Economic growth

Activities

26 - 30 May 2025 | Meetings and technical symposiums

Skill WAVE: Workshop for Action, Vision and Entrepreneurship - Antigua and…

ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. The workshops should provide tools necessary to enhance entrepreneurship and related business activities, specifically targeted toward youth and female entrepreneurs.

19 - 23 May 2025 | Meetings and technical symposiums

Skill WAVE: Workshop for Action, Vision and Entrepreneurship - Grenada

ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. The workshops should provide tools necessary to enhance entrepreneurship and related business activities, specifically targeted toward youth and female entrepreneurs.

26 - 27 March 2025 | Meetings and technical symposiums

Caribbean Youth Dialogues 2025 in preparation of the ECOSOC Youth Forum

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is an opportunity to galvanize action aimed at promoting greater inclusion of youth in all spheres. This roadmap recognizes in several of its goals the centrality of the full incorporation of youth as a necessary condition to move towards more inclusive societies, in which no one is left behind, on a path to sustainable development. However, youth in the Caribbean face many challenges that need to be addressed as precursors to creating environments that enable them to reach their maximum potential to contribute to the achievement of SDGs by 2030, thereby leaving a legacy for future youth generations.

25 - 29 November 2024 | Meetings and technical symposiums

Skill WAVE: Workshop for Action, Vision and Entrepreneurship - Saint…

ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. The workshops should provide tools necessary to enhance entrepreneurship and related business activities, specifically targeted toward youth and female entrepreneurs.

News

29 July 2025 | News

ECLAC Will Launch its Annual Report “Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2025”

The 77th edition of the institution’s oldest report will be unveiled at a press conference led by the United Nations regional body’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, next Tuesday, August 5 in Santiago, Chile.

24 July 2025 | Press Release

ECLAC Ratifies at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum its Support for Member States in the Final Stretch to Fulfill the 2030 Agenda

The organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, participated prominently in the international meeting, where he stressed the commitment to support the region’s countries in surmounting the development crisis.

29 June 2025 | News

ECLAC Will Promote Latin America and the Caribbean’s Voice and Commitment at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development

The United Nations regional organization will participate actively in the global conference, where it will emphasize the financing challenges faced by the region and the urgent need to strengthen international cooperation.

9 June 2025 | Press Release

Maria da Conceição Tavares School of Government and Development is Inaugurated with a Call to More Effectively Manage the Vital Transformations Needed to Move Towards a More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Development Model

This training program pays tribute to the legacy of one of Latin America’s most important female economists and marks a milestone in historical cooperation between the BNDES and ECLAC.