This event will bring authorities and specialists together to debate new evidence and studies that can contribute to inclusive social development in the digital era in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Today marked the end of the Fourth Regional Seminar on Social Development organized by ECLAC, in which authorities and specialists analyzed the links between social protection and inequality.

The event seeks to strengthen the design of public policies aimed at reducing inequality and achieving progress on inclusive social development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, will give a press conference on Thursday, November 23 from Santiago, Chile.

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, participated in the “Dialogues on Uruguay’s Future,” where he stressed the need to escalate productive development policies and focus efforts on dynamic sectors to increase growth in the region’s countries and make it more sustainable and i...

Today the Third Regional Seminar on Social Development concluded, having convened Labour Ministers, academics, specialists and representatives of trade-union and employer organizations.

The event will take place on June 27-29 at the United Nations regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in the inauguration of a two-day workshop on the labor market effects of automation and technology adoption in the global economy.

The annual report, Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2022, will be presented on Thursday, November 24 at a press conference given by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization.

Authorities and specialists addressed these and other issues on the second day of the Eighth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is taking place through Friday, November 18 in Montevideo.

The United Nations regional organization presented a document on this issue in the framework of the Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is taking place virtually on October 26-28.

An international seminar organized by ECLAC on October 6-7 announced the key findings of a project financed by the United Nations Development Account.

The session will be held virtually from October 26-28.

The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, stressed the importance of international cooperation to redistribute concessional funding to the nations most affected by the crisis, at a high-level event held in the framework of the UN General Assembly.

Social Development authorities, international officials and specialists participated in an event on middle-income strata, COVID-19 and the challenges of social protection, organized by ECLAC in the framework of Development in Transition month.

The ECLAC Executive Secretary gave her remarks at a virtual event on women’s integration in the labor market as part of the COVID-19 recovery efforts. This was a side-event to the 2021 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.

The United Nations regional organization’s main academic publication will hold a webinar on Thursday, April 29, led by Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena.

At a high-level seminar organized jointly with UN Women and the ILO, the organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, presented a proposal for a basic digital basket and emergency income for women who have lost their jobs due to the pandemic.

Over 2,700 attendees and representatives from 35 governments met virtually on January 12, 13 and 14 at the XII Ministerial Forum for Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by UNDP, ECLAC and the Government of Colombia.

On Wednesday, January 13, the Fourth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place, in the framework of the XII Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean co-organized with UNDP.