United Nations
ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, Port of Spain
Social development
In the area of Social Development, ECLAC Caribbean engages in three thematic areas, namely: social development; gender; and population affairs. ECLAC Caribbean seeks to achieve a better understanding among member states of how to formulate and implement social policies and programmes, and how to promote evidence based policy making and programming within the Caribbean.
Activities
National capacity building workshops in cost benefit analysis - St Lucia
The overall objective of the training is to strengthen the skills level of policymakers and technical officers of the Government of Saint Lucia in cost-benefit analysis which will enhance their ability to design and implement data-informed policies and strategies for accelerating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and building a resilient economy.
Skill WAVE: Workshop for Action, Vision and Entrepreneurship - Antigua and…
ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. The workshops should provide tools necessary to enhance entrepreneurship and related business activities, specifically targeted toward youth and female entrepreneurs.
Skill WAVE: Workshop for Action, Vision and Entrepreneurship - Grenada
ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. The workshops should provide tools necessary to enhance entrepreneurship and related business activities, specifically targeted toward youth and female entrepreneurs.
National capacity building workshops in cost benefit analysis - Grenada
The overall objective of the training is to strengthen the skills level of policymakers and technical officers of the Government of Grenada in cost-benefit analysis which will enhance their ability to design and implement data-informed policies and strategies for accelerating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and building a resilient economy.
News
ECLAC Executive Secretary: Road to Caribbean Sustainable Development not Easy, ECLAC Here to Support… T&T Elected Chair of Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee
In the 30th session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) Caribbean ministers, ambassadors and development specialists discussed solutions to pressing development challenges.
SIDS4: Charting the Course Toward Resilient Prosperity for Islands… and the World
The Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) was held in Antigua and Barbuda, on 27 May to 30 May 2024.
Caribbean Must Build Knowledge Economy – ECLAC Caribbean Development Seminar
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.
ECLAC convenes Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee meeting in Suriname
The meeting will be held on 14 October 2022 in Paramaribo, Suriname.
