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foto de los participantes en el evento
13 December 2021 | News

Science, Technology and Innovation are Crucial for Facing the Pandemic and Moving Towards a Transformative Recovery with Equality and Sustainability in the Region
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, and Ministers Santiago Cafiero and Daniel Filmus, from Argentina, and Paola Vega Castillo, from Costa Rica, participated in the inauguration of the Third Meeting of the Conference on Science, Innovation and Information and Communications Technologies, held in person in Buenos Aires.
foto de los participantes en el evento
3 December 2021 | News

Alicia Bárcena Urged for Strengthening Multilateral, Regional, Subregional and National Banks and Improving their Coordination to Respond to Latin America and the Caribbean’s Financing Challenges
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in a meeting on this issue organized in New York by the Government of Costa Rica, in the framework of the thirty-sixth session of the Commission’s Committee of the Whole.
portada del documento
16 November 2021 | News

UN Women and ECLAC promote the development of Comprehensive Care Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean
UN Women's Regional Director, María Noel Vaeza and ECLAC Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, and the Director of the Division of Gender Affairs, Ana Güezmes, presented the joint document titled Towards the construction of comprehensive care systems in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Alicia Barcena, ECLAC Executive Secretary, with the opening session panel.
6 November 2021 | News

ECLAC Urges the International Community to Work More and Better to Close Global Asymmetries in Financing and Resilience to Climate Change
During an event at COP26, Alicia Bárcena called for increasing international cooperation on green technologies, capacities and financing to enhance resilience as well as a green transition in the region.
Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC's Executive Secretary.
4 November 2021 | News

Public Policies Focused on Cooperatives Should Be Strengthened So They Can Contribute More Decisively to Forging a New Development Model
Alicia Bárcena participated today in the twenty-second Regional Conference of Cooperatives of the Americas.
Foto grupal del taller sobre vacunas
29 October 2021 | News

Authorities and Experts Highlight the Importance of Cooperation between Countries and Sectoral Institutions to Boost Vaccine Manufacturing in Latin America and the Caribbean
First Regional Technical Workshop for the Manufacture of Vaccines in Latin America and the Caribbean was held on October 28 and 29, 2021, organized by the Government of Mexico, CEPI, PAHO and ECLAC.
cover page of the document
25 October 2021 | News

ECLAC Calls for Articulating Social Protection Systems with Disaster Risk Management Policies in Pursuit of a Transformative Recovery with Equality and Sustainability in the Region
The United Nations regional organization presented a document on this issue in the framework of the Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is taking place virtually on October 26-28.
Meeting panel.
22 October 2021 | News

Older Persons’ Rights Must Be at the Center of Public Policy Responses with a Human Rights, Gender and Interculturality Perspective
Authorities from the region participated today in a ceremony for the Americas launch of the United Nations Decade of Healthy Aging 2021-2030, organized by the Government of Chile, ECLAC and PAHO.
Banner con las 5 Secretarias Ejecutivas de las Comisiones Regionales de la ONU
18 October 2021 | News

Growing Global Asymmetries between Developed and Developing Countries Hinder a Post-Pandemic Recovery with Greater Equality and Sustainability: ECLAC
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in a dialogue between the UN Regional Commissions and the Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly.
Panel of the closing session of the meeting.
13 October 2021 | News

Cooperation between China and Latin America and the Caribbean is an Opportunity to Reduce Global Asymmetries and Support a Transformative Economic Recovery

Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, took part in the closing session of the II High-Level CELAC-China Forum and the VI China-LAC Think Tanks Forum.
Fotografía grupal del evento
11 October 2021 | News

Second CELAC-China Academic Forum Seeks to Strengthen Cooperation between Both to Tackle New Global Challenges
ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena opened the event, which includes the VI China-LAC Think Tanks Forum, jointly with authorities and distinguished academics.
banner
8 October 2021 | News

The COVID-19 crisis has reaffirmed the importance of harnessing technological advances and exposing territorial inequalities to promote decent jobs in Latin America, underlined specialists at an event on informal labor
An international seminar organized by ECLAC on October 6-7 announced the key findings of a project financed by the United Nations Development Account.
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva CEPAL
7 October 2021 | News

Alicia Bárcena: Foreign Direct Investment is at the Center of the Post-Pandemic Recovery Plan

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in the INEGI high-level seminar in Mexico, in which she underscored that FDI will play a fundamental role in promoting the creation of formal jobs and reactivating economic activity.
Foto de la Tercera Conferencia Regional sobre Desarrollo Social realizada en México en 2019.
4 October 2021 | News

Antigua and Barbuda Will Host the Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

The session will be held virtually from October 26-28.
Foto Brasil
29 September 2021 | News

New Report Highlights Paths for Generating Employment, Work and Income Based on Sustainable Investments in Brazil
ECLAC’s Office in Brazil, DIEESE and FES Brasil launched a report on The Big Push for Sustainability and the dynamics of employment, work and income: Work in the context of the Brazilian economy’s social and ecological transformation.
Portada Lineamientos para la transformación productiva en Santiago del Estero
29 September 2021 | News

ECLAC Participated in the Presentation of the Document “Guidelines for Productive Transformation in Santiago del Estero” in Argentina
The event took place at the Nation’s Ministry of Productive Development and featured the presence of the Governor of Santiago del Estero, Gerardo Zamora, and the Minister of Productive Development, Matías Kulfas.
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL
28 September 2021 | News

Fighting Illicit Flows and Tax Non-Compliance and Alleviating Debt are Key to Expanding Developing Countries’ Fiscal Space: ECLAC
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, stressed the importance of international cooperation to redistribute concessional funding to the nations most affected by the crisis, at a high-level event held in the framework of the UN General Assembly.
Diálogo de Alto Nivel sobre Energía
24 September 2021 | News

Climate Change Impacts Require Action Not Only at a National Level but also at a Regional and Global Level, ECLAC Stresses
At a side event to the UN High-level Dialogue on Energy, the organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, highlighted the transformative sectors that help with carbon dioxide removal.
photo of the policy brief cover
23 September 2021 | News

UN Regional Commissions Launch Policy Brief on Transforming Food Systems
"We urge our member countries to devote more resources to research, development and innovation, incentivize science and evidence-supported nature-based solutions and reward good agri-environmental practices,” ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena said.
foto de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL.
22 September 2021 | News

Investment in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Primary Health Systems is Urgently Needed for a Transformative Recovery in the Region: ECLAC
The United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in a virtual event held on the sidelines of the 59th Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

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