La Agenda 2030

The Natural Resources Division of ECLAC organized the workshop "Capacity building to promote investments in the drinking water and sanitation sector with a circular economy approach" supported by UNPDF, GIZ and Aguas Andinas.

The workshop, organized on Tuesday, January 31st, 2023, took place at the Planta de Tratamiento de Aguas Servidas Mapucho-Trebal, of Aguas Andinas, potable water and sanitation company in Santiago, Chile. The event featured experts in the wastewater treatment process and representatives of potable water and sanitation agencies from Panama, El Salvador and Mexico.…

75 years of ECLAC

75 años de la CEPAL

Taller sobre gestión de grupos de extensión agropecuaria digital en Risaralda y Huila

La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) y la Secretaría de Agricultura y Minería de la Gobernación del Huila organizan este taller sobre la gestión de grupos de extensión agropecuaria digital en el municipio de Risaralda, en Colombia, con el objetivo de demostrar su utilidad para potenciar las acciones de extensionismo agropecuario y avanzar en su adopción en el departamento del Huila.…

Jornada de fortalecimiento de capacidades para el acceso a la justicia de las personas migrantes en Chile

La jornada tienen como objetivo fortalecer los conocimientos legales respecto a la población migrante en Chile mediante el diálogo y la reflexión sobre la nueva legislación migratoria desde una perspectiva de derechos humanos que tenga en el centro el reconocimiento y la potencialidad de las contribuciones de la migración al desarrollo del país para así dar cumplimiento a la garantía Constitucional de Acceso a la Justicia para todas las personas.…

Presenting the commitments of the Regional Water Action Agenda, ECLAC participated in the Regional Forum "Accelerating the change towards SDG 6", organized by the GWP

During the past week, ECLAC was part of the Regional Forum Accelerate the change towards SDG 6 , an event organized within the framework of the General Assembly of GWP Central America and ahead of the 2023 UN Water Conference.…

Implementing Global Principles on Responsible Business Conduct: transparency, human rights and anti-corruption obligations in practice

Transparency, responsible business conduct with regard to environmental, social and governance responsibilities have become an integral part of any business vocabulary in the last decades. Companies who can show to internal guidelines, best practices and transparent processes of due diligence will have a competitive benefit and gain the trust of the consumers. At the same time, companies have increased in size and areas of operation, making them necessary global actors in ensuring human rights, anticorruption and sustainable development. Both Norway and Chile have adopted the UN Guiding Princi…

Implementing Global Principles on Responsible Business Conduct: transparency, human rights and anti-corruption obligations in practice

Transparency, responsible business conduct with regard to environmental, social and governance responsibilities have become an integral part of any business vocabulary in the last decades. Companies who can show to internal guidelines, best practices and transparent processes of due diligence will have a competitive benefit and gain the trust of the consumers. At the same time, companies have increased in size and areas of operation, making them necessary global actors in ensuring human rights, anticorruption and sustainable development. Both Norway and Chile have adopted the UN Guiding Princi…

Side event: The Buenos Aires Commitment and its contribution to multilateralism

Side event organized by the Government of Argentina in collaboration with UN Women and ECLAC within the framework of the 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67).…

Evento paralelo: El Compromiso de Buenos Aires y su contribución al multilateralismo

Evento Paralelo organizado por el Gobierno de Argentina junto con ONU Mujeres y la CEPAL en el marco del 67º Periodo de Sesiones de la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer (CSW67).…

ECLAC will bring the voice and commitments of Latin America and the Caribbean to the United Nations Water Conference

Next week the United Nations Water Conference will take place in New York, an event that has not been held since 1977. Here, ECLAC will be participating in different events to highlight the needs and commitments of the region, in such a way that they remain framed in the Action Agenda for Water that will be elaborated from there.…

ECLAC participated in the Water for Life Dialogues, organized in the City of Sucre, Bolivia

ECLAC's Natural Resources Division participated in the event Water Dialogues for Life , whose objective is to create a proposal for action that Bolivia will take to the United Nations World Water Conference, scheduled for 22 and March 24.…

ECLAC participated in the National Meeting of the Water for Life Dialogues, organized in the City of La Paz, Bolivia.

ECLAC's Natural Resources Division participated in the National Meeting of the Water for Life Dialogues , an event whose objective is to present the position of the Plurinational State of Bolivia regarding water for life, in the preparation for the World Water Conference of the United Nations, scheduled for March 22 and 24.…

La CEPAL participó en el Encuentro Nacional de los Diálogos del Agua para la Vida, organizado en la Ciudad de La Paz, Bolivia.

La División de Recursos Naturales de la CEPAL participó en el “Encuentro Nacional de los Diálogos del Agua para la Vida”, un evento cuyo objetivo es presentar la posición del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia respecto al agua para la vida, en perspectiva de la Conferencia Mundial del Agua de las Naciones Unidas, prevista para los días 22 y 24 de marzo.…

Construcción de indicadores ambientales en Panamá

A través de este taller, la CEPAL brinda apoyo a Panamá en el desarrollo de un conjunto de indicadores ambientales priorizados de la Agenda 2030 y la coherencia de políticas en la implementación del Acuerdo de Escazú, la Trayectoria de SAMOA, el Acuerdo de París y el Marco de Sendai, entre otros.…

First session of the Regional Conference on South South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Regional Conference was established by virtue of resolution 752(PLEN.36) adopted by the member States of ECLAC at the thirty-sixth session of its Committee of the Whole in December 2021. In that meeting member States approved the renaming of the Committee on South-South Cooperation as the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean.…

Primera Reunión de la Conferencia Regional sobre Cooperación Sur Sur de América latina y el Caribe

La Conferencia fue creada en virtud de la resolución 752(PLEN.36) aprobada por los países miembros de la CEPAL durante el trigésimo sexto período de sesiones del Comité Plenario de la CEPAL en diciembre de 2021. En dicha reunión los países aprobaron el cambio del nombre de Comité de Cooperación Sur-Sur a Conferencia Regional.…

Rail as the backbone of sustainable transport for people and goods of the future

Background With seven years to go until 2030, the year in which the 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are to be implemented, the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have faced a challenging health, economic, social and environmental context. The crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine reverted some of the progress in infrastructure, transport and logistics achieved before 2020. In this context, the transition towards sustainable and efficient transport to advance towards the achievement of the 2…

El ferrocarril como eje vertebral del transporte sostenible de personas y carga en el futuro

Antecedentes A siete años para llegar al 2030, año en que culmina la implementación de la Agenda 2030 y los 17 Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), los países de América Latina y el Caribe se han enfrentado a una coyuntura sanitaria, económica, social y ambiental complicada. La crisis provocada por la pandemia del COVID-19 y el conflicto bélico entre la Federación Rusa y Ucrania dieron marcha atrás a algunos de los avances en materia de infraestructura, transporte y logística, alcanzados antes del 2020. Bajo este contexto, la transición hacia un transporte sostenible y eficiente par…