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3 October 2016 | Statement
This month, Governments will meet in Ecuador for the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III). This conference is designed to reflect what we want the cities of the future to look like, Ban Ki-moon says.
Development account project workshop - Regional
3 October 2016 | News
Held at ECLAC Caribbean’s sub regional headquarters in Port of Spain, from 19 to 23 September, the workshop focused on forecasting and fiscal transparency in the conduct of Public Expenditure Reviews (PERs).
2 October 2016 | Op-ed
Op-ed by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary.
1 October 2016 | Statement
The global population of older persons is expected to rise from just over 900 million in 2015 to 1.4 billion by 2030 and 2.1 billion by 2050, Ban Ki-moon points out in his message.
28 September 2016 | Press Release
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary offered a keynote lecture at the closing session of a seminar on public planning and administration held at the organization’s headquarters.
26 September 2016 | Press Release
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.
24 September 2016 | Statement
"I am encouraged that many governments across the world are aligning their policies and programmes behind the 17 Sustainable Development Goals", Ban Ki-moon says.
23 September 2016 | Press Release
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated today in two events held in the framework of the 71st session of the General Assembly.
22 September 2016 | Press Release
At a high-level side event, in the framework of the United Nations General Assembly, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary said that putting this information at the service of the public can bolster adaptation to climate change, saving human lives and avoiding economic losses.
21 September 2016 | Press Release
During a side event at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena said that the regional organization can support Latin American and Caribbean countries to better measure tax evasion and avoidance.
20 September 2016 | Press Release
The regional organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, spoke at a side event in the framework of the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly.
14 September 2016 | Press Release
In the framework of the inauguration of the Latin American Conference on a Transformative Agenda for Official Statistics in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary called on the region to plan investment and spending with sustainability.
13 September 2016 | Press Release
The second session of the Conference on Science, Innovation and ICTs of ECLAC concluded today in San Jose, Costa Rica.
The Norwegian delegation visit
13 September 2016 | News
A delegation of parliamentarians from the Nordic country was received by the Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, in Santiago.
Hurricane Earl
13 September 2016 | News
An interagency team lead by ECLAC has visted the main sites hit by Hurricane Earl in Belize, including San Pedro, Caye Caulker, Belize City, Ladyville, Belize River Valley, Orange Walk and Belmopan.
12 September 2016 | Press Release
The second session of the Conference on Science, Innovation and Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) of ECLAC was inaugurated today and will conclude on Tuesday, September 13.
12 September 2016 | Press Release
43.4% of all households were connected to the Internet in 2015, nearly doubling the figure from 2010, according to The State of Broadband 2016 report, which will be presented at the second meeting of the Conference on Science, Innovation and ICTs that begins today in Costa Rica.
8 September 2016 | Press Release
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in the XX Annual CAF Conference, in Washington.
GIZ final assessment workshop
8 September 2016 | News
ECLAC and GIZ convene meeting to assess the impact of the project entitled “Sustainable Energy in the Caribbean: Reducing the Carbon Footprint in the Caribbean through the Promotion of Energy Efficiency (EE) and the Use of Renewable Energy (RE) Technologies”.
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7 September 2016 | Announcement
The intergovernmental meeting, whose main focus will be innovation in a digital world, will be held on September 12 and 13 in San Jose, Costa Rica.