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Latin America and the Caribbean Makes Headway with Concrete Actions for Gender Equality and the Care Society

2 Dec 2025 | News

The Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which carried out its sixty-seventh meeting on December 1-2, confirmed once again the continued relevance of the agreements that have made up the Regional Gender Agenda since 1977, particularly the Tlatelolco Commitment: A Decade of Action to Achieve Substantive Gender Equality and the Care Society, adopted in August 2025, reaffirming the “commitment to accelerate its full and effective implementation” in synergy with other regional and international treaties and mechanisms. The Sixty-…

During a Lecture at ECLAC, the Undersecretary of State from Poland’s Foreign Affairs Ministry Points Up the Polish Transformation Model

2 Dec 2025 | News

In the last 35 years, Poland has gone from being a developing country to consolidating itself as a developed nation, and from a centrally planned economy to a fully market economy, Wojciech Zajączkowski, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland, stressed today in a keynote lecture he delivered at the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The diplomat gave a lecture entitled “The Polish transformation model” in which he analyzed his country’s development over the last three decades, reflected on t…

A new publication by the United Nations regional commission calls for turning the response to the climate crisis into an opportunity for the region.

17 Nov 2025 | News

The impacts of climate change are slowing development and deepening inequalities in the region, warns a new publication by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which identifies climate action as an opportunity to spur innovation, investment and sustainable development. The report The Economics of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2025: Climate Action to Overcome Development Traps, to be presented at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, examines how global warming is deepening the region’s structural development traps — low capacity for growth, high inequalit…

New ECLAC publication assesses the effectiveness and challenges of carbon pricing instruments in the region

11 Nov 2025 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has published the report Overview of carbon pricing policies in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2025: an analysis of their effectiveness and guidelines for implementation, which examines the progress, challenges and opportunities associated with carbon pricing mechanisms as a key climate policy tool for the region. The study analyzes both explicit instruments — such as carbon taxes and emissions trading systems — and implicit mechanisms — including fuel taxes, the social price of carbon, and the reduction of fossil fuel subsi…

ECLAC at COP30: economic instruments and multilateral cooperation for a just and sustainable transition

10 Nov 2025 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will take an active role, together with its regional partners, at the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30), held from 10 to 21 November 2025 in Belém, Brazil, under the global theme “COP30: the catalyst for a sustainable future.” COP30 is a milestone for the region: hosted in the Brazilian Amazon, it marks the starting point for the implementation of third-generation Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). In a complex geopolitical context, marked by relat…

Latin America and the Caribbean Must Scale Up and Improve its Productive Development Policies: LEO 2025 Report

10 Nov 2025 | News

To escape the trap of low capacity for growth in which it is caught, Latin America and the Caribbean must scale up and improve its productive development policies based on a new vision, experts from ECLAC, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the European Commission and the CAF-Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean emphasized today upon presenting their joint report Latin American Economic Outlook 2025 (LEO 2025): Promoting and Financing Production Transformation. The 18th edition of this publication was launched at a special event held in the f…

UN Regional Commissions Should Play a Central Role in the Implementation and Follow-up of the Agreements Reached at the Second World Summit for Social Development

6 Nov 2025 | News

The five United Nations regional commissions, including the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), should play a central role in the implementation and follow-up of the Doha Political Declaration, the outcome of the Second World Summit for Social Development (Qatar, November 4-6), according to Alberto Arenas de Mesa, Director of ECLAC’s Social Development Division, who proposed this at the global gathering on behalf of the institution’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs. On Tuesday, November 4, Alberto Arenas de Mesa attended High-…

A Social and Rights-based Approach is Crucial for Ensuring Full Participation of People with Disabilities and for Moving Towards a More Just and Inclusive Society

28 Oct 2025 | News

A social and rights-based approach is critical for ensuring the full participation of people with disabilities and moving towards a more just and inclusive society, a new document by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) emphasizes. The publication, Persons with Disabilities: From Statistical Visibility to the Exercise of Rights, indicates that at least 6.5% of the region’s population lives with some kind of disability, although it warns that this proportion could be higher due to limitations in the available methods of measurement. “By ensuring that populati…

ECLAC Calls for Accelerating the Achievement of Substantive Gender Equality and the Care Society on the Occasion of the International Day of Care and Support

27 Oct 2025 | News

On 29 October 2025, the International Day of Care and Support, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2023, will be commemorated. This date seeks to raise awareness of the centrality of care in our societies and its contribution to people’s well-being and prosperity and to the achievement of gender equality and sustainable development. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has proposed a paradigm shift in development: the care society, a form of social organization and renewed multilateralism that prioritizes the sustainability of life and the c…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

How to Follow the Second Session of the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean

13 Jun 2025 | News

The Second Session of the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place on June 17-18 at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The purpose of the meeting is to analyze the challenges of international cooperation in shaping the new regional and global context. The intergovernmental meeting will be inaugurated on Tuesday, June 17 at 10:00 a.m. Chile time (GMT -4) by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin Ameri…

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