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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…

Network of Subnational Governments for Productive Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Officially Launched During Meeting in Ecuador

4 Jun 2025 | News

Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean gathered in Quito, Ecuador, today to establish the Network of Subnational Governments for Productive Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Conceived as a permanent technical and political space, the Network seeks to support the strengthening of subnational governments’ capacities in designing and implementing productive development policies. The Network’s creation, formalized through the Pichincha Declaration, was one of the outcomes of the International Seminar: The Role of Subnational Governments in Sustainable and Inclusive Producti…

Latin America and the Caribbean Moves Forward on a Shared Position for Building a Sustainable, Just and Inclusive Marine Economy

13 May 2025 | News

Latin America and the Caribbean is home to 47 of the world’s 258 marine ecoregions, and the vast majority of our countries (23) have more marine territory than land area. On average, 50% of the region’s territory corresponds to the ocean. In the Caribbean islands, this proportion rises to 91% and is nearly 99% in some States such as Barbados and Antigua and Barbuda. That is why the region is positioned as a crucial strategic actor in the marine life agenda and why it has a historic opportunity to build a sustainable, just and inclusive marine economy. This was according to the participants in …

Experts call for debt restructuring and new financial instruments to tackle climate change and nature loss in ‘critical decade of action’

23 Apr 2025 | News

A new expert report commissioned by the governments of Colombia, Kenya, France and Germany urges the international community to tackle the ‘vicious circle’ of rising debt burdens, climate change and nature loss. The Expert Review on Debt, Nature and Climate shows how climate change and nature risks are worsening the growth and debt prospects of many emerging market and developing countries (EMDCs) at the same time as rising debt service burdens are reducing their ability to tackle such risks. The report aims to support countries make their debt more sustainable to finance much-needed climate a…

ECLAC and UNDP Present New Multidimensional Poverty Index for Latin America

2 Apr 2025 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) jointly launched the Multidimensional Poverty Index for Latin America, a tool that incorporates dimensions other than income into the measurement of well-being and tailors its standards to the region’s particular reality. The Index uses criteria appropriate to countries with intermediate levels of development and contemplates key aspects of well-being, such as the quality of employment, access to social protection, the lack of labor participation due to domestic responsibilit…

ECLAC Advocates for Forging a Global Pact for Inclusive Social Development at Summit to be Held in Qatar

1 Apr 2025 | News

In a new special report presented at the eighth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development (March 31-April 4), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) urged the international community to approve a global pact for inclusive social development during the Second World Summit for Social Development, which will be held on November 4-6 of this year in Doha. At the event in Chile’s capital, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, provided Li Junhua, the Under-Secretary-General for Econo…

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs: “ECLAC Should Be a Place for Reimagining and Forging the Region’s Long-term Vision”

1 Apr 2025 | News

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, presented the book Rethinking Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Contributions from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on its 75th Anniversary (Spanish only), a compilation of keynote articles by prominent thinkers and specialists in various areas of development, who offer keys to understanding the region’s history and to building a more productive, inclusive and sustainable future. The publication was launched during the eighth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin Amer…

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