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5 June 2020 | Press Release
At a virtual meeting of parliamentarians from throughout the region, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary stressed the importance of having more efficient and open legislative bodies to tackle the crisis related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
21 May 2020 | Press Release
ECLAC and the ILO presented a new joint publication in which they analyze labour challenges in the wake of the pandemic. The organizations indicate that the crisis will likely cause 11.5 million more people to be unemployed in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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20 May 2020 | Announcement
A new joint report will be presented virtually tomorrow, Thursday, May 21, at a simultaneous press conference by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, and the ILO’s Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Vinícius Pinheiro.
12 May 2020 | Press Release
The organization presented a new report on the social challenges of the crisis stemming from COVID-19. In a context of low growth, a significant increase in poverty, extreme poverty and inequality is foreseen in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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11 May 2020 | Announcement
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present the document at a virtual press conference tomorrow, Tuesday, May 12, from the institution’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
22 April 2020 | Press Release
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated today in a webinar organized by the Carolina Foundation of Spain, on multilateral action in Ibero-America in the face of the epidemic.
Reunión virtual sobre el rol de los Ministerios de Desarrollo Social del Caribe ante la pandemia del COVID-19
21 April 2020 | News
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated today in a virtual meeting on the role of Social Development Ministries in the Caribbean in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was organized jointly by the Secretariat of Welfare of Mexico and the UN Regional Commission.
17 de December de 2019 | Infographic
La ARDSI es un instrumento técnico y político que busca avanzar hacia la implementación de la dimensión social del desarrollo sostenible y la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en los países de América Latina y el Caribe. Se fundamenta en políticas públicas para la intervención en la pobreza, las desigualdades estructurales de la región y sus nuevos desafíos. Fue aprobada en 2019 durante la Tercera Conferencia Regional sobre Desarrollo Social de América Latina y el Caribe que congrega a los Ministros, Ministras y Altas Autoridades de Desarrollo Social de la región.
28 November 2019 | Press Release
The economic commission noted that the upward trend for poverty in Latin America held firm and called for resuming the construction of comprehensive and universal social compacts, during the launch of its Social Panorama 2019 report today in Chile.
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21 November 2019 | Announcement
On Thursday, November 28, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena will launch in Chile the Social Panorama of Latin America 2019 report.
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13 de November de 2019 | News
El programa, dirigido a funcionarios públicos, entrega las bases conceptuales de la protección social a lo largo del ciclo de vida de las personas bajo un enfoque de derechos, con énfasis en la gestión del territorio.
3 October 2019 | Press Release
That is the primary outcome of the Third Meeting of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, a gathering convened by ECLAC, the government of Mexico and the UNDP, which concluded this Thursday in the Mexican capital.
1 October 2019 | Press Release
The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, led the inauguration of this event.
1 de October de 2019 | Speech
Palabras de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL.
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17 June 2019 | News
A new book published by the United Nations regional organization analyses the importance of non-contributory social protection programmes in the region.
22 May 2019 | Infographic
Coverage of social protection has grown in the region, but it is still far from universal. It is fundamental to develop comprehensive social protection systems.
Manfred Haebig, Mario Cimoli,  y Laís Abramo Directora
3 April 2019 | News
A seminar on the subject was inaugurated in Santiago de Chile, by senior representatives of ECLAC and the German Cooperation GIZ.
El Ministro de Desarrollo Social de Paraguay, Mario Varela, y la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena, durante la firma del convenio
18 de February de 2019 | News
Ministro Mario Varela (MDS) y Secretaria Ejecutiva de la comisión regional de las Naciones Unidas, Alicia Bárcena, sostuvieron una reunión en la sede del organismo en Santiago, Chile.
15 January 2019 | Press Release
ECLAC released its report Social Panorama 2018 today in Chile, including new revisions to the methodology used by the organization to estimate monetary poverty in the region, as well as new measurements on functional inequality, social spending and double labor and social inclusion.
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9 January 2019 | Announcement
On Tuesday, January 15, Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena will give a press conference at the regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.