United Nations
First meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
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ECLAC’s first meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean was carried out jointly with the VIII Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean and was co-organized by the UNDP Regional Office for Latin America, the Vice-presidency of the Dominican Republic and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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In May 2014, at the thirty-fifth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) the member States decided by virtue of resolution 682 (XXXV) to establish the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean as a subsidiary body of the Commission. The decision was made given the Commission’s consistent collaboration to assist inter-institutional coordination among countries of the region, international organizations and national organisms that promote social development and that carry out projects in that realm. The first meeting of the Conference convened by ECLAC, the Peruvian Ministry of Social Development and Inclusion (MIDIS) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) took place in Lima, Peru from 2 - 4 November 2015. The meeting was attended by 23 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean and 73 social development authorities (9 Ministers, 7 Vice-ministers and/or Sub-secretaries, 19 Directors and 1 Vice-minister) as well as Representatives of several diplomatic missions in Peru, NGOs, research centers, United Nations Agencies, specialized organisms and inter-governmental organisms.
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Opening Welcome
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Adoption of the agenda
Presentation of the document The social inequality matrix in Latin America, by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
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Statements by delegations
Presentation of the annotated index of the position paper for the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (Uruguay, 2017), by Laís Abramo, Chief of the Social Development Division of ECLAC
Statements by delegations
Consideration and adoption of agreements
Practical information
Documents:
- Preliminary Programme
- Provisional Agenda
- The social inequality matrix in Latin America
- Resolution 1(I): Progress made
Web site: crds.cepal.org/1m/en
Publications
- The social inequality matrix in Latin America
- Horizons 2030: Equality at the centre of sustainable development
- Inclusive social development: The next generation of policies for overcoming poverty and reducing inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
- El imperativo de la igualdad: por un desarrollo sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe
- Social Panorama of Latin America 2015. Briefing paper
Related content
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Meeting documents
Organizing institution
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- http://www.latinamerica.undp.org/content/rblac/es/home.html
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