At a press conference next Wednesday, November 26, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, will present updated figures on poverty, inequality and social spending in the region.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met with ministers and deputy ministers from Chile and Paraguay along with representatives of ECLAC and UNDP.

All the event’s panels will be transmitted live via several platforms.

This intergovernmental event is organized by ECLAC in conjunction with the United Nations Development Programme’s 17th Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

On June 24-26, the Fifth Regional Seminar on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place, focused on the region’s preparatory process vis-à-vis the Second World Summit for Social Development, to be held in Doha in November.

Chile’s Social Development and Family Minister, Javiera Toro, and ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, led a Special Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which was held virtually.

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, will give a press conference on Tuesday, November 12 from Santiago to unveil the Social Panorama 2024 report, which has non-contributory social protection as its main theme.

On Thursday, October 31 in Bridgetown, the Sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held in the framework of the XVI Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, co-organized and hoste...

The Social Panorama of Latin America 2021 report will be unveiled on Thursday, January 27 at a virtual press conference by the United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena.

The First Regional Seminar on Social Development will take place October 13-15. Organized by ECLAC, the seminar will focus on the subject of education.

This pivotal meeting themed, “Investing in higher education to build more diversified and resilient post-COVID economies”, which drew over 100 participants was convened jointly with the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC) to put a spotlight on the urgent need for investment ...

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated today in a virtual meeting on the role of Social Development Ministries in the Caribbean in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was organized jointly by the Secretariat of Welfare of Mexico and the UN Regional Commission.

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated today in a virtual meeting on the role of Latin America and the Caribbean’s Social Development Ministries in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was organized by Mexico’s Secretariat of Welfare and the UN Regional Commission.

The UN regional commission’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will hold a virtual press conference on Friday, April 3, from the organization’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

On Tuesday, January 15, Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena will give a press conference at the regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

The course was organized by ECLAC’s office in Montevideo, in the framework of an agreement with that country’s Ministry of Social Development.

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary presented the document “Linkages between the social and production spheres: Gaps, pillars and challenges” to regional authorities.

President Tabaré Vázquez will kick off the gathering that will be held on October 25-27 in Montevideo.

The tool was developed by ECLAC in collaboration with countries of the region.

The seminars, which will take place in June and July, are organized jointly with the Governments of Chile and Ecuador, with the support of the German cooperation.