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“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…

Equality is Efficient Since it Contributes to Innovation, Productivity Growth and Environmental Protection: ECLAC

14 May 2019 | News

The Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Mario Cimoli, reaffirmed today that equality is the foundation of sustainable development and is economically efficient, since it contributes to innovation, productivity growth and environmental protection, during a high-level debate held at United Nations headquarters in New York. The senior official from ECLAC was one of the main speakers at the “General Assembly High-Level Thematic Debate: Addressing Inequality toward Inclusive Development,” which was convened by the global body’s Presiden…

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…

ECLAC and Cambridge University Launched a Fintech Collaboration Network

26 Mar 2019 | News

Fintech companies, which offer financial services through the application of digital technologies, may be key to furthering financial inclusion, one of the region’s main challenges, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, said on Monday, March 25 at the inauguration of a seminar where the United Nations regional organization and Cambridge University launched a joint collaborative initiative in this area, which includes the creation of a Financial Innovation Hub for Latin America. These new companies have enormous potential to satisfy the financial needs of small and medium-sized enterpris…

To Face the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it is Crucial to Spur on Complementary Labor and Production Policies, Specialists at ECLAC Warned

5 Mar 2019 | News

To face the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution, it is critical to spur on complementary labor and production policies in the framework of national and regional strategies for sustainable development, according to the authorities and specialists gathered this Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The seminar they were attending, entitled The Transformation of Employment in Light of the Digital Revolution and Automation, was organized jointly by ECLAC and the government and Senate of Chile, with …

Advancing on Integration and Regional Cooperation is Essential to Managing and Taking Advantage of the Flow of Cross-Border Data

22 Nov 2018 | News

Advancing on integration and regional cooperation is essential to properly managing and taking advantage of the flow of cross-border data, considering that it not only involves different countries but also has an impact on areas such as trade, security and human rights, according to the specialists gathered at the inauguration of the Regional conference: Challenges in an interconnected world, cross-border data flows, data protection and cybersecurity, held at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile this Thursday, November 22. The event was organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America…

ECLAC: There is Great Room for Deepening Ties between India and Latin America and the Caribbean

1 Oct 2018 | News

“There is great room for deepening the ties between India and Latin America and the Caribbean. In economic terms, we can make progress through long-term and new generation trade, technological and productive agreements,” said Mario Cimoli, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), who participated on behalf of Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena in the inauguration of the eighth India-Latin America and Caribbean Conclave, which is taking place in Santiago, Chile. There is ample room for growth in trade, foreign direct investment and South…

ECLAC, the European Union and the Government of Chile Organize a Week Dedicated to “Development in Transition”

28 Sep 2018 | Announcement

On Thursday, October 4, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, a high-level dialogue entitled “Development in transition: development challenges in a changing world” will take place, with keynote addresses by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization; Neven Mimica, Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development of the European Union (EU); and Roberto Ampuero, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile. After these speeches, the authorities in attendance wi…

ECLAC and DESA Strengthen Their Cooperation With a View to Fulfilling the 2030 Agenda and Tackling Global Economic Challenges

11 Sep 2018 | News

Liu Zhenmin, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General in charge of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), met today with the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, and the directors of all the Commission’s divisions, in the framework of his visit to Chile. During the meeting, both UN entities reaffirmed the cooperation ties that unite them and renewed their pledge to continue working together to help the global organization’s member countries to advance on fulfilling the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Dev…

Twenty Directors of Latin American Companies Will Initiate Dialogue on Corporate Governance in the Digital Era

29 Aug 2018 | Announcement

The world economy is undergoing a disrupted transformation towards digitalization, which requires the adaptation of the corporate governance structures to the new economic conditions, markets and societies. Companies interact in multiple areas, related to productive and management processes, as well as markets and different stakeholders. In this framework, the sixth edition of the Dialogue of Sustainability Directors: Corporate governments in the digital era, will take place in Santiago, Chile, at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) headquarters. This space of d…

Mario Cimoli Was Appointed As Deputy Executive Secretary of ECLAC

1 Aug 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…

ECLAC Report Looks at the Role of Private Capital Flows and Its Importance for the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda in the Caribbean

25 Jun 2018 | News

The economic challenges in the Caribbean can be linked in significant measure to the region’s external vulnerability, states the report Resilience and Capital Flows in the Caribbean, released by the Washington Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The report, which focuses on the region’s access to external financing and how to improve it as part of the overall answer to its development challenges, looks at trends in international capital flows – including portfolio flows and foreign direct investment – to the Caribbean in recent years, in the context o…

New Publication by ECLAC Analyzes Productive Integration between Argentina and Brazil

25 Jun 2018 | News

A new document published recently by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) analyzes productive integration between Argentina and Brazil through the information provided by the inter-country input-output matrices of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The study, entitled Productive Integration between Argentina and Brazil: An Analysis Based on Inter-Country Input-Output Methodologies (available only in Spanish), presents the results of a technical cooperation project carried out by ECLAC’s Buenos Aires Office and the Argentine Industri…

ECLAC Will Unveil New Report on Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean

21 Jun 2018 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will release the 2018 edition of its annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean on Thursday, July 5, at 11 a.m. (GMT –5) at its Subregional Headquarters in Mexico, in Mexico City. The report, which contains updated 2017 figures for the countries of the region reported through early June of this year, will be unveiled at a press conference led by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization, Alicia Bárcena. The launch will also be transmitted live on the Internet. The 2018 …

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…

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