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Education can’t wait: Enabling conditions and investment for a better future in Latin America and the Caribbean

20 Sep 2024 | Announcement

WHEN: Tuesday, 24 September 2024 from 16.00 to 18.00 (UCT-4) WHAT: The President of the Dominican Republic, joined by ministers of Education and Finance from Latin America and the Caribbean, a coalition of multilateral organizations and world-renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs will launch an urgent call for investment to transform education in the region and ensure a better future for all. Convened by the Dominican Republic - with support from the Ministry of Education of Chile, UNICEF, UNESCO, ECLAC, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank, the Development Bank of Latin Ameri…

ECLAC’s Fourth Regional Seminar on Social Development Will Take Place on June 25-27, Focused on Social Protection and Inequality

10 Jun 2024 | Announcement

WHAT: Fourth Regional Seminar on Social Development “Social Protection and Inequality: Latin America and the Caribbean towards the Second World Summit for Social Development of 2025” Organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), this event will take place on June 25-27, 2024, using a hybrid format, with the participation of senior government officials, academics and specialists from international organizations. The seminar – which will be inaugurated on Tuesday, June 25 at 9:30 a.m. local time in Chile (GMT-4) at ECLAC’s main headquarters in Santiago …

Republic of Korea and ECLAC Renew their Cooperation Agreement with Emphasis on Education and the Labor Market, the Energy Transition and Ageing in the Region

20 Mar 2024 | News

The government of the Republic of Korea and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) bolstered their strategic ties today upon renewing their cooperation agreement with an emphasis on strengthening education and vocational training, digital inclusion, opportunities and challenges for resilient investments in renewable energy, and the productive integration of older persons. The 2024 annual cooperation programme was signed by Kim Hak Jae, the Republic of Korea’s Ambassador in Chile, and José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, during a meeting held …

Lant Pritchett, a Development Economist from the University of Oxford, Will Deliver a Keynote Lecture at ECLAC

13 Mar 2024 | Announcement

Lant Pritchett, a development economist and former Research Director of the Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) programme at the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government, will deliver a keynote lecture on Monday, March 18 at the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The prestigious U.S. scholar will give a talk entitled “When does education drive growth and when does it not? Education policies for transformative growth.” He will be received by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secre…

Chile Will Host an Extraordinary Meeting of the Ministers of Education from Latin America and the Caribbean

18 Jan 2024 | Announcement

The meeting will bring together Ministers of Education from the region at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago and will impact 33 countries with approximately 125 million students, who are supported by 6.9 million teachers. The event aims to advance in defining public policies focused on the reactivation, recovery, and transformation of education as accelerators of the educational goals of the 2030 Agenda. On January 25 and 26, 2024, the extraordinary meeting of Ministers of Education of Latin America and the Caribbean, "Ministerial of Education: Santiago 2024," will be held in Santiago, Chile…

Latin America and the Caribbean Must Address Crisis in Learning if it Wants to Move towards More Productive, Inclusive, Sustainable and Democratic Development

12 Dec 2023 | News

The poor educational performance of Latin American and Caribbean countries, which was demonstrated once again by the results of the OECD's 2022 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), requires firm responses by the region’s countries in order to resume the progress of recent decades, undo the damage and scars left by the COVID-19 pandemic, and move towards more productive, inclusive, sustainable and democratic development with social justice, according to the specialists participating in a seminar held today at ECLAC. The event, Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Launch PI…

How Did Latin America and the Caribbean Do on PISA 2022?

30 Nov 2023 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the UNESCO Regional Office in Santiago announce the regional launch of the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) from 2022. The hybrid event will take place on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 between 10 a.m. and 12:50 p.m. local time in Chile, and will feature opening remarks by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary; Andreas Schleicher, the OECD’s Director for Education and Skills (virtually); and Claudia Uribe, Direct…

Tarja Halonen Will Address at ECLAC the Social Dimension of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

7 Sep 2023 | Announcement

The former President of Finland, Tarja Halonen, will deliver a keynote lecture on Tuesday, September 12 at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in Santiago, Chile, where she will be received by the United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs. The Finnish lawyer and politician, who became the first woman to serve as President of her country on March 1, 2000, will give a lecture entitled “The Social Dimension of the 2030 Agenda - the global challenge ahead,” at 11 a.m. local time in Chile (U…

ECLAC: Latin America and the Caribbean Faces the Challenge of Moving from Labour Market Participation to Labour Inclusion

29 Jun 2023 | News

Labour inclusion policies in the region must have a strategic and comprehensive perspective that also involves educational, productive, fiscal, social and environmental spheres, among others, according to participants in the Third Regional Seminar on Social Development: Promoting labour inclusion as a way to overcome inequalities and informality in Latin America and the Caribbean, held on June 27-29, 2023 at ECLAC’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile. “It will not be possible to create a better future for work without creating a better future for production, and vice versa. They are two s…

Labour Inclusion Will Be the Main Theme of the Third Regional Seminar on Social Development, Organized by ECLAC

23 Jun 2023 | Announcement

Authorities from the region, academics and specialists from the United Nations and multilateral organizations will participate on June 27-29, 2023 in the Third Regional Seminar on Social Development: Promoting labour inclusion as a way to overcome inequalities and informality in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be held at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The event – organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, German Cooperation an…

The Region’s Countries Committed Themselves to Bridging the Gender Digital Divide and Ensuring Women’s Full Participation in Technological Development and Knowledge

10 Feb 2023 | News

The region’s countries committed themselves to “promoting intersectoral public policies that include affirmative action to foster women’s and girls’ participation, continuation and completion of education in the spheres of science, technology, engineering and mathematics,” along with their full access to the emerging digital economy and its potential opportunities. This is according to the Declaration by Ministers and High-level Authorities of the National Machineries for the Advancement of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean for the 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (…

Women’s Affairs Ministers Will Examine the Actions Planned for Implementing the Buenos Aires Commitment and Will Discuss Women’s Autonomy and Gender Equality in the Digital Age

7 Feb 2023 | Announcement

Ministers of Women’s Affairs and senior authorities from mechanisms for women’s advancement in the region will meet virtually on February 8-9, 2023 to examine the actions planned for the implementation of the Buenos Aires Commitment, approved at the XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which was held on November 7-11, 2022 in Argentina. At this gathering, a special regional consultation session prior to the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is scheduled to take place, the priority theme of which will be “Innovation and technological chan…

ECLAC Will Release New Figures on Poverty and Inequality in the Region and on the Silent Crisis in Education

21 Nov 2022 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present next Thursday, November 24, 2022 its flagship annual report Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2022, which includes new data on inequality and poverty in the region and on the silent crisis in education in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The document will be unveiled by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, at a hybrid press conference (in-person and virtual) held from Santiago, Chile at 11 a.m. local time (UTC/GMT-3). This edition of the Social Panorama analyzes the sil…

ECLAC, UNESCO and UNICEF Present Preliminary Results from Report on the Regional Implementation of SDG 4

12 Jul 2022 | News

Representatives of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (OREALC/UNESCO Santiago) and the UNICEF Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF LACRO) met virtually this Tuesday, July 12, 2022 to present the preliminary conclusions of the first Regional Monitoring Report SDG 4 – Education 2030. At this event – held on the sidelines of the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), which is taking place at the global organization’s headquarters through July 15 – the thr…

ECLAC Will Release the Latest Poverty and Inequality Figures in the Context of the Prolonged Health and Social Crisis Linked to COVID-19

21 Jan 2022 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Thursday, January 27, 2022 its annual flagship report entitled Social Panorama of Latin America 2021, which examines the social impact of the crisis prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic and provides the most recent statistics on poverty, inequality and social spending in the region. The document will be presented by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, at a virtual press conference held from Santiago, Chile, at 11 a.m. local time (UTC/GMT -3). The study also analyzes the prolonged health crisis’s profound …

Specialists Will Debate Opportunity to Restructure Education in Latin America and the Caribbean after the Prolonged COVID-19 Crisis

8 Oct 2021 | Announcement

On October 13-15, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will host a virtual event, its First Regional Seminar on Social Development, with participation by decision-makers, experts from the United Nations, multilateral organizations and academia, who will reflect on education as an engine for driving social development in the region in the context of a transformative post-pandemic recovery with equality and sustainability. The event is in collaboration with the Regional Office of the United Nations Children’s Fund for LAC (UNICEF/LACRO), the United Nations Regional…

Investment in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Primary Health Systems is Urgently Needed for a Transformative Recovery in the Region: ECLAC

22 Sep 2021 | News

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean must clearly set out their strategies for a transformative recovery with equality and sustainability, centering their investment on key sectors such as pharmaceutical manufacturing and primary health systems, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), indicated today at a virtual event entitled A Comprehensive Response in Health and the Economy to the Protracted COVID-19 Pandemic. The event, which was held on the sidelines of the 59th Directing Council of the Pan American Health Or…

Professor Sir Hilary Beckles calls for multi-donor trust fund for higher education and research in the Caribbean

20 Oct 2020 | News

The crisis being faced by the higher education sector in the Caribbean brought regional Prime Ministers, Ministers, senior policy makers, representatives from the United Nations, international donor agencies and development banks together virtually on Wednesday, October 14, 2020. Among the outcomes at the high level meeting was a call from Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) for a multi-donor trust fund to invest 600 million US dollars over three years for the Caribbean’s human capital development and the establishment of a …

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…

Specialists Underscore the Importance of Technical and Vocational Education for Labor Inclusion and Development with Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

13 Mar 2019 | News

Government representatives and specialists gathered at a two-day seminar at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile underscored today the importance of technical and vocational education and training as a space for crucial articulation between education, work and development with equality in Latin America and the Caribbean. The seminar Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Labor Inclusion and Greater Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean was inaugurated by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); Erland Skut…

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