Nexus

The Nexus programme contributes to a better understanding of the deep interconnection between natural resources and their planning, management and consumption. At its heart, the WEF Nexus promotes a holistic and integrated conceptualization and turns attention to opportunities: untangling trade-offs, inspiring agreements, uncovering synergies, and promoting policy coherence and multi-sectoral cooperation at all levels. The Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme, jointly funded by the Euopean Union (EU) and the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), aims to ins…

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

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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…

ROSA

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 …

Social cohesion policies for inclusive social development in Latin America (2023-2025)

Background What keeps societies together? What identifies and motivates people to coexist voluntarily without the need for permanent external coercion or immediate material interest? In times of great uncertainty, of cascading crises, and of challenges to societal sustainability, social cohesion takes a central position in the path of Latin American and Caribbean countries towards a sustainable development that leaves no one behind. In addition to a modest performance in terms of economic and social progress, as well as some setbacks in Latin America’s sustainable development in recent years, …

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…

Joint Program “Support for the development of an Integrated National Financing Framework for the SDGs in Cuba” (CIFFRA)

The United Nations System in Cuba, through the leadership of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) with the participation of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Office of the Resident Coordinator (OCR) has designed a Joint Program with the objective of contributing to the development of an Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF) as a tool for planning, defining and evaluating gender-sensitive financing policies to improve the effectiveness of such policies and the efficiency of resources mobilization for financing the Sustainable Dev…

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…

Implementation of Statistical Geoportals

Description Latin American and Caribbean countries face significant challenges in moving towards e-economies, improving services to citizens, developing capacity to apply geospatial technology, improving informed government decision-making processes using sound official statistics, taking practical actions to achieve a digital transformation, and being able to bridge the geospatial digital divide in the implementation of national strategic and development priorities and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The 2030 Agenda recognizes that timely, available and accessible geospatial and …

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 (…

GET.transform

As an internationally recognised hub of expertise, the European programme delivers on key areas of the energy transition: energy planning, on- and off-grid regulation and markets, and renewable energy grid integration. Deriving global best practices and adapting standardised tools to local needs, GET.transform enables partner countries and regions to develop conducive framework conditions for large-scale clean energy deployment. GET.transform is part of the European multi-donor platform Global Energy Transformation Programme (GET.pro), and supported by the European Union, Germany, Sweden, the …

Sustainable energy in the Caribbean: Reducing the carbon footprint in the Caribbean through the promotion of energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy technologies

Resultados By the end of the project, national governments shall have new and/or innovative mechanisms for financing projects in energy efficiency and renewable energy and will be able to design and finance mechanisms to reduce carbon emissions. In this regard, it is expected that Caribbean countries will have increased capacity to utilize new concepts, strategies and mechanisms for the formulation of projects in energy efficiency and renewable energy. It is also foreseen that context-related, Caribbean mechanisms for promotion of energy efficiency will be strengthened throughout the region. F…