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A cross section of the “Caribbean Twenty Percent” (youth between 15 and 29) is set to assemble virtually on 26 and 27 March and make promises to the sustainable future of their countries, region and world at the Caribbean Youth Dialogues ’25.…
Ministers and policy makers from twenty-two countries across the Caribbean will gather in Trinidad and Tobago next week to discuss and forge a path for transforming and building inclusive and sustainable Caribbean development at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean’s meetings of the Caribbean Development Roundtable and Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee.…
Minister of Planning and Development Pennelope Beckles-Robinson is set to chair the 30th meeting of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC), at which ministers and other high-level representatives from over 20 Caribbean member countries, along with the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Jose Manuel Salazar Xirinachs, will gather to discuss the sustainable development of the subregion.…
The 78th President of the United Nations General Assembly, Dennis Francis is back in his homeland of Trinidad and Tobago as his term comes to an end… and he’s expressing concern that if the world doesn’t get serious about sustainable development, that lifestyles on his islands, and others around the world could become disturbingly different.…
The 29th session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC), held on 14 October in Paramaribo, Suriname, adopted a resolution on the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (Escazú Agreement). In the same, participating Caribbean States acknowledged the relevance of the Escazú Agreement in promoting sustainable development in the Caribbean small island developing States, through its support for implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the SIDS Accelerated M…
The ninth meeting of the OECS Council of Ministers on Environmental Sustainability took place in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 31 May to 1 June 2022 under the theme “Shifting to more Integrated Approaches for Sustainability, Resilience and Prosperity in OECS SIDS.” Ministers and representatives of OECS Member States focused on bridging silos across priority environmental themes and making linkages with key economic and social pillars for designing and accelerating sustainable policies and solutions. In its capacity as Secretariat to the Escazú Agreement, ECLAC took part in the Minis…
During the week of November 8th to 15th, for six days, a virtual 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 33 participants from the National Statistical Offices of Barbados, Belize, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Bahamas, Dominica, Suriname, Turks & Caicos, Grenada, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Vincent & Grenadines and Montserrat.…
The side event entitled “The burden of unpaid care work on Caribbean women in the time of COVID-19”, which took place within the context of the 61st Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean focused on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Caribbean women with particular focus on the increasing burden of unpaid care work. It also showcased experiences and progress in the development of time use measurements in the subregion. The event was moderated by Malaka Parker and included interventions from ECLAC’s subregional headquarte…
The eighth meeting of the OECS Council of Ministers on Environmental Sustainability took place in a virtual format on 20 and 21 May 2021. Chaired by Saint Kitts and Nevis, the meeting had as its theme “Unlocking a Green, Resilient and Inclusive future for Eastern Caribbean SIDS”.…
The “I am a Youth of a Small Island” international competition is being organised by the United Nations (UN) Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), and other UN Partners to mark the mid-term review of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA Pathway).…
The 6th Council of Ministers of Environmental Sustainability of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), was held in Fort-de-France, Martinique, between 15 and 17 May 2019, under the theme “Towards a Sustainable Caribbean Society: Reinforcing Strategic and Durable Partnerships for Advancing Sustainable Development in the Eastern Caribbean.”…
The Inter-Parliamentary Union and the National Assembly of Suriname organized a Regional Seminar on climate change and disaster risk reduction for Parliaments of the Caribbean on 5 and 6 November 2018 in Paramaribo, Suriname.…
Briefing note by ECLAC Caribbean Chief, Diane Quarless…
Briefing note by ECLAC Caribbean Chief, Diane Quarless…
Briefing note by ECLAC Caribbean Chief, Diane Quarless…
During the third meeting of the negotiating committee of the regional agreement on access to information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, that took place in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 5-8 April 2016, Grenada signed on to the Declaration on the application of Principle 10.…
Briefing note by ECLAC Caribbean Chief, Diane Quarless…
Q&A with ECLAC Caribbean Chief, Diane Quarless (January 2015)…
Briefing note by ECLAC Caribbean Chief, Diane Quarless (December 2015)…
Briefing note by ECLAC Caribbean Chief, Diane Quarless (September 2015)…
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