The Honourable Minister of Energy and Energy Industries for Trinidad and Tobago, Nicole Olivierre, will be joined by the German Ambassador for Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Lutz Görgens, as senior policy makers participate in the workshop entitled “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”, to identify issues relevant to the development of energy efficiency and renewable energy policy.
The workshop,which takes place at the Kapok Hotel, Port of Spain on 17-18 May 2…
This document identifies mechanisms for financing investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives in the Commonwealth of Dominica. The overall objective of this study is to examine financing opportunities which will provide greater incentives for the development of energy efficiency measures and implementation of renewable energy technologies.…
On May 23-27, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold in Mexico City its thirty-sixth session, the most important biannual meeting of this United Nations organization, whose mandate is to contribute to the region’s economic, social and environmental development.
Live broadcast
The entire meeting will be broadcast live via the Web site created for this occasion: ://periododesesiones.cepal.org/36/en, which also provides general information about the event, the detailed programme, reference documents and all the news. Any media outlet or organization is free …
Del 23 al 27 de mayo, la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) realizará en Ciudad de México, México, su trigésimo sexto período de sesiones, la reunión bienal más importante de este organismo de las Naciones Unidas, cuyo mandato es contribuir al desarrollo económico, social y ambiental de la región.
Transmisión en vivo
Toda la reunión será transmitida en vivo desde el sitio web creado para la ocasión: ://periododesesiones.cepal.org/36/es, que además ofrece información general del evento, el programa detallado, los documentos de referencia y todas las noticias. Cualquier m…
De 23 a 27 de maio, a Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) realizará na Cidade do México, México, seu Trigésimo sexto Período de Sessões, a reunião bienal mais importante deste organismo da ONU, cujo mandato é contribuir para o desenvolvimento econômico, social e ambiental da região.
Transmissão ao vivo
Toda a reunião será transmitida ao vivo pelo site criado para a ocasião: ://periododesesiones.cepal.org/36/pt, que também oferece informação geral sobre o evento, o programa detalhado, os documentos de referência e todas as notícias. Qualquer meio de comunicação ou Instit…
Senior policy makers from the ministries of finance, education, health and agriculture in three Caribbean states recently received a comprehensive introduction to the ECLAC Development Account project, “Strengthening the technical capacity of public finance managers in select Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS)”, from which their countries will benefit.
The project focuses on increasing the capacity of policy makers and finance managers to apply the methods and procedures for better monitoring and forecasting of public expenditure and revenue, and is expected to have a positi…
The evolution of labor markets in Latin America and the Caribbean during 2016 will generally be negative, due to forecasts for a more deteriorated macroeconomic context and growth levels than last year and to the weakening of some employment indicators, ECLAC and the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a joint report released today.
The United Nations organizations point out in a new edition of Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean that these factors, especially the low dynamism in job creation, will likely lead to an increase in urban unemployment of more than ha…
La evolución de los mercados laborales en América Latina y el Caribe durante 2016 será en general negativa, debido a la previsión de un contexto macroeconómico y de crecimiento más deteriorado que el año pasado y al debilitamiento de algunos indicadores de empleo, advierten la CEPAL y la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) en un informe conjunto difundido hoy.
Los organismos de las Naciones Unidas señalan en una nueva edición de Coyuntura laboral en América Latina y el Caribe que estos factores, en especial el bajo dinamismo en la generación de empleo, llevarían a un incremento del de…
La CEPAL, a través del CELADE, participó en el seminario regional sobre migración calificada y sus desafíos de política (Buenos Aires, Argentina - 19 y 20 de abril de 2016).…
With the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals in New York and the Paris Agreement on climate change, 2015 has seen great progress in multilateral cooperation on sustainable development. These successes have been reached in spite of a geopolitical context darkened by distrust between powers, weaknesses in other fields of cooperation like trade negotiations, overt or smouldering conflicts in many regions, the migrant crisis and terrorism.
This is only a paradox in appearance: after the financial and economic crisis began in 2008, the return to pre-crisis growth remains uncertain. In thi…
Con la aprobación de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible en Nueva York y del Acuerdo de París sobre Cambio Climático, en el año 2015 se han producido grandes progresos en la cooperación multilateral en materia de desarrollo sostenible. Son éxitos alcanzados a pesar de un contexto geopolítico ensombrecido por las tensiones entre potencias, dificultades en otros ámbitos de cooperación -como las negociaciones comerciales-, conflictos abiertos o latentes en muchas regiones, las crisis de los migrantes y el terrorismo. En realidad sólo se trata de una paradoja en apariencia: tras la crisis econó…