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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.…

ECLAC will bring the voice and commitments of Latin America and the Caribbean to the United Nations Water Conference

22 Mar 2023 | Briefing note

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 participated in the Water for Life Dialogues, organized in the City of Sucre, Bolivia

6 Mar 2023 | Briefing note

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.…

Presenting the commitments of the Regional Water Action Agenda, ECLAC participated in the Regional Forum "Accelerating the change towards SDG 6", organized by the GWP

3 Mar 2023 | Briefing note

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.…

ECLAC participates in a capacity-building on the importance of SDG 6 and SDG 7 for girls, boys, adolescents and youth in the Latin American and Caribbean region.

28 Feb 2023 | Briefing note

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.…

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.…

Great success: the 2023 Regional Water Dialogues organized by ECLAC had a high turnout and managed to establish a Water Action Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean

6 Feb 2023 | Briefing note

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.…

Great interest in the Water, Financing and Health panel at the Regional Water Dialogues 2023

2 Feb 2023 | Briefing note

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.…

Interview with Professor Mariana Mazzucato, within the framework of the 2023 Regional Water Dialogues organized by ECLAC

1 Feb 2023 | Briefing note

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.…

The Natural Resources Division of ECLAC organized the workshop "Capacity building to promote investments in the drinking water and sanitation sector with a circular economy approach" supported by UNPDF, GIZ and Aguas Andinas.

31 Jan 2023 | Briefing note

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.…

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.…

ECLAC publishes diagnoses of the provision of drinking water and sewerage services in Panama, El Salvador and Mexico

16 Jan 2023 | Briefing note

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.…

Pressure on natural resources in Latin America and the Caribbean: a statistical approach

1 Sep 2022 | Briefing note

The nominal series of commodity exports and total exports, which form part of the recent update of information in CEPALSTAT and are available for consultation, show the pressures on natural resources in Latin America and the Caribbean.…

ECLAC celebrates, together with PHI-UNESCO and CEREGAS, World Water Day 2022 under the theme: "Groundwater, making the invisible visible"

22 Mar 2022 | Briefing note

In the virtual event, the United Nations World Report on the Development of Water Resources (WWDR) and the perspectives of Latin America and the Caribbean regarding the management of groundwater were presented.…

Interview of ECLAC on Chilean TV Senade in the framework of World Water Day

22 Mar 2022 | Briefing note

The interview broadcasted live on Chilean TV Senade included the participation of Mrs Silvia Saravia Matus, economic affairs officer of the Water and Energy Unit of the Natural Resources Division of ECLAC, who presented the current situation and challenges in the water sector in Chile.…

ECLAC promotes the consolidation of the regional expert group on water resources in Latin America and the Caribbean

16 Mar 2022 | Briefing note

The group of experts, formed by more than twenty representatives of the most prestigious institutions in the region's water resources field, aims to join forces to implement initiatives that accelerate compliance with SDG 6 in LAC. The meeting was held in the framework of the preparations for the United Nations Water Conference in March 2023.…

Participation of ECLAC in the webinar "Sustainable business models for the financing, operation and maintenance of multipurpose dams" of Itaipu Binacional

9 Mar 2022 | Briefing note

Itaipu Binacional organized a series of webinars “Towards the IX World Water Forum” in preparation for the IX World Water Forum.…

Investment to universalize basic services in Latin America and the Caribbean by 2030

8 Jul 2021 | Briefing note

On July 8, the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Ms. Alica Bárcena, presented the new special report that examines the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic more than a year after its onset. The report entitled “The Paradox of Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean. Growth with persistent structural issues: inequality, poverty, little investment, and low productivity ” analyzes the behavior of the main economic and social indicators in the region and presents policy proposals to achieve a transformative recovery based on the construction of a new style of development. …

ECLAC participation in the Regional Training Workshop and Introduction to the Nexus approach between water, energy and food to member countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO)