(13 February 2013) As part of an official visit to Cuba from Monday 11 February to Friday 15, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, has held various meetings with senior government authorities to assess, inter alia, the support that the Commission will provide in 2013 to the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), of which Cuba holds the pro tempore presidency.
The delegation accompanying the most senior representative of ECLAC consists in Raúl García-Buchaca, Director of the Programme Planning and Operati…
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(7 November 2012) The Forty-eighth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean was opened today at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, in the presence of Ministers, Deputy Ministers and other government representatives in charge of gender equality policies in the region, as well as international officials and members of civil society.
The opening ceremony was led by Antonio Prado, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and Eleonora Menicucci, Ministe…
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(26 October 2012) Today, the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, declared that our continent's major challenge is to overcome poverty, during a lecture given at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.
The Ecuadorian leader was received by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of this United Nations regional commission, who welcomed him on behalf of the institution.
The lecture was attended by authorities, diplomatic representatives, officials from international agencies and members of civil society insti…
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(14 May 2012) Industrial development or upgrading and productive diversification are essential to maintain economies' competitiveness and promoting growth and development in Latin America and the Caribbean, stated high-level officials of ECLAC and the World Bank in Santiago, Chile.
Today, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank Justin Yifu Lin delivered a conference entitled "China's Rise and Leaving the Middle-Income Trap in Latin America and the Caribbean Countries" at this United Nations regional commission. He was welcomed by Antonio Prado, Deputy Exec…
(4 March 2010) The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, will arrive in Santiago on Friday, 5 March to express solidarity and sympathy with the people and government of Chile following the 27 February 8.8 magnitude earthquake and to assess the humanitarian assistance effort and the scale of the disaster for himself.
The Secretary-General is expected to meet on Friday with President Michelle Bachelet and President-elect Sebastián Piñera, as well as senior government officials in charge of national disaster and emergency humanitarian assistance.
He will also reiterate that the Un…
(8 March 2012) The visit of the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Alicia Bárcena to Quito ended last night, during which she held a meeting with the President of the Republic of Ecuador Rafael Correa, signing a cooperation agreement with the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR).
During her interview with President Rafael Correa at Carondelet Palace, the seat of the Government of Ecuador, the UN High Level Official revised the cooperation programme that ECLAC is conducting together with the Government of Ecuador, as well as joint init…
(14 November 2011) The Sixth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC (SCA-ECLAC) will talk place in Bávaro, Dominican Republic, from 16 to 18 November 2011 during which authorities and experts will analyse various issues relating to the development of statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean.
During the meeting, ministers, directors of national statistical offices, officials from other public institutions and central banks, and specialists from international organizations will focus discussions on the development of environmental statistics, the 2010 round of popul…
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(16 September 2011) Today, various agencies of the United Nations system headquartered in Santiago welcomed representatives of the National Coordinating Committee of Chilean Secondary School Students (CONES) for a dialogue.
The students, who were from different regions in the country, made thematic presentations and they shared their national demands with the international officials.
The young people were given advice on some international instruments and mandates which include matters relating to education, work, development and rights by representatives fr…
(20 July 2011) Government authorities from several Latin American and Caribbean countries, senior officials from regional and international agencies and renowned academics will come together at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, to take part in the International Seminar on State and Development.
The seminar will be held on Monday 25 July and will be opened at 9.00 a.m. by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, and Enrique V. Iglesias, Secretary-General of the Ibero-American Secretariat (SEGIB). Subsequently, former Chilean President, Ricardo Lagos Escobar, will give an address o…
(1 June 2011) As part of his official visit to Chile, the Vice-President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, will deliver a lecture on Chinese-Latin American relations at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago.
The lecture will be held on Friday 10 June at 10.30 a.m. and will be attended by representatives from the government, academia, international agencies and members of the diplomatic corps accredited in Chile.
Xi Jinping will be received by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, who will welcome him on behalf of ECLAC and…
(15 November 2010) Government officials and representatives of international agencies and civil society will gather from 21-23 November in Lima, Peru for the Third Ministerial Conference on the Information Society of Latin America and the Caribbean.
In this forum, ECLAC member countries will approve a new regional plan of action called eLAC2015, which conceives information and communications technologies (ICTs) as tools for development with more innovation and equality.
The conference will be inaugurated on Monday, 22 November at 9 a.m. by the President of Peru, Alan García Pérez, the Executiv…
(29 November 2010) Today, the most senior officials from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Organization of American States (OAS) and Tecnológico de Monterrey signed a cooperation agreement to promote corporate social responsibility (CSR) among the region's companies.
Alicia Bárcena, José Miguel Insulza and Arturo Molina committed to developing joint activities in the corporate social responsibility area of the 2011 "Green Business Expo", to be held in Mexico from 4 to 6 April, so as to provide companies with a better understanding of relevant environmenta…
(26 October 2010) Government officials and representatives of international agencies and civil society will gather from 21-23 November in Lima, Peru for the Third Ministerial Conference on the Information Society of Latin America and the Caribbean.
At this forum, ECLAC member countries will approve a new regional plan of action called eLAC2015, which conceives information and communications technologies (ICTs) as tools for achieving economic development with innovation and equality.
The conference will be inaugurated on Monday, 22 November at 9 a.m by the President of Peru, Alan García Pérez, …
(6 October 2010) "Social equality and economic growth should not be at odds," said the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Alicia Bárcena today in Madrid.
"Growth with equality requires a macroeconomy that mitigates volatility, foments productivity and favours inclusion and a dynamic production that can close internal and external gaps," she said.
The high-ranking United Nations official presented in Madrid the ECLAC document Time for Equality: Closing Gaps, Opening Trails, published by the Commission this year and released during its Thi…
(6 July 2010) The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, and the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, participated this weekend in the 31st Meeting of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and held high-level meetings with several presidents of the subregion.
Bárcena was part of the official delegation of the UN Secretary-General, who was a special guest to the meeting held in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Ban recognized the commitment and support provided by Caribbean nations to Haiti after the d…
(15 April 2010) Government officials and experts from 19 member countries of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) from the Americas and Europe will meet in Santiago, Chile to examine the development of statistics in the region in censuses, Millennium Development Goals, gender and measuring poverty, among other areas.
During the Ninth Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC (SCA-ECLAC), participants will review regional and international cooperation programmes on statistics during 2009-2011 and assess the activitie…
(20 January 2010) Authorities and experts from the region and international organizations will discuss crisis exit strategies and the fiscal policy challenges faced by governments during the XXII Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, to open on Tuesday, January 26 at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
Antonio Prado, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, will inaugurate the event at 9 a.m. High-level government officials and representatives of international and multilateral organizations will take part in the seminar, which lasts until Janua…
The economic crisis could increase unemployment among women in Latin America and the Caribbean in productive sectors such as commerce, the manufacturing industry (maquilas and textiles), financial services, tourism and domestic help services.
Inequality, informal employment and lack of social protection may also rise among women in lower income groups. This scenario requires, among other things, redefining fiscal pacts in order to ensure resources for public policies, and strengthening official development assistance, such as the provision of loans from multilateral financial institutions.
The…
This annual publication, one of the most important of ECLAC, includes official country figures up to November 30th, and an analysis of developments in the region's economy in 2005 and projections for 2006. The Latin American and Caribbean economy grew by 4.3% in 2005, which represents the third consecutive year of growth in the region. Per capita GDP is estimated to have risen by about 3%. Unemployment rate fell from 10.3% in 2004 to 9.3% in 2005 and poverty indices decreased from 44% in 2002 to 40.6% in 2005. The performance of the domestic demand and the expansion of 3.3% of the world …
STATEMENT BY MR. JOSÉ LUIS MACHINEA, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF
ECLAC, AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE SEMINAR ON EDUCATION
FINANCING AND MANAGEMENT IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE
CARIBBEAN, HELD WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK
OF THE THIRTIETH SESSION OF ECLAC
San Juan, Wednesday, 30 June 2004
I would like to begin my extending a most cordial welcome to the senior officials working in the areas of education and finance who are here with us today in this seminar on the financing and management of education in Latin America and the Caribbean. I am confident that the debates to be held during this seminar will pro…