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Latin American and Caribbean Countries Will Discuss Policies for Innovation in a Digital World

1 Sep 2016 | Announcement

“Innovation in a Digital World” is the motto of the Second Session of the Conference on Science, Innovation and Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) of ECLAC, which will bring together representatives of government, the private sector and international organizations on September 12 and 13 in San Jose, Costa Rica. The meeting, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and Costa Rica’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications, has the support of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the European Commission. Th…

Economist Mariana Mazzucato Will Give Prebisch Lecture at ECLAC

31 Mar 2016 | Announcement

Renowned Italian-American economist Mariana Mazzucato will deliver next Tuesday, April 19 the XIV Raúl Prebisch Memorial Lecture Series at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, where she will be received by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization, Alicia Bárcena. Mazzucato, who is a Professor in the Economics of Innovation at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) of the University of Sussex, United Kingdom, will present at 11.00 a.m. a lecture entitled “Entrepreneurial State: Creation of Markets…

Delegation from Finland’s Parliament Visited ECLAC’s Headquarters

14 Oct 2015 | News

A group of approximately 30 parliamentarians and experts from the Finnish Parliament’s Committee for the Future visited the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile on Tuesday, October 13, 2015. There they met with the institution’s Deputy Executive Secretary, Antonio Prado, and learned about the United Nations organization’s main lines of work in the region. The delegation was led by Carl Haglund, President of the Finnish Parliament’s Committee for the Future, and included various members of that body as well as education experts f…

South Korea, an Interesting Experience in Green and Technological Development

22 Jan 2015 | News

In just half a century, the Republic of Korea has gone from being one of the poorest countries on the planet to becoming a global actor, with a solid industrial base and a prominent presence in new technologies. It serves an example that can inspire debate about development in Latin America and the Caribbean, participants said during the international seminar “Trade, Industrialization and Green Growth: Exploring Opportunities for Cooperation between the Republic of Korea and Latin America,” which was held on January 22, 2015, at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and…

ECLAC and Latin American Business Council Sign Agreement

20 Aug 2014 | News

A framework technical cooperation agreement aimed at facilitating the development of joint activities to support competitiveness and the technological modernization of the region's businesses was concluded on Tuesday 19 August 2014 by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Latin American Business Council (CEAL) in Santiago, Chile. The agreement - which was signed by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, and the President of CEAL, Samuel Urrutia - will be in force for five years, and includes actions to help devise strategies to enhance productio…

Governments Will Discuss Innovation and Cooperation for Inclusive Development at ECLAC

2 Jun 2014 | Announcement

Ministers, deputy ministers and other senior authorities from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Uruguay-among other countries-will participate on June 9-10, 2014, in the First Meeting of the Conference on Science, Innovation and Information and Communications Technologies of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The meeting, which will also be attended by international officials and representatives of cooperation agencies, is organized by ECLAC and Chile's Foreign Relations Ministry, with the support of the German Agency For…

ECLAC Fosters Territorial Development in Colombia with Competitiveness Indicator

2 Dec 2013 | News

To guide public policymaking and stimulate private decisions that can combine to yield higher levels of territorial development, the Colombia Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) periodically presents the Competitiveness ranking for national departments. According to the authors of the report, this indicator of economic, social and institutional development shows how departments use their various structural assets according to specific patterns of specialization. The following six factors are analysed in the recently launched Com…

Uruguayan Minister of Economy and Finance Opened 2013 ECLAC Summer School

23 Jul 2013 | News

See photo gallery "There is no way of making balanced progress towards greater levels of development and well-being while ignoring what is happening in the production base" of our countries, according to Fernando Lorenzo, Uruguayan Minister of Economy and Finance, speaking on Tuesday 23 July at the opening of the 14th Summer School on Latin American Economies 2013, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Each year, the School brings together post-graduate students from Latin America, Europe and Asia, who are given the opportunity to find out about the…

2013 ECLAC Summer School Will Be Opened with Presentations on Structural Change

19 Jul 2013 | News

On Tuesday 23 July 2013 at 10.00 a.m., Uruguayan Minister of Economy and Finance, Fernando Lorenzo, will take part in the opening of the 14th Summer School on Latin American Economies 2013, which is organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The activity will be led by Juan Alberto Fuentes, Director of the ECLAC Economic Development Division, who will deliver a presentation on macroeconomic trends in Latin America and the Caribbean. Then, Minister Lorenzo will speak about "Productivity and structural change in Uruguay: the recent trajectory", followed by …

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