The Hummingbird Vol.4 No.12

Addressing capacity gaps in the production of the SDG indicators in the Caribbean

The Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Indicator Framework is endorsed by the United Nations Statistical Commission as the monitoring mechanism for the 169 targets and more than 230 indicators of the SDGs. Reporting of these indicators will pose a formidable challenge to the Caribbean given the statistical capacity of countries of the subregion. The results of an ECLAC survey show that only three of the eleven countries that participated reported having the capacity to produce at least 50 per cent of the indicators. The capacities of National Statistical Offices will need to be signif…

Effects of internal migration on the human settlements system in Latin America and the Caribbean

The gradual abatement of rural-urban migration in Latin America and the Caribbean is leading to growing prevalence of migration between cities, a phenomenon about which little theory or empirical studies have been developed in the region. Accordingly, this work uses census microdata —the only source available in the region for estimating migration between cities— from a dozen countries to: (i) estimate the recent evolution of this migration using categories based on cities’ population size (including a residual category that groups municipalities without cities); (ii) estimate the effect of th…

Annotated provisional agenda. Eighth meeting of the negotiating committee of the regional agreement on access to information, participation and justice in environmental matters in Latin America and the Caribbean

Ensuring environmental access rights in the Caribbean: analysis of selected case law. Extracts

Article 9. Access to justice in environmental matters. Proposal of Brazil and Chile

Article 5: General obligations (Rev. 1). Proposal of Argentina, Chile and Costa Rica

Article 10: Capacity-building and cooperation (Rev. 1). Proposal of Costa Rica and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines as coordinators of the Contact Group on Article 10

The Hummingbird Vol.4 No.11

Report of the Seventh meeting of the negotiating committee of the regional agreement on access to information, participation and justice in environmental matters in Latin America and the Caribbean

Provisional agenda. Eighth meeting of the negotiating committee of the regional agreement on access to information, participation and justice in environmental matters in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Hummingbird Vol.4 No.10

Subregional Action Plan for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda in the Caribbean: Prioritizing subregional challenges and opportunities 2016-2036

The Regional Action Plan for the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean (RAP) seeks to be the regional expression of the New Urban Agenda, setting out potential actions and interventions as well as relevant and priority policy guidance for all Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries in order to achieve sustainable urban development.This document was prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in cooperation with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and the Assembly of Ministers and High Authorit…

Mainstreaming disaster risk management strategies in development instruments: Policy briefs for selected member countries of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

This policy brief has the objective of profiling disaster risk management policies in five selected member states of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee: The Bahamas, Belize, The Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica, and analyze their interactions with broader development issues and instruments, such as national development plans and climate change adaptation strategies. To this end, firstly, it presents the five pillars for Disaster Risk Managenent (DRM), namely risk identification, risk reduction, preparedness, financial protection, and resilient recovery, as well as their a…

The Hummingbird Vol.4 No.9

Sustainable Development Goals implementation in the Caribbean

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Report of the eighteenth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

Article 5: General obligations. Proposal of Argentina, Chile and Costa Rica

Future Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters in latin America and the Caribbean and the procedure for establishing its Technical Secretary. Note by the Secretariat