The Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas will hold its twenty-fifth meeting on 2 and 3 September, 2026 the regional organization’s central office in Santiago, Chile.

The Commission’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, will unveil the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2026 at a hybrid press conference on Thursday, August 20 at 11 a.m. local time in Chile.

Numerous stakeholders will participate in this intergovernmental gathering, where they will analyze the impacts of demographic change and address the progress, challenges and good practices related to implementing the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development.

Montevideo, Uruguay will be the site of discussions on migration, employment, ageing, gender equality, sexual and reproductive health, long-term care and ethnic-racial inclusion.

Participate in the debates using the hashtags #VIConferenciaPoblaciónALC and #VIConferencePopulationLAC.

Co-chaired by former President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, and former President of Colombia, Iván Duque, the Commission will release its report on 4 August at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

This intergovernmental event, to be held on August 18-20 in Montevideo, will bring together authorities from the region’s countries and representatives of regional and international organizations along with members of civil society and the private sector.

The United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, will give a press conference on this topic using a hybrid format.

This event will bring authorities and specialists together to debate new evidence and studies that can contribute to inclusive social development in the digital era in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The initiative aims to train technical teams and decision-makers in anticipatory governance tools in the face of an unprecedented demographic transition in the region.

The First Secretary of ALECE, Deputy Assis Diniz, and the Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Javier Medina Vásquez, held a meeting to explore the organization of the Third Regional Conference of Parliamentary Future Commissions, which w...

Authorities and experts from 10 countries will take part of the XXXVIII Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, to be held at the headquarters of this United Nations organization in Santiago, Chile on May 4-6.

In the framework of the fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the agreement (COP 4), a special session was held to commemorate International Mother Earth Day.

The main panels of the COP 4 of the first environmental treaty of Latin America and the Caribbean will be broadcast live on April 21-24, 2026. The invitation on social media is to participate in the debates using the hashtags #EscazúAgreement and #COP4Escazú.

On the third day of the ninth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development (ECLAC, April 13-16), three panel discussions were held on the 2030 Agenda’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 6, 7 and 9.

The Forum of Children, Adolescents and Youth of Latin America and the Caribbean 2026 took place at ECLAC’s headquarters in Chile in the framework of the ninth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of the region on Sustainable Development (April 13-16).

The publication addresses the trap of low institutional capacity and ineffective governance in which Latin America and the Caribbean is caught.

This intergovernmental gathering will take place at the United Nations regional organization’s main headquarters in Santiago, Chile on Monday, April 13, 2026.

Participate in the debates using the hashtags #ForoALC2030 and #LACForum2030.

The COP 4 of Latin America and the Caribbean’s first environmental treaty will take place in Nassau, Bahamas. It will bring together on April 21-24 authorities from the region’s countries, representatives of regional and international organizations and members of the public.