Energy Big Push (Grande Impulso Energia) Brasil

O projeto Energy Big Push (ou Grande Impulso Energia) visa apoiar a promoção de mais e melhores investimentos públicos e privados em energias sustentáveis, com ênfase em inovação, contribuindo para um grande impulso energético no Brasil. O projeto é executado em parceria com o Centro de Gestão e Estudos Estratégicos (CGEE) e conta com contribuições de diversos órgãos ligados aos temas de energia e inovação, que são: Empresa de Pesquisa Energética (EPE), Ministério de Minas e Energia (MME), Ministério de Relações Exteriores (MRE), Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovação e Comunicações (MCTI…

Fortalecimiento de capacidades para la incorporación de la reducción del riesgo de desastres y la adaptación sostenible e incluyente al cambio climático en la inversión pública en los países miembros del COSEFIN/SICA

Justification: Climate change is magnifying the socioeconomic vulnerabilities of the region and has increasingly affected the economic evolution of productive activities such as agriculture, hydroelectric generation, the well-being and health of its inhabitants and ecosystems, generating fiscal contingencies that, when they materialize They have put pressure on the weak public finances of developing countries, particularly countries like the SICA region, one of the most exposed and vulnerable to the adverse effects of natural hazards and climate change. Public investment is an instrument of s…

Potable Water, Sanitation and Renewable Energies to improve the health conditions of the population

Social inclusion of youth in the context of increasing violence and insecurity with a focus on Central America

Outputs The Project has allowed generating a regional panorama of the complexity of the relationship between youth social inclusion and violence, that has fed a regional youth observatory on policies and programmes, and that has allowed to elaborate a deep analysis of the institutional configuration on youth issues. The construction of a regional database focused on youth will constitute a huge contribution of the Project that will serve to several counterparts for conducting analysis on specific topics. The regional panoramas have been constructed considering national experiences and comments…

Regional Platform for Tax Cooperation

DECLARACIÓN DE CARTAGENA DE INDIAS…

Strengthening the national road safety management capacities of selected developing countries and countries with economies in transition

Outputs To strengthen the national road safety management system capacities of selected developing countries and countries with economies in transition. the following are the Expected Accomplishments: EA1. Enhanced national capacity of selected developing countries and countries with economies in transition to identify the most critical aspects and priority needs in their road safety situation EA2. Enhanced capacity of selected developing countries and countries with economies in transition to effectively address and improve road safety in priority areas as ide…

Child Poverty, Inequality and Citizenship Initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean. ECLAC-UNICEF

Implementation Strategy Four components are to be developed : 1. The evaluation of current policies and programmes regarding access of children to social protection mechanisms; 2. The analysis of key education policies and initiatives in the region to improve learning and education opportunities of children and adolescents; 3. The analysis of fiscal policy with a potential to improve children’s living conditions; and 4. The analysis of measurement options of multiple deprivations in childhood, in order to support countries’ monitoring of the 1.2 target of the Sustainable Development Goal…

Sustainable transport connectivity and implementation of transport related SDGs in selected landlocked and transit/bridging countries

A1.1. Se realizará un análisis de la literatura de conectividad del transporte interior sostenible en los Estados miembros a fin de identificar y desarrollar un conjunto inicial de Indicadores de Conectividad de Transporte Interno Sostenible (SITCIN); A1.2. Se organizará una misión de campo (fact-finding) de los equipos de proyecto a cada país beneficiario para revisar la información y las estadísticas del sistema de transporte existentes y reunir opiniones y enfoques de las autoridades nacionales competentes y otros interesados; A1.3. Se prepararán informes nacionales de conectividad basados …

Strengthening Road Traffic Enforcement in Brazil

The national road traffic enforcement rules are established in the 1997 Brazilian Traffic Code and in the regulations of the National Traffic Council (CONTRAN). The National Road Safety Plan 2019-2028 contain the necessary mechanisms for effective compliance with the obligations and targets of the National Traffic System bodies. This project aims to contribute to decreasing road traffic deaths and injuries by means of technical assistance to support and to strengthen ongoing road traffic enforcement activities and enhancing the capacity of traffic officers at the state level to implement …

Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable and Inclusive Adaptation to Climate Change

Strengthening the Capacities of Latin America and Asia to Develop and Improve Labour Training Systems and to Protect Workers against Unemployment

Outputs The expected result is a strengthening of unemployment protection and national labour training systems in selected countries, taking into account the individual priorities of these countries. The project started analyzing relevant progress in labour training and unemployment protection on the global and regional levels, and has begun to work on different issues in Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and the Dominican Republic. In the Asian-Pacific region, cooperation with the Philippines has been agreed upon, and the project activities begun in this country in 2015. Seminars (in Spani…

Recover Better

CEPAL - FIDA

Estrategia de implementación Componente de Cadenas de Valor: Los objetivos específicos del componente son: i) generar estrategias para el desarrollo de cadenas de valor a través de procesos de diálogo, con miras a incrementar ingresos, reducir riesgos, mejorar las capacidades y las áreas de influencia de pequeños productores, empresas y organizaciones en cadenas de valor rurales en ALC; ii) fortalecer las capacidades de los gobiernos nacionales y locales, así como de los integrantes de las cadenas, para formular políticas públicas de desarrollo productivo rural dirigidas a cerrar las brechas d…

Science and technology related activities in the Caribbean small island developing States (SIDS): A desk report

Introduction Science, technology, and innovation (STI), including information and communication technologies, are fundamental drivers of sustainable development across each and all economic, social, and environmental sectors. To capitalise on rapid technological advancements and effectively address critical development challenges Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are prioritizing the strengthening their STI capacities and mechanisms at national and subregional levels. This strategic investment and policy driven directive in STI is essential to fostering economic growth and opport…

Big data for measuring and fostering the digital economy in Latin America and the Caribbean

Resultados The first expected outcome is to increase national capabilities to encourage the use of Big data techniques in combination with traditional tools. In second place, it aims to enhance capacity of Latin American countries to strengthen their digital economy through evidence based polices at regional or national level.…

Technological transformations in Latin America: Promoting productive jobs and confronting the challenge of new forms of informal employment

Seminars "New and old forms of labor informality and precarious employment", Santiago de Chile, on April 3 and 4, 2019 …

Transport and trade connectivity in the age of pandemics

The COVID-19 not only poses a severe global sanitarian threat, it also represents a supply and a demand shock - both aspects influencing international trade in goods and services. The following paragraphs point out the main challenges in trade and transport as an aftermath of the pandemic. Spread prevention. Around 80% of global trade is transported by commercial shipping. Unfortunately, freight transport can contribute to the spread of the virus as it is not fully computerized. Both documents and goods continue to be subjected to physical checks for customs and other regulatory purposes. Staf…

Facility for Development in Transition

EUROCLIMA

Estrategia de implementación La CEPAL es el organismo responsable del componente de fortalecimiento del conocimiento y de las capacidades institucionales en los aspectos socioeconómicos del cambio climático del Programa EUROCLIMA. En ese contexto, se contempla el desarrollo de diversas actividades enfocadas a la transferencia de información y conocimientos que consideran la generación de información sobre los impactos socioeconómicos de este fenómeno y sobre las alternativas de políticas públicas para hacerles frente. Bajo esta misma línea se plantea establecer una Red Sobre Cambio Climático (…

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