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Latin America and the Caribbean are experiencing one of the most rapid demographic transitions in the world, which is profoundly transforming their economic and social structures.…
A national training workshop focused on National Inclusion Accounts (NIA) was held in Kingston, Jamaica from February 24-28, 2025. This event was organized by CELADE - ECLAC Population Division, in collaboration with the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) and UNFPA. The main objective of the workshop was to strengthen national technical capacity to produce National Inclusion Accounts (NIA) and to analyze the impacts of population aging on inclusive and sustainable economic growth, as well as its subsequent application in public policy. …
INE technicians participated in a workshop organized by ECLAC to develop a statistical geoportal based on free software and open standards. The initiative seeks to strengthen the dissemination of official data and promote interoperability, following successful examples from other countries in the region.…
The report was presented at the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica by Simone Cecchini, Director of CELADE - Population Division of ECLAC, at the Hemispheric Interparliamentary Meeting Migration in the Context of Socio-Environmental Challenges , held in San José, Costa Rica from October 23 to 25, 2024. The joint work, prepared within the framework of the memorandum of understanding between ECLAC and ParlAmericas, constitutes a brief guide for parliamentarians on international migration in Latin America and the Caribbean, from the perspective of inclusive migration governance.…
The paper Medium-term changes in internal population movements in Latin American countries: the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic , No. 139 of the Population and Development Series uses digital footprint data to estimate changes in mobility intensities and patterns during the pandemic.…
The fortieth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will be held from 9 to 11 October 2024 in Lima, pursuant to resolution 766(XXXIX), adopted at the thirty-ninth session of ECLAC, held in Buenos Aires from 24 to 26 October 2022. The meeting will be held in accordance with the ECLAC calendar of conferences for the period 2023–2024.…
On June 18 and 19, 2024, the Regional Seminar “Challenges and opportunities of population aging: the silver economy”, organized by CELADE - Population Division of ECLAC, will be held at ECLAC Headquarters in Santiago, Chile.…
The meeting will be held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on 3 - 4 July 2024, preceded on July 2 by a day of side events and civil society activities.…
With only 15 per cent of SDG targets being on track to be achieved by 2030 globally, there was a strong sense of urgency to deliver on the promise that was made in 2015 at the SDG Summit this year.…
In the context of recovery with transformation, it is crucial to promote labor inclusion policies focused on population groups in situations of greater vulnerability, that is, to implement policies that promote equal opportunities to access and develop productive jobs that generate sufficient income to live a decent life and provide job security and social protection, as well as prospects for personal development, social integration and freedom to express opinions, organize and participate in making decisions that affect one's own life. Promoting labor inclusion is not only important for …
This month, countries come together at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) to take stock of progress on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).…
The Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development is State-led and open to participation by all Latin American and Caribbean countries. It is convened under the auspices of ECLAC and guided by the principles established for all follow-up and review processes by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted in September 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly.…
New website highlights the contributions of ECLAC to Latin America and the Caribbean in the past 75 years Learn about the history of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and discover how it has shaped thinking on public policy and development and supported the region by promoting economic, social and sustainable development initiatives over almost eight decades.…
When the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted by all 193 Member States of the United Nations at the Sustainable Development Summit in New York in September 2015 as “a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future”, it presented a historic opportunity for Latin America and the Caribbean. Despite progress, the region needs to step up their efforts.…
En todo el mundo, la población envejece rápidamente y, en algunos casos, vive mucho más tiempo. Afortunadamente, municipios, organizaciones locales y pequeños grupos de personas de todas partes están tomando medidas significativas para ayudar a sus comunidades a satisfacer mejor las necesidades de los residentes a medida que envejecen.…
New population estimates and projections for Latin America and the Caribbean used to estimate the demographic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic show that Latin America and the Caribbean lost 2.9 years of life expectancy at birth, from 75.1 years in 2019 to 72.1 years in 2021. This makes it the region of the world that lost the most years of life expectancy due to the pandemic.…
The United Nations Network on Migration, which in Latin America and the Caribbean is coordinated by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), through the Latin American and Caribbean Center for Demography (CELADE) - Population Division, has prepared this Report.…
The meeting will be held in a hybrid, in-person and virtual, format from June 28 to 30, 2022 at the headquarters of the regional organization of the United Nations in Santiago, Chile.…
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 Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Center (CELADE) - Population Division of ECLAC has joined the Secretary-General’s UNITE campaign to put an end to violence against women, which this year adopted the slogan “Ya es Ya” in Spanish (Now is now) within the United Nations system in the region.…