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Foto ceremonia 75 aniversario CEPAL
24 January 2024 | News
A ceremony to commemorate this United Nations regional commission’s 75th anniversary was held in the framework of the Special Meeting of UN ECOSOC that is taking place in Santiago, Chile.
Photo of traffic in Port of Spain, Trinidad
22 January 2024 | News
The direct economic cost of traffic in Trinidad and Tobago is an estimated TT$2.26 billion per year or 1.37 per cent of GDP; with the average commuter spending an average 793 hours, cumulatively 33 days – one month of the year in traffic delays. These are two of the main findings of the study Assessment of the economic costs of vehicle traffic congestion in the Caribbean – A case study of Trinidad and Tobago, produced by ECLAC Caribbean.
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18 January 2024 | Announcement
The meeting is convened by UNESCO and the Ministry of Education of Chile. It is co-organised with the CAF BANK, the World Bank, ECLAC and UNICEF.
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11 January 2024 | Announcement
The researcher at the Basque Foundation for Science (Ikerbasque) at the University of the Basque Country will give a talk on Monday, January 22 as part of the activities commemorating the United Nations regional organization’s 75th anniversary.
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12 December 2023 | News
The region’s poor performance in the PISA 2022 evaluation requires firm responses by countries to improve their education systems, according to the specialists at a hybrid event held at ECLAC.
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12 December 2023 | Announcement
The publication “Latin American Economic Outlook 2023: Investing in Sustainable Development” (LEO 2023), will be unveiled on Friday, 15 December, at the United Nations regional commission’s headquarters.
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7 December 2023 | Announcement
The document, which offers updated economic growth estimates for the region’s countries in 2023 and 2024, will be released at a press conference by the United Nations organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, on Thursday, December 14.
ECLAC's Executive Secretary with the participants of the event.
1 December 2023 | News
In his first official activity at the global forum, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in a side event organized by the Parliamentary Observatory on Climate Change and Just Transition.
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30 November 2023 | Announcement
The presentation will take place on Tuesday, December 12 at a virtual event led by the United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.
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30 November 2023 | Announcement
On Tuesday, December 12 at an event at ECLAC, the main results of the OECD's 2022 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) will be analyzed, along with the region’s educational outlook.
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27 de November de 2023 | News
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL, y Enrique O’Farrill-Julien, Director Ejecutivo de AGCID (Chile), inauguraron reunión de dos días en la que participan países de América del Sur.
Secretario General ONU es recibido por el Secretario Ejecutivo CEPAL
22 November 2023 | News
The global organization’s highest authority urged UN agencies, funds and programs to redouble their efforts on joint work to support the country.
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19 November 2023 | Announcement
This Brookings Institution fellow will give a talk on Friday, November 24 as part of the activities commemorating the United Nations regional organization’s 75th anniversary.
From left to right, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs and Javier Medina.
17 November 2023 | News
A Colombian national, Medina is an expert on foresight and planning for development.
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16 November 2023 | Announcement
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, will give a press conference on Thursday, November 23 from Santiago, Chile.
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14 November 2023 | News
The report, prepared by ECLAC with support from UNFPA, was presented to countries in the framework of the Fifth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Banner Adela Cortina's Keynote Lecture
9 November 2023 | Announcement
The Spanish philosopher will make a presentation on Tuesday, November 14 as part of the activities commemorating the United Nations regional organization’s 75th anniversary.
Photo showing high level government officials at the 21st MonCom in the Radisson Hotel.
3 November 2023 | News
There is need for greater collaboration among countries and subregional multilateral agencies to promote and articulate clear positions on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean. This, especially in the lead-up to the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States to be held in Antigua and Barbuda in 2024. Particular attention must also be given to the challenges implementing sustainable development in the Caribbean, with the suggestion for stronger institutions to collaborate and overcome the challenges in the region.
Photo showing attendees at the MonCom Seminar 2023
2 November 2023 | News
Speaking at a development Seminar, part of ECLAC Caribbean’s meeting of the Monitoring Committee, the Chair of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC), and Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation of Suriname Albert Ramdin urged countries of the Caribbean to leverage their vast human resources to develop knowledge economies.