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ECLAC Led Key Discussions on Financing and Biodiversity at the COP16 in Cali

30 December 2024 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) participated actively in the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity, held in the city of Cali, Colombia in October 2024. This participation – centered particularly on events on the agenda of the Finance and Mechanisms for Implementation thematic bloc – was led by the organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, who served as a panelist, moderator or main speaker in multiple spaces, including in High-level Segments convened by the Secretariat of the Convention on Bio…

ECLAC at the COP16 in Colombia: Standing Together for Biodiversity and Sustainable Development

25 October 2024 | News

Under the motto of “Peace with Nature,” the 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) is taking place from October 21 to November 1, 2024 in Cali, Colombia. This conference – the first to be held since the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in 2022 – is bringing together scientists, representatives of government, international organizations, civil society and other key stakeholders to discuss global challenges for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (…

Experts Address Financing for Biodiversity Protection

12 July 2024 | News

On May 2, 2024, a seminar entitled Financing for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Towards a New Financial System for Biodiversity Protection and Climate Action was held in Bogotá, Colombia, organized jointly by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia. The event aimed to facilitate discussion of the importance of the financial system playing a more active role in the transition to nature-positive development models that would foster improved productivity and great…

ECLAC Supports the Governor’s Office in Valle del Cauca, Colombia in Strengthening its Capacities

21 March 2024 | News

The ECLAC Office in Bogotá is making headway on the process of technical assistance to the Governor’s Office of Valle del Cauca (a Department located in southwestern Colombia), with the aim of supporting institutional capacity building and strengthening to promote civic participation in the formulation, administration, implementation and monitoring of territorial public policies. The goal is for citizens to play an active part in and influence public decision-making. Civic participation is understood, in the context of this project, as people’s active involvement in the decision-making process…

ECLAC in Colombia Continues to Create Spaces for Discussion around Territorial Linkages: Paths for Moving Towards Development and Peace

30 June 2021 | News

On May 28, ECLAC’s Office in Colombia organized a radio program in collaboration with Voces Unidas (United Voices), a United Nations System radio project that seeks to give visibility to the work of the organization’s distinct agencies inside the country. The program created a space for reflecting on the project that ECLAC is carrying out on Territorial Linkages, rural-urban links and peace, and pointed up diverse experiences aimed at bolstering territorial development in southern Tolima department, where the project has been functioning since 2020. The radio program featured the participation…

ECLAC Continues Interweaving Territorial Linkages in Colombia

31 March 2021 | News

In March 2021, ECLAC’s office in Colombia held a virtual workshop offering training and capacity building to leaders and organizations from the four municipalities of southern Tolima department, a region that is involved in the Territorial Approach Development Programs (PDET). The workshop consisted of five collective work modules that brought together women’s organizations, producer associations, mayor’s offices and municipal secretariats, universities, youth groups, NGOs and foundations that work in that territory, among others. The event is part of a journey that began in 2020 during the lo…

ECLAC Opens Up Spaces for Reflection and Discussion around Rural-Urban Ties in Colombia

22 December 2020 | News

During the second half of 2020, ECLAC’s Office in Bogotá carried out eight virtual gatherings for southern Tolima Department in Colombia, in the framework of the Territorial linkages for inclusive development in Colombia project. Over the course of these meetings – despite the physical distance – synergies were created with leaders of productive, community, cultural and educational projects from the four municipalities that make up the Territorial Approach Development Programs (PDET) in southern Tolima. Throughout September and October, ECLAC sent out invitations widely to bring together the …

The Role of Digital Technologies in Light of the Pandemic Will Be Analyzed at the Seventh Ministerial Conference organized by ECLAC and the Government of Ecuador

4 November 2020 | Announcement

The role of digital technologies as critical instruments for alleviating the effects of the crisis stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic will be analyzed during the Seventh Ministerial Conference on the Information Society, to be held on November 23-26, 2020 and organized jointly by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Government of Ecuador. At the meeting, which will take place virtually, delegates from the region’s countries will debate the policy priorities on digital matters for the next two years and will aim to approve the eLAC 2022 Digital Agenda for…

ECLAC Promotes Territorial and Sustainable Dialogue between Actors in Colombia

12 March 2020 | News

ECLAC’s Office in Bogotá, in the framework of the project Territorial linkages for inclusive development in Colombia, carried out three events among different actors to promote knowledge and dialogue. In these spaces, participants identified sustainable initiatives that connect rural-urban spaces, and they explored what kinds of ties, relations, interdependencies, alliances and networks exist in these territories, along with the reasons for their emergence and ways of further strengthening them. The National Seminar on Territorial Linkages – held in Bogotá on August 29-30, 2019 – drew the part…

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

17 June 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…

ECLAC Study Classifies Colombia’s Provinces According to their Rurality and Connections

15 March 2017 | News

A new study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) proposes a methodology for classifying Colombia’s provinces according to their degree of urbanization or rurality, and their integration with markets and main hubs, since grouping these territorial units into homogeneous categories can contribute to improving the efficiency of public policies aimed at rural development. The document Territorial Configuration of Colombia’s Provinces: Rurality and Networks, produced by ECLAC’s Office in Bogota, analyzes the characteristics of Colombian provinces along with the pro…

Science, Technology and Innovation Factor is Increasingly Important in Regional Competitiveness in Colombia

20 June 2016 | News

The latest edition of the report Competitiveness Ranking for the Departments of Colombia (Spanish only), a periodic publication of the Bogota Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), reveals the growing importance of factors related to human capital and science, technology and innovation in the configuration of regional competitiveness. Colombia’s 32 departments progress at different paces and, as a result, some have reached greater economic prosperity and social well-being while others lag behind, said the study, which for the first time incorporates the …

ECLAC Analyzes Social Protection and Access to Public Goods and Services in Colombia’s Rural Areas

1 March 2016 | News

Two new documents by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) identify the main gaps in social protection and access to public goods and services in Colombia’s rural areas and make recommendations to help close them. The studies were prepared by ECLAC’s Office in Colombia in the framework of a technical cooperation agreement with the National Department of Planning as a contribution to the Mission for the Transformation of the Countryside, a government initiative that seeks to overcome the limitations that persist in rural areas and to define public policies for that…

Study Proposes Public Policy Priorities for Colombian Cities in Accordance with their Social Development

31 March 2015 | News

A new study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) classifies Colombia’s 23 main cities into six groups according to their social development levels, and proposes priorities in differentiated public policies tailored to each metropolis’ stage of demographic transition. The report Differentiated Social Policies for Cities in Colombia: A New Generation of Social Policies (only available in Spanish) distinguishes between cities that are elderly, mature, adult, big and young, adolescent and embryonic, according to their demographic features, levels of economic pover…

ECLAC Fosters Territorial Development in Colombia with Competitiveness Indicator

2 December 2013 | News

To guide public policymaking and stimulate private decisions that can combine to yield higher levels of territorial development, the Colombia Office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) periodically presents the Competitiveness ranking for national departments. According to the authors of the report, this indicator of economic, social and institutional development shows how departments use their various structural assets according to specific patterns of specialization. The following six factors are analysed in the recently launched Com…

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