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Fotografía general del evento
2 April 2024 | News

Authorities and Experts Stress the Relevance of Improving Transport Infrastructure to Energize Economies and Promote Productive and Sustainable Development
The Third High-Level Regional Dialogue on Transport in Latin America and the Caribbean was inaugurated at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
28 April 2023 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Must Pick Up the Pace to Achieve Fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
Halfway through the period agreed upon by United Nations Member States in 2015, greater progress on the targets will require the participation of all stakeholders as well as structural transformations in the region, delegates warned at the conclusion of the Sixth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development.
Foto de participantes en el evento
27 April 2023 | News

The Region’s Countries Evaluated the Implementation of Four SDGs on the Second Day of the Forum on Sustainable Development
It is necessary to redouble efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 6, 7, 9 and 11, representatives asserted at the meeting being held at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
Official photo of the meeting.
6 December 2022 | News

Authorities from the Region Urge for Transforming and Humanizing Housing, Cities and Territories
The XXXI General Assembly of the Forum of Ministers and Highest Authorities of Housing and Urbanism of Latin America and the Caribbean – MINURVI concluded today at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
5 December 2022 | Press Release

Housing and the City are Engines for Economic Reactivation and for Narrowing Social and Environmental Gaps and are Instruments for a Transformative Recovery
The XXXI Assembly of MINURVI was inaugurated today at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
Meeting banner.
2 December 2022 | Announcement

Senior Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Will Analyze the Region’s Urban Development and Housing Challenges
The XXXI Assembly of Ministers and Highest Authorities of Housing and Urbanism Will be Held on December 5-6 at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
Images Brazilian Federal Senate event
26 September 2022 | News

Legislative Proposals for Sustainable Development Were Presented in the Brazilian Federal Senate
The Environment Committee of Brazil’s Federal Senate promoted a public presentation of more than 30 legislative proposals, drafted with ECLAC’s technical support, for driving the country’s development with economic, social and environmental sustainability.
Banner of the Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week 2022
25 July 2022 | News

ECLAC Participated in Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week 2022
The Big Push for Sustainability proposal, the circular economy, the social price of carbon and climate action are some of the issues advanced by the UN regional commission, along with various strategic partners, at the meeting that concluded on Friday, July 22 in the Dominican Republic.
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.
28 January 2022 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena Calls for Promoting New Fiscal Strategies and Greater International Cooperation amid Growing Asymmetries to Finance a Big Push for Sustainability
Speaking before Environment Ministers, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary presented a new document by the Commission on financing for sustainable development in the context of the post-COVID-19 recovery in the region.
9 November 2021 | Press Release

German Government and ECLAC Reaffirm Strategic Partnership to Promote a Recovery with Equality and Environmental Sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean

Both parties held their periodic consultation, renewing their cooperation program on diverse thematic areas for the 2022-2024 period.
Imagen programa Voces Unidas Colombia
30 June 2021 | News

ECLAC in Colombia Continues to Create Spaces for Discussion around Territorial Linkages: Paths for Moving Towards Development and Peace
The regional commission’s Office in Bogotá organized a radio program to reflect on the project analyzing territorial links in the department of Tolima.
Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC's Executive Secretary, during her presentation.
18 June 2021 | News

Alicia Bárcena Calls for Reclaiming the Urban Agenda and Conceptualizing the City as an Opportunity and Global Public Good
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated today in the presentation of the global report “Cities and Pandemics: Towards a More Just, Green and Healthy Future,” organized by UN-Habitat and the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico.
Image of the opening panel of the meeting.
17 May 2021 | News

Cities and Housing Provide an Opportunity to Transform Latin America and the Caribbean’s Development Model into a More Inclusive, Egalitarian and Sustainable One
Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, participated today in the inauguration of the IV Latin American and Caribbean Housing and Habitat Forum.
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, durante su presentación.
14 de July de 2020 | News

Alicia Bárcena: la pandemia del COVID-19 es un llamado a repensar el desarrollo urbano y avanzar hacia un futuro más sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL participó hoy en el evento virtual Acción Local para Compromisos Globales sobre la respuesta y recuperación inclusiva, resiliente y verde a la crisis del COVID-19 a nivel local, paralelo al Foro Político de Alto Nivel 2020.
Panel of inaguration.
22 May 2020 | News

Resilient, Inclusive and Low-Carbon Economy as the Guiding Axis for the Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery: Alicia Bárcena
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary led a virtual meeting today on the role of climate action in the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, in which she called for forging compacts and prioritizing sectors for an environmental big push.
Collage de fotos del los diálogos territoriales en Colombia
12 March 2020 | News

ECLAC Promotes Territorial and Sustainable Dialogue between Actors in Colombia
The organization’s office in that country held three events to promote knowledge and territorial dialogue. One of the challenges of the project was to find good ways of strengthening rural-urban ties to generate more inclusive development.
8 October 2019 | Press Release

ECLAC Reaffirms at PRE COP 25 the Urgency of Moving Towards a New Development Paradigm that Allows for Preserving Economic, Social and Environmental Heritage
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional commission, participated in the opening session of the preparatory meeting for the Conference of the Parties, being held in Costa Rica.
16 July 2019 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena: Addressing Inequality at the Local Level is Essential to Achieving Sustainable Development
In the context of the 2019 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary took part in different sessions in which she addressed the importance of local action, combating inequality in the 21st century and the role played by regional commissions in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs.
Imagen del panel del seminario Coordinación entre múltiples actores para una movilidad urbana sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe.
19 October 2018 | News

Multi-stakeholder Collaboration is Critical to Achieving Sustainable Urban Mobility
In the framework of the Second Cities Conference, ECLAC and Sciences Po, with support from the government of France, held a training seminar to build capacities for coordination on mobility policies.

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