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Access to Financing and Improved Fiscal Capacities Are Crucial to Achieving Inclusive, Resilient and Sustainable Cities

12 July 2018 | News

Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG11) – which seeks to achieve inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities and human settlements ­– faces a series of challenges. Access to financing and improved fiscal capacities at the local level are crucial to attaining sustainable urban development, pointed out Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), during a side event to the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) being held in New York. In the meeting on “Effective Implementation, Monitoring and Financing of SDG11 - reinforcing crucia…

Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters Strengthens Democracy and Promotes Growth with Equality and Sustainability

11 July 2018 | News

The Regional Agreement on access to information, public participation and justice in environmental matters (Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration of 1992) – adopted in Escazu, Costa Rica on March 4, 2018 – strengthens environmental democracy and represents a crucial step toward the construction of societies with economic growth based on sustainable development and equality, said Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and Olga Algayerova, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), during an eve…

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…

United Nations Publishes Authentic Text of First Regional Environmental Agreement of Latin America and the Caribbean

9 April 2018 | News

The Treaty Section of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs published today on its web site the certified true copies of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean, adopted March 4, 2018 in Escazú, Costa Rica, during the ninth meeting of the agreement’s negotiating committee. In addition to being the first regional environmental agreement, this unprecedented legal instrument is the only treaty to come out of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) and the first in the world to contain speci…

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, …

Countries Agree to Create Forum to Promote a Sustainable Energy Future in the Region

16 March 2018 | News

The officials responsible for energy planning in seven countries of the region met in Brazil on March 6, 2018 to discuss, identify and define the necessary steps for creating the “Regional Technical Forum of Energy Planners,” a space for sharing experiences and promoting modern planning aimed at greater energy security and affordable energy for all. The preparatory meeting – organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in association with Brazil’s Energy Research Company (EPE) – took place in the city of Rio de Janeiro, and brought together representatives …

Countries of the Region Expect to Conclude Negotiations of Regional Agreement on Environmental Matters in Costa Rica

22 February 2018 | Announcement

Government delegates from the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean that are negotiating a regional agreement regarding access to environmental information, participation and justice (Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development) will meet in San Jose, Costa Rica, to conclude the negotiations on this legal instrument, the first of its kind in the region. The Ninth Meeting of the Negotiating Committee of the Regional Agreement on Principle 10 will take place from February 28 to March 4 in the Hotel Real Intercontinental of the Costa Rican capital. It will be inaugur…

ECLAC Begins 70th Anniversary Commemoration with a High-level Seminar in Santiago

4 January 2018 | Announcement

In 2018, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) celebrates 70 years at the region’s service. To commemorate this important anniversary, the United Nations regional organization will carry out various activities over the course of the year. The first of these will be a high-level seminar at its central headquarters in Santiago, Chile, which will include a roundtable on the institution’s history and contributions to Latin American and Caribbean thinking. This event will take place on January 10 at 9 a.m. Chile time (GMT -3) and will be led by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s …

Latest Round of Negotiations to Reach a Regional Agreement on Environmental Matters Will Take Place in Santiago, Chile

23 November 2017 | Announcement

Government representatives from the 24 countries in the region that are negotiating a regional agreement on access to environmental information, participation and justice (Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development) will gather at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, to continue negotiations on an unprecedented legal instrument in this area. The Eighth Meeting of the Negotiating Committee of the Regional Agreement on Principle 10 will take place from November 27 to December 1 at the United Nations or…

ECLAC Advocates for Debt Relief Proposal during Conference on Hurricane Striken Caribbean Held in New York

20 November 2017 | News

Representatives from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presented this Monday 20 November the organization’s debt for climate adaptation swaps proposal for the Caribbean nations striken by the recent hurricane season, during a high level conference being held in the United Nations’ headquarters in New York until Tuesday 21 November. The CARICOM-UN High Level Pledging Conference: “Building a more Climate Resilient Community”, was convened by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and looks to mobilis…

Alicia Bárcena Reaffirms Need for a New Development Model at High-level Forum alongside Noam Chomsky and Nobel Prize Winner Mario Molina

15 November 2017 | News

“Latin America and the Caribbean needs to move toward a new development paradigm based on equality and environmental sustainability as the drivers of growth. The current model, capitalism, doesn’t work,” Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), stated this Wednesday, November 15, at a high-level forum held in Mexico City. Bárcena participated in the opening session of the international forum The Siege Upon Civilization: From Wall to Wall – organized by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the University o…

ECLAC hosts art and craft exhibition

25 October 2017 | News

The handiwork of CHATT will be on display at ECLAC Caribbean’s Port of Spain office for these three days, and several of the participating artisans will be present to share information on their work. Members of the diplomatic community and the United Nations system were invited to enjoy this unique display of craftwork, which includes decorative and wearable crochet items, jewelry, clothing, hand –crafted lighting, glass and crystal works, all of which are on sale, just in time for early Christmas shopping! The six-year-old organization CHATT, is based in Chaguanas, Trinidad …

Cities Conference Concluded at ECLAC with Session on Mobility and Sustainable Urban Transportation

6 October 2017 | News

After five days of debates and of exchanging experiences, the Cities Conference held at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile concluded on Friday, October 6 with a call for dialogue among public and private stakeholders on the implementation of safe, affordable and sustainable urban mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean. On the last day of the gathering – co-organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Assembly of Ministers and High Authorities of Housing and Urban Development of Latin America and the Caribbean (MINURVI), and UN-Habitat – author…

ECLAC discusses strategies to support regional artisans in the art and craft sector

31 July 2017 | News

Meeting participants included representatives from the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), the Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Community Development, Culture and Arts, and an artisan from Saint Lucia. During the meeting, participants underscored the importance of creating avenues to allow artisans to have direct interaction with tourists, as well as the need to establish easier financing packages and the necessary infrastructure for artisans who are more business oriented. These measures would help to strengthen linkages between the arts and touri…

Buenos Aires Will Host New Round of Negotiations for Regional Agreement on Rights of Access in Environmental Matters

27 July 2017 | Announcement

The Latin American and Caribbean countries that adhere to the regional initiative for the effective application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in the region – which refers to access to environmental information, participation and justice – will meet next week in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to continue negotiations toward a regional agreement on these matters. Authorities, government officials, representatives of civil society and experts from international bodies will gather from 31 July to 4 August in the Seventh Meeting of the Negotiating Committee of the …

Latin America and the European Union Conclude First Stage of EUROCLIMA Program with Positive Results

14 June 2017 | News

Representatives of Latin America and the European Union positively assessed the achievements and results attained in the first stage of the EUROCLIMA Program and began planning the activities that will be carried out during the new phase entitled EUROCLIMA+, while attending two seminars held in Lima, Peru. The Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Antonio Prado, extolled the importance of the bi-regional cooperation program during the EUROCLIMA Seminar, which took place on May 30-31 in the Peruvian capital. In his speech, the senior …

ECLAC presents model institutional framework for Sustainable Development Goals implementation in the Caribbean

18 May 2017 | News

On 18 May 2017, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean convened a workshop in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, to provide policy makers with practical options for establishing and enhancing their national institutional framework for implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The workshop brought together senior government officials from the Caribbean in the areas of foreign affairs, the economy, the environment, sustainable development and planning, as well as officials of the United Nations system, re…

Countries of the Region Will Resume Negotiations in Santiago for Agreement on Rights of Access in Environmental Matters

15 November 2016 | Announcement

Delegates from the 22 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean that adhered to the regional initiative for the effective application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in the region—which refers to access to environmental information, participation and justice—will continue negotiations in Santiago, Chile to reach a regional accord on these matters. Government officials as well as representatives of civil society will meet from November 21 through November 25 in the Fifth meeting of the Negotiating Committee of the Regional Agreement on Access to Informat…

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