List of content type News

Topic(s): Social policies and programmes

Filters

73 search results. Displaying 20 per page.

ECLAC Advocates for Forging a Global Pact for Inclusive Social Development at Summit to be Held in Qatar

1 April 2025 | News

In a new special report presented at the eighth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development (March 31-April 4), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) urged the international community to approve a global pact for inclusive social development during the Second World Summit for Social Development, which will be held on November 4-6 of this year in Doha. At the event in Chile’s capital, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, provided Li Junhua, the Under-Secretary-General for Econo…

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Call for Approving a Global Pact for Inclusive Social Development at Summit to be Held in November in Qatar

24 March 2025 | News

Ministers and senior authorities from Social Development ministries and equivalent entities in Latin America and the Caribbean, meeting virtually, approved today the messages and concrete proposals they will take as a region to the Second World Summit for Social Development, which will be held on November 4-6, 2025 in Doha, Qatar, calling for work on a global compact for inclusive social development that would leave no one behind. Following “the recent experience of the Pact for the Future, the international community, at the Second World Summit for Social Development, is encouraged to ad…

ECLAC Will Release New Figures on Poverty, Inequality and Social Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean

5 November 2024 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Tuesday, November 12 its flagship annual report Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2024: The challenges of non-contributory social protection in advancing towards inclusive social development, which includes the latest data available on poverty, income inequality and social spending in the region. This year’s central theme is non-contributory social protection. The main conclusions of the document – comprising four chapters – will be presented by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive …

XVI Ministerial Forum for Development to Harness the Power of Resilience to Overcome Development Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean

28 October 2024 | Announcement

WHAT: The XVI Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will discuss how the region can advance and protect social gains in the context of more frequent and intense shocks. This gathering builds on the discussions initiated at the XIII Ministerial Forum in Antigua and Barbuda in 2021, which discussed disasters and social protection systems in the context of protracted crises. The Forum is co-organized and hosted by the Government of Barbados with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Latin America and the Caribbean and the Economic Commi…

Authorities Will Discuss in Barbados the Challenges in Implementing the Regional Agenda for Inclusive Social Development

24 October 2024 | Announcement

Ministers for Social Development and equivalent bodies from Latin America and the Caribbean will meet on Thursday, October 31, 2024 in Bridgetown, Barbados to discuss the challenges associated with implementation of the Regional Agenda for Inclusive Social Development (approved in 2019) along with the messages that the region will take to the Second World Summit for Social Development, due to be held in Qatar in November 2025. The authorities will participate in the Sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, a su…

ECLAC and PAHO to Present Third Joint Report with Recommendations on Strengthening the Health Systems of Latin America and the Caribbean

14 October 2024 | Announcement

WHAT: Six years from the deadline set to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will present a joint report titled The urgency of investing in health systems in Latin America and the Caribbean to reduce inequality and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. This is the third publication prepared by both United Nations (UN) agencies, following the reports from 2020 and 2021 that focused on analyzing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The one-hour event wil…

Authorities and Globally Renowned Experts Analyzed the Traps Hindering Latin America and the Caribbean’s Development, at a High-level Seminar Held During ECLAC’s Fortieth Session

10 October 2024 | News

What are the vital transformations needed to overcome the development traps in which Latin America and the Caribbean is mired? And how can countries achieve stronger and sustained growth while also reducing inequality and fostering inclusion and social mobility? These pressing questions were addressed by authorities from numerous countries in the region and experts of recognized standing, on the second day of the Fortieth Session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which is taking place in Lima, Peru. On this Thursday, October 10, a High-level Seminar began …

President of Peru, Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, Executive Secretary of ECLAC and representative of the Government of Argentina to open the 40th session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

7 October 2024 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold on October 9-11 in Lima, Peru its Fortieth Session, the United Nations regional commission’s most important biennial meeting, where it will present its proposal for a transformation to move towards a more productive, inclusive and sustainable development model in the region. At this international event – which will draw the participation of authorities from ECLAC’s 46 Member States and its 14 associate members, along with representatives of the United Nations system and of non-governmental organizations – countries w…

How to Follow the Debates of ECLAC’s Most Important Intergovernmental Conference on October 9-11

4 October 2024 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold on October 9-11 its Fortieth session, the most important biennial gathering of this United Nations regional organization, where ECLAC will present its proposal for a transformation to move towards a more productive, inclusive and sustainable development model in Latin America and the Caribbean. The event will be inaugurated on Wednesday, October 9, at 2 p.m. local time in Peru (GMT -5) by Dina Boluarte Zegarra, President of Peru; Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (pre-recorded video); and…

ECLAC Will Present in Peru its Proposal for a Transformation to Move Towards a More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Development Model in Latin America and the Caribbean

2 October 2024 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold on October 9-11 in Lima, Peru its Fortieth Session, the United Nations regional commission’s most important biennial meeting, where it will present its proposal for a transformation to move towards a more productive, inclusive and sustainable development model in the region. At this international event – which will draw the participation of authorities from ECLAC’s 46 Member States and its 14 associate members, along with representatives of the United Nations system and of non-governmental organizations – countries w…

ECLAC Will Hold its Fortieth Session in Peru on October 9-11

30 August 2024 | Announcement

On October 9-11 in Lima, Peru, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold its Fortieth Session, the United Nations regional commission’s most important biennial meeting. At this international event – which will draw the participation of authorities from ECLAC’s 46 Member States and its 14 associate members, along with representatives of the United Nations system and of non-governmental organizations – countries will have the opportunity to debate about the region’s economic, social and environmental development, examine the activities carried out by the Commi…

ECLAC: Recognizing and Measuring the Multiple Dimensions of Social Inequality is Crucial for Achieving Sustainable Development

27 June 2024 | News

The evaluation of social well-being requires adding other indicators, including other social inequality indicators, to the Gini index on income. Recognizing and measuring the multiple dimensions of social inequality is a necessary precondition for overcoming the trap of high inequality and low social mobility and social cohesion in which Latin America and the Caribbean is caught and which hinders the region’s progress towards sustainable development, Alberto Arenas de Mesa, Director of the Social Development Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), empha…

Top UN Authorities Will Participate in Session in Chile to Reflect on the Challenges of the Second World Summit for Social Development

25 April 2024 | Announcement

On Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, a high-level seminar entitled “Towards the Second World Summit for Social Development: Enhancing global efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda” will be inaugurated by Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations; Gilbert F. Houngbo, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO); and José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary and Coordinator of the United Nations Regional Economic Commissions in 2024. A…

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

18 January 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…

ECLAC Will Present its Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023 Report

16 November 2023 | Announcement

Next Thursday, November 23, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will unveil its flagship annual report Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023: Labour inclusion as a key axis of inclusive social development, which includes the latest data available on poverty, inequality and social spending in the region. The main topic addressed this year is labor inclusion. The document – comprising four chapters – will be presented by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, during a hybrid press conference (in-person and virtual) held at 1…

New ECLAC Document Offers Recommendations for Strengthening the Social Institutional Framework in Latin America and the Caribbean

4 October 2023 | News

At least 12 guidelines for strengthening the institutional framework of the region’s Social Development Ministries, in five key areas, are offered in a new document prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to inform the debates of the Fifth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The position document entitled Institutional Frameworks for Social Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean: a Central Element in Advancing towards Inclusive Social Development analyzes the state of the social institutional fr…

How to Follow the Fifth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

29 September 2023 | News

The Fifth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean – organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Government of Chile and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) – will be held on October 3-5, 2023, drawing the participation of senior government authorities, specialists from international organizations, academics and representatives of civil society. The meeting, focused on the social institutional framework in the region, will take place in person at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile and co…

Social Development Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Will Meet on October 3-5 in Chile

28 September 2023 | Announcement

Senior government officials, specialists from international organizations, academics and civil society representatives will gather on October 3-5, 2023 at the Fifth Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Government of Chile and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The event – the main theme of which will be the social institutional framework in the region – will take place in person at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile and contemplates the holding of the …

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

21 November 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…

Authorities Will Dialogue in Ecuador about New Challenges for Social Institutions and Regional Cooperation

29 September 2022 | Announcement

Authorities from Social Development Ministries and equivalent entities in Latin America and the Caribbean will discuss new challenges for the social institutional framework and regional cooperation during the Fifth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be held in Cuenca, Ecuador using a hybrid format on Thursday, September 29, 2022. The meeting will take place in the framework of the XIV Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean – entitled “Recalibrating...Getting Back on Trac…

73 search results. Displaying 20 per page.