28 August 2024 | Briefing note
The fortieth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will be held from 9 to 11 October 2024 in Lima, pursuant to resolution 766(XXXIX), adopted at the thirty-ninth session of ECLAC, held in Buenos Aires from 24 to 26 October 2022. The meeting will be held in accordance with the ECLAC calendar of conferences for the period 2023–2024.
6 June 2024 | Briefing note
21 de November de 2023 | Briefing note
Con gran participación de mujeres de la triple frontera, CEPAL realizó curso sobre internacionalización de empresas lideraras por mujeres en Ciudad del Este, Paraguay.
31 October 2023 | Briefing note
With only 15 per cent of SDG targets being on track to be achieved by 2030 globally, there was a strong sense of urgency to deliver on the promise that was made in 2015 at the SDG Summit this year.
10 de August de 2023 | Briefing note
La División de Asuntos de Género (DAG) y la División de Comercio Internacional e Integración (DCII) de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) participaron en la reunión del Comité Técnico Público-Privado de Exportación de Servicios, el 9 de agosto de 2023, en la Cámara de Comercio de Santiago, Chile.
12 July 2023 | Briefing note
This month, countries come together at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) to take stock of progress on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
19 June 2023 | Briefing note
The Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean, a subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), aims to promote the strengthening of national South-South and triangular cooperation mechanisms and their possible interactions with North-South and multilateral cooperation. The conference encouraged regional and extra-regional actors, donor countries and international organizations to engage in South-South and triangular cooperation to facilitate knowledge and technology transfer and achieve cooperation activities.
30 de May de 2023 | Briefing note
20 April 2023 | Briefing note
The Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development is State-led and open to participation by all Latin American and Caribbean countries. It is convened under the auspices of ECLAC and guided by the principles established for all follow-up and review processes by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted in September 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly.
24 March 2023 | Briefing note
24 February 2023 | Briefing note
New website highlights the contributions of ECLAC to Latin America and the Caribbean in the past 75 years
Learn about the history of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and discover how it has shaped thinking on public policy and development and supported the region by promoting economic, social and sustainable development initiatives over almost eight decades.
21 February 2023 | Briefing note
When the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted by all 193 Member States of the United Nations at the Sustainable Development Summit in New York in September 2015 as “a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future”, it presented a historic opportunity for Latin America and the Caribbean. Despite progress, the region needs to step up their efforts.
11 January 2023 | Briefing note
In the United States, total trade in goods and services rebounded in 2021 to its pre-pandemic levels. In 2022, trade in goods sustained the recovery that started in 2021, but the trade in services has not fully recovered as significant services industries such as travel, and transport are still facing the lingering effects of the pandemic.
6 December 2022 | Briefing note
22 November 2022 | Briefing note
Modern services —digitally delivered services such as computer, financial and business services— have been the most dynamic category of international trade in the past decade. However, Latin America and the Caribbean is still a marginal player in global trade in modern services.
27 July 2022 | Briefing note
23 May 2022 | Briefing note
11 May 2022 | Briefing note
Fifth Regular Meeting of the Summit Implementation Review Group (SIRG) toward the preparation of the IX Summit of the Americas.
29 de September de 2021 | Briefing note
El 26, 27 y 28 de septiembre tuvo lugar el Foro sobre Género y Desarrollo de la Decimoquinta sesión de la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Comercio y Desarrollo (UNCTAD-15), en el que la Directora de la División de Asuntos de Género de la CEPAL, Ana Güezmes García, participó en el panel de alto nivel: construyendo sociedades y economías que promuevan la igualdad de género: ¿cuál es el rol del comercio?
13 de April de 2021 | Briefing note
El lunes 05 de abril, la CEPAL inauguró el Curso Superior en Asuntos Marítimos que será dictado vía online, que tiene como objetivo capacitar, actualizar y perfeccionar a los estudiantes en asuntos portuarios y marítimos. El curso tiene orientación de género y el estudiante deberá ser presentado por una organización nacional WISTA, la red MAMLA, o la CEPAL. Mayoritariamente las candidaturas que se espera recibir serán de mujeres, pero no se descarta que también pueda haber hombres tomando los cursos.