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United Nations Special Envoy for the Ocean to Visit ECLAC

1 Aug 2019 | Announcement

Ambassador Peter Thomson, UN Special Envoy for the Ocean, will visit the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean on Wednesday, August 7, 2019, where he will meet with the organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, followed by a press conference. Thomson, originally from Fiji, is scheduled to make an official visit to Chile August 6-9, during which he will meet with country authorities and participate in an array of activities related to his role as advocate for the conservation and sustainable use of the world’s oceans. The press conference, which …

ECLAC meeting analyses flooding in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago

25 Jul 2019 | News

Intense rainfall, storm surges and hurricanes have resulted in an increased number of flooding events in the Caribbean over recent times. The economic impacts of such events in Jamaica and in Trinidad and Tobago, were at the centre of discussions this morning, when regional technicians gathered for an expert group meeting (EGM) hosted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean. Discussions during the meeting were guided by an upcoming study by ECLAC Caribbean, entitled `An Economic Analysis of Flooding in the Caribbean – T…

Alicia Bárcena: The Conversation Must Change between Governments, the Private Sector and Civil Society to Meet the SDGs

18 Jul 2019 | News

“The conversation between governments, business and civil society must change. All actors must have a dialogue about what sectors and economic activities can take us more quickly toward fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda,” sustained Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on Thursday, July 18 in New York. Bárcena offered closing remarks at the event Global Compact Network: Making global goals global business, organized by the United Nations Global Compact and the permanent missions of Argentina and Lebanon to the United Nations, on…

States Require Integrated, Coordinated, Multilevel Support to Meet the 2030 Agenda

17 Jul 2019 | News

During a side event today to the 2019 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, said that the 2030 Agenda is complex and that the support UN member States require to meet the Agenda’s goals must be integrated, coordinated and multilevel. At the event entitled “Beyond July: an integrated support to member States in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda,” representatives of the governments of Chile, Guatemala and Guyana, along with resident coordinators of the…

Ensuring Environmental Rights of the Most Vulnerable is Fundamental to Combating Inequality and Achieving Sustainable Development

15 Jul 2019 | News

The global commitment to sustainable development is the driving force behind the 2030 Agenda. In this setting, rights of access to information, public participation and justice in environmental matters are the cornerstone of democratic societies and play a crucial role in combating inequality and achieving sustainable development, said government authorities, experts from international organizations and civil society today during a side-event to the 2019 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development being held at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The meeting entitled “Establishi…

“ECLAC Notes” Marks 100 Editions Informing the Entire Region about the Commission’s Work

17 Jun 2019 | News

Nearly 21 years ago, in November 1998, the “ECLAC Notes” bulletin came into being, and today we publish its 100th edition. We celebrate this anniversary with great pride, since we are certain that this newsletter has become a key instrument for communicating – not only to the media, but also to the entire community – ECLAC’s proposals for achieving sustainable development in Latin American and Caribbean countries and for promoting the well-being of all its inhabitants. An occasion like this invites us to reflect on the constant efforts that our institution has made to put the data and statisti…

ECLAC Promotes in Colombia the Strengthening of Policies for Inclusive Territorial Development

17 Jun 2019 | News

The isolation of territories and populations in Colombia has left them excluded from pathways to progress, given the entrenched urban bias of development. Contributing to this is the country’s complex geography, the weakness of the State (aggravated by the armed conflict), weak institutional capacities for managing local development, and the sectoral and functional fragmentation of policies. For these reasons, ECLAC’s Office in Bogotá has been implementing since 2018 the project “Rural-urban linkages for inclusive development in Colombia”, which is part of the United Nations Development Accou…

New Document by ECLAC Analyzes the Values of the Social Cost of Carbon for the Development of Public Policies on Climate Change in the Region

17 Jun 2019 | News

Identifying and establishing a social cost of carbon (SCC) is particularly useful for developing public policies on climate change and sustainable development in the region, a new document produced by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) indicates. The report entitled The Social Cost of Carbon: An Aggregate View from Latin America (in Spanish only) – by authors José Eduardo Alatorre, Karina Caballero, Jimy Ferrer and Luis Miguel Galindo –analyzes and narrows down the wide variety of studies and results on SCC to identify their regular patterns and reduce the…

ECLAC Wants to Get to Know Case Studies on Impact Investments for Sustainable Development in Brazil

13 Jun 2019 | News

The United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), through its Brazil Office, invites researchers, private-sector professionals, businesspeople, representatives of civil society, policymakers and civil servants to submit case studies on impact investments for sustainable development in Brazil, which will form part of the “Big Push for Sustainability in Brazil” project. In simple terms, the “Big Push for Sustainability” represents an approach for analyzing the articulation and coordination of policies (public, corporate and community-based, national, regional a…

Germany and ECLAC Reaffirm Strategic Cooperation Ties with a View to Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

27 May 2019 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, and the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) of Germany, Norbert Barthle, reaffirmed today in Berlin the strategic cooperation ties between the United Nations regional organization and the German government, with a view to fulfilling the 2030 Agenda in the region. In the framework of a three-day official visit to Germany, the senior representative of the United Nations also met with Christiane Bögemann-Hagedorn, the BMZ’…

Authorities from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea visited ECLAC

15 May 2019 | News

A delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea visited the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) headquarters in Santiago, Chile on 13-14 May 2019, and reaffirmed their commitment to supporting the Latin American and Caribbean countries in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ECLAC and the Republic of Korea have closely collaborated in the past years on crucial topics such as internationalization of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), reducing environmental footprint of exports and the promotion of sustainable and inclusive…

Fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean is at a Critical Point: Alicia Bárcena

26 Apr 2019 | News

“We find ourselves at a critical point; it is important to send a very clear message about what is truly needed to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the region,” the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) indicated this Friday, April 26, on the last day of the third meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development. The senior United Nations official delivered a presentation in which she reviewed the degree of progress made by the region’s countries on implementing the Sus…

Countries Urge for the Prompt Ratification of the Escazú Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters

25 Apr 2019 | News

Authorities from various countries along with representatives of international bodies and civil society organizations called today for prompt ratification of the Escazú Agreement on access to information, public participation and justice in environmental matters, during a high-level workshop held at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile as part of the third meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development. The Regional Workshop on progress and challenges in relation to implementation of the Escazú Agreement in Latin America and the Caribbean…

Caribbean Countries Face Complex Challenges to Advancing on Fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda

24 Apr 2019 | News

The current international political and economic context has meant that Caribbean countries face a difficult situation today in diverse areas, ranging from the effects of natural disasters to a shortage of resources, complex access to financing, narrow fiscal space for introducing social reforms, and the burden of high levels of indebtedness, among other problems. All these challenges, which hamper progress toward achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, were analyzed today by authorities from various countries of the subregion in the framework of the third meeting of the Forum o…

Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development Will Open Tomorrow with Presence of All the Region’s Countries

23 Apr 2019 | Announcement

The third meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development will be officially inaugurated tomorrow Wednesday, April 24, at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. More than a thousand people – including representatives of government, international institutions, the private sector, academia and civil society – are already confirmed to attend the gathering, which will be held on April 22-26. The meeting will feature more than 50 side events. Participants will meet to …

Latin American Intellectuals Warn about Environmental Degradation in the Region and Call on Countries to Create Their Own Development Model Based on Equality and Sustainability

22 Apr 2019 | News

Intellectuals from Chile and elsewhere in Latin America, along with international officials, warned about the seriousness of the degradation of the region’s natural assets and called on countries to create their own development model based on equal rights and environmental sustainability. This occurred at the side event Foundational Thinkers on Sustainable Development, held on Monday, April 22, in the framework of the third meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, which is taking place at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The g…

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

18 Apr 2019 | News

The third meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development will take place April 22-26 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 from the United Nations will attend, including the Deputy Secretary-General of the global organization, Amina Mohammed; the President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and Permanent…

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed Will Inaugurate the Third Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development

16 Apr 2019 | Announcement

The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, will participate in the opening session of the third meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, which will be held on April 22-26 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. More than a thousand people – including representatives of government, international institutions, the private sector, academia and civil society – are already confirmed to attend the gathering, which will feature more than 50 side e…

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

29 Mar 2019 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will host on April 22-26 the third 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 related to implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the region. The gathering will take place at the central headquarters of the United Nations regional organization, located in Santiago, Chile. The Forum is c…

New ECLAC policy brief prepares Caribbean countries for natural disasters

19 Mar 2019 | News

Through the publication of a new policy brief, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean has identified strengths and weaknesses in the DRM strategies of member states and how these can be mainstreamed in development plans and policies. The brief which is entitled `Mainstreaming disaster risk management (DRM) strategies in development instruments” and focuses on Barbados, Guyana, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago’. It presents policy recommendations to strengthen the role of DRM and to improve the use of resource…

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