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16 February 2017 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena: Peace in Colombia Offers a Historic Opportunity for Moving Toward Sustainable Development
ECLAC’S Executive Secretary participated in a conference in Bogota, along with President Juan Manuel Santos, economist Joseph Stiglitz and other notable speakers.
6 February 2017 | Press Release

Germany and ECLAC to Cooperate to Strengthen the Sustainable Management of Mining Resources in the Andean Region
At a meeting held today, the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Chile, Rolf Schulze, and the regional organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, also agreed to allocate additional resources to a programme to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in the region.
26 September 2016 | Press Release

ECLAC Will Accompany Colombia in its Consolidation of Peace and its National Development Project
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in Cartagena in the signing ceremony of the agreement that ended more than five decades of armed conflict.
23 June 2016 | Press Release

ECLAC Welcomes Signing of Agreement that Ends the War in Colombia
The Executive Secretary of the regional organization, Alicia Bárcena, issued a statement that describes the achievement as “one of the brightest chapters of diplomacy and multilateral commitment, with our best civilizing values.”
20 June 2016 | News

Science, Technology and Innovation Factor is Increasingly Important in Regional Competitiveness in Colombia
Since 2000, ECLAC’s Office in Bogota has classified the country’s departments by the strength of their economy, infrastructure, human capital, innovation and institutions.
Habitantes recorren una vía rural en Jambaló, Cauca (Colombia).
1 March 2016 | News

ECLAC Analyzes Social Protection and Access to Public Goods and Services in Colombia’s Rural Areas
The research, done by ECLAC’s Office in Colombia, proposes recommendations for closing the gaps between the countryside and the city.
View of Colombia's capital.
31 March 2015 | News

Study Proposes Public Policy Priorities for Colombian Cities in Accordance with their Social Development
Report classifies the country’s 23 main cities into six groups: elderly, mature, adult, big and young, adolescent and embryonic.
20 de June de 2014 | Statement

Día Mundial de los Refugiados
"Rendimos homenaje a la fortaleza y resiliencia de los más de 50 millones de personas de todo el mundo que se han visto obligadas a huir a causa de las guerras, las persecuciones y los abusos de los derechos humanos", dice Ban Ki-moon, Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas.
23 de January de 2014 | Press Release

Panel analizó los desafíos que enfrentan los países de la Alianza del Pacífico
Los presidentes de México y Colombia, el Ministro de Hacienda de Chile y el Primer Ministro de Perú participaron en el encuentro, que fue moderado por la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL.
9 January 2014 | Infographic

Poverty in Latin America
In the last decades, poverty in the region declined slowly but steadily, a trend that persisted even during the global crisis of 2008-2009. But from 2011 the pace that had been folding down this scourge has slowed.
Calle de Bogotá
2 December 2013 | News

ECLAC Fosters Territorial Development in Colombia with Competitiveness Indicator

The Colombia Office of the Commission prepared a ranking to guide public policymaking and stimulate private decisions that can combine to yield higher levels of territorial development.
5 November 2013 | Press Release

The Region's Countries Agreed on a Shared Vision for Making Progress with Access Rights in terms of Environmental Matters
ECLAC and the Government of Peru organized a meeting on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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.
13 June 2013 | News

UN Special Rapporteur Calls for the Application of Rights-Based Public Policies
10 June 2013 | News

Seminar on Indicators of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Will Be Held at ECLAC
9 March 2013 | Press Release

Authorities and Experts Call for a Global, Unified, Comprehensive and Equitable Post-2015 Development Agenda
Latin American and Caribbean countries met to assess progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals and the Rio+20 agreements.
7 March 2013 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Assess Progress in the Sustainable Development Agenda
The meeting organized by the Government of Colombia and ECLAC will analyse development objectives beyond 2015 and Rio+20.
11 February 2013 | News

How ICTs Can Contribute to Inclusive Education in Latin America
19 June 2012 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Agree to Forge Closer Collaboration in order to Improve Use of Statistics
They called for increased use of national data in human development reports, and highlighted progress in the code of good practice for statistics.
15 November 2011 | Press Release

The First School for Broadband Policymakers in the Region Is Inaugurated
Representatives of seven countries of Latin America and experts from international organizations will discuss policies on the massification of this service until Thursday.

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