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At the age of 101, former UN official Sim Groenteman reflects on building ECLAC's core services and shaping its integrity through decades of dedicated work.…
The meeting in Panama City brought together national statistical offices to exchange experiences in knowledge management and modernization of data platforms, with the technical support of ECLAC.…
The 20th Meeting of the ILPES Regional Council for Planning held in Brasilia on October 2 and 3, 2025, marks a turning point for Latin America and the Caribbean.…
Within the framework of the XIII Statistical Conference of the Americas, United Nations agencies in the region met at ECLAC headquarters to review joint progress, align priorities, and coordinate actions aimed at supporting countries in strengthening their statistical systems.…
Latin America and the Caribbean set a new annual record for international bond issuance in just nine months of 2025.…
From October 6 to 10, 2025, the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, hosted the 2025 Regional Water Week , a multi-stakeholder event that brought together technical and political sessions and substantive discussions on water-related issues. During this week, the 5th Regional Water Dialogues were also held, an event that has been promoting cooperation, investment, and concrete solutions related to SDG 6 throughout the region. This web article brings together videos of the event and the official press releases published by ECLAC. …
The Director of CELADE – Population Division of the ECLAC, Simone Cecchini, contributed to dialogues on these issues at the Summit, which took place in Doha, Qatar, on 4-6 November 2025.…
During COP30, OPCC parliamentary leaders officially launched the Joint Statement of Parliamentarians of Latin America and the Caribbean, which issues a “Global Call for a More Just Climate Future.” The regional document urges nations to join efforts toward a new development model that integrates environmental sustainability, innovation and productive development, social inclusion, and climate justice.…
The Escazú Agreement will be highlighted in the following events organized with the support of ECLAC in the framework of the 30th Conference of the Parties to UNFCCC: 11 November 2025 10:15am-12:45pm. Acesso à Informação, Participação e Justiça em assuntos ambientais e o Acordo de Escazú. Escazú Brasil. CoP do Povo, Travessa Piedade, 426 - Bairro Reduto 12 November 2025 11:30am-12:30pm. “Challenges for Environmental Protection in Democracies: The Struggles of Environmental Human Rights Defenders”. Club de Madrid, Spain Pavilion, Blue zone 1:15pm-2.15 pm. Aligning climate action …
Former ECLAC official Martine Dirven reflects on how informal exchanges once sparked creativity, collaboration, and innovation across divisions at ECLAC.…
In the framework of the XXVI International Meeting on Gender Statistics, the 22nd International Meeting of Experts on Time-Use Information and Unpaid Work brought together representatives from across the region in Mexico City to strengthen the measurement and valuation of care work.…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) participated in the 14th edition of the International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development (IFESD-14), which brought together more than 500 participants from 70 countries under the theme “From Goals to Action: Powering the Future with Sustainable Energy.”…
During the third United Nations International Day of Care and Support, held in Geneva, Ana Güezmes, Director of the Division for Gender Affairs of ECLAC, underscored the historic opportunity represented by the care society proposal that Latin America and the Caribbean brings to the world as a new paradigm for sustainable development, equality and peace, one that places the sustainability of life and the care of people and the planet at its core.…
Trinidad and Tobago’s Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of the People, Social Development and Family Services, Dr. Natalie Chaitan-Maharaj, says, “Statistics can’t just remain in reports but must translate into action that changes lives.” The Parliamentary Secretary was speaking at ECLAC’s Calculate to Eradicate – Symposium on Statistics for Poverty Reduction in the Caribbean, which took place on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.…
A decade into the 2030 Agenda, progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is uneven. In Latin America and the Caribbean, only 23% of targets are on track for 2030. The 2025 HLPF brought governments and stakeholders together to accelerate action and ensure no one is left behind.…
The Regional Observatory on Planning for Development is a dynamic space for analysis, information, and collective knowledge-building that brings together governments, academia, the private sector, and civil society around issues of planning and public management in Latin America and the Caribbean.…
ILIA 2025 assesses Artificial Intelligence preparedness, adoption, and governance in Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighting progress while identifying gaps in talent, investment, and public policies.…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) held the sixth meeting of the Regional Group of Experts on Water Resources, with the participation of representatives from international and national organizations and specialists from across the region.…
This special issue of the United States economic outlook examines the trends in the ownership composition of United States federal debt holders…
In the past ten years, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have increasingly turned to green, social, sustainability, and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds as a source of financing. How has this financing been distributed across sectors, and to what extent is it supporting the energy transition?…