The initiative aims to train technical teams and decision-makers in anticipatory governance tools in the face of an unprecedented demographic transition in the region.

The First Secretary of ALECE, Deputy Assis Diniz, and the Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Javier Medina Vásquez, held a meeting to explore the organization of the Third Regional Conference of Parliamentary Future Commissions, which w...

The publication addresses the trap of low institutional capacity and ineffective governance in which Latin America and the Caribbean is caught.

This intergovernmental gathering will take place at the United Nations regional organization’s main headquarters in Santiago, Chile on Monday, April 13, 2026.

The course, which is part of the activities of ECLAC's Network of Parliamentary Committees of the Future, has the central objective of providing parliamentarians and technical teams with tools to address one of the great challenges of the 21st century: population ageing.

The free, self-paced course is specifically directed at officials, advisors, and technical teams of the region's parliaments.

The document was presented by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC Executive Secretary, at the Twentieth Meeting of the Regional Council for Planning, which is taking place through Friday, October 3 in Brasília.

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

A position paper presented by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, at the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, analyzes how to more effectively manage the major transformation towards the care society in the region.

Brasilia hosted meeting that gathered legislators from more than 15 countries.

Launched by ECLAC with the support of the Open Society Foundations, the training seeks to strengthen capacities to drive green and inclusive productive development in the region.

On November 27-28, the Thirtieth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning will take place at ECLAC’s headquarters. On Friday, November 29, a Seminar on Collaborative Governance as a Tool for Sustainable Development will be held.

The intergovernmental gathering will take place on November 7-9 in Santo Domingo.

The XVII Conference of Ministers and Heads of Planning and the XXIX Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning of ILPES will be held on January 17-19 at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

The Eighteenth Meeting of the Regional Council for Planning will take place using a hybrid format (virtual and in person) from October 19 to October 21.

The regional commission’s Office in Bogotá organized a radio program to reflect on the project analyzing territorial links in the department of Tolima.

Representatives of government, international organizations, the private sector and civil society participated in debates on the second day of the fourth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, which is being held virtually.

The twenty-eighth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning of ECLAC’s Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES) will take place virtually on November 12.

The XVI Conference of Ministers and Heads of Planning of Latin America and the Caribbean, and the XVII Meeting of the Regional Council for Planning, will take place from August 28 through August 30 in Montevideo.

The twenty-seventh meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning will be held August 30, 2018 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and preceded by a high-level seminar on territorialization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the region.