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Countries of the Region Will Evaluate Progress and Challenges to Implementing Measures on Population and Development

14 September 2017 | Announcement

Representatives of countries in the region will evaluate progress on and challenges to the implementation of the Montevideo Consensus as well as its synergy and complementarity with the 2030 Agenda at the Special Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development, which will be held November 7-9 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The meeting will be inaugurated by Raúl García-Buchaca, ECLAC’s Deputy Executive Secretary for Management and Programme Analysis; Patricia Chemor, Secre…

Countries of the Region will Assess Progress and Challenges to the Exercise of Human Rights by Older Persons

14 June 2017 | Announcement

On June 27-30, 2017, the fourth Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing and the Rights of Older Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean will focus on the situation of older persons and the exercise of their human rights, bringing together government delegates, civil society organizations, experts on population matters and representatives of United Nations organizations and the Organization of American States. The Conference is organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the government of Paraguay through its Ministry of Public Health and Soci…

Alicia Bárcena Expresses her Condolences over the Death of UNFPA’s Executive Director

5 June 2017 | News

Santiago, 5 June 2017 Dear Osotimehin family, Colleagues and friends, It is with the deepest sadness that I have learned of the premature passing of our colleague Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and staunch ally of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), especially in its work for girls, women and youth. These grievous tidings come as a sad blow for the whole of Latin America and the Caribbean, a region to which Dr. Osotimehin devoted continuous attention and care. In this bitter hour, we would like to convey o…

ECLAC Will Launch Social Panorama of Latin America 2016

24 May 2017 | Announcement

On Tuesday, May 30, 2017, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch a new edition of its flagship annual report on issues of social development. The report, published since 1991, will be unveiled at the regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The institution’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present the document Social Panorama of Latin America 2016 at a press conference at 11:00 a.m. The launch will be broadcast live online via ECLAC’s website at: ://www.cepal.org/en. The study focuses on the measurement and analysis of diverse…

Countries of the Region Meeting at ECLAC See Synergies between the Montevideo Consensus and the 2030 Agenda

6 October 2016 | News

Representatives of 17 countries of the region meeting at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) adopted today a proposed format for national reports on progress in the implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development and acknowledged the synergies between this intergovernmental agreement of 2013 and the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development. This is the tenor of the agreements of the third meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development (CRPD), held on 4-6 October in Santiago. …

ECLAC Will Present in Mexico Reflection on Future Development of Latin America and the Caribbean in Light of the 2030 Agenda

21 April 2016 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold its most important biennial meeting in Mexico City from May 23 to May 27, 2016, where officials will present its 45 member and 13 associated states a report on its activities and will offer governments a reflection upon development strategies in the context of the commitments contained in the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, indicated that in the thirty-sixth session participants will debate the region’s economic, social and environmenta…

ECLAC and Argentina’s Ministry of Social Development Sign Cooperation Agreement

18 April 2016 | News

Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and Carolina Stanley, Argentina’s Minister of Social Development, signed on Monday, April 18 a Framework Agreement of Technical Cooperation between both institutions with the aim of facilitating joint activities. The agreement includes developing indicators and information systems for the design of public policies; assessing policies, instruments of support and institutions to foster sub-national areas; carrying out seminars, conferences and courses; and the training and exchange of staf…

New skills for government statisticians in Cayman Islands, Jamaica, and Saint Kitts and Nevis

4 April 2016 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) are jointly hosting a Regional Capacity Building Workshop in Kingston, Jamaica from 04-15 April 2016. The event, also a collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), will provide technical training to 17 persons from the Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Saint Kitts and Nevis to promote wider use and analysis of national Population and Housing Census data. Experts from ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile and its Caribbean office …

ECLAC’s Database Offers Information on Maternity in Latin America and the Caribbean

1 March 2016 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) offers in its regional database on maternity, MATERNILAC, a comparative view of this topic in 27 countries and territories of Latin America and the Caribbean. Based on the processing of almost 100 microdata bases from the last four rounds of censuses in the region’s countries (1980, 1990, 2000 and 2010), MATERNILAC presents absolute and relative values on maternity (with and without live births) by simple and grouped ages, from 10 to 50 years old, considering 50 and above the final open group. The database also contains a set …

Latin America Population Will Reach 625 Million Inhabitants by 2016, According to ECLAC Estimates

2 February 2016 | News

By mid-2016, the number of inhabitants in Latin America will rise to 625 million, more than six million above the estimated total population in mid-2015, according to the latest population projections made by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). This figure represents almost twice the population registered in 1975, when there were 316 million inhabitants, according to the most recent publication by the Demographic Observatory. Latin America population continued growing up to 512 million inhabitants in 2000 and it is estimated that it will rise to 680 million in …

Recapping this Year through the Lens of ECLAC

29 December 2015 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) published in 2015 diverse studies regarding the economic, social and environmental situation in the region, including six flagship annual reports that provided statistical information, timely analysis and short- and medium-term outlooks on issues as varied as the expansion of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the behavior of foreign investment and international trade, and the evolution of poverty and inequality. On January 26, ECLAC presented the Social Panorama of Latin America 2014, in which it indicated that 167 million people …

Mexico Will Host the Second Session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development

17 August 2015 | Announcement

Mexico City will be on October 6-9 the regional capital of debate about issues such as migration, ageing, indigenous peoples and Afro-descendant populations, since it will host the second session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be attended by representatives from governments, international organizations and civil society. The meeting, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Government of Mexico through the National Population Council (CONAPO), is entitled “Population dynamic…

ECLAC Will Host Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development

11 May 2015 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will host from June 24 to June 26 the Second Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be attended by delegates from the region’s countries whose main objective will be to define an operational guide on population and development measures. This operational guide will be presented at the Second Meeting of the Regional Conference, which will be held in Mexico on October 6-9, and will serve as the basis for the implementation and follo…

ECLAC Will Launch in New York Its Latest Report on Indigenous Peoples in Latin America

17 September 2014 | Announcement

What: Launch of the lastest ECLAC report on indigenous peoples in Latin America. Who: ECLAC Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena. When: 22 September at 10 am local time in New York. Where: Press briefing room (S-237) at the United Nations headquarters. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch on Monday 22 September in New York its latest report on the state of the region´s indigenous peoples. This document will be presented by the Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, at a press briefing at the United Nations headquarters. The document, entitled Guar…

Quito, Cuenca and Panama City Were Net Recipients of Immigration in the Past Decade

2 December 2013 | News

Quito, Cuenca and Panama City were net recipients of migration in the past decade, whereas Mexico City and Guayaquil posted a negative migration balance, according to a study published by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to analyse the migratory pull of eight Latin American cities and the impact on suburban spread. The research published in Notas de Población N° 96 Review, entitled "Internal migration in the major Latin American cities: effects on demographic growth and population composition" (only in Spanish), was carried out by the sociologist and dem…

Protecting Migrant Persons' Human Rights Is a Priority for Latin America and the Caribbean

1 October 2013 | News

Latin America and the Caribbean's migration challenges will be discussed at the Second High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, which will be held on 3 and 4 October at the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present the contents of the report from the Latin America and Caribbean Preparatory Meeting for the High-Level Dialogue, which was organized together with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and held in Santiago, Chile, on 10 and 1…

Caribbean Progress and Challenges in Population Matters Will Be Presented at a Regional Forum in Guyana

8 July 2013 | News

Caribbean authorities and members of civil society will be meeting in Georgetown, Guyana, to assess the region's progress in implementing the Programme of Action of the United Nations International Conference on Population and Development (adopted in Cairo in 1994). The Caribbean Forum on Population, Migration and Development, which will be held on 9 and 10 July 2013, is being organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Government of Guyana and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). It will give participant…

ECLAC and IOM Organized Regional Migration Meeting in Santiago

8 July 2013 | News

International migration is a key item on the agenda of Latin American and Caribbean countries. There needs to be a debate that contributes to the formulation of regional and international policies and agreements, for the benefit of countries and with respect for migrant rights. These concerns were discussed at the Latin American and Caribbean regional meeting on international migration in preparation for the high-level dialogue on international migration and development, which was organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Organizatio…

Latin America and the Caribbean to Analyse the Challenges of Migration and Population Ageing

2 July 2013 | News

According to UN figures, one in 33 people worldwide is a migrant. In 2010, there were around 30 million international migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to ECLAC data. Although these people make valuable contributions to their destination countries and their communities, they remain exposed to mistreatment, discrimination, slavery, prostitution and other situations that infringe upon their human rights. There needs to be a debate about migration to contribute to policymaking and the formulation of regional and international agreements. In this context, the Economi…

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