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ECLAC to Launch its Report Panorama of Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean 2025

6 Oct 2025 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch the second edition of its report Panorama of Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean 2025 on Thursday, October 9, 2025, in Mexico City. In this publication, the Commission not only reiterates the need to scale up and improve these policies to drive the productive transformation required for the region and escape the low-growth trap in which it is mired, but also sets forth specific ways to achieve it. The report will be presented by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinac…

ECLAC Proposes a New TOPP Institutional Capacity Approach for Countries to Move Towards More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Development

2 Oct 2025 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) released a document that proposes a new approach to strengthening countries’ technical, operational, political and prospective (TOPP) institutional capacities as an analytical and operational paradigm for managing the essential transformations needed in the region to advance towards more productive, inclusive and sustainable development. The publication sets forth a roadmap and related instruments to help institutions enhance their ability to design, implement, sustain over time, and flexibly adapt public policies in changing …

Third Edition of the Latin American Artificial Intelligence Index to Be Presented at ECLAC on October 3

29 Sep 2025 | Announcement

On Friday, October 3, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and Chile’s National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA) will present the results of the third edition of the Latin American Artificial Intelligence Index (ILIA). The report was developed with the support of the European Union–Latin America and the Caribbean Digital Alliance (EU–LAC) and a broad network of academic, public, and private partners. ILIA represents a pioneering effort to systematically measure the progress of artificial intelligence (AI) across 19 countries in the region. The 2025 edit…

How to Follow the Twentieth Meeting of Latin America and the Caribbean’s Regional Council for Planning

27 Sep 2025 | News

On October 2-3, 2025, the Twentieth Meeting of the Regional Council for Planning of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES) will take place in Brasilia, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Government of Brazil, through the National Secretariat for Planning of the Ministry of Planning and Budget. The conference will open on Thursday, October 2 at 9:00 in Brasilia (GMT-3), bringing together ministers, deputy ministers and other senior authorities from the region’s countries, along with represent…

Republic of Korea and ECLAC Explore Strategies to Foster Innovation and Support Inclusive Economic Development

9 Sep 2025 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in conjunction with the Korea Development Institute (KDI) and the Ministry of Economy and Finance of that country, held a seminar today entitled “Digital Innovation and Sustainable Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean” at the United Nations regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago. This event sought to explore strategies for fostering innovation and supporting inclusive, long-term economic development in the region. The participants included government authorities, members of the diplomatic corps, and prominent s…

Brazil’s President Received Authorities Participating in the Sixth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development that Was Held in Brasilia

4 Sep 2025 | News

The President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, received on Wednesday, September 3 in Brasilia, authorities participating in the Sixth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the government of Brazil and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Participating in the meeting were Wellington Dias, Minister of Social Development and Assistance, Family Affairs and the Fight against Hunger of Brazil; Javiera Toro,…

Why is a Global Pact for Inclusive Social Development Necessary?

3 Sep 2025 | News

The Second World Summit for Social Development, which will take place on November 4-6 in Doha, Qatar, represents an opportunity to forge a global pact for inclusive social development, with a view to attaining the social targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and proactively and effectively addressing the challenges of the coming decades, according to the document Latin America and the Caribbean 30 Years on from the World Summit for Social Development: Towards a Global Pact for Inclusive Social Development, which ECLAC is presenting at the Sixth Session of the Regiona…

Ministers and High-level Social Development Authorities from the Region Will Meet in Brasília to Keep Joining Forces on Policies for Inclusive Social Development

1 Sep 2025 | Announcement

Senior authorities from social ministries and related entities in the region’s countries will gather in Brasilia on September 2-4, 2025 to participate in the Sixth session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the government of Brazil and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which will hold its 16th Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean simultaneously. The opening ceremony will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, September 2,…

How to Follow the Sixth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development

27 Aug 2025 | News

On September 2-4, 2025, the Sixth session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place in Brasilia, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the government of Brazil and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which will hold its 17th Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean simultaneously. The Regional Conference – which will bring together senior authorities from social ministries and related entities in the region’s countries – is a key space for dia…

Sixth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development Will Take Place in Brasilia on September 2-4

19 Aug 2025 | Announcement

On September 2-4, 2025, the Sixth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place in Brasilia, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the government of Brazil and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which will hold its 17th Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean simultaneously. The Regional Conference – which will bring together senior authorities from social ministries and related entities in the region’s countries – is a key space for dialogue…

How Can We Achieve the Care Society in Latin America and the Caribbean?

13 Aug 2025 | News

On the second day of the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is being held through Friday, August 15 in Mexico City, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, presented the position paper The Care Society: Governance, Political Economy and Social Dialogue for a Transformation with Gender Equality, which is inspiring the intergovernmental gathering’s debates at the Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco. “Moving towards the care society is one of the vital transformations required to foster more productive, inclusive and …

Latin American and Caribbean Legislators Play a Crucial Role for Making Progress on Care Policies in the Region

11 Aug 2025 | News

The crucial role of the region’s legislators for advancing towards the care society was emphasized today at the inauguration of the Parliamentary Forum of Latin America and the Caribbean within the framework of the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by Mexico’s Congress of the Union, UN Women and ECLAC at the San Lázaro Legislative Palace in Mexico City. Participating in the opening ceremony were Senator Martha Lucia Mícher Camarena, President of the Gender Equality Commission of the Senate of the Republic of Mexico; Deputy Anaís Miriam Burgos Hernán…

President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, Will Inaugurate the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

8 Aug 2025 | Announcement

On Tuesday, 12 August 2025, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo will preside over the inauguration of the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, the main intergovernmental forum within the United Nations focused on women's rights and gender equality in the region. The opening ceremony will take place at Palacio Nacional at 11 a.m. local time in Mexico (GMT-6). The intergovernmental meeting will bring together high-level authorities from Mexico and the region along with representatives of multilateral organizations, academia and civil society, parti…

Parliamentarians Advance a Common Agenda Towards COP30 During the Second Latin American and Caribbean Summit on Climate Change and Just Transition

8 Aug 2025 | News

Legislators from more than 15 countries advanced a common agenda toward the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) during the II Parliamentary Summit on Climate Change and Just Transition of Latin America and the Caribbean, held on August 6 and 7 at Brazil’s National Congress. The meeting marked a decisive step toward building a unified regional voice ahead of COP30, to be held in November in Belém do Pará, the first ever hosted in Amazonian territory. The Summit was organized by the Parliamentary Observatory on Climate Change and Just Transition of Latin America and the Caribbe…

How to Follow the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

6 Aug 2025 | News

On August 12-15 in Mexico City, the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean will bring together high-level authorities from Mexico and the region along with representatives of multilateral organizations, academia and civil society, particularly from women’s and feminist organizations and movements. The Conference – organized since 1977 by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which serves as its Secretariat, and in coordination with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) si…

ECLAC Will Launch its Annual Report “Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2025”

29 Jul 2025 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will release next Tuesday, August 5 its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2025. Resource mobilization to finance development, the institution’s oldest flagship annual economic report -published since 1949- in which it takes stock of the region’s economies and updates its growth estimates for each country in 2025 and 2026. In this 77th edition corresponding to 2025, the report summarizes the regional economic performance in 2024 and analyzes its evolution during the first months of 2025, while presenting econom…

Mexico Will Host on August 12-15 the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

22 Jul 2025 | Announcement

Senior authorities from Mexico and other governments in the region, along with representatives of the United Nations (UN), multilateral organizations, parliaments, academia and civil society – particularly women’s and feminist movements and organizations – will gather on August 12-15, 2025 in Mexico to participate in the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean. The event, to be held at the Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco in Mexico City, will address “political, economic, social, cultural and environmental transformations as a means of advancing the car…

At High-Level Political Forum, ECLAC Will Reaffirm the Region’s Commitment to Fulfilling the 2030 Agenda in a Complex International Context

18 Jul 2025 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will reaffirm the region’s commitment to fulfilling the 2030 Agenda amid a complex international context at the meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2025 (HLPF), taking place through Wednesday, July 23 in New York under the theme of “Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals for leaving no one behind.” ECLAC’s delegation will be led by its Executive Secretary, José Manuel Sala…

Minister of International Development of Norway Will Give a Lecture at ECLAC

11 Jul 2025 | Announcement

The Minister of International Development of Norway, Åsmund Aukrust, will give a lecture on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, where he will be received by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs. At 11 a.m. local time in Chile (UTC/GMT -4) the Norwegian authority will make a presentation as part of the high-level panel entitled “Multilateralism and Reforms: Building Bridges, Sustaining Impact, and Protecting Rights.” His presentati…

ECLAC Will Present 2025 Report on Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean

10 Jul 2025 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will unveil its annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2025 on Thursday, July 17 at 11 a.m. local time in Chile (UTC/GMT-4), at a hybrid press conference (in-person and virtual) led by Executive Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs from the United Nations regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. In addition to providing a full overview of the evolution of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows at a global, regional and national level, the publication analyzes the potential …

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