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New ECLAC study explores film and music sectors of Jamaica

23 Jan 2018 | News

Experts across the region agree that there is significant potential for strengthening the economic contribution of the music and film industries in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. However, this can only be fully realized by learning from industry success factors and, more importantly, by addressing existing constraints. These findings emerged from a newly published study from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on “The Film and Music Sectors in Jamaica: Lessons from Case Studies of Successful Firms/Ventures”. Success factors in the Caribbean’s m…

ECLAC provides energy specialists with new energy efficiency tools

19 Dec 2017 | News

On 11-12 December, ECLAC Caribbean organized a workshop to train national focal points in the energy efficiency and environment sectors on the use of the Database of Energy Efficiency Indicators (BIEE) methodology. The workshop, which was held at ECLAC Caribbean headquarters in Port of Spain, was organized with the support of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME). The workshop, which was held at ECLAC Caribbean headquarters in Port of Spain on 11-12 December, was organized with the support of the German …

ECLAC Advocates for Caribbean's Debt Swap Proposal and Establishes Task Force for Its Implementation

12 Dec 2017 | News

Representatives from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presented on Monday 20 November the organization’s debt for climate adaptation swaps proposal for the Caribbean nations striken by the recent hurricane season, during a high level conference held in the United Nations’ headquarters in New York. The CARICOM-UN High Level Pledging Conference: “Building a more Climate Resilient Community”, was convened by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and looked to mobilise international support for its M…

ECLAC establishes task force for Caribbean’s Debt Swap Initiative

27 Nov 2017 | News

The Debt Swap initiative, which was first presented at ECLAC’s Caribbean Development Roundtable in Saint Kitts and Nevis early in 2016,is a mechanism intended to address at once the crippling debt of the Caribbean and their need to generate the resources needed to finance resilience building measures. It is an innovative strategy that involves harnessing concessionary flows to transform the debt of the region into a source of investment in resilience, while at the same time re-energizing growth and promoting economic transformation in the economies of the subregion, through investment in…

ECLAC provides senior public officials with cutting-edge trade analysis tools

20 Nov 2017 | News

Thirty-two public officials, senior officers and decision makers from several Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) countries gathered in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines this week, to gain a better understanding of the tools needed to provide deeper trade analysis that would support future Economic Union trade negotiations among members of the OECS. Hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the workshop introduced participants to a suite of cutting-edge digital tools that will bolster their ability to analyse national trade compe…

ECLAC Advocates for Debt Relief Proposal during Conference on Hurricane Striken Caribbean Held in New York

20 Nov 2017 | News

Representatives from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presented this Monday 20 November the organization’s debt for climate adaptation swaps proposal for the Caribbean nations striken by the recent hurricane season, during a high level conference being held in the United Nations’ headquarters in New York until Tuesday 21 November. The CARICOM-UN High Level Pledging Conference: “Building a more Climate Resilient Community”, was convened by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and looks to mobilis…

ECLAC sheds light on structure of Caribbean economies at Belize conference

16 Nov 2017 | News

ECLAC’s Deputy Director, Dr. Dillon Alleyne, attended the 49th Annual Monetary Conference which took place in Belize City from 8-10 November 2017, and presented a paper on strategies to model Caribbean economies in light of the emphasis on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs). The response to the Caribbean’s high debt burden has thus far focused on raising taxes and curbing expenditure, despite sluggish domestic and external demand, in order to reduce government’s borrowing requirements and stabilise the debt overhang. Dr. Alleyne noted that since the global econ…

Strategies to improve Caribbean trade performance examined at ECLAC meeting

14 Nov 2017 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) headquarters in Port of Spainrecentlybrought together decision makers from Belize, Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago to examine the trade-related performance of Caribbean countries. he basis for discussion was the ECLAC study entitled “Monitoring trade agreements: Improving export performance and promoting industrialization in the goods-producing economies of the Caribbean”. The study highlighted that the exports of Belize, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago are concentrated towards few markets, most notably the United Stat…

ECLAC hosts art and craft exhibition

25 Oct 2017 | News

The handiwork of CHATT will be on display at ECLAC Caribbean’s Port of Spain office for these three days, and several of the participating artisans will be present to share information on their work. Members of the diplomatic community and the United Nations system were invited to enjoy this unique display of craftwork, which includes decorative and wearable crochet items, jewelry, clothing, hand –crafted lighting, glass and crystal works, all of which are on sale, just in time for early Christmas shopping! The six-year-old organization CHATT, is based in Chaguanas, Trinidad …

Authorities on Women’s Issues Agreed to Continue Strengthening the Institutional Architecture for Advancing toward Gender Equality in the Region

6 Oct 2017 | News

Authorities from mechanisms for women’s advancement in Latin America and the Caribbean gathered in Havana, Cuba today agreed to continue strengthening their countries’ institutional architecture as well as to consolidate the dialogue and regional cooperation aimed at moving toward gender equality in the region. On October 5-6, the Fifty-Sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean was held at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba. It was organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the government of …

Offshore medical universities provide economic benefit to Caribbean host countries

27 Sep 2017 | News

On Tuesday, September 26, 2017, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) headquarters in Port of Spain hosted an expert group meeting (EGM) which discussed the ECLAC study “A global value chain analysis of offshore medical universities in the Caribbean.” The study takes a closer look at the Caribbean offshore medical university (OMU) cluster. It examines the contributions that the OMUs make to their host countries. Other factors affecting the competitiveness and long term viability of the OMU cluster in the Caribbean were discussed by experts from Barbados, G…

ECLAC disaster assessment to Bahamas in the wake of Irma

22 Sep 2017 | News

ECLAC Caribbean has dispatched a team of disaster assessment experts to the Bahamas to conduct a weeklong assessment exercise, in the wake of hurricanes Irma and Maria that dealt the islands a powerful one-two punch. Led by the Coordinator of the Sustainable Development and Disaster Unit, Omar Bello, the team will take a close look at the impact of these hurricanes on the Bahamas’ health, education, housing, power, telecommunications, transportation, fishing and tourism sectors. The ECLAC team will visit a number of Islands affected by the storms, including Ragged Island, Aklins, Inagua, Gran…

ECLAC facilitates Public Expenditure Review process in Belize

5 Sep 2017 | News

Consultations aimed at explaining the importance of pursuing public expenditure reviews (PERs) as part of the budget process were facilitated in Belize by a team from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean, led by Deputy Director, Dr. Dillon Alleyne, along with Coordinator of the Economic Development Unit at ECLAC Caribbean, Sheldon McLean, and consultant, Professor Vanus James. PERs are intended to align expenditures with government’s priorities. They also aim to provide savings, either from expenditure reallocati…

ECLAC discusses strategies to support regional artisans in the art and craft sector

31 Jul 2017 | News

Meeting participants included representatives from the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), the Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Community Development, Culture and Arts, and an artisan from Saint Lucia. During the meeting, participants underscored the importance of creating avenues to allow artisans to have direct interaction with tourists, as well as the need to establish easier financing packages and the necessary infrastructure for artisans who are more business oriented. These measures would help to strengthen linkages between the arts and touri…

ECLAC report outlines how Caribbean countries can transition to energy efficient transportation

18 Jul 2017 | News

Caribbean governments can turn high fuel costs for official vehicles into huge savings on public expenditure, by switching to electric, hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles. This means that instead of paying close to US $3 per gallon, the fuel cost for a regular size light duty battery electric vehicle would be about 2.5 cents per mile. These and other findings can be found in a new report from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean, entitled `Promoting energy efficiency in government transportation systems: A transiti…

ECLAC brings Caribbean disaster assessment expertise to Argentina

5 Jul 2017 | News

Knowledge, insights and lessons harnessed through the assessment of multiple disasters across the Caribbean will soon benefit public officials in Argentina, as the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean prepares to carry out a suite of disaster training and assessment exercises in the South American country during the month of July. Through the application of its standardized disaster assessment methodology, ECLAC has already successfully achieved similar results in many countries across Latin America and the Caribbean d…

Caribbean attention focused on the situation of older persons

31 May 2017 | News

Caribbean policy makers are preparing to identify key actions to expand protection for the human rights of older persons over the next five years. These actions will be discussed at a meeting being convened in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean from 1-2 June 2017. The meeting will assess the progress made in the subregion in the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing and the San Jose Charter on the Rights of Older Persons in Latin America and the Caribb…

Caribbean policy makers recognize ECLAC’s 70-year contribution to regional development

19 May 2017 | News

At the 18th meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on 19 May 2017, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean’s (ECLAC’s) contribution to development in Latin America and the Caribbean over the last 70 years was recognized. Speaking about ECLAC’s contribution to development in the region during the opening ceremony, ECLAC Deputy Executive Secretary, Antonio Prado, underscored that: “ECLAC has never abandoned its structural roots and issues of structural heterogeneity, th…

ECLAC presents model institutional framework for Sustainable Development Goals implementation in the Caribbean

18 May 2017 | News

On 18 May 2017, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean convened a workshop in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, to provide policy makers with practical options for establishing and enhancing their national institutional framework for implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The workshop brought together senior government officials from the Caribbean in the areas of foreign affairs, the economy, the environment, sustainable development and planning, as well as officials of the United Nations system, re…

ECLAC assists Cayman Islands with new national energy policy

3 May 2017 | News

ECLAC Caribbean has played a significant role in the formulation of a new National Energy Policy (NEP) recently completed by the Government of the Cayman Islands. ECLAC’s contribution to the new policy was made through a joint initiative carried out with the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ), aimed at promoting energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy technologies in the Caribbean. The policy also addresses support for increased energy security by reducing reliance on imported fossil based fuels. In addition to decreased energy costs, the Cayman Islands…

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