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Last Friday, March 24, 2023, the Natural Resources Division participated in the side event led by the Community of Women in Water (CWiW), in New York, United States.…
On the third day of the United Nations Water Conference 2023, ECLAC participated in the side event Accelerating the implementation of the Water Action Agenda , co-organized by the five United Nations Regional Commissions, for Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, West Asia and Africa.…
ECLAC participated in the side event “Innovation in Water Governance: Breaking boundaries for water and climate”, organized by the Stockholm Environment Institute.…
This week, ECLAC co-organized, together with the Ministry of Housing, City and Territory of Colombia, the side event Network and Observatory for Water Sustainability (ROSA): promoting the Regional Water Action Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean”. This was presented during the United Nations Water Conference 2023, currently taking place in New York.…
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.…
Within the framework of World Water Day, DW interviewed Silvia Saravia, who analyzes the effects of droughts and floods on the socio-economic development of Latin America and the Caribbean.…
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.…
Next week the United Nations Water Conference will take place in New York, an event that has not been held since 1977. Here, ECLAC will be participating in different events to highlight the needs and commitments of the region, in such a way that they remain framed in the Action Agenda for Water that will be elaborated from there.…
ECLAC's Natural Resources Division participated in the event Water Dialogues for Life , whose objective is to create a proposal for action that Bolivia will take to the United Nations World Water Conference, scheduled for 22 and March 24.…
During the past week, ECLAC was part of the Regional Forum Accelerate the change towards SDG 6 , an event organized within the framework of the General Assembly of GWP Central America and ahead of the 2023 UN Water Conference.…
The event was held on February 28th to support the process of involving the youth from Latin America and the Caribbean in assessing the United Nations 2030 Agenda, where ECLAC's Natural Resources Division participated in the training with an intervention on SDGs 6 and 7.…
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.…
During the past week, ECLAC organized the Third Edition of the Regional Water Dialogues in LAC, which are part of the regional preparatory process for the 2023 United Nations Water Conference.…
On February the 2nd of 2023, the panel Water, Financing and Health was organized during the Regional Water Dialogues for Latin America and the Caribbean, which took place between February 1 and 3 at the headquarters of ECLAC in Santiago de Chile.…
The renowned Professor of Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London, Dr Mariana Mazzucato, was interviewed by ECLAC, within the framework of the regional preparatory process for the 2023 UN Water Conference.…
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.…
The workshop, organized on Tuesday, January 31st, 2023, took place at the Planta de Tratamiento de Aguas Servidas Mapucho-Trebal, of Aguas Andinas, potable water and sanitation company in Santiago, Chile. The event featured experts in the wastewater treatment process and representatives of potable water and sanitation agencies from Panama, El Salvador and Mexico.…
Within the framework of the project Potable Water, Sanitation and Renewable Energies to improve the health conditions of the population and promote productive uses in the most lagging municipalities / territories of El Salvador, Mexico and Panama , ECLAC carried out a diagnosis of the provision of drinking water, sanitation and sewerage services in the project countries.…
The impact of COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine has increased the vulnerability of people without access to basic water, sanitation and electricity services in the region. Pre-existing inequalities have been exacerbated by post-pandemic job destruction, income reduction and rising energy costs. As part of an inclusive and transformative recovery in the region, these basic sectors must be prioritized.…
ECLAC is interested in compiling points of view, experiences and proposals from Caribbean countries regarding their main challenges. Caribbean states are highly vulnerably due to the financial indebtedness and climate change and must receive adequate support, including through concessional funding and reestablishment of the liquidity they need. Thus, ECLAC wants to highlight the importance of these countries and focus its activities around the concept of “Caribbean first”.…