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8 July 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC Presents Five Proposals to Increase Fiscal Space in Caribbean Countries
In a special session of the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Small Island Developing States, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, called for urgently providing concessional funds to address these countries’ vulnerabilities, regardless of their per capita income.
11 June 2020 | Press Release

At Event for CAF’s 50th Anniversary, ECLAC Highlights the Role of Regional Development Banks in Supporting Countries as They Face the COVID-19 Crisis
The UN Commission’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, spoke along with Luis Carranza, Joseph Stiglitz, Ángel Gurría and Enrique Iglesias in the framework of CAF’s commemoration.
9 April 2020 | Press Release

60 International Agencies Urge Rapid, Coordinated Response as Pandemic Threatens to Destabilize Poor Countries’ Finances
Full copy of the report at: http://bit.ly/fsdr2020.
11 April 2019 | Press Release

Report Highlights Urgency of Mobilizing Sufficient Resources to Finance the Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
More than 60 international organizations led by the United Nations released the Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2019.
4 December 2018 | Press Release

2030 Agenda Represents a Paradigm Shift for International Cooperation with Middle-Income Countries: Alicia Bárcena
At a high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly on middle-income nations, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary stressed the importance of multilateralism and South-South and triangular cooperation.
26 October 2018 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena Called for Deepening Integration and Regional Cooperation to Successfully Implement the 2030 Agenda in this Complex Global Context
ECLAC’s most senior representative participated in the Dialogue of the Executive Secretaries of the United Nations Regional Commissions with the Second Committee of the 73rd session of the General Assembly in New York.
4 October 2018 | Press Release

Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean Bolster their Cooperation to Build a New Narrative for Development with Emphasis on Economies in Transition
The EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, Chilean Foreign Minister Roberto Ampuero and ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in a high-level dialogue held in Santiago.
2 October 2018 | Press Release

It is Necessary to Rethink the Concept of Development in Light of International Cooperation, Experts Gathered at ECLAC Sustained
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization, and Stella Zervoudaki, Ambassador and Head of the European Union Delegation in Chile, inaugurated the seminar that initiated a week of debate in Chile about the new concept of “development in transition.”
24 September 2018 | Press Release

International Cooperation Requires a New Narrative that Fully Includes Middle-Income Countries in Order to Achieve the 2030 Agenda
In the framework of the United Nations General Assembly that is taking place in New York, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena; the European Commission’s Director-General for International Cooperation and Development, Stefano Manservisi; the Secretary-General of the OECD, Ángel Gurría; and the Director of that organization’s Development Centre, Mario Pezzini, presented an innovative proposal to advance development cooperation.
27 August 2018 | Press Release

Experts Debate at ECLAC about the Need to Rethink Development in a World in Transition
Academics and international officials are participating this Monday, August 27, and Tuesday, August 28, in an event organized in Santiago, Chile by ECLAC and the European Union, in the framework of the 70th anniversary of the Commission and of the 19th Summer School on Latin American economies.
13 June 2018 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena Calls for a New Narrative on International Cooperation for Latin American and Caribbean Development around the 2030 Agenda
During a seminar organized by the European Union in Panama, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary emphasized the role of international cooperation in supporting countries in transition.
7 May 2018 | Press Release

European Union, OECD and ECLAC Sign Agreement to Facilitate the Development of Countries in Transition
The instrument was signed today in the framework of ECLAC’s thirty-seventh session, which is taking place through Friday, May 11 in Havana, Cuba.
26 April 2018 | Press Release

Caribbean Development Roundtable Brings Together Ministers to Discuss Economic Growth and Climate Resilience
The meeting convened by ECLAC and hosted by the Government of Saint Lucia, took place today in Gros Islet.
23 March 2018 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls for Strengthening Fiscal Policy’s Role as Instrument of Stabilization and Driver of Economic Growth

In its annual publication “Fiscal Panorama of Latin America 2018”, the organization analyzes fiscal policy in the region over the last three decades and the implementation challenges of the 2030 Agenda.
24 October 2017 | Press Release

Criteria for Access to Concessional Financing Must Change to Support Caribbean Countries with their Reconstruction
ECLAC’s debt relief proposal for the countries most affected by recent hurricanes was presented by Alicia Bárcena, the organization’s Executive Secretary, at a high-level ECOSOC meeting in New York.
23 October 2017 | Press Release

We Must Dismantle the Culture of Privilege to Be Able to Finance the 2030 Agenda: Alicia Bárcena

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in New York in a high-level debate on financing for development with other Executive Secretaries of the UN Regional Commissions.
27 September 2017 | Press Release

ECLAC Underscores Strategic Potential of Triangular Cooperation to Give the Region’s Economies an Environmental Big Push
The regional organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, made a presentation at the IV Regional Conference on Prospects for Triangular Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Lima, Peru.
30 August 2017 | Press Release

Jamaica’s Prime Minister Gave Keynote Lecture at ECLAC
Andrew Holness advocated for greater integration among the countries of the Caribbean and Latin America and gave his backing to the Caribbean debt relief proposal presented by the organization.
10 July 2017 | Press Release

ECLAC Underscores Leadership and Political Commitment by the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean to the 2030 Agenda
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the regional organization, participates in the annual session of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development inaugurated today at United Nations headquarters in New York.
18 May 2017 | Press Release

Moving toward a New Platform for Inclusive Cooperation is Necessary for Sustainable Development
ECLAC, the OECD Development Center and the European Commission call for renewed dialogue with middle-income countries.

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