Sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development of Latin America and the Caribbean

First Regional Seminar on Social Development "Education in Latin America and the Caribbean: the prolonged crisis as an opportunity for restructuring"

Education is a fundamental human right, at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and key to achieving a comprehensive social and labour inclusion of the population, while also contributing to economic growth, equality, and civic participation in society. Research has shown that higher levels of education are associated with the reduction of poverty and inequality, the improvement of health indicators, the possibilities of access to decent work, upward social mobility, and a more active civic engagement. Education is also central in relation to the structural changes required in Latin America and the Caribbean, based on capacity building.

Fifty-Eighth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

The 58th Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women was held on January 22 and 23, 2019, in Santiago, Chile.

First meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

ECLAC’s first meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean was carried out jointly with the VIII Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean and was co-organized by the UNDP Regional Office for Latin America, the Vice-presidency of the Dominican Republic and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)