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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…

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…

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Call for Approving a Global Pact for Inclusive Social Development at Summit to be Held in November in Qatar

24 Mar 2025 | News

Ministers and senior authorities from Social Development ministries and equivalent entities in Latin America and the Caribbean, meeting virtually, approved today the messages and concrete proposals they will take as a region to the Second World Summit for Social Development, which will be held on November 4-6, 2025 in Doha, Qatar, calling for work on a global compact for inclusive social development that would leave no one behind. Following “the recent experience of the Pact for the Future, the international community, at the Second World Summit for Social Development, is encouraged to ad…

How to Follow the Eighth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development

24 Mar 2025 | News

The eighth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development will take place on March 31-April 4 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 progress and challenges of the 2030 Agenda in the region, five years ahead of the deadline set for its fulfillment. More than 600 people are already confirmed to attend this meeting, which will feature a series of dialogues on global, regional and national action as a special innovation.…

Countries Reaffirm Their Commitment to Implementing the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Latin America and the Caribbean

20 Mar 2025 | News

Representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries, international organizations and civil society agreed today on the need to defend the principles of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, to strengthen regional cooperation and build a new narrative that would recognize migrants’ multiple contributions to sustainable development, at the closing session of the second regional review meeting of the global agreement, which concluded today at ECLAC’s main headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The gathering – organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and th…

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Shared with the Diplomatic Corps the Main Themes and Actions to be Addressed at the Upcoming Forum on Sustainable Development 2025

10 Mar 2025 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, held an informational meeting on Monday, March 10 with ambassadors and other representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Chile to present preparations for and the main themes and actions to be addressed at the eighth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, which will take place from March 31 to April 4 at the United Nations regional organization’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile. This m…

The Application Period Has Begun for the 2025 Program of ECLAC’s School of Latin American Development Studies

10 Mar 2025 | News

The School of Latin American Development Studies (ELADES) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) launched the application period for the twenty-sixth edition of its Development Policy Studies Program for Latin America and the Caribbean, which will run from July 10 to August 29, 2025 at the Commission’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. Those interested in applying can register online from now until March 31. A list of the people selected to participate will be sent by email and published on the ELADES website on April 4. Priority will be give…

Specialists Reaffirm that it is Necessary to Have a Development Measurement that Goes Beyond GDP and to Move Towards a Multidimensional Measurement

29 Jan 2025 | News

Authorities and specialists reaffirmed today that the measurement based on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is incomplete and that it is necessary to move towards a multidimensional measurement of development, during the closing session of an international seminar held at the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The Seminar on the Measurement of Development and its Relationship to International Cooperation brought together authorities from 21 of ECLAC’s member countries, three associate countries and three international organi…

Latin America and the Caribbean Must Strengthen Productive Development Policies to Avert a Third Lost Decade and Create a More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Future

29 Jan 2025 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, urged the region’s governments and private sectors today to strengthen productive development policies, getting behind and collaborating on the development of sectors that invigorate growth and the transformation to move towards a more productive, inclusive and sustainable future. The United Nations regional commission’s highest authority participated in the Latin America and the Caribbean International Economic Forum 2025: How to return to the path of growth?, organiz…

ECLAC Presents Portal on Statistics based on Small Area Estimation Models in Latin America

20 Jan 2025 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) launched a portal on Statistics based on Small Area Estimation Models in Latin America, a tool developed by the United Nations regional organization’s Statistics Division for producing and disseminating social information at a subnational level. The platform uses advanced Small Area Estimation methods to provide detailed statistics at the level of larger and smaller geographic divisions. The objective is twofold: to promote the use of these innovative methods, and to share the results that can be obtained. Making informed dec…

ECLAC Led Key Discussions on Financing and Biodiversity at the COP16 in Cali

30 Dec 2024 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) participated actively in the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity, held in the city of Cali, Colombia in October 2024. This participation – centered particularly on events on the agenda of the Finance and Mechanisms for Implementation thematic bloc – was led by the organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, who served as a panelist, moderator or main speaker in multiple spaces, including in High-level Segments convened by the Secretariat of the Convention on Bio…

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