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We mark four years since the library renovation. During mandated telework as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, we reflect on how revered this space has become.…
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Iryna Kuchma, member of the OpenAire task group about open access publishing models, in Cycle of Webinar on Open Science organized by ECLAC Library.…
Six United Nations agencies call on governments to ensure smooth transit and transport for their landlocked neighbours during and after #COVID19.…
In the context of the ECLAC-BMZ/giz Cooperation Program Sustainable development paths for middle-income countries in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean , a virtual workshop on emerging occupations and regulation of platform work in Costa Rica was organized on June 4th, 2020. The workshop was part of the work being carried out in Cluster 2 on digital change of the current ECLAC-BMZ/giz Cooperation Program.…
The ECLAC Library introduces Libchat: a new way for you to communicate with us.…
ECLAC with the other four UN regional commissions and UNCTAD join forces to help developing countries tackle trade and transport challenges from the coronavirus pandemic…
The spread of the coronavirus, together with a precipitous fall in commodity prices, changed the region’s financial landscape in the first quarter of 2020.…
ECLAC's Digital Repository is six years old! The more than 43,000 digital objects that it contains are the result of more than 15 years of hard work digitizing and converting millions of printed pages into electronic format. In 2014, the first version of the Repository was launched to ensure the permanent preservation and dissemination of all of ECLAC’s intellectual output. Over time, improvements welcomed a better integration into the ECLAC website, a user-friendly interface with more functionalities as well as new content. The Repository has become a very popular information resource with EC…
Member organizations of the Inter-American Task Force on Women's Leadership, including ECLAC, express concern regarding the low integration of the gender perspective and women's leadership in response to the social and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic- 19, and call on States to consider the participation of women at all levels of decision-making in response to this crisis. Only with this equal participation it can be ensured a central consideration of the differentiated impacts of the pandemic on the life and well-being of women and men.…
The ECLAC's Infrastructure Services Unit team invites you to participate in our survey for the Maritime & Logistics Profile. Every year we request throughput port data for 2019, and since last year, we have been working on the expansion of the data required. Any questions or comments regarding the survey, please contact ricardo.sanchez@cepal.org with copy logisticsandinfrastructure@cepal.org Acces to survey: https://qtrial2020q1az1.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5AXe4IDlNYGvBuB …
The ECLAC library is committed to ensuring access to a maximum range of services and information sources. Previously, information resources which are subscribed to and paid for by the ECLAC Library, used to be accessible only from the ECLAC internal network or through VPN. We are happy to announce this soft launch. As of today, you will be able to access the electronic resources of the Library from anywhere by simply logging into the EZProxy portal with the same credentials that you use to access the ECLAC network (Active Directory). How to log in to EZProxy: On a device not conne…
In April 2020, two informative sessions were held to advance discussion on the matters to be addressed at the first Conference of the Parties, as established in articles 15 and 18 of the Escazú Agreement.…
Maritime and Logistics Bulletin 71…
The air transport industry is deemed essential in the face of the current outbreak, being the means of transport that regularly distributes crucial goods such as medical equipment, inputs and supplies, as well as other essential assets for the functioning of a country. However, since the beginning of the pandemic, it has displayed an overall downturn. The air cargo performance demonstrated a severe capacity shortfall at a global scale: ✓ Global demand, which includes both domestic and international markets, fell by 15.2% in March compared to the previous year (-15.8% for internatio…
Paul Ayris suggests that Open Science can present blueprints for universities and research organisations in the twenty-first century.…
The U.S. economy grew 2.3% in 2019; a recession is expected in 2020.…
The observatory is a joint effort of the Regional Commissions of the United Nations, to gather all the updated information on the limitations of the border crossing both in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, and in the rest of the world due to the outbreak of COVID-19.…
Due the health contingency we face today because of COVID-19 we have redesigned the workshop and changed the traditional teaching modality to a completely virtual one, from Tuesday 5 to Wednesday May 13, 2020. The virtual modality implies changes in the teaching methodology, that is how this new 7-day course will be only three hours per day at a time that will accommodate all the participants. This course focus on the processing of population and housing censuses, using Redatam, in order to learn the software and explore the potential of censuses to obtain specific indicators for monitoring th…
The UN chief launched on Tuesday a new plan to counter the potentially devastating socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, calling on everyone to “act together to lessen the blow to people”.…