19 October 2017 | Press Release
In a new joint report, ECLAC and the ILO indicate that labour conditions deteriorated in a context of low regional economic growth, although some signs of recovery exist.
18 October 2017 | Press Release
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, spoke at the conclusion of the debates of the First CELAC-China High-level Academic Forum, which was held in Santiago, Chile.
12 October 2017 | Press Release
In the framework of the XVI Meeting of the Regional Council for Planning, which took place in Peru, ECLAC launched the Regional Observatory on Planning and the Plan Barometer – two tools for improving planning in the region.
12 October 2017 | Press Release
ECLAC updated its growth projections for countries of the region.
11 October 2017 | Press Release
ECLAC’s XV Conference of Ministers and Heads of Planning of Latin America and the Caribbean was inaugurated today in Lima, Peru.
10 October 2017 | Press Release
The Ambassadors were invited by the organization’s Steering Committee for their commitment to open government, as well as their storied careers and legacies fighting for citizen participation and empowerment.
5 October 2017 | Press Release
Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Vice President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, and Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, led the inauguration of the Fifty-Sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women.
3 October 2017 | Press Release
In the context of the inauguration of the Cities Conference, Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, presented the Regional Action Plan for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda.
27 September 2017 | Press Release
The regional organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, made a presentation at the IV Regional Conference on Prospects for Triangular Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Lima, Peru.
22 September 2017 | Press Release
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in a meeting of the United Nations regional commissions on the prospects of the Global Compact for safe, orderly and regular migration.
20 September 2017 | Press Release
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional commission, moderated the V CEO Investment Summit of the bloc in New York, attended by the presidents of Chile and Colombia, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Mexico and the Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism of Peru.
20 September 2017 | Press Release
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary moderated a high-level event in New York convened by Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and her government, in which leaders and authorities from Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Honduras, Mexico, the Philippines and Spain participated.
15 de September de 2017 | Press Release
En el programa “Horizontes CEPAL”, la Directora de la División de Recursos Naturales e Infraestructura del organismo, Jeannette Sánchez, señaló que esta gobernanza es fundamental para lograr un desarrollo más igualitario y sostenible en la región.
12 de September de 2017 | Press Release
El documento fue editado por Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva del organismo regional, quien en el primer capítulo realiza un diagnóstico socioeconómico de la región bajo la Agenda 2030.
7 September 2017 | Press Release
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in a symposium organized in Buenos Aires by the Argentine government and the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
7 September 2017 | Press Release
Executive Secretary of the UN organization, Alicia Bárcena, sent a letter to Heads of States of all islands struck by the storm season in the last two weeks.
5 September 2017 | Press Release
The Chilean economist delivered the XV Prebisch Lecture today at ECLAC’s headquarters in Chile, where he was received by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the UN regional organization.
30 August 2017 | Press Release
Andrew Holness advocated for greater integration among the countries of the Caribbean and Latin America and gave his backing to the Caribbean debt relief proposal presented by the organization.
30 August 2017 | Press Release
The meeting’s opening session was headed by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary; Louise Arbour, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for International Migration; Ambassador Juan José Gómez Camacho, Co-facilitator of the intergovernmental consultations and negotiations on the global compact on migration; and Laura Thompson, Deputy Director General of the IOM.
28 August 2017 | Press Release
Authorities and international specialists participate in a seminar inaugurated on Monday at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
