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The Region’s Countries Will Meet at ECLAC to Evaluate Progress on Fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

13 April 2023 | Announcement

The sixth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development – where authorities and representatives of governments, the United Nations System, international organizations, the private sector, academia and civil society will review the progress and challenges related to implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the region – will take place on April 25-28 at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The regional forum – which has been held annually since 2017 – aims to provide those responsible for implementing the 2030 Agenda in…

Program Supports the Development of an Integrated National Financing Framework for Achieving the SDGs in Cuba

31 March 2023 | News

The Cuban financial landscape is marked by unstable, undiversified and largely unsustainable access to sources of development financing. Given the existence of a reduced and narrow range of sources of financing (family remittances, foreign direct investment, bilateral loans, official development assistance), the country depends on current flows – especially exports – to finance production, public services, infrastructure and development. This is an especially adverse context, even though Cuba is a middle-income country. In recent years, the toughening of the U.S. blockade, the effects of the i…

Authorities and Specialists Will Debate Territorial Productive Policies and Digitalization at International Seminar Organized by ECLAC

24 March 2023 | Announcement

Government officials and specialists will participate on Tuesday, April 18 in the International seminar: “Territorial productive policies, digitalization and productivity”, which is organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and will be held at its main headquarters in Santiago, Chile using a hybrid format (in-person and virtual). The event’s opening remarks will be made by Nicolás Grau, Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism of Chile; Félix Fernández-Shaw, Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the European Commission’s DGINTPA; and Marco L…

ECLAC Reaffirms its Commitment to the Ibero-American Community at the Presidential Summit Taking Place in the Dominican Republic

23 March 2023 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, expressed his intention today of deepening relations with the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB) and continuing to put the regional organization’s intellectual production at the disposal of the Ibero-American community, during the Consultative Observers’ Work Meeting, held in the framework of the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government (Santo Domingo, March 22-25). The meeting’s aim was to define work plans between the SEGIB and the variou…

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Met with Ambassadors to Share His Vision on Institutional Priorities and Preparations for the Upcoming Forum on Sustainable Development

21 March 2023 | News

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), held an informational meeting on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 with representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Chile to present his vision regarding institutional priorities and the preparations for the Sixth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, among other topics. This was the first formal meeting with Ambassadors and other diplomatic representatives of ECLAC’s Member States and associate members since J…

Implementing Principles on Responsible Business Conduct is Crucial for Moving Towards Sustainable Development in the Region

16 March 2023 | News

The implementation of global principles on responsible business conduct in Latin America and the Caribbean – especially those relating to transparency, human rights and anti-corruption obligations – is crucial for moving towards sustainable development in the region, according to the participants in the seminar Implementing Global Principles on Responsible Business Conduct: transparency, human rights and anti-corruption obligations in practice, held this Thursday, March 16, at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. At this ev…

ECLAC and Eurostat Signed Agreement to Cooperate on Statistics

10 March 2023 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Statistical Authority of the European Union (Eurostat) signed an administrative arrangement on cooperation in the field of statistics on Thursday, March 9. The ceremony, which was held virtually, was led by the United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, and Mariana Kotzeva, Director General of Eurostat. The agreement’s objective is to carry out activities that will serve to share knowledge between the parties; facilitate opportunities for technical cooperation and collabo…

Latin America and the Caribbean is Very Far from Achieving Parity Democracy, Authorities and Experts Warned at a CAF-ECLAC Event

7 March 2023 | News

Parity democracy, based on gender equality, is very far from being achieved in Latin America and the Caribbean, authorities and experts sustained at the High-level Meeting: Public Policies and Cooperation for Gender Equality, organized by the CAF Development Bank of Latin America and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Chile on Monday, March 6. The meeting was connected to the observance of International Women's Day and coincided with the meeting of the CAF board of directors at ECLAC’s headquarters, with Chile hosting the event. During the event, CAF and EC…

CAF and ECLAC Extend an Invitation to Discuss Fiscal Decentralisation and Cooperation for Gender Equality in Latin America

1 March 2023 | Announcement

On Monday March 6, 2023, government officials and experts will come together at two high-level events organized by the CAF-development bank of Latin America- and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Among other topics, participants will debate the challenges related to taxation and decentralisation in the region and the role of public policies and cooperation for gender equality. Both in-person events will be held at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago to coincide with the CLXXVII meeting of the CAF board of directors scheduled for March 6-9 in Chile. The first, …

ECLAC Expresses its Condolences and Solidarity over the Devastating Earthquake that Struck Turkey

13 February 2023 | News

In a letter addressed to the President of the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye), Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, dated February 10, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) expressed its “deep sorrow and concern over the devastating effects of the earthquake” that struck that country on February 6 and conveyed its solidarity for the irreparable loss of life caused by this sad occurrence. Turkey has been a Member State of ECLAC since July 25, 2017. What follows is the full text of the letter signed by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional…

Republic of Korea and ECLAC Renew their 2022-2023 Cooperation Agreement, with Emphasis on Economic Integration and the Digital Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean

11 November 2022 | News

The government of the Republic of Korea and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) strengthened today their strategic cooperation relationship by signing an agreement that promotes sustainable development on three crucial issues for the transformative recovery of our region’s countries. The 2022 cooperation accord – signed by Kyungtae Hwang, the Republic of Korea’s Ambassador in Chile, and José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC – will enable continued support for regional economic trade integration, with special emphasis on Small and Medium-siz…

ECLAC convenes Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee meeting in Suriname

13 October 2022 | Announcement

What: Twenty-ninth (29) session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee. When: 14 October 2022 (Opening ceremony at 9 am). Where: The Royal Torarica Hotel, Kleine Waterstraat 10, Paramaribo, Suriname. Background Information Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) Member Countries and Associate Members will convene for the 29th Session. Pursuant to resolution 358(XVI) of 1975, the CDCC was created as a permanent subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), to promote development cooperation among Caribbean countrie…

Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea Will Give a Keynote Lecture at ECLAC

6 October 2022 | Announcement

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, Han Duck-soo, will give a keynote lecture on Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, where he will be received by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs. At 4 p.m. local time in Chile (UTC/GMT -3), the Republic of Korea’s highest authority will make a keynote presentation entitled “Vision for the future of cooperation between the Republic of Korea and Latin America and the Caribbean at a time of…

Legislative Proposals for Sustainable Development Were Presented in the Brazilian Federal Senate

26 September 2022 | News

On June 30, 2022, in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies’ Noble Hall, a public event was held to launch the final report of the Ecological Generation Forum. Created in June 2021 within the Environment Committee of Brazil’s Federal Senate, the Forum received technical support from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to carry out its activities. The Ecological Generation Forum was conceived with the goal of drafting a comprehensive legislative framework that would present a National Sustainable Development Plan to the country. In the course of a year, 42 expert memb…

Experts Address New Challenges of International Cooperation and Their Impact on Latin America and the Caribbean’s Development

14 September 2022 | News

Experts from international and multilateral organizations, along with government officials from various Latin American and Caribbean countries, participated in a high-level seminar on the new challenges of international cooperation and their importance for furthering the region’s development in a complex context such as the current one. The event, entitled New challenges and new perspectives on international cooperation: Development approaches from Latin America and the Caribbean, took place on September 13-14 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (…

ECLAC Stressed the Need to Address Asymmetries that Prevent Latin America and the Caribbean from Making a Green and Fair Transition

3 August 2022 | News

It is urgently necessary to address the gaps and asymmetries that prevent Latin America and the Caribbean from making a green and fair transition, Mario Cimoli, Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), stressed today during the inauguration of an expert dialogue held as part of the process to prepare the annual report Latin American Economic Outlook (LEO) 2022, produced jointly by the OECD Development Centre, CAF-Development Bank of Latin America and the European Union (EU). In the opening segment of the event, entitled “Sustainable Dev…

First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement Will Take Place at ECLAC’s Headquarters

8 April 2022 | Announcement

The first meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 1) to the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean – known as the Escazú Agreement – will take place on April 20-22 at ECLAC’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile. At this event, which for the first time will bring authorities and official representatives of the countries that are already part of the region’s first environmental treaty together with others in the process of joining, attendees will review progress on the Agreement’s impleme…

Experts Reiterate the Importance of Innovation, Technological Development and Public-Private Cooperation for a Green, Inclusive and Sustainable Recovery in the Region

8 March 2022 | News

Innovation, technological development and public-private cooperation are essential for a green, inclusive and sustainable recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to experts gathered today at the SDG Business Forum in Latin America and the Caribbean 2022: Innovation and Public-Private Cooperation for an Inclusive and Sustainable Recovery, who stressed the importance of forging social compacts between governments, civil society and the private sector with a view to implementing the 2030 Agenda in the region. The event – organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Carib…

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

5 March 2022 | News

The Fifth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development will take place March 7-9, 2022 under the presidency pro tempore of Costa Rica. The goal of this Forum is to assess the progress in the region toward implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Forum will be attended by high authorities including Carlos Alvarado, President of Costa Rica, current holder of the ECLAC pro tempore presidency; Amina Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General; and Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission f…

The President of Costa Rica, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Executive Secretary of ECLAC will Inaugurate the Fifth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and Caribbean on Sustainable Development

4 March 2022 | Announcement

The President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, and the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, will participate in the opening session of the fifth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, from March 7-9, 2022 in Costa Rica, current holder of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) pro tempore presidency. Attendance at the event has been confirmed for 750 people, including representatives of governments, international institutions, the…

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