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Photo showing attendees at the MonCom Seminar 2023
2 November 2023 | News

Caribbean Must Build Knowledge Economy – ECLAC Caribbean Development Seminar 

Speaking at a development Seminar, part of ECLAC Caribbean’s meeting of the Monitoring Committee, the Chair of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC), and Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation of Suriname Albert Ramdin urged countries of the Caribbean to leverage their vast human resources to develop knowledge economies.
foto de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL.
26 April 2021 | News

Alicia Bárcena: Parliaments Have a Critical Role to Play in the 2030 Agenda’s Implementation, Follow-up and Review
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary spoke before the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago about the challenges for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the context of the COVID-19 crisis and the serious financing limitations faced by the Caribbean subregion.
UNITAR, DESA, ECLAC Workshop
15 November 2019 | News

Caribbean experts receive training on policies and policy coherence towards achieving sustainable development
Senior policy makers, including statisticians and economists, along with planning officers from various Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have benefitted from a just-concluded workshop aimed at strengthening their capacities for integrated planning and policy coherence in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the subregion.
Expert Group Meeting
6 August 2019 | News

Bridging the digital divide for persons with disabilities explored at ECLAC meeting
Policymakers and experts have identified ways in which persons with disability can enjoy the benefits of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs). This, during a meeting hosted by ECLAC Caribbean.
27 May 2019 | News

Girls present innovative tech-based solutions to major development issues
Girls from Trinidad and Tobago had the opportunity to pitch tech-based solutions to address two pressing issues in the Caribbean, yesterday, namely gender-based violence and building resilience to climate change.
21 November 2018 | News

ECLAC Caribbean and partners celebrate International Men’s Day

ECLAC and partners join forces to highlight the important role that men and boys can and should play in societies.
23 July 2018 | News

ECLAC promotes family planning and community empowerment at local event
ECALC Caribbean celebrated World Population Day (WPD) 2018 by visiting the Guaico Secondary School, which for the occasion was transformed into a ’Community Village’.
Foto de capacitación en Tobago
25 June 2018 | News

Timely Disaster Training for Tobago Officials
From 23-25 May 2018, ECLAC provided policymakers with an increased capacity and awareness for disaster risk reduction.
Ending violence against women - workshop
28 November 2016 | News

Rural Women Benefit from ECLAC Sensitization Seminar on Gender-Based Violence
Women in rural communities in Trinidad and Tobago benefitted from a sensitization seminar on gender-based violence, held in recognition of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, celebrated each year on 25 November.
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, presents Social Panorama Latin America 2014
26 January 2015 | News

Poverty and Indigence Reduction Stalls in Most of Latin American Countries
Estimates show that 167 million people were poor in 2014, and 71 million of them suffered extreme poverty or indigence.
21 September 2011 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls For Strategic Regionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean
Avenues for greater integration need to be pursued, said Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of ECLAC.