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How to Follow the Sixth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development

27 Aug 2025 | News

On September 2-4, 2025, the Sixth session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place in Brasilia, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the government of Brazil and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which will hold its 17th Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean simultaneously. The Regional Conference – which will bring together senior authorities from social ministries and related entities in the region’s countries – is a key space for dia…

Sixth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development Will Take Place in Brasilia on September 2-4

19 Aug 2025 | Announcement

On September 2-4, 2025, the Sixth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place in Brasilia, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the government of Brazil and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which will hold its 17th Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean simultaneously. The Regional Conference – which will bring together senior authorities from social ministries and related entities in the region’s countries – is a key space for dialogue…

Authorities and Specialists Will Meet at ECLAC to Strengthen Latin America and the Caribbean’s Regional Agenda for Inclusive Social Development Ahead of Global Gathering in Qatar

17 Jun 2025 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold its Fifth Regional Seminar on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean on June 24, 25 and 26 in Santiago, Chile, with the participation of government authorities, globally renowned specialists, senior officials from the United Nations system and representatives of civil society. The event will be inaugurated on Tuesday, June 24 at 9 a.m. local time in Chile, by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary; Susanne Fries-Gaier, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Chile; Hak…

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

1 Apr 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 Mar 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 Nov 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 …

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

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

27 Jun 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…

ECLAC’s Fourth Regional Seminar on Social Development Will Take Place on June 25-27, Focused on Social Protection and Inequality

10 Jun 2024 | Announcement

WHAT: Fourth Regional Seminar on Social Development “Social Protection and Inequality: Latin America and the Caribbean towards the Second World Summit for Social Development of 2025” Organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), this event will take place on June 25-27, 2024, using a hybrid format, with the participation of senior government officials, academics and specialists from international organizations. The seminar – which will be inaugurated on Tuesday, June 25 at 9:30 a.m. local time in Chile (GMT-4) at ECLAC’s main headquarters in Santiago …

Latin America and the Caribbean Must Implement Major Transformations and Drive Six Key Transitions to Accelerate Progress Towards Fulfilling the SDGs

16 Apr 2024 | News

In confronting the relative delay in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Latin America and the Caribbean needs to pick up the pace in the conduct of public policies and implement transformative initiatives that would drive the region’s development. In addition, a new governance of public policies is needed along with the effective participation of social actors and the use of strategic tools, such as planning and foresight, according to a new document prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on progress and challenges for achieving the SDG…

Santiago Levy, Prominent Mexican Economist and Politician, Will Deliver a Keynote Lecture at ECLAC

19 Nov 2023 | Announcement

The prominent Mexican economist and politician Santiago Levy, a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, will give a keynote lecture on Friday, November 24 at the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, in which he will analyze the state of social protection and productivity in the region. The scholar will be received by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary. The presentation, which will begin at 11 a.m. local time in Chile (UTC/GMT -3), is part of the Keynote Lecture Series organized to co…

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

28 Sep 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: Latin America and the Caribbean Faces the Challenge of Moving from Labour Market Participation to Labour Inclusion

29 Jun 2023 | News

Labour inclusion policies in the region must have a strategic and comprehensive perspective that also involves educational, productive, fiscal, social and environmental spheres, among others, according to participants in the Third Regional Seminar on Social Development: Promoting labour inclusion as a way to overcome inequalities and informality in Latin America and the Caribbean, held on June 27-29, 2023 at ECLAC’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile. “It will not be possible to create a better future for work without creating a better future for production, and vice versa. They are two s…

Labour Inclusion Will Be the Main Theme of the Third Regional Seminar on Social Development, Organized by ECLAC

23 Jun 2023 | Announcement

Authorities from the region, academics and specialists from the United Nations and multilateral organizations will participate on June 27-29, 2023 in the Third Regional Seminar on Social Development: Promoting labour inclusion as a way to overcome inequalities and informality in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be held at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The event – organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, German Cooperation an…

ECLAC Examines Current Outlook for Ageing in the Region as well as Progress and Challenges for Older Persons’ Inclusion and the Exercise of Their Rights

13 Dec 2022 | News

In order to achieve fairer societies, policies, institutions and robust legal frameworks must guarantee ageing with dignity, ensuring that rights are fulfilled, with the highest possible quality of life for older persons, their families and communities, and strengthening intergenerational relations, a new report released today by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) maintains. The document entitled Ageing in Latin America and the Caribbean: Inclusion and rights of older persons was presented to countries during the Fifth Regional Intergovernmental Conference on A…

How to Follow the Fifth Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing and the Rights of Older Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean

10 Dec 2022 | News

The Fifth Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing and the Rights of Older Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held using a hybrid format (in-person and virtual) on December 13-15, 2022 at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The goal of this meeting is to identify the region’s achievements and challenges in building a decent future for ageing and older persons in the region and in implementing the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 20 years after its approval. The opening session w…

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

29 Sep 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…

Authorities and Specialists Will Debate Virtually about Social Security Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean

25 Aug 2022 | Announcement

Representatives of government, international organizations and academia will participate from August 30 through September 1, 2022 in the Second Regional Seminar on Social Development, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in the framework of collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and joint work with German Cooperation and the European Union's Facility for Development in Transition. The three-day seminar is entitled “Social Security and the Protracted Crisis: An Opportunity to Comb…

ECLAC Supports Haiti in the Process of Implementing its National Social Protection Policy

5 Jul 2022 | News

“We at ECLAC continue to be available to support Haiti in forging a social protection system with a State vision and with a rights-based perspective placing equality at the center,” Alberto Arenas de Mesa, Director of the Social Development Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), stated during an international seminar entitled Haiti: The challenges of implementing the National Policy for Social Protection and Promotion (PNPPS), held on June 21-22, 2022 in Port-au-Prince using a hybrid format (in person and virtual). The event was organized by ECLAC, the…

ECLAC Will Release the Latest Poverty and Inequality Figures in the Context of the Prolonged Health and Social Crisis Linked to COVID-19

21 Jan 2022 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Thursday, January 27, 2022 its annual flagship report entitled Social Panorama of Latin America 2021, which examines the social impact of the crisis prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic and provides the most recent statistics on poverty, inequality and social spending in the region. The document will be presented by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, at a virtual press conference held from Santiago, Chile, at 11 a.m. local time (UTC/GMT -3). The study also analyzes the prolonged health crisis’s profound …

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