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Authorities from the Region Will Discuss the Challenges of Transforming Institutional Frameworks for Development Planning

26 November 2024 | Announcement

Government representatives will address the challenges of transforming development planning along with current and new requests for training in the region, among other issues, at the Thirtieth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning (RCP) of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES), which will take place on November 27-28, 2024 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The event will be inaugurated on Wednesday, November 27 at 9 a.m. local time in Chile…

ECLAC Urges for Implementing a New Governance to Properly Manage the Transformation of Development Models in the Region

26 June 2024 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, stressed the importance today of having new governance systems to properly manage highly necessary transformations in development models in the region, during the inauguration of the First International Congress on Open State and Governance, organized by ECLAC, the International Academic Open Government Network (RAGA Internacional) and the National University of Costa Rica (UNA). “Governance comprises the institutional dynamics, coordination dynamics and incenti…

The Dominican Republic Will Host Nineteenth Meeting of the Regional Council for Planning of Latin America and the Caribbean

18 October 2023 | Announcement

Ministers, deputy ministers and high-level authorities from the region’s countries along with representatives of civil society and United Nations organizations will analyze progress and challenges in relation to development planning in Latin America and the Caribbean, at the Nineteenth Meeting of the Regional Council for Planning of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which will be held on November 7-9 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. During this event, ECLAC will presen…

Methodologies for the construction of environmental, climate change and disaster indicators in Uruguay

19 February 2020 | News

From February 17th to 20th, 2020, the course-workshop "Methodologies for the construction of environmental, climate change and disaster indicators" was held within the context of the ECLAC-BMZ/giz Cooperation Program. The event, organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Statistics Division, also received the collaboration of the National Secretariat of Environment, Water and Climate Change, the Ministry of Housing, Land Management and Environment, the National Institute of Statistics and the National Emergency System of Uruguay. The meeting…

Uruguay Will Host Two Important Meetings on Planning for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

21 August 2019 | Announcement

Ministers, deputy ministers and other senior authorities from the region’s countries, along with representatives of civil society and United Nations organizations, will analyze the progress and challenges related to planning for development in Latin America and the Caribbean during the XVI Conference of Ministers and Heads of Planning and the XVII Meeting of the Regional Council for Planning (RCP), which will be held on August 28-30 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Participants in these gatherings will analyze the challenges, experiences and perspectives on planning for development in the region, along…

ECLAC supports training Uruguayan government officials on Computable General Equilibrium Models

17 June 2019 | News

With support from the Uruguay office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the first of two workshops aimed at training government officials in the theory and practice of Computable General Equilibrium Models (CGEM) took place at the Spanish Cooperation Training Center in Montevideo from Thursday, June 6 to Tuesday, June 11. This tool allows for building equation systems that link merchandise markets, economic activities, production factors, institutions and foreign relations, in an integrated framework. They are based on Social Accounting Matrixes, and their …

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…

Peru Will Host Two Important Meetings on Development Planning in Latin America and the Caribbean

4 October 2017 | Announcement

Ministers, deputy ministers and senior authorities involved in development planning and public administration, along with representatives of civil society and United Nations bodies, will gather at the XV Conference of Ministers and Heads of Planning of Latin America and the Caribbean and the XVI Meeting of the Regional Council for Planning, which will take place on October 11-13 in Lima, Peru. Both meetings are organized by the governments of Guatemala and Ecuador – which currently serve as co-presidents of the Council – the government of Peru, as the host, and the Economic Commission for Lati…

Countries of the Region Will Address Progress and Challenges of Development Planning at Two Important Meetings

6 September 2017 | Announcement

Ministers and senior authorities involved in development planning and public administration, representatives of civil society and United Nations bodies as well as other specialists will gather for the XV Conference of Ministers and Heads of Planning of Latin America and the Caribbean and the XVI Meeting of the Regional Council for Planning, which will be held from October 11 through October 13 in Lima, Peru. At both meetings – organized by the governments of Guatemala and Ecuador (which currently hold the Council’s co-presidency), the host government of Peru, and the Economic Commission for La…

ECLAC Will Participate in International Symposium On Public Administration in Bolivia

1 March 2016 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will participate in an international symposium on strengthening the public administration to foster sustainable development, to be held on March 16-17 in Cochabamba (Bolivia) and which will be inaugurated by Bolivian President, Evo Morales. The Symposium on the Promotion of an Inclusive and Accountable Public Administration for Sustainable Development is organized by the Government of Bolivia, together with the Division for Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM) of the United Nations Department of Economic an…

Ecuador to Host Regional Meeting on Planning for Development

28 October 2015 | Announcement

Ministers and senior authorities, as well as experts and officials from international organizations, will participate on November 18-19 in Yachay (Ecuador) in meetings organized by the Government of Ecuador and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), where they will analyze the contribution of planning to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. On November 18, the XIV Conference of Ministers and Heads of Planning of Latin America and the Caribbean will take place. It will be inaugurated by the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, and the …

ECLAC Will Give Courses in Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala and Uruguay to Officials and Academics of the Region

22 June 2015 | News

In August and September, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will give four courses oriented towards government officials and academics and researchers from the region’s countries on prospective, digital government, planning and public leadership, all with the support of Spanish cooperation. The courses will be held in Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala and Uruguay by experts from ECLAC’s Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES), in the framework of the Technical Cooperation Program between this United Nations regional organizati…

ECLAC Participated in the Fourth Challenges of Government Conference at Oxford University

17 December 2014 | News

A series of policy proposals related to education and the labor market were formulated by the Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Antonio Prado, during the fourth Challenges of Government Conference 2014: Flourishing Cities, organized by the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. The event took place on December 11-12 and brought together international experts to discuss the challenges of inclusive growth, the population’s well-being and environmental sustainability in light of the world’s rapid urbanization. P…

Network of Region's Public Investment Institutions Expands

2 December 2014 | News

The Network of National Public Investment Systems (Red SNIP, in Spanish), which groups the state institutions that are responsible for evaluating the social impact of public investment projects, launched a platform (only available in Spanish) that brings together information about national authorities, methodologies and legislation pertaining to this issue from its 16 Latin American member countries. This Network was created in 2010 with the goal of improving management of public investments by exchanging experiences, documents and training systems, among other things. It is backed b…

In Brasilia, Ministers Will Discuss Planning As a Development Tool

1 October 2013 | News

Latin American and Caribbean Ministers of Planning will meet in Brasilia at the Regional Council for Planning (CRP), an interministerial body led by ECLAC's Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES), where they will discuss planning and public management as tools for the governance of development in the region. ILPES, which is part of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), will invite Ministers and Heads of Planning from the region's governments on 21 and 22 November 2013 in the capital of Brazil to present an u…

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