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ILIA 2025 assesses Artificial Intelligence preparedness, adoption, and governance in Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighting progress while identifying gaps in talent, investment, and public policies.…
The new platform makes Costa Rica the fourth country in Latin America and the Caribbean to have official statistics on the social and solidarity economy sector…
Confronted with the challenges of low growth capacity and high inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean, efforts are being made to transform production models toward ones that enhance productivity, generate quality employment, and strengthen sectors that support the transition to more sustainable economies…
The agreement aims to promote technical and institutional cooperation to foster workplace well-being and improve productivity at the national and subnational levels.…
The study highlights the need to recognize and strengthen the social and solidarity economy in Chile, promoting data standardization and collaboration among institutions for its consolidation and development.…
On September 24, 2024, the second edition of the Latin American Artificial Intelligence Index (ILIA) was launched, presenting a comprehensive study on the state of Artificial Intelligence (AI) readiness in 19 countries in the region.…
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.…
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC / CEPAL) have both formalized their membership in the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE). This development builds upon years of collaboration and aims to enhance the implementation of the United Nations General Assembly resolution “Promoting the Social and Solidarity Economy for Sustainable Development” (A/77/281) within their respective regions. The Socia…
To strengthen cluster and territorial productive articulation initiatives operating in the region, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) launched the Platform for cluster and other territorial productive articulation initiatives.…
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.…
Ana Güezmes García, Director of ECLAC's Division for Gender Affairs (DGA) and Karen García, DGA Statistician, participated as speakers in the 24th version of the ELADES-ECLAC Development Policy Studies Program held on August 23 and 24, 2023, at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago.…
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.…
The organization’s office in Brasilia has organized a book that brings together essays with contributions on tackling structural economic “bottlenecks” and harnessing opportunities for the country’s development.…
In order to identify opportunities and risks that Latin American countries might face as they begin as they move towards increasing the adoption of artificial intelligence…
Representatives of the governments of Argentina, Chile and the Dominican Republic participated in the side event on Technological Revolution: Challenges and Opportunities for Industry, Employment, Gender Equality and Social Development , which took place on Wednesday, April 24th, 2020. The event was organized by the Divisions of Social Development (DDS), Production and Enterprise Development (DPPE), Economic Development (DDE) and Gender Affairs (DAG) with the support of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).…
The ECLAC Summer School is a great academic opportunity in which students not only learn about the Latin American economies, but they also interact and exchange ideas and experiences with other students in an international environment. During the school many friendships and professional relations emerge and consolidate. Both ECLAC and the Young Scholars Initiative of INET are interested in strengthening these links and building a strong network of alumni – most of whom are now in influential positions in universities, and in public and private agencies in many different parts of the worl…
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