Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Established in 2014 pursuant to ECLAC resolution 682(XXXV) and Economic and Social Council resolution 2014/32, the Conference’s objectives include promoting the development of national policies on social development and international, regional and bilateral cooperation in the field of social development, in order to examine multidimensional poverty and make progress on poverty measurement, inequality and structural gaps.

Conference meetings

  • 3 - 5 October 2023 | Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies

    Fifth session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

    The Fifth session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean of ECLAC and the XV Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean of UNDP, will be held in person from 3 to 5 October 2023 at the headquarters of ECLAC in Santiago. The civil society will meet on 2 October, prior to the start of the official activities. Official activities of the meeting will include five panel discussions to address relevant issues in the field of social institutions identified as priorities in the document "Institutional frameworks for social policy in Latin America and the Caribbean: a central element in advancing towards inclusive social development" and in the Regional Agenda for Inclusive Social Development.

  • 26 - 28 October 2021 | Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies

    Fourth session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

    The fourth session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean is being organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Government of Antigua and Barbuda and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The meeting, which will be held virtually, will be attended by social development authorities from the region. The document to be presented on this occasion analyses the impact of disasters and inequality as well as options for the implementation of some of the lines of action of the Regional Agenda for Inclusive Social Development related to the role of social protection in disaster response , with a view to bringing about a transformative recovery with equality and sustainability.

  • 30 September - 3 October 2019 | Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies
  • 25 - 27 October 2017 | Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies

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Conferencia Regional sobre Desarrollo Social

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11 October 2016 | Infographic
infographic on girl children

Niñas y adolescentes en América Latina y el Caribe

Gender equality starts right from early childhood, meaning urgent action must be taken to eradicate all forms of discrimination that affect girl children and adolescents in the region.

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