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How Are Social Policy Consensuses Achieved?

1 Oct 2013 | News

Why is a covenant important? And how does consensus come about in terms of social policy? These are two of the questions that ECLAC seeks to answer in a new study on this recurring topic in the work of the United Nations Commission. The document Building covenants and consensus in social policy: notes for a framework of analysis , which was produced by officials from the Social Development Division, is based on a practical concern and a paradox. According to the authors Carlos Maldonado and Andrea Palma, "The paradox is that, despite the importance of re…

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…

UN Special Rapporteur Calls for the Application of Rights-Based Public Policies

13 Jun 2013 | News

See photo galery United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Magdalena Sepúlveda, called for public policies to be focused on overcoming the structural obstacles that prevent the poorest from enjoying their economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR), at the end of a seminar today in ECLAC. At the International seminar on indicators for economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR) and follow-up to social policies to overcome poverty and achieve equality, which was organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and Chile's National Hum…

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 …

ECLAC Seminar on Emergence of Middle Class in Latin America

8 Jan 2013 | News

The development of the middle class in Latin America and the Caribbean over the past decade and the characteristics of the region's economic mobility are some of the topics that will be discussed by renowned experts in a seminar to be held on Friday 11 January 2013 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The Seminar on economic mobility and the emergence of the middle class in Latin America, which has been organized by ECLAC and the World Bank, will be opened at 11.00 a.m. by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC Executive Secretary, and …

Conference to Address Trade Agreements and Sustainable Development for Inclusive Societies

6 Aug 2009 | Announcement

The role of trade agreements in advancing towards a more inclusive society and the effects of climate change will be two of the main topics of the Twelfth Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis to be held at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile from 10-12 June. The conference will be inaugurated on 10 June at 2 p.m. by ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena; the Manager of Integration and Trade at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Antoni Estevadeordal; University of Columbia professor and former Executive Secretary of&nb…

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