ECLAC Notes Nº 97

6 November 2018 | ECLAC Notes

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97

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Foto grupal de la apertura a la firma del Acuerdo de Escazú.
27 September 2018 | Press Release

Fourteen Countries Sign New Generation Agreement at UN Headquarters on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters

The “Escazú Agreement” was opened for signing by Latin American and Caribbean States in a ceremony held in the context of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Foto oficial con los participantes en la reunión.
30 August 2018 | Press Release

Countries Reaffirm the Importance of Planning as a Mechanism for Tackling Structural Inequality in the Region

Representatives of 16 Latin American and Caribbean countries participated in the twenty-seventh meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning held in Santo Domingo, Dominican…

cover publication
13 September 2018 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Authorities Discussed the Initial Bases for Elaborating a Regional Agenda for Inclusive Social Development

A document presented by ECLAC was analyzed during the second meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which was held in…

De izquierda a derecha, Roland Dubertrand, Embajador de Francia en Chile, y Mario Cimoli, Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto de la CEPAL.
18 October 2018 | Press Release

The City is an Opportunity for Structural Change with Equality and an Economic Policy Instrument for Countries

The Second Cities Conference concluded with a call to strengthen public-private dialogue for urban sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL (alcentro), junto a Neven Mimica, Comisario de Cooperación Internacional y Desarrollo de la Unión Europea (izquierda), y Roberto Ampuero, Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile.
4 October 2018 | Press Release

Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean Bolster their Cooperation to Build a New Narrative for Development with Emphasis on Economies in Transition

The EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, Chilean Foreign Minister Roberto Ampuero and ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in a high-level…

Subregional headquarter(s) and office(s)

Panel de inauguración del seminario MIPYME realizado en Buenos Aires, Argentina
10 October 2018 | Press Release

New Generation of Industrial Policies is Critical for Development of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean

At a high-level seminar in Buenos Aires, authorities and experts debated the challenges of MSMEs in the face of disruptive technology and global uncertainty.

Fotografía de la testera.
29 October 2018 | Press Release

Development, Integration and Equality Must be Central America’s Responses to the Complex Global Context: Alicia Bárcena

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary gave a keynote speech in the framework of the colloquium “Central America and Mexico at a crossroads today,” organized by the United Nations regional organization, The…

Opinion

14 August 2018

Upgrading International Development Cooperation

Op-ed by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Stefano Manservisi, Director-General of International Cooperation and Development at the European Commission, and Mario Pezzini, Director of the Development Center at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Special Adviser to the OECD Secretary-General on Development (Project Syndicate).