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Senior Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Will Analyze the Region’s Urban Development and Housing Challenges

2 December 2022 | Announcement

Ministers and high-level housing and urban planning authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean will analyze the region’s challenges in relation to housing and urban development, at a high-level meeting that will take place on December 5-6 at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The XXXI General Assembly of the Forum of Ministers and Highest Authorities of Housing and Urbanism of Latin America and the Caribbean – MINURVI seeks to foster exchanges in order to generate a shared perspective on problems, assess ch…

Cities and Housing Provide an Opportunity to Transform Latin America and the Caribbean’s Development Model into a More Inclusive, Egalitarian and Sustainable One

17 May 2021 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, stated that cities and housing provide an opportunity to transform the region’s development model while also strengthening democracy, safeguarding human rights and maintaining peace, in accordance with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, during today’s inauguration of the IV Latin American and Caribbean Housing and Habitat Forum, which is taking place virtually through Friday, May 21. The senior United Nations official was one of the main speakers at the event’s opening sess…

Regional workshop addresses planning for resilience in the Caribbean

11 June 2019 | News

Housing, infrastructure and development planning experts from across the Caribbean have come together to promote a coherent approach to resilience building, considering the specific context of informal settlements in the subregion. With over 70 per cent of its populations living in urban areas, the Caribbean population is today increasingly urban. As this population continues to grow, the majority come under a diversity of economic, social, cultural and environmental constraints heightened by climate change impacts. In many Caribbean countries, urban growth has frequently been characterised b…

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