The Second World Summit for Social Development in 2025 represents a unique milestone for stakeholders to come together to jointly analyze the road travelled, analyze the present and make decisions that will make a future with less inequality and grea…

We are a team at ECLAC promoting a regional network of parliamentarians from Latin America and the Caribbean, focused on strengthening anticipatory governance and legislative foresight. Through forums for dialogue and collaboration, we bring together…

The Water Sustainability Network and Observatory (ROSA) is an initiative led by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) aimed at strengthening the capacities of countries in the region in the field of water management, wit…

Strengthening statistical capacities to monitor climate change and its economic and social effects in Latin America and the Caribbean.This project aims to bolster technical capacities in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries for generating sta…

Science, technology, and innovation (STI), including information and communication technologies, are essential enablers for driving economic, social and environmental- sustainable development priorities. Towards this purpose, the Caribbean Smal…

The project seeks to strengthen technical and policymaking capacities to design and implement energy strategies that address the challenges of the energy transition and capitalize on its opportunities. To this end, it includes technical assistance, w…

The project seeks to strengthen countries' capacity to improve energy security and resilience through regional connectivity. It promotes interconnected grids that reduce costs, integrate renewable energy, and increase system flexibility. It involves…

This is a regional space to generate knowledge, share experiences, contribute to the construction of common positions and solutions that guide decision-making to address tax policy challenges in an inclusive, equitable, sustainable and pro-growth man…

This ECLAC project is funded by the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) and is implemented in coordination with its Training Center in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Its objective is to position and promote social cohesion with…

Science, technology, and innovation (STI), including information and communication technologies, are essential enablers for driving economic, social and environmental- sustainable development priorities. Towards this purpose, the Caribbean Smal…

The project seeks to strengthen the technical capacities of the officials of the countries and municipalities / territories to design investment plans for the implementation of projects of: 1. Drinking water and sanitation that cont…

From the COVID-19 pandemic onwards, electronic and digital commerce has grown fast both within and between the economies of the Forum of East Asia and Latin American (FEALAC) countries. For many micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), exp…

This project aims to contribute to disaster loss and damage reduction and to the climate emergency response by including disaster risk reduction and sustainable and inclusive adaptation to climate change in the life cycle of public investment project…

Strengthening geospatial capacities of national statistical offices to monitor the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean; Geospatial Facility This project is executed by the Statistics Division of ECLAC and funded by Pillar II of the Tech…

Acerca de Facilidad Regional para el desarrollo en transición El 7 mayo de 2018, en el marco del trigésimo séptimo periodo de Sesiones de la Comisión Económica para America Latina y el Caribe de las Naciones Unidas (CEPAL) en la Habana, Cuba, la C…

The Global Status Report on Road Safety (WHO, 2018), highlights that the number of annual road traffic deaths has reached 1.35 million. Road traffic injuries are now the leading killer of people aged 5-29 years. The burden is disproportionately borne…

Since 1980, the Strategic Alliance between the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) of Germany has aimed at contributing to sustainable development by…