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How to Follow the Ninth Ministerial Conference of eLAC

30 October 2024 | News

The Ninth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, a subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), will bring together authorities from the region and key actors from the private sector, civil society, the technical community and international organizations on November 7-8, 2024 in Santiago, Chile. At this intergovernmental gathering, participants will adopt the new Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean that will guide the region over the next two years (eLAC2026). They will also review imp…

Ninth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean Will Be Held in Chile

30 October 2024 | Announcement

Authorities from the region and key actors from the private sector, civil society, technical community and international organizations will meet in Santiago, Chile on November 7-8, 2024 to participate in the Ninth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, also known as eLAC, a body belonging to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). At this intergovernmental gathering, participants will adopt the new Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean that will guide the region over the next two years (eLAC2026). They wil…

ECLAC to Launch Observatory to Support Latin American and Caribbean Countries in their Digital Transformation processes

6 February 2024 | Announcement

WHAT: Launching of ECLAC's Digital Development Observatory (ODD). In a virtual event, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will unveil its Digital Development Observatory (ODD), which seeks to generate indicators and knowledge about the digital transformation process in Latin American and Caribbean countries for the design of better policies in this area, in order to move towards more productive, inclusive and sustainable development in the region. The ODD website contains more than 60 indicators and qualitative information in 12 thematic areas co…

Caribbean Must Build Knowledge Economy – ECLAC Caribbean Development Seminar 

2 November 2023 | News

This year, the two-day seminar in Port-of-Spain is themed “Positioning the Caribbean in the knowledge economy: The role of data”. It is being held at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Centre in Port of Spain. Ramdin presided at the opening ceremony. Minister Ramdin said “…our economies are commonly characterized as either services-based or goods-based; never knowledge-based. Meanwhile, the current global labour market is increasingly becoming knowledge-intensive… Understanding and appropriately responding to these market forces requires, among other things, a better appreciation for, an…

How Can Big Data Analytics Be Used for Development in the Region? Specialists meet at ECLAC

24 February 2017 | Announcement

Key concepts, trends, strategies and new applications of big data analytics will be presented and debated on Monday, March 6, 2017, at the seminar Think Big: Data innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The management and analysis of the great quantities of data produced by the use of digital technologies (such as mobile telephones, electronic transactions and social networks) are effective instruments for innovating in business administration, the provision…

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