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ECLAC Report Looks at the Role of Private Capital Flows and Its Importance for the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda in the Caribbean

25 Jun 2018 | News

The economic challenges in the Caribbean can be linked in significant measure to the region’s external vulnerability, states the report Resilience and Capital Flows in the Caribbean, released by the Washington Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The report, which focuses on the region’s access to external financing and how to improve it as part of the overall answer to its development challenges, looks at trends in international capital flows – including portfolio flows and foreign direct investment – to the Caribbean in recent years, in the context o…

ECLAC Announces Winners of International Short Essay Contest about the Future of Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

6 Jun 2018 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), along with the Southern Cone edition of Le Monde diplomatique and the NODAL Latin American and Caribbean News Portal, announced the results of the international short essay contest on the future of equality in the region. In the framework of the commemoration of ECLAC’s 70th anniversary, which is being celebrated in 2018, 80 young people (48 men and 32 women) from 20 countries and from a multiplicity of fields and professions presented previously unpublished works in the form of short essays, which contribute to the discussio…

Foreign Ministers and UN Authorities Defend Multilateralism as a Key Tool for Sustainable Development with Equality

11 May 2018 | News

Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Finance from seven countries of the region and United Nations high authorities offered a fervent defense of multilateralism today as the principal and only tool for advancing toward fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and to arrive at development that puts equality front and center. This was in the context of ECLAC’s thirty-seventh session that concludes today in Havana, Cuba. In a high-level dialogue with special participation by Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary General, foreign ministers from Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador…

Republic of Korea and ECLAC Sign Agreement that Deepens Cooperation with a View to Achieving the 2030 Agenda

10 May 2018 | News

The government of the Republic of Korea and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) strengthened their strategic cooperation relationship today upon signing an accord that promotes trade and sustainable urban and rural development in the region’s countries with a view to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The agreement was penned by Kang Kyung-wha, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea, and Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, at a gathering held in the framework of the United Nations regional organization’s thirty-seventh sessio…

Countries Call for Changing the Paradigm of World Cooperation Leading Up to the Next UN International Conference

9 May 2018 | News

Representatives of various countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as multilateral organizations and the United Nations system, today called for changing the paradigm of international cooperation, and for generating a common regional position on South-South and triangular cooperation leading up to the United Nations High-Level Conference on South-South Cooperation (BAPA+40), to be held in March 2019 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. During the panel on the challenges facing middle-income countries leading up to the Second United Nations High-Level Conference on South-South Cooperation,…

ECLAC Reaffirms its Historical Commitment to Equality for the Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean

8 May 2018 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reaffirmed today its historical commitment to equality for the peoples of the region, during a seminar commemorating its 70th anniversary held in Havana, Cuba, in the framework of its thirty-seventh session. The speakers included the former Executive Secretaries of ECLAC Enrique Iglesias (1972-1985), Gert Rosenthal (1988-1997), José Antonio Ocampo (1998-2003) and José Luis Machinea (2003-2008), along with the current Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena. They addressed the institution’s history and contributions to Latin Americ…

How to Follow the ECLAC Session in Cuba

4 May 2018 | News

From May 7 to 11, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold in Havana, Cuba its thirty-seventh session, the United Nations regional commission’s most important biennial meeting, whose mandate is to promote the economic, social and environmenal development of the region. The event will bring together representatives of ECLAC’s 46 member countries and 13 associate members and will be attended by more than 25 ministers, deputy ministers and other senior authorities from more than 20 countries’ departments of Foreign Affairs, Energy, Mining, Public Works, the En…

ECLAC Will Hold its 37⁰ Session from May 7 to 11

3 May 2018 | Announcement

From May 7 to 11, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold in Havana, Cuba, its thirty-seventh session, the United Nations regional commission’s most important biennial meeting, which will be attended by more than 25 ministers, deputy ministers and other senior authorities from more than 20 countries of the region. The event, which will take place at the Palacio de Convenciones in Havana, will bring together representatives of ECLAC’s 46 member countries and 13 associate members. It will be inaugurated on Tuesday, May 8 at 9 a.m. local time, by Antóni…

The European Union launches the Regional Facility for Development in Transition

2 May 2018 | News

The Regional Facility for Development in Transition for Latin America and the Caribbean is an EU-led initiative, developed with the support of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and its Development Centre and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Stefano Manservisi, Director-General for International Cooperation and Development at the European Commission said: "The objective of this Facility is to promote sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean, while countries transition to higher levels of income. It will support…

ECLAC Will Present its New Development Proposal to Countries of the Region in Cuba

27 Apr 2018 | Announcement

From May 7 to 11, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold in Havana, Cuba its thirty-seventh session, the United Nations regional commission’s most important biennial meeting, at which it will deliver its new development proposal for all the countries of the region. The event, which will take place at the Palacio de Convenciones de La Habana, will bring together representatives of ECLAC’s 46 member countries and 13 associate members and will be attended by more than 25 ministers, deputy ministers and other senior authorities from more than 20 countries’ de…

United Nations Course on International Law Begins its Second Session at ECLAC

23 Apr 2018 | News

For the second straight year, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will host the United Nations Regional Course on International Law for Latin America and the Caribbean, an activity that will convene 25 lawyers from 21 countries in the region at the organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The course, which will last for four weeks, is organized by the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs (which is headquartered in New York), in collaboration with Chile’s Foreign Affairs Ministry and ECLAC. Its objective is to enable qualified professionals, particularly…

Migration Requires Urgent Adoption of Agreements Aimed at Building Rights-based Governance

20 Apr 2018 | News

The situation of global and regional migration requires the urgent adoption of agreements aimed at building a governance based on rights, affirmed authorities and experts gathered today at the second meeting of the Forum of the Countries on Sustainable Development, which concluded this Friday, April 20, at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The briefing on regional progress regarding the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration was led by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary; Ambassador Juan José Góme…

Companies must Change Business Model to Adopt Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns

19 Apr 2018 | News

Leaders of large companies and representatives from the Latin American and Caribbean business world met today at ECLAC with government authorities and international experts to assess private sector participation in fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agreed upon by the United Nations in its 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. During the second meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, underway at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, participants in the meeting on “The role of the business sector in generating su…

Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are Called On to Ratify the First Regional Agreement on Environmental Matters

18 Apr 2018 | News

The first binding regional agreement to protect the rights of access to information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters (Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development), adopted on March 4 in Costa Rica, is a historic milestone for the region. For that reason, authorities and experts gathered today at ECLAC called on the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean to sign and ratify it this year so that it enters into force as soon as possible. During the second meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sus…

Latin America and the Caribbean Moves Toward Sustainable Development, but Challenges Remain: ECLAC

18 Apr 2018 | News

Traversing the path toward a new, more sustainable development pattern requires a vision and political work, an open and solid multilateral system, and coalitions and institutions for the promotion of policies on a global, regional, national and local scale, stated Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The most senior representative of the United Nations regional organization presented today the annual report on regional progress and challenges in relation to the 2030 Agenda, in the framework of the second meeting of the For…

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

16 Apr 2018 | News

The second meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean will take place April 18-20 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 progress in the regional implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Participants will include representatives of government, the United Nations, international financial institutions and development banks, regional and sub-regional integration organizations, civil society, the parliamentary world, academia a…

United Nations Publishes Authentic Text of First Regional Environmental Agreement of Latin America and the Caribbean

9 Apr 2018 | News

The Treaty Section of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs published today on its web site the certified true copies of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean, adopted March 4, 2018 in Escazú, Costa Rica, during the ninth meeting of the agreement’s negotiating committee. In addition to being the first regional environmental agreement, this unprecedented legal instrument is the only treaty to come out of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) and the first in the world to contain speci…

New Publication Examines Nine Theses on Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean

27 Mar 2018 | News

Meeting the challenge of preserving a global public asset like the climate will require deep structural transformation from the current development style toward more sustainable development. This calls for a fair and inclusive international agreement that recognizes shared but differentiated responsibilities. This is one of the perspectives set forth in the publication The Economy of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean: a graphic vision, produced in the framework of the EUROCLIMA program, financed by the European Commission and coordinated by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary …

ECLAC Will Host Second Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development

22 Mar 2018 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will host on April 18-20 the second meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, where representatives of governments, international institutions, the private sector, academia and civil society will gather to review the progress and challenges of implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the region. The gathering, organized by ECLAC and the government of Mexico, will be held at the United Nations regional organization’s central headquarters in Santiago, …

Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy Celebrates 30 Years in Existence Analyzing the Public Finances of Latin America and the Caribbean

21 Mar 2018 | Announcement

The Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, one of the main points of reference for discussing issues related to Latin American and Caribbean countries’ public finances, will hold its 30th session in 2018. The event, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) with support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), will be held on March 26 and 27 at ECLAC’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The meeting, which is also sponsore…

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