ECLAC Caribbean provides statistical services and resources to its member states in support of analysis of policy-related issues; the formulation of evidence-based policies and programmes; the delivery of reliable indicators of progress toward Internationally Agreed Development Goals (IAGDs) such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); the building of statistical capacity and expertise of Caribbean institutions and Governments; and the provision of technical assistance.
A significant component of the work carried out focuses on enhancing the capacity of national statistical offices to pro…
18 Jun 2019, 04:45 - 13:00
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Evento (Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies)
The Caribbean preparatory meeting of the XIV session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean is convened in accordance with the agreements adopted at the fifty-eighth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Santiago, Chile, on 22 and 23 January 2019.…
These courses kicked off the 2025 edition of the training program on quantitative analysis techniques for public administration officials in Argentina, organized annually by the Office in Argentina of the regional United Nations body.…
The event, which brought together experts and officials from more than 20 countries, highlighted the need for a multidisciplinary approach to implement effective carbon pricing policies to address climate change.…
For a second consecutive year, Latin America and the Caribbean had a negative foreign trade balance in 2014 of more than $30 billion dollars, according to official figures from year’s end compiled by ECLAC. The region’s exports decreased 2.1% from a year earlier, while imports fell 0.6%.…
INE technicians participated in a workshop organized by ECLAC to develop a statistical geoportal based on free software and open standards. The initiative seeks to strengthen the dissemination of official data and promote interoperability, following successful examples from other countries in the region.…
Femicide is the most dramatic expression of violence against women. According to official data from the region’s countries compiled by the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean of ECLAC, 1903 women were murdered because of their gender in fifteen Latin American countries and three Caribbean nations in 2014.…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean is convening a Regional Expert Group Meeting on Knowledge Management for Development, which will be held at its Port of Spain Office on Tuesday 17 November 2009. The objectives of the Expert Group Meeting are:
(a) To increase awareness on the topic of knowledge management as a tool to promote economic development, environmental protection and social empowerment;
(b) To advance discussions towards a practical know…
ECLAC contributed with its proposal on energy transition in Latin America and the Caribbean, with an emphasis on transforming the development model. The course included the participation of diplomats and officials from the energy sector in the Dominican Republic.…
30 Jun
- 04 Jul
2025, 09:00 - 17:00
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Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
The overall objective of the training is to strengthen the skills level of policymakers and technical officers of the Government of Saint Lucia in cost-benefit analysis which will enhance their ability to design and implement data-informed policies and strategies for accelerating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and building a resilient economy.…
By means of an official statement sent to ECLAC on 21 February 2014, El Salvador joined the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.…
The new platform makes Costa Rica the fourth country in Latin America and the Caribbean to have official statistics on the social and solidarity economy sector…
5 - 09 May
2025, 09:00 - 17:00
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Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
The overall objective of the training is to strengthen the skills level of policymakers and technical officers of the Government of Grenada in statistical analysis which will enhance their ability to design and implement data-informed policies and strategies for accelerating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and building a resilient economy.…
12 - 14 May
2025, 09:00 - 17:00
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Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
The overall objective of the training is to strengthen the skills level of policymakers and technical officers of the Government of Grenada in cost-benefit analysis which will enhance their ability to design and implement data-informed policies and strategies for accelerating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and building a resilient economy.…
29 Sep
- 10 Oct
2014, 06:00 - 12:00
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Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
A team drawn from ECLAC’s subregional headquarters for the Caribbean and the regional headquarters in Santiago, Chile will be holding a training workshop to support the statistical offices of Grenada, Antigua and Barbuda, and Barbados in the development of web-based applications for the dissemination of national census data.…
14 Jun 2010, 05:00 - 14:45
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Evento (Other events)
Representatives of national mechanisms for the advancement of women and national statistical offices of the Caribbean countries met in Rodney Bay, Saint Lucia with representatives of ECLAC, CARICOM, INSTRAW, PAHO, UNFPA and UNIFEM, and discussed the progress made and challenges faced by the Caribbean countries to obtain statistical information on the Observatory's strategic indicators.…
Estados miembros y miembros asociados de la CEPAL
Oficinas Nacionales de Estadística (ONEs)
Bancos Centrales
Programas y Agencias de Naciones Unidas
Organismos regionales e internacionales
1. Oficinas Nacionales de Estadística (ONEs)
Estados miembros
Alemania
Federal Statistical Office
Antigua y Barbuda
Statistics Division
Argentina
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC)
Bahamas
Bahamas National Statistical Institute
Barbados
Barbados Statistical Service
Belice
Statistical Institute of Belize
Bolivia (Estado Plurinacional de)
Instituto Nacional de Est…
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, concluded this Friday, June 21, a two-day visit to Spain, where she participated in two high-level events and held bilateral meetings with government authorities and officials from international cooperation bodies.
During these activities, the senior United Nations official insisted on the necessity of carrying out a new, inclusive cooperation model in which middle income countries can fully participate.
On Thursday, June 20, Bárcena led the presentation of the report Latin American …
Panama City, September 12, 2018 - More than 200 global and regional experts in sustainable development and top government officials from Latin American and Caribbean, including three vice-presidents and around 40 ministers, kicked off the two-day 10th Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (undp.org/forolac) today to discuss new ways to reduce inequalities and boost gains in the social, economic and environmental fronts.
At the Forum "Partnerships for the reduction of structural inequalities within Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework" top officials are…
16 Mar 2022, 07:00 - 09:00
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Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
National experiences on the continuity of the production of official statistics based on household surveys during the pandemic and its impact on data quality.…