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Greater Labor Formality and Education Are Key to Reducing Inequality

22 Jun 2015 | News

Starting in 2002 inequality levels declined significantly in most Latin American countries. This good news was due largely to progress made in the labor market, especially in the formalization of employment, as well as to higher education levels, according to a new publication by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The book entitled Inequality and Informality: An Analysis of Five Latin American Experiences (in Spanish only) —published in conjunction with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and coordinated by Verónica Amarante, Director of ECLAC’s Office i…

ECLAC Participated in Education, Skills and Labour Market Panel during High Level Segment of ECOSOC

1 Apr 2015 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), represented by its Deputy Executive Secretary Antonio Prado, took part in the panel Finding the Opportunities: Matching Education and Skills to Market Demands, held this Wednesday 1 April in New York as part of the 2015 Integration Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The panel, moderated by Mr. Prado, was formed by Elizabeth A. Vazquez, CEO and Co-Founder, WeConnect International; Ron Bruder, Founder, Education for Employment; and Zach Sims, Co-founder and CEO, Codecademy. The experts discussed…

Haiti Needs to Strengthen Its Social Protection System for Childhood and Adolescence

30 Mar 2015 | News

The Haitian State must play a more active role in the social protection system oriented towards childhood and adolescence in the country, in order to improve its quality, broaden its coverage, achieve stable financing and overcome today’s fragmentation, according to the study Promoción y protección social de la infancia y adolescencia en Haití (Promotion and Social Protection of Childhood and Adolescence in Haiti), prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Despite the fact that 47.7 % of Haiti’s population is under 20 years old (2012), and around half liv…

Latin American and Norwegian Perspective on Public Policies for Equality Will Be Analyzed in a Seminar

26 Mar 2015 | Announcement

Public policies geared toward equality in the labor market, education and social protection, among other areas, will be examined by government officials and academics during a seminar to be held on Monday, March 30 and Tuesday 31, 2015 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The high-level seminar “Paths Toward Equality and Development: Latin America-Norway Dialogue” is organized by ECLAC and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It will be opened on March 30, at 0900 a.m. by Hege Araldsen, Norwegian Ambassador to Chil…

United Nations Special Rapporteur Philip Alston Meets with ECLAC Officials

17 Mar 2015 | News

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, visited today the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, where he had meetings with various officials from the regional organization. Alston, an Australian, was welcomed by ECLAC’s Deputy Executive Secretary, Antonio Prado, on behalf of the Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena. His agenda included meetings with ECLAC’s experts on poverty, inequality, education and social protection. ECLAC is one of the five United Nations regional commissions…

Sustainable Development Requires Participatory Environmental Education

12 Jan 2015 | News

Between now and 30 January at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), 25 public officials from Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Paraguay, Panama and Uruguay will take part in the training programme on environmental education, which will use case studies from Chile and Japan to provide them with the tools to manage and resolve critical sustainability problems in the region’s territories. Today the Director of ECLAC’s Programme Planning and Operations Division, Raúl García-Buchaca, opened the second international c…

ECLAC Participated in the Fourth Challenges of Government Conference at Oxford University

17 Dec 2014 | News

A series of policy proposals related to education and the labor market were formulated by the Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Antonio Prado, during the fourth Challenges of Government Conference 2014: Flourishing Cities, organized by the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. The event took place on December 11-12 and brought together international experts to discuss the challenges of inclusive growth, the population’s well-being and environmental sustainability in light of the world’s rapid urbanization. P…

OECD, ECLAC and CAF to Launch their Joint Latin American Economic Outlook 2015

5 Dec 2014 | Announcement

The eighth edition of the Latin American Economic Outlook: Education, Skills and Innovation will be launched on Tuesday 9 December at 8:30am in the margins of the Ibero-American Summit at the Conventions Center, World Trade Centre, in Veracruz, Mexico. This year’s edition focuses on how the region can increase the levels and quality of education and skills in order to foster productivity and competitiveness as well as a more inclusive society, in a context of growth slowdown. The report will be presented by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America a…

Illiteracy Affects Almost 38 Million People in Latin America and the Caribbean

2 Dec 2013 | News

On average, 9% of those aged 15 and over are completely illiterate in Latin American and Caribbean countries (about 38 million people), according to estimates based on official data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, says a study prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which examines the main relevant strategies currently developed in the region. If we consider functional illiteracy (which means the lack of skills and abilities that people need to function in various life situations), the figure is significantly higher - according to the documen…

Workshop on Replicating Social Innovation Models Will Be Held in Lima

16 Sep 2013 | News

Government officials from Latin America and the Caribbean, representatives from civil-society organizations and the community met in Lima, Peru, on 17 and 18 September 2013 to explore innovative models in health, education, youth, child labour and school/family violence, with a view to replicating them in their countries of origin to benefit the most disadvantaged groups in the region. The Workshop on replicating social innovation models was organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB), with support from th…

Seminar on Indicators of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Will Be Held at ECLAC

10 Jun 2013 | News

In the presence of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Magdalena Sepúlveda, a seminar aimed at driving the regional debate on building a system of indicators for human rights to follow-up and assess social policy in Latin American and Caribbean countries will be held on 12 and 13 June 2013 in Santiago, Chile. The International seminar on indicators for economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) and follow-up to social policies to overcome poverty and achieve equality is being organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC…

How ICTs Can Contribute to Inclusive Education in Latin America

11 Feb 2013 | News

A new publication by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) analyses eight cases of good practice in which information and communications technologies (ICTs) can be used in the Latin American school system to contribute to inclusion and reduce social inequalities. The document Las tecnologías digitales frente a los desafíos de una educación inclusiva en América Latina. Algunos casos de buenas prácticas (Digital technologies facing the challenges of an inclusive education in Latin America. Some cases of good practice) was drafted as part of the activities …

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