Second Session of the Conference on Science, Innovation and ICTs of ECLAC

The Conference on Science, Innovation and Information and Communications Technologies was established as a subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), by virtue of resolution 672(XXXIV), adopted by the Commission at its thirty-fourth session. One main objective of the Conference is to promote the development and improvement of national policies on science, technology and innovation and those related to the progress of the information and knowledge society, bearing in mind the recommendations made by the specialized agencies and other relevant organiz…

Evaluation of the project 'Sustainable Energy in the Caribbean: Reducing the Carbon Footprint in the Caribbean through the Promotion of Energy Efficiency and the Use of Renewable Energy Technologies'

The project entitled “Sustainable Energy in the Caribbean: Reducing the Carbon Footprint in the Caribbean through the Promotion of Energy Efficiency (EE) and the Use of Renewable Energy (RE) Technologies” seeks to strengthen the capacity of Caribbean countries in the areas of energy efficiency and renewable energy. The high-level meeting in Port of Spain will be jointly convened by ECLAC Caribbean and GIZ to assess the impact of this project, implemented from 1 July 2014 to 30 September 2016.…

Course and Forum on Climate Risk Management and Sustainability in Public Investment Projects in Panama

Based on the possible lines of action from the Regional Course and Forum held in Honduras in April 2016, and as requested by the Panama Minister of Economics and Finance, the Mexico Subregional Headquarters of ECLAC coordinated and held a national course on “Public Investment Projects Involving Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability, and Climate Finance in Panama”, the course was held in coordination with the State Subdirectorate of Concessions and Risks, and the Department of Investment Programming, both of which form part of the Ministry of Ec…

APEC Public Private Dialogue on Regional and Global Value Chains in Latin America and the Caribbean

the Study on Enhancement of Integration of Regional Value Chains in Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean (CTI 08/2015T) / the Study on the Improving the Investment Climate for GVCs Development…

Substantive issues: Seminar on the use of administrative records for statistical purposes

High-level Regional Dialogue on the Governance of Natural Resources and Infrastructure

Part of the Governance Week for Natural Resources and Infrastructure…

Fourth meeting of the Negotiating Committee of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Principle 10)

Capacity-building workshop and good practices on the application of Principle 10 in Latin America and the Caribbean

The goal of the workshop is to discuss and analyze experiences in the implementation of Principle 10 in Latin America and the Caribbean, with the aim of taking stock and identifying key issues for the effective implementation of Principle 10 in the region. The workshop will provide a unique opportunity for the participants to get to know the trends, challenges and lessons learned in over twenty years of Latin-American and Caribbean efforts to effectively apply Principle 10 of the 1992 Rio Declaration. LIMITED CAPACITY. PRIOR REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED (SEND EMAIL TO PRINCIPIO10.LAC@CEPAL.OR…

Course on public investment projects, comprehensive risk management, and climate change in Honduras

Based on the proposed lines of action from the 2016 regional summit in Honduras, and as requested by the finance minister of said country, in coordination with Secretary of Finance (SEFIN) General Directorate for Public Investment and the Mexico Subregional Headquarters of ECLAC, this course was held as a means to increase the robustness of projects, the resilience of both institutions and possibly affected populations, and to improve the environmental impact assessment that guarantees their sustainability, it also went over the application and use of international funding available to develop…

Redatam workshop on Database creation and development of web applications for data dissemination

This is an intensive hands-on training and will be conducted in Spanish. The course will have duration of 76 hours during ten days. It is aimed at professionals, technicians and users in general with experience and knowledge in data management and processing and ideally with some knowledge of Redatam. This workshop is part of the technical advisory activities that CELADE-Population Division continuously provides to national institutions related to the use and dissemination of sociodemographic and sectoral information, especially population census and surveys. Place: The course will take place …

Preparatory meeting of the XIII Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean with Caribbean countries

The preparatory meeting of the XIII Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean with Caribbean countries is convened In accordance with the agreement of the fifthly-third meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which was held in Santiago, Chile on 26-29 January 2016.…

Launching of Chile's Environmental Performance Review

Lanzamiento de la Evaluación de desempeño ambiental de Chile, instancia para un diálogo directo sobre la implementación de las recomendaciones que emanan del documento.…

Seminar "Mining, Sustainable Development Goals and environmental democracy in Andean countries"

El Seminario tiene como objetivos ofrecer una instancia de discusión y reflexión de cómo la minería puede contribuir a alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible en los Países Andinos, con énfasis en el ODS 16, y fomentar el diálogo entre expertos en minería y medio ambiente en la región.…

Mexico: Seminar “Promoting Financial Inclusion via Development Banks’ Innovation Policies”

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) organized a technical workshop with the aim to promote financial inclusion through development bank financial innovation policies. The workshop is part of ECLAC’s Financial Inclusion of SMEs and Development Bank Financial Innovation Policies project whose aim is to analyze the state of financial inclusion in a number of Latin American countries . The final objective of the project is to identify and promote development of a spectrum of financial instruments which allow development banks to foster financial inclusio…

Seminar on the follow-up framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

This seminar is held within the framework of the Fifteenth Meeting of the Executive Committee.…

Fifteenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC

The agenda of the fifteenth meeting of the Executive Committee includes a review of the proposed activities of the working groups, and the adoption of the biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities of the Conference for 2016-2017. The meeting is preceded by seminar on the follow-up framework of the Sustainable Development Goals. Agreements and Report ▪ Report of the fifteenth meeting of the Executive Committee of SCA-ECLAC ▪ Agreements of the meeting Working documents Preliminary Programme LC/L.4167(CE.15/1)/Rev.2 Provisional agenda LC/L.4178(CE.15/2)…

Enhancing the Contribution of Preferential Trade Agreements to Inclusive and Equitable Trade in the Caribbean

Round Table on Principle 10 at the Brazilian Congress on Environmental Law

Exploring Innovation in Transactions & Financing in the Caribbean

<p>The workshop is co-organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in partnership with the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC). Its primary purpose is to provide Caribbean stakeholders from various sectors with interactive sessions along the theme of utilizing technology innovations towards the goal of improving financial transactions and financing arrangements.</p>…

Presentation of the recommendations of Peru's first Environmental Performance Review (ECLAC/OECD)

The recommendations of Peru's Environmental Performance Review, undertaken jointly by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), will be presented on 31 May 2016 at the headquarters of Ministry of the Environment of Peru. It is first time the country goes through this peer review in which the environmental policies and programmes are analized with a view to identify good practices and challenges and propose recommendations. The Minister of the Environment of Peru, Manuel Pulgar-V…