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Mario Cimoli Was Appointed As Deputy Executive Secretary of ECLAC

1 August 2018 | News

The Italian-Argentinian economist Mario Cimoli was appointed as Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The appointment was informed today by the Commission’s highest representative, the Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena, whose managing team also includes Raúl García-Buchaca, Deputy Executive Secretary for Management and Programme Analysis. Cimoli, who was performing as acting Deputy Executive Secretary so far, is also Chief of the Division of Production, Productivity and Management and Officer-in-Charge of the Division of Internatio…

Deepening Regional Integration is an Imperative for Facing International Turbulence

25 June 2018 | News

In a context as turbulent as the current one, where there is increased questioning of globalization and heightened migratory and trade tensions, deepening regional integration is not an option but rather an imperative. Thus, the convergence between the Pacific Alliance and the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) is both necessary and urgent, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) emphasizes in the document The Convergence between the Pacific Alliance and MERCOSUR: Facing Together a Challenging Global Scenario (available only in Spanish and Portuguese). Acc…

Timely Disaster Training for Tobago Officials

25 June 2018 | News

With the “rainy” season in Trinidad and Tobago already beginning, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean took its Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) methodology training to Tobago from 23-25 May 2018. Some of the areas that were covered over the three days included an introduction and basic concepts of the Disaster Assessment Methodology, the role of planning in disaster risk management and its impact on the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), how the population can be affected, and how areas such …

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,…

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…

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

27 April 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…

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

18 April 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…

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

22 March 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, …

ECLAC Report Analyzes United States’ Trade Policy and Its Hardening towards Latin America and the Caribbean

22 March 2018 | News

A recent annual report elaborated by the ECLAC Washington Office provides an overview of the most relevant developments in United States trade relations with Latin America and the Caribbean and of the measures that inhibit the free flow of goods among countries in the Western Hemisphere. United States- Latin America and the Caribbean Trade Developments 2016-2017 explains that trade features prominently in the new administration’s economic agenda. The President’s Trade Policy Agenda reinforces the focus on the defense of United States interests through the promotion of free and fair trade by i…

Fair Trade, an Ally for Fulfilling the 2030 Agenda

12 December 2017 | News

The main goal of the fair trade movement is to guarantee that small-scale farmers and artisanal producers have more direct access to the market for their products, in more just and equitable conditions. It seeks to foster responsible consumption through more sustainable commercialization channels that are based on solidarity, recognizing the work of producers and their organizations. In this way, fair trade aims to reduce inequalities through greater equity and equilibrium in trade relations within countries as well among countries in the global north and south. This movement, which fosters so…

China and ECLAC Strengthen their Cooperation to Foster Trade and Investment with Latin America and the Caribbean

9 November 2017 | News

In the context of a tour through China, ECLAC’s Director of the Production, Productivity and Management Division and Officer-in-Charge of its International Trade and Integration Division, Mario Cimoli, met this Thursday, November 9, with government authorities from that country and participated as the main speaker in the China-Latin America and the Caribbean International Exposition (CLAC Expo), one of the biggest business gatherings between both areas. The official from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) – who traveled to China in representation of Alicia Bárc…

China and Latin America and the Caribbean Strengthen their Trade Ties: Exports Will Grow 23% in 2017

8 November 2017 | News

Regional exports to China will show the highest growth in 2017, at 23%, surpassing shipments to the rest of Asia, Europe, the United States and within the region itself, according to the report International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean, which ECLAC recently launched and which it presented on Wednesday, November 8 at a high-level event held in Beijing. A delegation from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) – headed by the Director of the Production, Productivity and Management Division and Officer-in-Charge of the organization’s International…

ECLAC Presents New Report on Foreign Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2017

25 October 2017 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will release a new edition of its annual report on foreign trade in the region next Monday, October 30, at 11:00 a.m. (GMT -03:00), at its central headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The document International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2017 (previously known as Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy) will be launched at a press conference presided by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization, Alicia Bárcena. In this edition, the report analyzes the performance of i…

Opportunities for Cooperation between China and Latin America and the Caribbean Are Underscored in Academic Forum at ECLAC

17 October 2017 | News

Authorities and experts inaugurated the First CELAC-China High-level Academic Forum this Tuesday, October 17, at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, recognizing the enormous opportunities for economic, social, political and cultural cooperation between the Asian giant and the Latin American and Caribbean region, particularly in the current international context marked by uncertainty, the effects of climate change and the revival of protectionist trends. The event, which runs through Wednesday, October 18, was organized by …

Latin America and the Caribbean Have Great Potential for Strengthening their Economic and Cooperative Ties with China

9 December 2016 | News

Latin America and the Caribbean have great potential for improving their economic and cooperative ties with China, a country that has already become the region’s second-largest trading partner, according to a new ECLAC document presented during the visit made by President Xi Jinping to the headquarters of the United Nations Regional Commission in Santiago, Chile, on 22 November 2016. The report Economic Relations between Latin America and the Caribbean and China: Opportunities and Challenges (in Spanish) was presented by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, at the Summit of Media …

ECLAC Calls for Closer Economic Ties between India and Latin America and the Caribbean

9 December 2016 | News

Economic ties between India and Latin America and the Caribbean are beginning to develop, and there are ample opportunities for expanding international trade, foreign direct investment (FDI) and cooperation between these two important regions. That is the conclusion reached by a new document published by the ECLAC Subregional Headquarters in Mexico. The report Strengthening the relationship between India and Latin America and the Caribbean was presented by ECLAC at the seventh India–Latin America & Caribbean Conclave, held in the Mexican city of Guadalajara on 28 and 29 November 2016. The …

ECLAC Presents the Foreign Trade Prospects of Latin America and the Caribbean through 2020

16 November 2016 | Announcement

Economic uncertainty and the slow growth of global demand in the last few years continue to negatively affect the foreign trade performance of Latin America and the Caribbean. This dynamic as well as the economic and social impacts of globalization are analyzed in the report that ECLAC will release next week in Santiago, Chile. The United Nations regional commission will launch on Wednesday, November 23 its annual report Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2016, in which it analyzes in detail the behavior of the region’s exports and imports in recent months and offers estimate…

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