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With Only Four Years Remaining Until the Deadline for Achieving the 2030 Agenda, Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean Will Gather at the Ninth Meeting of the Regional Forum to Redouble Efforts and Accelerate Progress

6 Feb 2026 | News

The ninth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development will be held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, from April 13 to 16, 2026, under the Chairship of Peru. The objective of the meeting is to review progress and challenges in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the region. With only four years remaining until the deadline set for the implementation of the global agenda, the meeting will feature a series of global, region…

Latin America and the Caribbean Needs New Diversification Strategies amid a Global Shift in the Rules of Trade

28 Jan 2026 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, said today that given the current rupture to the international order and the shift in global trade rules, the region needs new strategies in order to diversify and reach agreements with other trade areas in the world. The United Nations regional commission’s highest authority participated in the first day of the International Economic Forum Latin America and the Caribbean 2026: How to position the region on the global stage?, organized by CAF-Development Bank of L…

ECLAC Will Deliver its Last Annual Report from 2025, with Updated Economic Growth Projections for this Year and 2026

10 Dec 2025 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Tuesday, December 16 its annual flagship report Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2025, in which it examines the behavior of the region’s economies over the current year and updates estimates for growth and other economic indicators in 2025 and 2026. Specifically, the document will present new Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth estimates for the region and all of its countries in 2025 and 2026. In this edition, the report analyzes the economic and social dynamics of …

During a Lecture at ECLAC, the Undersecretary of State from Poland’s Foreign Affairs Ministry Points Up the Polish Transformation Model

2 Dec 2025 | News

In the last 35 years, Poland has gone from being a developing country to consolidating itself as a developed nation, and from a centrally planned economy to a fully market economy, Wojciech Zajączkowski, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland, stressed today in a keynote lecture he delivered at the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The diplomat gave a lecture entitled “The Polish transformation model” in which he analyzed his country’s development over the last three decades, reflected on t…

ECLAC Will Launch its Annual Report “Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2025”

29 Jul 2025 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will release next Tuesday, August 5 its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2025. Resource mobilization to finance development, the institution’s oldest flagship annual economic report -published since 1949- in which it takes stock of the region’s economies and updates its growth estimates for each country in 2025 and 2026. In this 77th edition corresponding to 2025, the report summarizes the regional economic performance in 2024 and analyzes its evolution during the first months of 2025, while presenting econom…

ECLAC Will Promote Latin America and the Caribbean’s Voice and Commitment at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development

29 Jun 2025 | Announcement

The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, which will take place on June 30-July 3 in Seville, Spain, is a historic opportunity to lay the foundations for a new global financial governance, aligned with developing countries’ priorities and realities. In this context, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will emphasize the urgent financing challenges faced by the region and the pressing need to strengthen international cooperation, with the aim of moving towards more productive, inclusive and sustainable development. A prominent delegat…

How to Follow the Second Session of the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean

13 Jun 2025 | News

The Second Session of the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place on June 17-18 at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The purpose of the meeting is to analyze the challenges of international cooperation in shaping the new regional and global context. The intergovernmental meeting will be inaugurated on Tuesday, June 17 at 10:00 a.m. Chile time (GMT -4) by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin Ameri…

Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Will Analyze the Challenges of International Cooperation in Shaping the New Regional and Global Context

4 Jun 2025 | Announcement

Representatives of government, the United Nations system, and regional and international organizations will analyze the challenges of international cooperation in shaping the new regional and global context during the Second Session of the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will take place on June 17-18, 2025. The intergovernmental meeting will be inaugurated on Tuesday, June 17 at 10:00 a.m. Chile time (GMT -4) by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);…

Economic Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Will Analyze at ECLAC the Fiscal Challenges Facing the Region’s Countries in a Context of Heightened Global Uncertainty

23 May 2025 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will host on May 26-28 the XXXVII session of the Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, a traditional forum that has brought together authorities, specialists, members of civil society and academia for over 35 years to discuss the fiscal policy challenges facing the region’s countries. Finance Ministry authorities from 13 of the region’s countries will participate in the meeting, along with prominent experts from international organizations, academia, civil society organizations and non-governmental organizations. The seminar…

ECLAC Will Update Its Economic Growth Projections for 2025

28 Apr 2025 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will release its new 2025 economic growth projections for the region’s countries tomorrow Tuesday, April 29. In light of the behavior of the region’s economies in the first few months of this year, and taking into account the current situation of persistent volatility and international uncertainty, the United Nations regional organization will update the growth estimates that were released in its most recent flagship annual economic report Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2024, whic…

Five Years Before the Deadline for Achieving the 2030 Agenda, Senior Authorities and Experts Will Analyze the Challenges Faced by Latin America and the Caribbean at the Eighth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries on Sustainable Development

18 Mar 2025 | Announcement

Senior government authorities from Latin America, the Caribbean and other regions of the world, along with officials and experts from the United Nations System, international and regional organizations, the private sector, academia and civil society will gather at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile on March 31-April 4 at the eighth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development to review the progress and challenges related to achieving the 2030 Agenda in the region – five years ahead of the deadline set for its fulfillment. Mo…

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Shared with the Diplomatic Corps the Main Themes and Actions to be Addressed at the Upcoming Forum on Sustainable Development 2025

10 Mar 2025 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, held an informational meeting on Monday, March 10 with ambassadors and other representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Chile to present preparations for and the main themes and actions to be addressed at the eighth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, which will take place from March 31 to April 4 at the United Nations regional organization’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile. This m…

Authorities from Latin American and Caribbean Countries Will Participate at ECLAC in Dialogues on Global, Regional, and National Action to Fulfill the 2030 Agenda

3 Mar 2025 | Announcement

Representatives of governments, the United Nations System, regional and international organizations, the private sector, academia and civil society will analyze progress and challenges for fulfilling the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean during the eighth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, to be chaired by Peru from March 31-April 4 at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) headquarters in Santiago, Chile. Ten years after the historic approval of the 2030 Agenda, this…

Ten Years After the Adoption of the 2030 Agenda, Latin American and Caribbean Countries Are Gathering at the Eighth Regional Forum Meeting to Drive Progress in Its Implementation

31 Jan 2025 | Announcement

The Eighth Meeting of the Forum of Latin American and Caribbean Countries on Sustainable Development will be held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, from 31 March to 4 April 2025, under the chairship of Peru. The objective of the meeting is to assess the progress and challenges in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the region. Marking ten years since the historic adoption of the 2030 Agenda, this edition of the Forum will include a series of global, regional, and national action dialogues. In the …

Latin America and the Caribbean Must Strengthen Productive Development Policies to Avert a Third Lost Decade and Create a More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Future

29 Jan 2025 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, urged the region’s governments and private sectors today to strengthen productive development policies, getting behind and collaborating on the development of sectors that invigorate growth and the transformation to move towards a more productive, inclusive and sustainable future. The United Nations regional commission’s highest authority participated in the Latin America and the Caribbean International Economic Forum 2025: How to return to the path of growth?, organiz…

Specialists Reaffirm that it is Necessary to Have a Development Measurement that Goes Beyond GDP and to Move Towards a Multidimensional Measurement

29 Jan 2025 | News

Authorities and specialists reaffirmed today that the measurement based on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is incomplete and that it is necessary to move towards a multidimensional measurement of development, during the closing session of an international seminar held at the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The Seminar on the Measurement of Development and its Relationship to International Cooperation brought together authorities from 21 of ECLAC’s member countries, three associate countries and three international organi…

ECLAC Will Update Economic Growth Projections for the Region’s Countries at the Launch of its Last Annual Report from 2024

12 Dec 2024 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Wednesday, December 18 its annual flagship report Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2024, in which it examines the behavior of the region’s economies over the current year and updates estimates for growth and other economic indicators in 2024 and 2025. Specifically, the document will present new Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth estimates for the region and all of its countries in 2024 and 2025. In this edition, the report analyzes the economic and social dynamics of the…

Jon Azúa, Prominent Spanish Academic Specialised in Clusters, will Give the XVIII Raúl Prebisch Lecture at ECLAC

19 Nov 2024 | Announcement

Prominent Spanish academic specialised in clusters Jon Azúa will give the XVIII Raúl Prebisch Lecture on Tuesday, 26 November, 2024 at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) headquarters, where he will be welcomed by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the regional organisation’s Executive Secretary. The President and founder of Enovating Lab will give his lecture, titled “Clustering a productive, competitive, prosperous, inclusive and sustainable economy: towards the co-creation of the economic development we want”, at 11:00 local time (UTC/GMT -3:00). Jon Azúa holds a…

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 Oct 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 …

Foreign Ministers of Latin America and the Caribbean Ratified their Commitment to Multilateralism and Advocated for Urgent Reform of the International Financial Architecture at ECLAC’s Meeting in Peru

9 Oct 2024 | News

In a context of multiple global crises, foreign ministers and senior authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean and other member countries of ECLAC ratified today their commitment to multilateralism, regional cooperation and implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and they reiterated the urgent need to reform the multilateral system and the international financial architecture so that this eminently middle-income region can access adequate financing for moving towards more productive, inclusive and sustainable development. The Dialogue of Ministers of Foreign Affa…

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