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ECLAC Will Update Economic Growth Projections for the Region’s Countries at the Launch of its Last Annual Report from 2024

12 December 2024 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Wednesday, December 18 its annual flagship report Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2024, in which it examines the behavior of the region’s economies over the current year and updates estimates for growth and other economic indicators in 2024 and 2025. Specifically, the document will present new Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth estimates for the region and all of its countries in 2024 and 2025. In this edition, the report analyzes the economic and social dynamics of the…

Ministers and Senior Authorities Will Meet at ECLAC to Review Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 30 Years After its Approval as well as Preparations for the XVI Regional Conference on Women, to be Held in Mexico in 2025

29 November 2024 | Announcement

Ministers and senior authorities from national women’s advancement mechanisms in the region will participate on December 4-5, 2024, in the Sixty-sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. This meeting – which has become a critical space for evaluating the region’s progress on gender equality and women’s autonomy – is being organized by ECLAC, in its capacity as Secretariat of the Conference, in coo…

Authorities from the Region Will Discuss the Challenges of Transforming Institutional Frameworks for Development Planning

26 November 2024 | Announcement

Government representatives will address the challenges of transforming development planning along with current and new requests for training in the region, among other issues, at the Thirtieth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning (RCP) of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES), which will take place on November 27-28, 2024 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The event will be inaugurated on Wednesday, November 27 at 9 a.m. local time in Chile…

Jon Azúa, Prominent Spanish Academic Specialised in Clusters, will Give the XVIII Raúl Prebisch Lecture at ECLAC

19 November 2024 | Announcement

Prominent Spanish academic specialised in clusters Jon Azúa will give the XVIII Raúl Prebisch Lecture on Tuesday, 26 November, 2024 at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) headquarters, where he will be welcomed by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the regional organisation’s Executive Secretary. The President and founder of Enovating Lab will give his lecture, titled “Clustering a productive, competitive, prosperous, inclusive and sustainable economy: towards the co-creation of the economic development we want”, at 11:00 local time (UTC/GMT -3:00). Jon Azúa holds a…

ECLAC Will Release New Figures on Poverty, Inequality and Social Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean

5 November 2024 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Tuesday, November 12 its flagship annual report Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2024: The challenges of non-contributory social protection in advancing towards inclusive social development, which includes the latest data available on poverty, income inequality and social spending in the region. This year’s central theme is non-contributory social protection. The main conclusions of the document – comprising four chapters – will be presented by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive …

How to Follow the Ninth Ministerial Conference of eLAC

30 October 2024 | News

The Ninth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, a subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), will bring together authorities from the region and key actors from the private sector, civil society, the technical community and international organizations on November 7-8, 2024 in Santiago, Chile. At this intergovernmental gathering, participants will adopt the new Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean that will guide the region over the next two years (eLAC2026). They will also review imp…

Ninth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean Will Be Held in Chile

30 October 2024 | Announcement

Authorities from the region and key actors from the private sector, civil society, technical community and international organizations will meet in Santiago, Chile on November 7-8, 2024 to participate in the Ninth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, also known as eLAC, a body belonging to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). At this intergovernmental gathering, participants will adopt the new Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean that will guide the region over the next two years (eLAC2026). They wil…

ECLAC Calls for Transforming Development Models in Latin America and the Caribbean and Building a Society that Prioritizes People and the Planet on the Occasion of the International Day of Care and Support

28 October 2024 | News

On October 29, 2024, the International Day of Care and Support will be commemorated, as proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2023. This day aims to highlight the centrality of care in our societies as a public good, recognizing its essential role in ensuring the sustainability of life and the planet, and its key contribution to the well-being and prosperity of individuals, societies, sustainable development, and equality. As global, regional, and national demands for care increase, ECLAC reaffirms its commitment to the countries of the region to design and implement comprehensi…

XVI Ministerial Forum for Development to Harness the Power of Resilience to Overcome Development Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean

28 October 2024 | Announcement

WHAT: The XVI Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will discuss how the region can advance and protect social gains in the context of more frequent and intense shocks. This gathering builds on the discussions initiated at the XIII Ministerial Forum in Antigua and Barbuda in 2021, which discussed disasters and social protection systems in the context of protracted crises. The Forum is co-organized and hosted by the Government of Barbados with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Latin America and the Caribbean and the Economic Commi…

ECLAC at the COP16 in Colombia: Standing Together for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development

25 October 2024 | News

Under the motto of “Peace with Nature,” the 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) is taking place from October 21 to November 1, 2024 in Cali, Colombia. This conference – the first to be held since the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in 2022 – is bringing together scientists, representatives of government, international organizations, civil society and other key stakeholders to discuss global challenges for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (…

Authorities Will Discuss in Barbados the Challenges in Implementing the Regional Agenda for Inclusive Social Development

24 October 2024 | Announcement

Ministers for Social Development and equivalent bodies from Latin America and the Caribbean will meet on Thursday, October 31, 2024 in Bridgetown, Barbados to discuss the challenges associated with implementation of the Regional Agenda for Inclusive Social Development (approved in 2019) along with the messages that the region will take to the Second World Summit for Social Development, due to be held in Qatar in November 2025. The authorities will participate in the Sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, a su…

In November “Digital Week in Latin America and the Caribbean” Will Be Held at ECLAC

16 October 2024 | Announcement

The main leaders and decision-makers on digital matters in the public and private sectors, the technical community and civil society from both the region and the European Union will meet on November 5-8, 2024 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, to participate in the “Digital Week in Latin America and the Caribbean.” On November 7-8, the Ninth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held, with the aim of reviewing implementation of the Digital Agenda for Latin America …

ECLAC Will Present New Projections on Latin America and the Caribbean’s Foreign Trade in 2024

16 October 2024 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will release its annual report International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2024: Reconfiguration of global trade and options for regional recovery next Wednesday, October 23. In this report, ECLAC examines the evolution of foreign trade in the region’s economies during the first half of this year and presents its projections for the full year’s exports and imports of goods and services. This edition of the document consists of three chapters: the first analyzes the recent context for trade and its prospects…

ECLAC and PAHO to Present Third Joint Report with Recommendations on Strengthening the Health Systems of Latin America and the Caribbean

14 October 2024 | Announcement

WHAT: Six years from the deadline set to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will present a joint report titled The urgency of investing in health systems in Latin America and the Caribbean to reduce inequality and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. This is the third publication prepared by both United Nations (UN) agencies, following the reports from 2020 and 2021 that focused on analyzing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The one-hour event wil…

Authorities and Globally Renowned Experts Analyzed the Traps Hindering Latin America and the Caribbean’s Development, at a High-level Seminar Held During ECLAC’s Fortieth Session

10 October 2024 | News

What are the vital transformations needed to overcome the development traps in which Latin America and the Caribbean is mired? And how can countries achieve stronger and sustained growth while also reducing inequality and fostering inclusion and social mobility? These pressing questions were addressed by authorities from numerous countries in the region and experts of recognized standing, on the second day of the Fortieth Session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which is taking place in Lima, Peru. On this Thursday, October 10, a High-level Seminar began …

Foreign Ministers of Latin America and the Caribbean Ratified their Commitment to Multilateralism and Advocated for Urgent Reform of the International Financial Architecture at ECLAC’s Meeting in Peru

9 October 2024 | News

In a context of multiple global crises, foreign ministers and senior authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean and other member countries of ECLAC ratified today their commitment to multilateralism, regional cooperation and implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and they reiterated the urgent need to reform the multilateral system and the international financial architecture so that this eminently middle-income region can access adequate financing for moving towards more productive, inclusive and sustainable development. The Dialogue of Ministers of Foreign Affa…

President of Peru, Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, Executive Secretary of ECLAC and representative of the Government of Argentina to open the 40th session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

7 October 2024 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold on October 9-11 in Lima, Peru its Fortieth Session, the United Nations regional commission’s most important biennial meeting, where it will present its proposal for a transformation to move towards a more productive, inclusive and sustainable development model in the region. At this international event – which will draw the participation of authorities from ECLAC’s 46 Member States and its 14 associate members, along with representatives of the United Nations system and of non-governmental organizations – countries w…

How to Follow the Debates of ECLAC’s Most Important Intergovernmental Conference on October 9-11

4 October 2024 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold on October 9-11 its Fortieth session, the most important biennial gathering of this United Nations regional organization, where ECLAC will present its proposal for a transformation to move towards a more productive, inclusive and sustainable development model in Latin America and the Caribbean. The event will be inaugurated on Wednesday, October 9, at 2 p.m. local time in Peru (GMT -5) by Dina Boluarte Zegarra, President of Peru; Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (pre-recorded video); and…

ECLAC Will Present in Peru its Proposal for a Transformation to Move Towards a More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Development Model in Latin America and the Caribbean

2 October 2024 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold on October 9-11 in Lima, Peru its Fortieth Session, the United Nations regional commission’s most important biennial meeting, where it will present its proposal for a transformation to move towards a more productive, inclusive and sustainable development model in the region. At this international event – which will draw the participation of authorities from ECLAC’s 46 Member States and its 14 associate members, along with representatives of the United Nations system and of non-governmental organizations – countries w…

Education can’t wait: Enabling conditions and investment for a better future in Latin America and the Caribbean

20 September 2024 | Announcement

WHEN: Tuesday, 24 September 2024 from 16.00 to 18.00 (UCT-4) WHAT: The President of the Dominican Republic, joined by ministers of Education and Finance from Latin America and the Caribbean, a coalition of multilateral organizations and world-renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs will launch an urgent call for investment to transform education in the region and ensure a better future for all. Convened by the Dominican Republic - with support from the Ministry of Education of Chile, UNICEF, UNESCO, ECLAC, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank, the Development Bank of Latin Ameri…

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