Verónica Silva joined ECLAC on 15 August 1978 to cover a replacement position that was expected to last just fifteen days at the then Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES). That seemingly incidental entry, however, marked the beginning of a professional jour...

From 13 to 16 April 2026, Santiago, Chile, will host the Ninth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, an annual space for dialogue and exchange aimed at assessing and strengthening the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable...

The 20th Meeting of the ILPES Regional Council for Planning held in Brasilia on October 2 and 3, 2025, marks a turning point for Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Regional Observatory on Planning for Development is a dynamic space for analysis, information, and collective knowledge-building that brings together governments, academia, the private sector, and civil society around issues of planning and public management in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The event brought together experiences from Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Saint Kitts and Nevis, and marked the global launch of the self-paced training on Voluntary Local Reviews.

The course, which runs until May 7th, 2025, brings together more than 40 participants from 15 countries.

The course “From Digital Government to Smart Government” will take place from October 2nd to October 30th, 2024.

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 U...

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 Caribb...

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 ac...

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.

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...

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 ...

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...

The academic program, taught by ECLAC's Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (Instituto Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Planificación Económica y Social - ILPES), involves 70 officials from 17 Paraguayan public administration institutions.

The academic program will be held from March 10th to 13th, 2020, in Asunción, Paraguay, by the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (Instituto Latinoamericano y el Caribe de Planificación Económica y Social - ILPES) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and ...