Eighth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Eighth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean is jointly organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Government of Uruguay. The Conference aims to define a set of digital policy priorities at the regional level within the framework of the Digital Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean (eLAC) with a vision beyond 2022.…

The results of ECLAC's public consultation to identify water priorities of Caribbean countries have been published

ECLAC developed a Caribbean open consultation to showcase the region's priorities on water resources. The consultation was conducted through an open online survey between August and October 2022. It intended to collect contributions from different regional stakeholders, as inputs to the preparatory process of the United Nations Water Conference 2023.…

COP27 Event: The Escazú Agreement: opportunities to promote an inclusive, informed and participatory climate action in Latin America and the Caribbean

Technical meeting on validation of household consumption expenditure prices of the International Comparison Program (ICP), Cycle 2021

Virtual meeting organized by ECLAC in its capacity as Regional Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean of the ICP.…

XI REDLAS Conference: "Creative and modern services for trade and sustainable development"

On November 14 and 15, 2022, the eleventh conference of the Latin American and Caribbean NETWORK of Researchers and Policy Makers around Services (REDLAS) will be held under the eaves of the Peru Service Summit in Lima. This activity is organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Regional Program Alliances for Democracy and Development with Latin America (ADELA) of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), in collaboration with PromPerú and the University of Lima . This conference will be attended by experts from academia, governments and the private se…

COP27 side event - Protagonist Latin American and Caribbean Parliaments: mobilizing climate finance

COP27 side event with a hybrid format (face-to-face at the Euroclima+ Pavilion at the Blue Zone of COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh and virtual, with live broadcast on the Euroclima+ YouTube channel)…

Regional technical workshop on tax expenditures

This workshop was organized by ECLAC at its Subregional Headquarters in Mexico, with the support of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) of Germany. The objective of the meeting was to engage in a technical exchange between authorities and international organizations on tax expenditures and provide tools to strengthen their design, measurement, and accountability. As part of the workshop activities, an ECLAC report was presented on the measurement of tax expenditures in Latin America. At the o…

Belize: National workshop on generating climate change and disaster indicators for policy decision-making

The Caribbean region is acutely threatened by climate change, particularly the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Belize is no exception. The country is situated in the tropical cyclone belts and is directly exposed to the forces of the oceans. And as a small geographical area, disasters might affect vast proportions of the country. Availability of quality statistics and indicators are crucial to effectively respond to the effects of climate change and build resilience.…

Sixty-third meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Sixty-third meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on November 8th, 2022, prior to the XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean.…

Webinar on Measurement of the digital economy and trade in Latin America and the Caribbean

UN ECLAC, in collaboration with the IMF’s Statistics Department and UNCTAD. Context: The pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation of Latin America’s economy and trade. This region has been among the fastest growers of e-commerce worldwide, albeit at low levels, while exports and imports of digitally enabled services have also expanded. These trends and transformations pose serious measurement challenges, hindering policy formulation, monitoring, and evaluation. In this context, this webinar addresses conceptual and practical aspects related to measuring the digital economy and trade…

XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

The fifteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean was held in Buenos Aires from 7 to 11 November 2022.…

Webinar on Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics: 30 years after its development

Official statistics are based on a set of principles that ensure that they are impartial, relevant, and accurate and can be relied upon as a public good by all users. This 30th Anniversary provides an opportunity to discuss the past, present, and future of the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics and their relevance in the context of a rapidly changing data landscape.…

Expert Group Meeting: The importance of time-use surveys in guiding social policies

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean will convene a virtual expert group meeting on Thursday 3rd November 2022 to examine the importance of time-use surveys in guiding social policies.…

ECLAC honours the Inter-American Water Day through its participation in the webinar "Water unites us", organized by the Andean Health Organization

Inter-American Water Day is celebrated on November 3rd with the objective of raising awareness about the global water crisis and the need to seek measures to address it in order to achieve compliance with SDG 6 Water and sanitation for all before 2030.…

Launch of the e-learning course on Disaster-Related Statistics Framework (DRSF)

The aims of the course is build national capacities for the compilation of disaster-related statistics for enhancing disaster management and promoting risk-informed sustainable development in the countries. Also aims to facilitate national monitoring and reporting on the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.…

First virtual meeting of the open-ended ad hoc working group on human rights defenders in environmental matters

Virtual, 28 October 2022 (12-1.30pm Santiago Chile time) 1. Background The First Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement (COP1), adopted the Decision I/6 on Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters. This decision established an open-ended ad hoc working group on human rights defenders in environmental matters, “which shall allow for meaningful public participation, especially by indigenous peoples and local communities, endeavouring to include persons or groups in vulnerable situations, and receive the assistance of the Economic Commission for Latin Ameri…

Social Policies Webinar n°1 "Education in times of pandemic. An opportunity to transform education systems in Latin America and the Caribbean"

The Social Development Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) invites you to the launch of the document Education in times of pandemic. An opportunity to transform education systems in Latin America and the Caribbean . This publication proposes some measures aimed at transforming education systems by restructuring them to be resilient and inclusive and to integrate the learning from the pandemic.…

ECLAC participates in the Andean Regional Water Forum 2022 to move towards the implementation of the Andean Environmental Charter

The event, which took place in Lima (Peru) at the Headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Andean Community (CAN), was organized by the CAN General Secretariat with the support of the Resilient Andes to Climate Change project, facilitated by the HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation - Avina Foundation consortium, and financed by the Swiss Cooperation - COSUDE. The event also saw the collaboration of ECLAC through its Water and Energy Unit of the Natural Resources Division, with support of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and was outlined as an Andean cooperation opportunit…

Thirty-ninth session of ECLAC

The thirty-ninth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will be held from 24–26 October 2022, at the Centro Cultural Kirchner in Buenos Aires, pursuant to resolution 753 (PLEN.36), adopted at the thirty-sixth session of the ECLAC Committee of the Whole, held in New York on 3 December 2021. The meeting will be held in accordance with the ECLAC calendar of conferences for the period 2021–2022.…

Expert Group Meeting: The Ageing Caribbean - 20 Years of the Madrid Plan of Action

This expert group meeting discusses the ECLAC study on, The Ageing Caribbean: 20 Years of the Madrid Plan of Action.…