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18 March 2024 | Press Release
The renowned U.S. scholar was the ninth and final speaker to participate in the Keynote Lecture Series organized to commemorate the United Nations regional organization’s 75th anniversary.
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15 March 2024 | News
Authorities, international officials, representatives of the private sector and specialists addressed relevant issues that will be part of the new Regional Digital Agenda for better harnessing digitalization: meaningful connectivity and digital skills, productive transformation, Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity and data governance, among others.
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13 March 2024 | News
The Regional Water Dialogues 2024 concluded today in Costa Rica, having drawn the participation of more than 1,000 people from 37 countries in the region and the world.
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13 March 2024 | News
The high-level seminar featured initial presentations by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, and Kunal Sen, Director of UNU-WIDER.
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13 March 2024 | Announcement
The prominent U.S. scholar will give a talk on Monday, March 18, concluding the activities commemorating the United Nations regional organization’s 75th anniversary.
11 March 2024 | Press Release
Today the fourth edition of the Regional Water Dialogues in Latin America and the Caribbean began in San José, Costa Rica, organized by ECLAC in collaboration with IICA.
8 March 2024 | Op-ed
By José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary.
Director Diane Quarless of ECLAC Caribbean says #investinwomen
7 March 2024 | News
The international community has committed to making every effort to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, yet we remain disturbingly behind when it comes to meeting the targets for achievement of gender equality and empowering all women and girls. The SDG indicators measuring progress on this goal signal that, globally, we are only on track to reach 15.4 per cent of the targets set for gender equality. Even more worrisome is the fact that 61.5 per cent of the gender equality targets are far or very far off track.
6 March 2024 | Infographic
In recent years, cascading crises, including the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, have highlighted the unjust social organization of care and the need for a new development model centred on care and the sustainability of life (ECLAC, 2022). These crises present an opportunity to design bold policies and to transition to a care society that prioritizes people and the planet (ECLAC, 2022). In the Buenos Aires Commitment, adopted at the fifteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, the member States of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) agreed to transition to a care society, focusing on new areas for a transformative, gender-equal and sustainable recovery. They recognized care as a right to provide and receive care and to exercise self-care. The Regional Gender Agenda calls for the promotion of measures to overcome the sexual division of labour and move towards a fair social organization of care, in the framework of a new development model that fosters gender equality in the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. The recognition of care as a right makes it necessary to strengthen the role of States at the national and subnational levels, through care policies and systems based on the principles of equality, universality and social and gender co-responsibility, including coordinated policies on time, resources, benefits and universal and quality public services in the territory. The present document was prepared in response to the Buenos Aires Commitment, in which ECLAC was instructed to prepare a document on guiding principles for the design of policies, from a gender, intersectional and intercultural perspective and the perspective of territory, within the framework of human rights.
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6 March 2024 | News
ECLAC and UN Women presented the joint document "The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Regional Gender Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean. Gender Indicators up to 2023”.
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6 March 2024 | Announcement
The annual meeting organized by ECLAC and IICA will be held March 11-13 at IICA headquarters in San José. High-level officials from Latin America and the Caribbean are expected to attend.
5 March 2024 | Press Release
ECLAC's Demographic Observatory 2023 report, launched today, examines the demographic dynamics of Latin America and its impact on the labor force.
4 March 2024 | Press Release
The United Nations regional economic commission and the Government of Guatemala align efforts to quicken the pace in moving towards more productive, inclusive and sustainable development in the Central American country.
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4 March 2024 | News
The intergovernmental meeting will be held on April 4 and 5, 2024 in Bogota.
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26 February 2024 | Announcement
The program will run from July 8 to August 30 at the United Nations regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
21 February 2024 | Press Release
The 2023 version of this document includes select indicators on the economic, social and environmental situation in Latin America and the Caribbean.
15 February 2024 | Press Release
The DDO’s first figures reveal major lags in digital technology adoption by the region’s productive sector.
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6 February 2024 | Announcement
The presentation of the Digital Development Observatory (ODD) will take place on Thursday, February 15 in a virtual event led by the Executive Secretary of the regional UN organization, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.
1 February 2024 | Infographic
The infographic on "Trinidad's Traffic Study" outlines key challenges and recommendations for addressing traffic congestion in Trinidad. It offers several short- to medium-term solutions aimed at enhancing public transportation, such as making it more attractive and reliable, improving paratransit services for "first and last mile" transportation, and bolstering public safety for both commuters and service providers. Telecommuting is also suggested as a way to reduce the need for physical commuting. For a long-term solution, the study emphasizes the importance of establishing an efficient, multi-modal transportation system, improving school bus services, and decentralizing public services. Enhanced spatial planning and better traffic management for seasonal and annual events are also recommended. Additional details about the study are available via a provided link.
31 January 2024 | Infographic
This infographic from Study 110 explores the role of Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) in driving sustainable development in the Caribbean. While STI is recognized as crucial for progress, the study finds that many Caribbean nations have yet to prioritize it, and existing policies remain underdeveloped. The current driver of change in the region is renewable energy, influenced by factors such as reliance on expensive imported fossil fuels, falling costs of renewable energy technologies, and international commitments to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. To foster STI advancement, the study recommends promoting an STI culture, enhancing institutional support, increasing funding, integrating STI into education, and encouraging collaboration between governments, private sectors, and research institutions.