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UN Deputy Secretary-General, ECLAC Executive Secretary and Other High-Level Authorities Will Inaugurate the Seventh Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development

12 Apr 2024 | Announcement

The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed; the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs; and other high-level authorities will participate in the opening session of the seventh meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, which will take place on April 15-18 at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. More than 1.000 people are already confirmed to attend this event, including representatives of government, international institutions,…

Authorities and Experts Stress the Relevance of Improving Transport Infrastructure to Energize Economies and Promote Productive and Sustainable Development

2 Apr 2024 | News

The Third High-Level Regional Dialogue on Transport in Latin America and the Caribbean was inaugurated this Tuesday, April 2 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) with the participation of authorities and experts who stressed the importance of improving regional transport infrastructure to energize economies and promote productive and sustainable development. The two-day event – organized by the International Transport Forum (ITF) and the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications of Chile, with collaboration from ECLAC – brings together T…

Republic of Korea and ECLAC Renew their Cooperation Agreement with Emphasis on Education and the Labor Market, the Energy Transition and Ageing in the Region

20 Mar 2024 | News

The government of the Republic of Korea and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) bolstered their strategic ties today upon renewing their cooperation agreement with an emphasis on strengthening education and vocational training, digital inclusion, opportunities and challenges for resilient investments in renewable energy, and the productive integration of older persons. The 2024 annual cooperation programme was signed by Kim Hak Jae, the Republic of Korea’s Ambassador in Chile, and José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, during a meeting held …

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 …

United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, Visited ECLAC’s Headquarters and Met with UN Staff in Chile

22 Nov 2023 | News

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, visited on November 21 the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile for the first time, meeting with the entire staff of the organization and of the UN agencies, funds and programs that work in the country. António Guterres was received by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, and by the Resident Coordinator of the UN System in Chile, María José Torres Macho, who welcomed him on behalf of all staff members. Other participants in the meeting include…

ECLAC Presents Annual Report on Latin America and the Caribbean’s Foreign Trade in 2023

27 Oct 2023 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will release on Thursday, November 2 its flagship annual report International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean 2023. Structural change and trends in global and regional trade: challenges and opportunities, which examines the behavior of foreign trade in the region’s economies in the current year, with the most recent figures available on the performance of countries’ exports and imports. This edition of the document consists of three chapters: the first addresses the global context and regional trade; the seco…

Productive Development Policies are Key to a Better Production and Work Future and to Fostering Economies’ Global Integration

26 Oct 2023 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, participated on Thursday, October 26 in the “Dialogues on Uruguay’s Future,” where he reiterated the importance of Productive Development Policies (PDP) as catalysts for higher-quality international economic integration – especially in small economies – and for a better future in terms of production and work in the region’s countries. The senior United Nations official was one of the main speakers at the two events held in Montevideo in the framework of the “Dialogues …

ECLAC Supports Implementation of CELAC’s Climate Adaptation and Comprehensive Response to Natural Disasters Fund

20 Sep 2023 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), represented by its Executive Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, participated on Tuesday, September 19 in the launch of the Climate Adaptation and Comprehensive Response to Natural Disasters Fund of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which was held at the site of Mexico’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, in New York, in the framework of the global organization’s 78th General Assembly. There, the UN regional commission reiterated its commitment to the Fund (known by its Spanish acronym, …

MERCOSUR’s Exports Recover from the Pandemic’s Effects, Rising 18.2% in 2022

23 Aug 2023 | News

Exports of goods from the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) increased by 18.2% in 2022 and surpassed their 2019 level by 43.9%, driven by the notable rise in commodity prices due to the war in Ukraine, coupled with a 3.2% increase in volume, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) indicates in a new document released today. In a new edition of the Foreign Trade Bulletin of MERCOSUR (No. 6): “New channels for integration in the post-pandemic era”, ECLAC reports that MERCOSUR experienced 1.3% growth in economic activity (2.0% upon including Venezuela) in 2022, which w…

Lecture series as part of the seventy-fifth anniversary of ECLAC

2 Aug 2023 | Announcement

As part of its special commemorative activities, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has organized in 2023 and 2024 a 75th Anniversary Lecture Series, in which important scholars and innovators in their respective fields will share their visions and ideas on the challenges facing the world and the region, and how to foster a more productive, inclusive and sustainable development for Latin America and the Caribbean.. The commemoration of ECLAC’s 75th anniversary includes the launch of a special website that explores the organization’s origins, the evolu…

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Participates in European Union-Latin America and the Caribbean Business Round Table

18 Jul 2023 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, participated on Monday, July 17 in the European Union-Latin America and the Caribbean Business Round Table, which is taking place in the framework of the third EU-CELAC Summit being held in Brussels through July 18, with the attendance of Heads of State and Government and senior authorities from the countries belonging to both blocs, along with representatives of the private sector, academia and civil society. At the high-level round table, ECLAC’s leading authority se…

How to Follow the First Session of the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean

26 May 2023 | News

The First Session of the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place on May 30-31 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 progress and challenges for South-South Cooperation in the region. The meeting will be inaugurated on Tuesday, May 30 at 9:00 a.m. Santiago time (GMT-4) by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and Adriana Cristina …

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

13 Apr 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…

New Study by ECLAC Analyzes the Impacts of the War in Ukraine on Uruguay’s Economy

23 Dec 2022 | News

What impact has the war in Ukraine had on the Uruguayan economy? A new publication of the Studies and Perspectives Series of ECLAC’s Office in Montevideo analyzes these precise effects. The study entitled Economic Impacts of the War in Ukraine: A View from the Region and Uruguay (in Spanish only) verifies initially that this war represents a crisis of major proportions that overlaps with others that are also very significant, such as the financial crisis of 2008 and the pandemic crisis – which constitute what ECLAC has called a “cascade of crises.” As a result, the world and Latin America and …

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 Nov 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…

Professor Mariana Mazzucato Will Present Policy Document for Transformational Change in Latin America and the Caribbean

19 Oct 2022 | Announcement

Professor Mariana Mazzucato, Founding Director of the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) of University College London (UCL), will present a new report in which she addresses transformational change in Latin America and the Caribbean, at a side event of the thirty-ninth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which will take place on October 24-26 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The document entitled Transformational Change in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Mission-Oriented Approach, which was commissioned by ECLAC, will be launched on Tue…

ECLAC convenes Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee meeting in Suriname

13 Oct 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 Oct 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…

New Study by ECLAC Analyzes the State of the Most Widely Consumed Fuel in Mexico: Natural Gas

26 Sep 2022 | News

The consumption of natural gas in Mexico has grown considerably in recent years to the point of becoming the energy source with the largest participation in primary energy consumption, mainly due to its greater use in electricity generation as a substitute for coal and crude oil and its by-products. According to a recent study published by the Subregional Headquarters in Mexico of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), natural gas has been the most widely consumed fuel in that country since 2014; its participation in the energy basket exceeds 48% and remains on th…

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

14 Sep 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 (…

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