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4 September 2023 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Must Take Advantage of Historic Window of Opportunity and Reactivate Regional Integration, Focusing on the Ecological Transition, Aloizio Mercadante Proposed at ECLAC
The President of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) gave a keynote lecture today in Santiago and signed an agreement that relaunches the historical BNDES-ECLAC Working Group that functioned in the 1950s, now called the Celso Furtado Working Group.
27 July 2023 | Press Release

Authorities from 16 Countries Approve the Creation of the Regional Tax Cooperation Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean
Treasury, Economy and Finance ministers and high-level officials gathered in Colombia at the First Summit for an Inclusive, Sustainable and Equitable Global Tax Order signed a joint declaration in which they support this new forum for dialogue and exchange, for which ECLAC will act as technical secretariat.
6 July 2023 | Press Release

ECLAC Stresses the Importance of a Productive Development Agenda Centered on Lithium Exploitation
A new special report on the opportunities and challenges posed by the mineral’s extraction in Latin America and the Caribbean was presented by the organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.
5 June 2023 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Needs a Reactivation with Transformation to Move Towards a More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Future
At the start of his official visit to Brazil, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, participated in the inauguration of a seminar on “Financing for the Big Push for Sustainability,” which was held in Rio de Janeiro.
29 June 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls for Moving Towards a Big Push for Sustainability as a Strategy for Emerging from the Current Crisis
In a joint virtual seminar with the Federal Senate of Brazil, the commission’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, emphasized that a new development model will be needed after the COVID-19 pandemic.
24 March 2017 | Press Release

Negotiations for Regional Agreement on Rights of Access in Environmental Matters Will Continue in Argentina
Countries will advance on the quest for a legal instrument on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in late July in Buenos Aires.
27 February 2016 | Press Release

Presidents of Brazil and Chile Meet with ECLAC’s Executive Secretary
Dilma Rousseff and Michelle Bachelet visited the headquarters of the United Nations regional organization.
25 November 2013 | Press Release

Region's Countries Highlight Planning as an Indispensable Tool for Driving Forward Post-2015 Development Agenda
The intergovernmental meeting called for the promotion of a new culture of integration and a long-term vision aimed at structural change with equality.
17 October 2013 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls on Latin American and Caribbean Countries to Make Progress in Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Women
Document highlights the deep inequalities affecting over 23 million indigenous women.
28 May 2013 | Press Release

Region's Countries Must Strengthen Institutions in Order to Maximize the Contribution of Natural Resources to Development
Latin America and the Caribbean faces the challenge of efficiently investing extraordinary revenue from the current price cycle with social and environmental sustainability.
28 de November de 2012 | Press Release

O Ministério do Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão do Brasil e a CEPAL realizam Seminário sobre Planejamento e Desenvolvimento
Em sua visita à Brasília, a Secretária-Executiva da CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena reuniu-se com altas autoridades do governo brasileiro.
1 August 2012 | Press Release

ECLAC Signed a Cooperation Agreement to Promote Science and Technology in the Region
The agreement, signed at the ECLAC headquarters in Chile, seeks to promote a greater regional integration in terms of science, technology and innovation.
25 de November de 2011 | Press Release

CEPAL propone cambios estructurales para sostener avances sociales logrados en la región
Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto del organismo, Antonio Prado, participó en la 2ª Conferencia sobre el Desarrollo en Brasil.
12 September 2011 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Conclude the Regional Meeting Preparatory to Rio+20
Countries will take the recommendations to the world conference to be held in Brazil in 2012.
12 September 2011 | Press Release

Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean Seek a Regional Consensus On Sustainable Development
Agencies of the United Nations presented a document proposing a strategy for the conference which will take place in Brazil in 2012.
7 September 2011 | Press Release

The Countries of Latin America Will Debate On Sustainable Development On the Path to Rio+20
National and international officials and representatives of the civil society will participate in the Regional Meeting Preparatory to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to be held in Brazil in 2012.
27 December 2010 | Press Release

Conditional Transfer Programmes Benefit Over 100 Million People in the Region
Brazil has the largest number of beneficiaries, followed by Mexico and Colombia.
16 November 2010 | Press Release

Successful Social Innovation Projects to be Presented in the United States
ECLAC will exhibit 25 programmes awarded for their innovation, community participation and low costs, developed to overcome poverty and inequality in the region.
3 August 2010 | Press Release

"Women Are Better at Channelling the Benefits of Social Programmes"
The President of Brazil received delegates to the Eleventh session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean in Brasilia.
3 August 2010 | Press Release

Women Must Be Placed at the Centre of Development for the Rebuilding of Haiti and Chile
Authorities and representatives of the United Nations discussed the challenges outstanding in this area at the Eleventh session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, now under way in Brasilia.

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