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The Region’s Countries Evaluated the Implementation of Four SDGs on the Second Day of the Forum on Sustainable Development

27 Apr 2023 | News

Representatives of government, international organizations, the private sector, civil society and academia shared experiences, good practices and challenges today in relation to fulfilling the 2030 Agenda’s SDG 6 (Clean water and sanitation), SDG 7 (Affordable and clean energy), SDG 9 (Industry, innovation and infrastructure) and SDG 11 (Sustainable cities and communities), on the second day of the Sixth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development. The Forum, which has drawn more than 1,000 participants, was officially inaugurated on Wedn…

ECLAC Urges Countries to Revitalize Commitments and Accelerate the Pace Towards Fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals

26 Apr 2023 | News

Countries should revitalize their commitments and promote transformative initiatives that would involve all sectors of development, put the region back on track towards fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and, at the same time, prepare the strategy for the next decade, according to a report released today by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in the framework of the Sixth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, which is being held …

Civil Society from Latin America and the Caribbean Meets Prior to the Start of the Sixth Forum on Sustainable Development

25 Apr 2023 | News

Since the creation of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, in 2016, solid progress has been made on promoting and strengthening the participation of the region’s civil society, representatives highlighted on Tuesday, April 25 at the inauguration of the Meeting of the Mechanism for Civil Society Participation (MeSCALC) in the Sustainable Development Agenda and in the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development. The meeting was held using a hybrid format (in-person and virtual) prior to the official sta…

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

21 Apr 2023 | News

The Sixth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development will take place April 25-28 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. High-level authorities will attend, including Santiago Cafiero, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina, the country that is serving as Chair of ECLAC in the 2022-2024 biennium; Am…

Argentina’s Foreign Minister, UN Deputy Secretary-General, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary and Other High-Level Authorities Will Inaugurate Sixth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development

21 Apr 2023 | Announcement

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina, Santiago Cafiero; 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 Sixth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, which will take place on April 25-28 at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. More than 1.000 people are already confi…

Parliamentary Summit on Climate Change and Just Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean Will Take Place at ECLAC

18 Apr 2023 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will host the first Parliamentary Summit on Climate Change and Just Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will take place on Thursday, April 20, 2023 in Santiago, Chile, in the framework of the first in-person meeting of the Parliamentary Observatory on Climate Change and Just Transition (OPCC). This event seeks to promote an opportunity for dialogue among legislators with the aim of strengthening climate ambition in the region. Its main objectives include the signing of a joint statement that expresses the comm…

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…

Program Supports the Development of an Integrated National Financing Framework for Achieving the SDGs in Cuba

31 Mar 2023 | News

The Cuban financial landscape is marked by unstable, undiversified and largely unsustainable access to sources of development financing. Given the existence of a reduced and narrow range of sources of financing (family remittances, foreign direct investment, bilateral loans, official development assistance), the country depends on current flows – especially exports – to finance production, public services, infrastructure and development. This is an especially adverse context, even though Cuba is a middle-income country. In recent years, the toughening of the U.S. blockade, the effects of the i…

ECLAC Reaffirms its Commitment to the Ibero-American Community at the Presidential Summit Taking Place in the Dominican Republic

23 Mar 2023 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, expressed his intention today of deepening relations with the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB) and continuing to put the regional organization’s intellectual production at the disposal of the Ibero-American community, during the Consultative Observers’ Work Meeting, held in the framework of the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government (Santo Domingo, March 22-25). The meeting’s aim was to define work plans between the SEGIB and the variou…

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Met with Ambassadors to Share His Vision on Institutional Priorities and Preparations for the Upcoming Forum on Sustainable Development

21 Mar 2023 | News

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), held an informational meeting on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 with representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Chile to present his vision regarding institutional priorities and the preparations for the Sixth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, among other topics. This was the first formal meeting with Ambassadors and other diplomatic representatives of ECLAC’s Member States and associate members since J…

Países aprueban la Agenda Regional de Acción por el Agua de América Latina y el Caribe

3 Feb 2023 | News

Representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries approved today the Regional Water Action Agenda, which identifies the priority areas and efforts needed to accelerate the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 6 (to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all) and which will enable the region to arrive at the United Nations 2023 Water Conference, due to take place in March in New York, with one voice. The Regional Agenda is the main outcome of the third edition of the Regional Water Dialogues 2023, which was organized on February 1-3 by the Econ…

Latin American and Caribbean Authorities Will Analyze Progress and Challenges Related to Implementing the “New Public Service” in the Region

13 Jan 2023 | Announcement

Ministers, deputy ministers and other senior authorities involved in development planning and public administration in Latin America and the Caribbean will analyze the progress and challenges related to implementing the new public service in the region, during the Seventeenth Conference of Ministers and Heads of Planning and the Twenty-ninth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning (RCP), which will take place on January 17-19 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. This ”new public service” ai…

How to Follow the Fifth Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing and the Rights of Older Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean

10 Dec 2022 | News

The Fifth Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing and the Rights of Older Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held using a hybrid format (in-person and virtual) on December 13-15, 2022 at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The goal of this meeting is to identify the region’s achievements and challenges in building a decent future for ageing and older persons in the region and in implementing the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 20 years after its approval. The opening session w…

ECLAC Organizes Fifth Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing and the Rights of Older Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean

7 Dec 2022 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will organize on December 13-15, 2022 the Fifth Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing and the Rights of Older Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean, where high-level representatives of government, international institutions, the private sector, academia and civil society will gather to identify the region’s achievements and challenges in building a decent future for ageing and older persons in the region and in implementing the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 20 years after its approval. The meeti…

Authorities from the Region Urge for Transforming and Humanizing Housing, Cities and Territories

6 Dec 2022 | News

Ministers and the highest authorities of housing and urbanism of Latin America and the Caribbean – MINURVI urged for transforming and humanizing housing, cities and territories during the closing segment of this regional forum’s XXXI General Assembly, which concluded today at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. In the Santiago Declaration, signed by 17 countries, the authorities committed themselves to ensuring that states play an active role in the implementation of planning and regulatory policies on housing and …

Senior Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Will Analyze the Region’s Urban Development and Housing Challenges

2 Dec 2022 | Announcement

Ministers and high-level housing and urban planning authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean will analyze the region’s challenges in relation to housing and urban development, at a high-level meeting that will take place on December 5-6 at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The XXXI General Assembly of the Forum of Ministers and Highest Authorities of Housing and Urbanism of Latin America and the Caribbean – MINURVI seeks to foster exchanges in order to generate a shared perspective on problems, assess ch…

ECLAC Proposes Measures and Actions for Moving Towards an Inclusive and Sustainable Digital Transformation

16 Nov 2022 | News

“The future is digital, and the longer that countries take to increase access and smart and massive use of the digital economy’s opportunities, the more they will delay harnessing its enormous benefits,” José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), emphasized today upon presenting the document A digital path for sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which guides the work of the Eighth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, being held through Friday,…

The Region’s Countries Will Define in Montevideo a New Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean

14 Nov 2022 | Announcement

Representatives of government, the private sector, the technical community and civil society will participate on November 16-18, 2022 in the Eighth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will take place in Montevideo, Uruguay, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in conjunction with the Government of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay. The Conference aims to define a set of policy priorities at the regional level to drive digital transformation with a vision of sustainable development, in the framewor…

How to Follow the Debates of the Eighth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean

14 Nov 2022 | News

Representatives of government, the private sector, the technical community and civil society will participate on November 16-18, 2022 in the Eighth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will take place in Montevideo, Uruguay. The Conference, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Government of Uruguay, through the Agency for the Development of Electronic Government and the Information and Knowledge Society (Agesic), aims to define a set of policy priorities at the regional level to driv…

President of Argentina Will Inaugurate the XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

7 Nov 2022 | Announcement

The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, will inaugurate in Buenos Aires the XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in coordination with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). The main theme of the meeting is “The care society: Horizon for a sustainable recovery with gender equality.” Participating in the opening ceremony – which will take place at the Sheraton Hotel on Tuesday, November 8 at 4 p.m. local time in Argentina (GMT-3) –…

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