Inclusive development
Activities
Seminar "Challenges in moving towards universal health in Chile: the role of Primary Health Care (PHC) and financial sustainability"
This seminar aims to discuss and reflect on the lessons learned and challenges faced in advancing towards universal health in Chile. It will focus on the centrality of the PHC strategy, and the challenges associated with financing the necessary reforms to the current health system.
Fourth Regional Seminar on Social Development "Social Protection and Inequality: Latin America and the Caribbean towards the Second World Summit for Social Development of 2025"
The objective of this seminar, organized by the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is to promote reflection and dialogue to advance in the recognition, analysis of the characteristics and dimensioning of social inequality in the region. Therefore, it seeks to strengthen the design of public policies that allow progress in inclusive social development and thus progress in meeting the goals agreed by the countries in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Launch PISA 2022
The objective of this hybrid event is to disseminate the results of the OECD's 2022 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and promote their use to address the challenges that countries in the region face in relation to learning outcomes and to promote actions for an educational transformation to move towards inclusive and quality education.
From Mining to the Electric Mobility Industry in Latin America: The Role of Parliaments in Seizing Opportunities and Addressing Challenges
The in-person event will take place at the Chile Pavilion located in the Blue Zone of COP 28, the specifics are: Chile Pavilion, Building 71, Zone B6, Opportunity Petal, COP28 Blue Zone. (3:00 pm - 4:30 pm, Dubai Local time, GMT+4)
News
Latin America and the Caribbean Must Scale Up and Improve its Productive Development Policies: LEO 2025 Report
This joint document by the OECD, ECLAC, CAF and the European Commission – entitled the Latin American Economic Outlook (LEO 2025) – was presented at the Business Forum of the CELAC-EU Summit that is taking place in Santa Marta, Colombia.
The OECD, European Commission, CAF and ECLAC Advocate for a New Vision for Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean
In a document that will be presented on Monday, November 10 at the Business Forum of the CELAC-EU Summit in Santa Marta, Colombia, the entities pose the need to scale up and improve these policies to foster a productive transformation that would allow the region to jump-start its productivity.
UN Regional Commissions Should Play a Central Role in the Implementation and Follow-up of the Agreements Reached at the Second World Summit for Social Development
Alberto Arenas de Mesa, Director de ECLAC’s Social Development Division, participated in this global event held on November 4-6 in Doha, Qatar, on behalf of the institution’s Executive Secretary.
ECLAC’s Member Countries Agree to Strengthen Multilateralism and Recognize the Vital Role of the United Nations Regional Commissions for Implementing the 2030 Agenda
Today the thirty-eighth session of the Committee of the Whole was held in New York, where the Commission’s activities in 2024 were reported upon and its programme of work for 2027 was approved. The meeting was led by the institution’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.