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Top UN Authorities Will Participate in Session in Chile to Reflect on the Challenges of the Second World Summit for Social Development

25 Apr 2024 | Announcement

On Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, a high-level seminar entitled “Towards the Second World Summit for Social Development: Enhancing global efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda” will be inaugurated by Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations; Gilbert F. Houngbo, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO); and José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary and Coordinator of the United Nations Regional Economic Commissions in 2024. A…

Children, Adolescents and Youth Demand Greater Participation in Latin America and the Caribbean’s Development Process

15 Apr 2024 | News

Children, adolescents and youth from the region advocated today for greater levels of participation in Latin America and the Caribbean’s sustainable development process, during an event held in the framework of the seventh meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, which is taking place on April 15-18, 2024 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. At the 2024 session of the Forum of children, adolescents and youth of Latin America and the Caribbean, the young particip…

Authorities Highlight ECLAC’s Historical Contributions for Moving Towards More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

24 Jan 2024 | News

Authorities from the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and from the member countries of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) recognized the contributions that this UN regional commission has made throughout its history to foster more productive, inclusive and sustainable development in the region, during a ceremony to commemorate the organization’s 75th anniversary. The event took place today in the framework of the Special Meeting of ECOSOC on the “Future of Work”, which is being held exceptionally in Santiago, Chile. The commemoration was led …

ECLAC Will Present its Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023 Report

16 Nov 2023 | Announcement

Next Thursday, November 23, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will unveil its flagship annual report Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023: Labour inclusion as a key axis of inclusive social development, which includes the latest data available on poverty, inequality and social spending in the region. The main topic addressed this year is labor inclusion. The document – comprising four chapters – will be presented by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, during a hybrid press conference (in-person and virtual) held at 1…

How to Follow the Fifth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

29 Sep 2023 | News

The Fifth 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 Chile and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) – will be held on October 3-5, 2023, drawing the participation of senior government authorities, specialists from international organizations, academics and representatives of civil society. The meeting, focused on the social institutional framework in the region, will take place in person at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile and co…

Social Development Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Will Meet on October 3-5 in Chile

28 Sep 2023 | Announcement

Senior government officials, specialists from international organizations, academics and civil society representatives will gather on October 3-5, 2023 at the Fifth 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 Chile and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The event – the main theme of which will be the social institutional framework in the region – will take place in person at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile and contemplates the holding of the …

Ricardo Hausmann, Professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Will Give a Keynote Lecture at ECLAC

25 Sep 2023 | Announcement

Professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Ricardo Hausmann, will visit the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile on Thursday, September 28, where he will give a keynote lecture and be received by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary. The renowned economist – founder and Director of Harvard University’s Growth Lab – will deliver a speech entitled “How can high, sustained, sustainable and inclusive growth be achieved?” The presentation, which will begin at 11 a.m. local time in Chile (UTC/GMT…

The Region Needs New-Generation Productive Development Policies that Enable it to Escape the Trap of Low Growth and Open the Door to Future Prosperity

31 Aug 2023 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, affirmed today that the region needs new-generation productive development policies that would enable it to escape the trap of low growth and open the door to its future prosperity, during a presentation at the TEDxPuraVida 2023 conference held in Costa Rica. “The toolbox for raising the rate of economic growth lies in productive development policies. It’s no longer a matter of putting protectionist tariffs in place, but rather of promoting technological sophistication…

ECLAC Inaugurates New Editorial Line with the Launch of its First Publication Accessible to the Visually Impaired

19 May 2023 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presented its first publication accessible to the visually impaired today, marking the launch of a new institutional editorial line. The publication, Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2022. Executive summary: accessible format, is compatible with screen readers. According to ECLAC data, more than 13% of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean has a disability, which is equivalent to more than 70 million people. There are more than 1 billion people with disabilities in the world. "The launch of the ac…

Latin America and the Caribbean Must Speak with a Single Voice and Build Consensus for a Transformative Reconstruction

26 Oct 2022 | News

Ministers of Foreign Affairs and high-level authorities from Latin American and Caribbean countries, along with prominent political figures from outside the region, agreed today on the urgency of consolidating efforts and spaces to move towards an integration that would allow the region to reach the global scenario with a single voice and lay the foundations for a transformative reconstruction with a view to a new development pattern. On the final day of the thirty-ninth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) – which took place from Monday, October 24 to…

How to Follow the Debates of ECLAC’s Most Important Intergovernmental Conference on October 24-26

22 Oct 2022 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold on October 24-26 its thirty-ninth session, the most important biennial gathering of this United Nations regional organization, where ECLAC will present its proposal for reactivation with transformation of the development model in the region. The event will be inaugurated on Monday, October 24 at 9 a.m. local time in Argentina (GMT-3) with the participation of Alberto Fernández, President of Argentina, the country that will take over as Chair of ECLAC; Santiago Cafiero, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade…

Argentina’s President Will Inaugurate the Thirty-Ninth Session of ECLAC

21 Oct 2022 | Announcement

The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, will inaugurate the thirty-ninth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) – the most important biennial gathering of this United Nations regional organization – which will be held on October 24-26 in Buenos Aires and where ECLAC will present its proposal for reactivation with transformation of the development model in the region. Also participating in the opening ceremony, which will take place on Monday, October 24 at 9 a.m. local time in Argentina (GMT-3) at the Centro Cultural Kirchner, will be Santiago Caf…

ECLAC Will Present in Argentina its Proposal for a Reactivation with Transformation of the Development Model in Latin America and the Caribbean

12 Oct 2022 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold on October 24-26 in Buenos Aires, Argentina its thirty-ninth session, the most important biennial gathering of this United Nations regional commission, where it will deliver to countries its proposal of strategies for a transformation of the productive structure that would foster an economic reactivation on a path towards sustainable development. The event – which will take place using a hybrid format (in-person and virtual) at the Centro Cultural Kirchner in Argentina’s capital – will bring together representatives …

ECLAC Calls for Articulating Social Protection Systems with Disaster Risk Management Policies in Pursuit of a Transformative Recovery with Equality and Sustainability in the Region

25 Oct 2021 | News

The crisis prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic and the increased frequency and intensity of disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean show the need to strengthen the links between social protection systems and disaster risk management policies in the region’s countries, with the aim of achieving greater social and institutional resilience and moving towards a transformative recovery with equality and sustainability, according to a new report presented today by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, in the framework of the Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development i…

Social Development Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Will Discuss Disasters, Inequality and Social Protection Systems in the Current Context of Protracted Crisis

20 Oct 2021 | Announcement

Authorities from social ministries and agencies in the region’s countries will gather on October 26-28 to debate about vulnerability to disasters, the rise in inequality and the need to have universal, comprehensive, resilient and sustainable social protection systems, among other topics, during the Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized virtually by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The regional ga…

Antigua and Barbuda Will Host the Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

4 Oct 2021 | News

The fourth session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place virtually from October 26-28, 2021. The event is organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Government of Antigua and Barbuda and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), which will hold its XIII Ministerial Forum for Development in LAC. In this session attended by social development authorities from around the region, ECLAC will present the document Disasters and inequality in a prolonged crisis: toward universal, integrated, r…

ECLAC Urges for Strengthening Welfare States and Moving Towards a Care Society for a Transformative Recovery with Equality and Sustainability

21 Sep 2021 | News

To achieve a transformative recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which puts emphasis on investment for equality and sustainability, we must transform the State by restructuring the education and health systems, strengthening welfare states and moving towards a care society, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), stated today during a virtual keynote lecture given at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). ECLAC’s highest authority participated in the 14th National Dialogue for a Social Mexico: Developme…

Alicia Bárcena Highlights the Need for a Renewed Global Compact to Strengthen Multilateralism and Greater Solidarity with Middle-Income Countries

3 Jul 2021 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, highlighted the important role played by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in building a renewed global compact to strengthen multilateralism and promote greater solidarity with middle-income countries on key issues such as debt and the transition to sustainable, low-carbon growth models. ECLAC's highest authority participated this Friday, July 2, in a high-level meeting held virtually within the framework of the 2021 Integration Segment of ECOSOC, which – under…

ECLAC Continues Interweaving Territorial Linkages in Colombia

31 Mar 2021 | News

In March 2021, ECLAC’s office in Colombia held a virtual workshop offering training and capacity building to leaders and organizations from the four municipalities of southern Tolima department, a region that is involved in the Territorial Approach Development Programs (PDET). The workshop consisted of five collective work modules that brought together women’s organizations, producer associations, mayor’s offices and municipal secretariats, universities, youth groups, NGOs and foundations that work in that territory, among others. The event is part of a journey that began in 2020 during the lo…

Authorities Will Examine Progress on the Regional Agenda for Inclusive Social Development amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

11 Jan 2021 | Announcement

Authorities from the Social Development ministries of Latin America and the Caribbean will analyze on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 progress made on the Regional Agenda for Inclusive Social Development (RAISD) amid the COVID-19 pandemic, during the Fourth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be held virtually. This event will be inaugurated at 1:30 p.m. local time in New York/Bogotá (3:30 p.m. local time in Chile) by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the…

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