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ECLAC presents the challenges and opportunities for women’s autonomy and gender equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

23 Mar 2023 | Briefing note

The Gender Affairs Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) participated in the symposium organized by the Institute of International and Strategic Relations (IRIS) in partnership with the French Development Agency (AFD), entitled: The role of women in the transformation of Latin American societies. The event was held on the 22nd of March 2023 in Paris, France.…

ECLAC participates in the side event "Promotion of Water Security in the Central American Integration System (SICA), Central America and the Dominican Republic: challenges and opportunities" on the second day of the 2023 United Nations Water Conference.

23 Mar 2023 | Briefing note

Last Thursday, March 23rd, 2023, the Natural Resources Division participated in the side event organized by the Executive Secretariat of the Central American Commission for Environment and Development (CCAD), in New York, United States.…

Review the participation of ECLAC promoting the action agenda for water for Latin America and the Caribbean at the United Nations Water Conference

22 Mar 2023 | Briefing note

ECLAC has presented a Regional Action Agenda for Water, which consolidates the commitments of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean at the United Nations Water Conference in New York. This, to face the challenge of achieving Goal 6 of the 2023 Sustainable Development Agenda, to guarantee the availability of water and its sustainable management and sanitation for all.…

Measuring Disability through Administrative Records in Education: Recommendations for Latin America

2 Mar 2023 | Briefing note

The report Measuring disability through administrative records of education in Latin America: diagnosis and recommendations to move towards regional harmonization presents a proposal for measuring disability for administrative records in education at the initial, primary, secondary, tertiary and higher education levels to be applied in Latin America and to move towards a framework of comparability and harmonization between countries in the region of statistical information on students with disabilities.…

The Buenos Aires Commitment, Point of Arrival and Point of Departure

27 Feb 2023 | Briefing note

ECLAC Member and Associate Member States reaffirmed their commitment to implement public policies to transition towards a care society oriented towards the sustainability of life and gender equality. The ECLAC members made this commitment in the Agreement signed on February 9, within the framework of the 64th Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean.…

75 years of ECLAC

24 Feb 2023 | Briefing note

New website highlights the contributions of ECLAC to Latin America and the Caribbean in the past 75 years Learn about the history of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and discover how it has shaped thinking on public policy and development and supported the region by promoting economic, social and sustainable development initiatives over almost eight decades.…

Showing the region's progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goal related to water, ECLAC presented at the Environmental Education and Integrated Water Management Congress in Oaxaca, Mexico

22 Feb 2023 | Briefing note

Last week, ECLAC was part of the Environmental Education and Comprehensive Water Management Congress, whose objective was to create a space for reflection and analysis on comprehensive water management to generate a model of water-environmental education with a gender focus.…

The 2030 Agenda: Are Latin America and the Caribbean on Track to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030?

21 Feb 2023 | Briefing note

When the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted by all 193 Member States of the United Nations at the Sustainable Development Summit in New York in September 2015 as “a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future”, it presented a historic opportunity for Latin America and the Caribbean. Despite progress, the region needs to step up their efforts.…

ECLAC launches the ROSA project and organizes the first meeting for five pilot countries.

31 Jan 2023 | Briefing note

During the Regional Water Dialogues in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023, ECLAC launched the project Regional Network and Observatory for Water Sustainability, ROSA , and convened the first meeting of the project for the representatives of the five pilot countries: Colombia, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Panama.…

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