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14 July 2022 | Press Release

ECLAC Urges for Implementing Enabling Policies that Would Allow for Effective Fulfillment of the SDGs
Mario Cimoli, the organization’s Acting Executive Secretary, and Arnoldo André Tinoco, the Foreign Minister of Costa Rica, participated in a meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2022, focused on listening to messages from the regions. Prior to that, both authorities spoke at a virtual side event on Development in Transition.
1 April 2022 | Press Release

United Nations Secretary-General Appoints Mario Cimoli as Acting Executive Secretary of ECLAC
The Argentine economist will replace Mexican diplomat Alicia Bárcena, who concluded her mandate on March 31 after nearly 14 years at the helm of ECLAC.
23 November 2020 | Press Release

Countries in the Region Stressed the Urgency of Making Progress on Inclusion and Digital Transformation to Emerge from the Crisis and Achieve Development with Equality and Environmental Sustainability
The President of Ecuador, Lenín Moreno, and ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, led the inauguration of the VII Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is being held through Thursday.
18 October 2018 | Press Release

The City is an Opportunity for Structural Change with Equality and an Economic Policy Instrument for Countries
The Second Cities Conference concluded with a call to strengthen public-private dialogue for urban sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean.
16 October 2018 | Press Release

Achieving Sustainable Mobility Systems Essential for Combating Climate Change and Attaining Inclusive Urban Development

Second Cities Conference: Towards Safe, Affordable and Sustainable Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean, inaugurated today at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
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.”
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.
6 December 2017 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Faces the Challenge of Boosting Women’s Participation in Science, Technology and Innovation
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet led the inauguration of a Gender Summit on this issue, being held this Wednesday and Thursday at ECLAC.
25 July 2017 | Press Release

ECLAC’s 2017 Summer School Began with a Debate on Globalization and its Impact on the Region’s Economic Structures and Sociopolitical Conflicts
Alicia Bárcena, the regional organization’s Executive Secretary, headed a seminar in which prominent international specialists participated.
6 March 2017 | Press Release

ECLAC Promotes Big Data Analytics for the Sustainable Development of Latin America and the Caribbean
During a seminar held in Santiago, Chile, the United Nations regional body presented a project that seeks to improve national capabilities for measuring the digital economy in the region.
22 June 2016 | Press Release

ECLAC Encourages the Creation of a Regional Digital Market in Latin America and the Caribbean
Digital technologies and new business models will foster regional integration that was not possible with old technologies, says the United Nations organization.
4 May 2012 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Received US$153 Billion from Foreign Direct Investment in 2011
The amount is historic and could be exceeded this year. Nonetheless, the Organization warns about the increasing repatriation of profits by transnational companies to their countries of origin.
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.
6 July 2010 | Press Release

Summer School on Latin American Economies 2010 Commences
Thirty post-graduate and PhD students from Latin America, Asia, Europe and North America participate in the three-month course.
5 de May de 2022 | Press Release

Speaking to Territories and Cities is Critical for Rethinking the Development Model in Latin America and the Caribbean
High-level authorities from Latin America and Europe participated in the first event taking place in the framework of the regional Declaration of Circular Cities.