Sustainable development

Sustainable development, the basis of the new international development agenda, is a deceptively simple notion that in fact reflects a complex balance struck between different perspectives on the interplay between the environment and economic and social development.

Activities

15 - 17 Dec 2025, 09:00 - 17:00 | Meetings and technical symposiums

Subregional Capacity Building Workshop on the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for Small Island Developing States (ABAS) and its Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework

This workshop, organized by DESA, ECLAC, and the CARICOM Secretariat, is expected to produce a workplan for the establishment of national institutional mechanisms for synergistic implementation of the ABAS and the SDGs. It will result in the validation of the ABAS M&E framework through direct input from SIDS statistical and policy experts, ensuring that national institutional mechanisms and M&E framework build on existing capacities, reflects national realities and can be effectively integrated into country national development planning framework and data systems, respectively.

9 Dec 2025, 09:00 - 14:00 | Monitoring committee

Twenty-second meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

CDCC member countries and associate members will convene for the twenty-second meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee.

8 Dec 2025, 08:00 - 17:00 | Meetings and technical symposiums

The MonCom Seminar: Unlocking Caribbean potential: enhancing growth and development through South-South cooperation

CDCC member countries and associate members will convene for the twenty-second meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee. This is preceded by the MonCom Seminar. This year's theme Unlocking Caribbean potential: enhancing growth and development through South-South cooperation.

3 Dec 2025, 11:00 - 13:00 | Meetings and technical symposiums

Virtual Expert Group Meeting to Review the 2020 round of population and Housing Censuses in the Caribbean

A meeting of experts to discuss a selected area of statistics for sustainable development in the Caribbean Census.

News

11 Dec 2025 | Press Release

It is in Latin America and the Caribbean’s Best Interest to Strengthen Economic and Cooperative Relations with India to Boost Growth and Enhance Development

In an international seminar organized by ECLAC, experts exchanged their analytical perspectives and held a strategic dialogue to advance toward a shared roadmap. 

8 Dec 2025 | Press Release

ECLAC Executive Secretary: Caribbean Must Be Active Architect of Its Development Models

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs participated in the meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC).

2 Dec 2025 | News

During a Lecture at ECLAC, the Undersecretary of State from Poland’s Foreign Affairs Ministry Points Up the Polish Transformation Model

The prominent diplomat was received by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary.

17 Nov 2025 | News

A new publication by the United Nations regional commission calls for turning the response to the climate crisis into an opportunity for the region.

A new publication by the United Nations regional commission calls for turning the response to the climate crisis into an opportunity for the region.