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COVID-19 mortality: Evidence and scenarios is the main topic of the 2020's Demographic Observatory

4 February 2021 | Briefing note

CELADE is pleased to present its readers with this edition of the Demographic Observatory, which uses national sources of data on deaths from civil registry offices and health information systems to analyse the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on mortality in the countries of the region. In addition, by means of a simulation exercise based on different scenarios of COVID-19 prevalence rates, it estimates the impact of COVID-19-related deaths on life expectancy at birth for the 38 countries and territories of Latin America and the Caribbean.…

New LibGuide launched on Migration

18 December 2020 | Briefing note

As an initiative to commemorate International Migrants Day, the Hernán Santa Cruz Library and the Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Center (CELADE) offer the community a new Libguide on Migration.…

World Toilet Day 2020: Sustainable sanitation and climate change

17 November 2020 | Briefing note

World Toilet Day is celebrated on November 19 with the aim of raising awareness among the population about the importance of achieving safely managed sanitation for all. This year, the day is commemorated within the framework of sustainable sanitation and climate change, highlighting the interrelationships between both elements each other.…

Certification of Digital Repositories

2 November 2020 | Briefing note

Held on October 29 within the framework of the 2020 Annual Cycle of Webinars on Open Science, organized by the Hernán Santa Cruz Library.…

Publication of the "Methodological Guidelines: design of actions with a water-energy-food Nexus approach for Latin American and Caribbean countries" and its training videos

8 October 2020 | Briefing note

On October 8, 2020, the document Methodological Guidelines: design of actions with a water-energy-food Nexus approach for Latin American and Caribbean countries was published, this is a practical tool that will support the countries of the region in adopting and evaluation of the Nexus in policies, plans, programs and projects in the water, energy, agriculture and environment sectors.…

CARIBBEAN: Online regional training workshop on measuring indicators of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through the use and processing of census data with REDATAM

5 October 2020 | Briefing note

During the week of August 22nd, and for seven days, an online Redatam workshop was held for the Caribbean countries. This was organized jointly by CELADE-Population Division of UN ECLAC and the Regional Office of UN ECLAC for the Caribbean. There were 26 participants (15 women and 11 men) from the National Statistical Offices of 12 Caribbean countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Cayman Islands, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, and Suriname.…

ECLAC’s newest Wikipedians create trilingual entry  on the “ECLAC Library” in Wikipedia

14 September 2020 | Briefing note

Officials, mostly from the ECLAC Library throughout the region, participated in their first-ever wiki-editating marathon, held during the week of 31 August – 4 September. The trilingual effort culminated in the launch of three articles on the ECLAC Library in Wikipedia - in Spanish, English, and Portuguese. But what exactly is an editing marathon or editathon, in Wikipedia lingo? According to Wikimedia Chile, an Editathon is an editing marathon in which new editors participate by learning how to create and edit Wikipedia articles. This work is carried out massively, collectively and simultaneo…

Costa Rica launches National Bioeconomy Strategy

7 August 2020 | Briefing note

The process was supported by the ECLAC-BMZ/giz cooperation programme 07/2018-06/2020 on Sustainable development paths for middle-income countries in the context of the Agenda 2030 for sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean .…

First Issue Natural Resources in Latin America and the Caribbean Bulletin

1 August 2020 | Briefing note

On August 1st, 2020, the First Issue of the Natural Resources Bulletin in Latin America and the Caribbean was published, which was prepared by ECLAC's Natural Resources Division and whose objective is to disseminate progress in governance, policies, management and the use of natural resources and associated basic and ecosystem services in Latin America and the Caribbean.…

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