25 June 2024, 09:30 - 10:30 | Other events

Presentation of the book "Non-contributory pension systems in Latin…

Attend the launch of ECLAC's new publication on non-contributory pension systems in the region.

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News

8 May 2024 | Briefing note

Authorities and specialists discuss the future of social protection systems in a context of cascading crises

The recent interregional seminar, organized within the framework of the "Transformative Reactivation" project by ECLAC and German Cooperation (GIZ), explored the challenges of social protection systems in Latin America and the Caribbean amid profound transformations and a context of cascading crises.
30 August 2022 | Press Release

Making Progress on Social Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean is More Urgent than Ever

Government authorities, international officials and specialists participated in the opening session of the Second Regional Seminar on Social Development, organized virtually by ECLAC in collaboration with various institutions.
7 August 2020 | Briefing note

Costa Rica launches National Bioeconomy Strategy

The process was supported by the ECLAC-BMZ/giz cooperation programme 07/2018-06/2020 on "Sustainable development paths for middle-income countries in the context of the Agenda 2030 for sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean".
29 June 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls for Moving Towards a Big Push for Sustainability as a Strategy for Emerging from the Current Crisis

In a joint virtual seminar with the Federal Senate of Brazil, the commission’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, emphasized that a new development model will be needed after the COVID-19 pandemic.