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20 August 2018 | News

Caribbean Gender Experts say fostering gender equality and women’s rights is indispensable for the region’s sustainable development
Fifty-seventh meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean concluded in Santiago, Chile, with a reinforced commitment to address persistent obstacles faced by women in order to achieve sustainable development with equality
26 July 2018 | News

ECLAC calls for creation of subregional mechanism to facilitate youth participation in development frameworks
Caribbean Forum on Population, Youth and Development is examining strategies to institutionalize youth involvement in the sustainable development of the subregion
23 July 2018 | News

ECLAC promotes family planning and community empowerment at local event
ECALC Caribbean celebrated World Population Day (WPD) 2018 by visiting the Guaico Secondary School, which for the occasion was transformed into a ’Community Village’.
Foto de capacitación en Tobago
25 June 2018 | News

Timely Disaster Training for Tobago Officials
From 23-25 May 2018, ECLAC provided policymakers with an increased capacity and awareness for disaster risk reduction.
21 June 2018 | News

Caribbean experts discuss energy efficiency at ECLAC meeting
On 21 June 2018, energy experts came together to discuss their experiences in gathering and analysing energy efficiency (EE) indicators, as well as the challenges and lessons learnt in gathering EE data
22 May 2018 | News

Timely disaster training for Tobago officials
From 23-25 May 2018, ECLAC Caribbean will provide policymakers in Tobago with an increased capacity and awareness for disaster risk reduction.
17 May 2018 | News

ECLAC trains over 100 Argentinian public officials in disaster assessment
Over one hundred Argentinian public officials acquired new technical skills in the use and application of the Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) methodology, as the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean carried out two workshops from 7-10 May 2018.
27 April 2018 | Press Release

Caribbean Ministers Celebrate ECLAC 70th Anniversary with Focus on Holistic Approach to Development
The twenty-seventh session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) took place in Saint Lucia today and brought together senior decision makers from across the Caribbean.
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.
18 April 2018 | News

Persons with disabilities recognized as equal members of society
The situation of persons with disability in the Caribbean and the status of current policy programmes interventions are assessed in a new ECLAC Caribbean study. Entitled `Disability, human rights and public policy in the Caribbean’, the study also identifies gaps, good practices and priorities for future action in areas such as health and rehabilitation, education, the labour market and access to services.
IWD 2018 - Trinidad
7 March 2018 | News

Port of Spain City Village showcases women entrepreneurs

The theme of this year’s IWD is the `Time is now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives’.
1 February 2018 | News

Analysing the role of Caribbean migrant women
A newly published joint study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Organization for Migration, `Women’s Empowerment and Migration in the Caribbean’, analyses the implications of female migration at the individual, household and community levels, in both sending and receiving countries.
23 January 2018 | News

New ECLAC study explores film and music sectors of Jamaica
A study by ECLAC Caribbean assesses the difficulties, lessons learnt and success factors which have strengthened the global competitiveness of the Caribbean’s film and music sectors.
19 December 2017 | News

ECLAC provides energy specialists with new energy efficiency tools
National focal points in the energy efficiency and environment sectors from Barbados, Guyana, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago recently received new tools to assess policies and programmes on energy efficiency, as they participated in a two-day workshop organized by ECLAC.
19 de December de 2017 | News

ECLAC provides energy specialists with new energy efficiency tools
National focal points in the energy efficiency and environment sectors from Barbados, Guyana, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago recently received new tools to assess policies and programmes on energy efficiency, as they participated in a two-day workshop organized by ECLAC.
Foto de la destrucción dejada por los huracanes en el Caribe
12 December 2017 | News

ECLAC Advocates for Caribbean's Debt Swap Proposal and Establishes Task Force for Its Implementation
The UN Commission recently presented the initiative at the CARICOM-UN High Level Pledging Conference held in New York.
27 November 2017 | News

ECLAC establishes task force for Caribbean’s Debt Swap Initiative

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean has established a task force to advance ECLAC’s Debt for Climate Adaptation Swap Initiative.
Diane Quarless, Director of ECLAC’s Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, during her presentation
20 November 2017 | News

ECLAC Advocates for Debt Relief Proposal during Conference on Hurricane Striken Caribbean Held in New York
The CARICOM-UN High Level Pledging Conference: “Building a more Climate Resilient Community” looks to mobilise international financial support for the countries devastated by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
20 November 2017 | News

ECLAC provides senior public officials with cutting-edge trade analysis tools
From 14 to 16 November 2017, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in collaboration with theOrganisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission, jointly coordinated a capacity development workshop for senior officers from Ministries of Trade, Customs divisions and Statistics departments, among others.
16 November 2017 | News

ECLAC sheds light on structure of Caribbean economies at Belize conference
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean discussed the relationship between debt accumulation, the external sector deficit and lack of robust growth in the Caribbean at a recent meeting in Belize.

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