Regional integration and cooperation

Regional integration has always been an integral part of ECLAC’s work, and together with its partners and clients, ECLAC helps to promote intra-regional integration in Latin America and Caribbean via definite actions and policy recommendations. Within such a diverse region, it is crucial to have effective and efficient integration policies to overcome various obstacles that may hamper the region’s full potential. Synchronous and harmonious integration policies among countries in the region will help to promote the flow of goods and services that will subsequently foster economic growth and reduce inequality to name a few.

Activities

3 Jul 2024, 05:00 - 06:30 | Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies
4 - 06 Jun 2024, 05:00 - 14:00 | Meetings and technical symposiums

Inter-regional expert meeting on the measurement of South-South cooperation

The inter-regional expert meeting will strengthen South-South cooperation, enhancing its global visibility by leveraging recent developments. It will host high-level debates on integrating and measuring South-South cooperation in future agendas, amplify the global South's voice and introduce a UN project for pilot studies and training on measurement methods.

News

2 Dec 2025 | News

Latin America and the Caribbean Makes Headway with Concrete Actions for Gender Equality and the Care Society

Today marked the end of the Sixty-Seventh Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Chile using a hybrid format.

1 Dec 2025 | Press Release

Concrete Actions are Needed to Implement the Tlatelolco Commitment on Gender Equality and the Care Society

Women’s Affairs Ministers and other high-level authorities from the region are participating in the Sixty-Seventh Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, inaugurated today at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

26 Nov 2025 | Briefing note

United Nations inter-agency meeting to strengthen cooperation on official statistics

Within the framework of the XIII Statistical Conference of the Americas, United Nations agencies in the region met at ECLAC headquarters to review joint progress, align priorities, and coordinate actions aimed at supporting countries in strengthening their statistical systems.

20 Nov 2025 | News

Thirteenth Meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas Will Be Held at ECLAC

This intergovernmental gathering will take place at the United Nations regional organization’s main headquarters in Santiago, Chile on November 25-27, 2025.

Contact

División Comercio internacional e integración

  • comercio@cepal.org