(Lima, 23 November 2010) The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, visited the headquarters of the Andean Community in Lima, Peru, where she was handed the seal of the institution and signed the special visitors' book.
"The time for equality has arrived", she said during her visit to the Andean Community headquarters, and she also called on governments to design more in-depth policies to narrow the gap between rich and poor.
Alicia Bárcena was welcomed at a formal ceremony attended by the acting Secretary-General of the And…
On Thursday 12 September, India's Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Farooq Abdullah, visited the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in Santiago, Chile, where he met with Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, and other experts from the United Nations regional commission.
During the meeting, Minister Abdullah and his delegation joined ECLAC officials in analysing recent trends in the use of renewable energies worldwide and especially in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The ECLAC Executive Secretary thanked the Minister for his visit, and highl…
The Hernán Santa Cruz Library, located at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, offers you a unique collection of resources on the economic and social development of Latin America and the Caribbean. To access this research space, please schedule your visit online.…
Ambassador Peter Thomson, UN Special Envoy for the Ocean, will visit the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean on Wednesday, August 7, 2019, where he will meet with the organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, followed by a press conference.
Thomson, originally from Fiji, is scheduled to make an official visit to Chile August 6-9, during which he will meet with country authorities and participate in an array of activities related to his role as advocate for the conservation and sustainable use of the world’s oceans.
The press conference, which …
(16 April 2010) The Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Pascal Lamy, visited the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) today and held a work meeting with its directors.
Lamy was received by ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena, with whom he exchanged experiences and views on the current situation of the world economy and the challenges in trade and integration faced by the Latin American and Caribbean region.
Also participating in the meeting were Deputy Executive Secretary Antonio Prado, Division Directors and Chiefs of uni…
(11 August 2011) Today, the President of Haiti, Michel Martelly, visited the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) headquarters in Santiago, Chile, where he met with the Executive Secretary of the Organization, Alicia Bárcena.
Accompanied by a group of co-workers, President Martelly gave an account of his government's priorities, which include, guaranteeing universal access to education for the population of Haiti, providing housing solutions to the families affected by the devastating earthquake which struck the island on 12 January 2010, achieving self-reliance in t…
As part of his trip to Chile, French economist Thomas Piketty will visit the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago on Thursday 15 January 2015 at 2.00 p.m. to take part in a lunch meeting with the Commission’s officials and discover first hand ECLAC’s proposals on equality in its trilogy of documents on the subject: Time for equality: closing gaps, opening trails (2010); Structural Change for Equality: An Integrated Approach to Development (2012); and Compacts for Equality: Towards a Sustainable Future (2014).
The meeting wi…
(October 30, 2014) The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, concluded on Tuesday, October 28 a two-day visit to Cuba, where she met with the President of the Council of State and the Council of Ministers, Raúl Castro, as well as other high-level authorities from that country. She also gave a keynote lecture at the University of Havana.
The senior ECLAC official was welcomed by the President, with whom she discussed the common will to deepen cooperation between the United Nations regional organization and Cuba’s Government. …
1. Instructions for Visits
ECLAC periodically receives group visits of students from institutions of higher education and governmental entities from various regions of the world. The visitor program is open from March to November, with a break in July, and only available in the morning, between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Visits are free of charge. ECLAC does not facilitate or arrange individual visits.
There are three types of visits:
a) Academic/Thematic Visits (*): Expert talks from ECLAC aimed at groups of students and/or public officials interested in economic, social, and environmental matt…
Uma delegação do Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA) visitou na segunda-feira, 24 de agosto a sede da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) em Santiago, Chile, onde manteve encontros com seus principais diretores.
A delegação foi composta por Jessé Souza, Presidente da Instituição, Brand Arenari, Diretor de Estudos Internacionais, e Patricia Morita, Chefe da Assessoria de Planejamento. Foram recebidos por Antonio Prado, Secretário-Executivo Adjunto da CEPAL, que lhes deu as boas-vindas em nome desta Comissão Regional da ONU.
Os representantes do IPEA tiv…
Government representatives from the 24 countries in the region that are negotiating a regional agreement on access to environmental information, participation and justice (Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development) will gather at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, to continue negotiations on an unprecedented legal instrument in this area.
The Eighth Meeting of the Negotiating Committee of the Regional Agreement on Principle 10 will take place from November 27 to December 1 at the United Nations or…
Como resultado de un acercamiento previo entre el Jefe de la Unidad de Estudios de la Dinámica y Coyuntura del Empleo de la División de Desarrollo Económico de la CEPAL y el Coordinador del Grupo
de Asistencia Técnica Territorial del Viceministerio de Empleo y Pensiones del Ministerio del Trabajo se planteó la posibilidad de que una misión del gobierno mexicano patrocinada por la CEPAL pudiera visitar la
sede del Ministerio del Trabajo en Colombia para conocer los programas, las metodologías y los principales logros obtenidos por el Grupo de Asistencia Técnica Territorial – GATT a nivel nacion…
The Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Angel Gurría, visited the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile on Monday, April 25, where he met with Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena and ambassadors of the region to present the OECD's Regional Program for Latin America and the Caribbean.
“Although we have different visions, identities and memberships, ECLAC and OECD have been building very valuable bridges for collaboration in the last five years,” Alicia Bárcena said at the start of…
Elyx, “digital ambassador” for the United Nations (UN) is visiting Chile on 17 August. This visit is part of a 70-day virtual trip around the world to highlight UN efforts and build momentum for the organization’s 70th anniversary.
While in Chile, you can follow Elyx’s journey exploring the country on www.Elyx70Days.org and through social media #UN70 #Elyx70Days. From Elyx’s start in Paris on 15 August to a final stop at the UN Headquarters in New York on 24 October, visitors can check daily where Elyx has travelled.
Who is Elyx?
Elyx has been helping the UN highlight international obse…
(14 April 2011) On Thursday, former Colombian Foreign Minister and current Secretary-General of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), María Emma Mejía, visited the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, where she was welcomed by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC Executive Secretary.
Ms. Mejía also met with ECLAC Directors and experts on poverty, social development and statistics.
During the visit, UNASUR and ECLAC (which promotes the economic and social development of Latin America and the Caribbean) explored various options for wor…
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Redatam+SP, as its previous versions, is a tool that allows any professional to process, in an easy and fast way, the data from the censuses and other sources…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has revised downward its economic growth projection for the region in 2015, forecasting a 1.0% increase in the regional Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the United Nations organization said today in a press release.
This revision reflects a global environment characterized by less economic dynamism than what was expected at the end of 2014. With the exception of the United States, industrialized countries have revised their growth estimates downward, and emerging economies continue to decelerate. The region is expected to keep ec…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Thursday, December 14 its Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2017, in which it will update its growth estimates for the region’s countries in the present year and projections for 2018.
The report will be presented by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, in a press conference at the Commission’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, at 11:00 a.m. local time (UTC/GMT -3:00). The event will also be broadcast live on the Internet via the institution’s Web site.
The 2017 edit…