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Hidden Treasures: Ageing and the rights of older persons in Latin America and the Caribbean

27 Jun 2017 | Briefing note

We invite you to review a selection of documents and publications prepared by ECLAC, available in the Digital Repository, which analyze from various perspectives and times, the challenges for the exercise of the human rights of the elderly. El envejecimiento de la población en América Latina: tendencias demográficas y situación socioeconómica - Notas de Población N° 30 (1982) http://repositorio.cepal.org/handle/11362/38177 Crisis, sociedad y tercera edad (1992) http://repositorio.cepal.org/handle/11362/21182 Políticas de atención integral a la te…

Hernán Santa Cruz Library: One year after the renovation of its facilities

9 Jun 2017 | Briefing note

A year ago, the Executive Secretary, Mrs. Alicia Bárcena, inaugurated the remodeling of the Hernán Santa Cruz Library. The new facilities of the Hernán Santa Cruz Library reflect the new concept of service and invite users to take advantage of this wonderful space to meet, study and / or make use of the valuable collections we have for the support of research, available both on open shelves and in digital format. The Library offers to date more than 109,000 volumes of books, 4,400 titles of journals in printed format; as well as more than 200,000 sources among journals and dig…

News on the LEARN project

29 Dec 2016 | Briefing note

About investigation data management in the LEARN project and results of the Third Mini Workshop in the Caribbean.…

Database for assessing impacts of climate change on coastal areas in Latin America and the Caribbean

7 Nov 2016 | Briefing note

As part of a joint project, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Spanish Climate Change Office of (part of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment of Spain), and the Environmental Hydraulics Institute of the University of Cantabria have developed a specific methodology for assessing impacts of climate change on coastal areas, which is available to the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. This methodology allows the analysis of changes in the coastal dynamics, the influence of climate variability, and information on coastal vulnerabilit…

Research Data Management: some basic concepts

5 Oct 2016 | Briefing note

Hernán Santa Cruz Library has been actively participating in LEARN, Activating Leaders Research Networks, project funded by the European Commission. The purpose of LEARN is to create awareness about Research Data Management (RDM) among different communities related to research. Here you are some key definitions to help understand this topic . What is Data Management Research? RDM is related to the handling of data, from its entry into the life cycle of an investigation to dissemination and archiving of valuable results. One of the main objectives is to ensure the verification of the resu…

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