Interactive dialogue with senior officials of the UN System on Preparations for the World Social Summit under the title “the Second World Summit for Social Development”…
A pandemia de Covid-19 exigiu do Estado políticas públicas capazes de reverter o grave cenário em áreas tão determinantes para a qualidade de vida e condições sociais como o planejamento urbano e a mobilidade. Junto com a pandemia vieram medidas de isolamento social, o crescimento do comércio eletrônico, as mudanças comportamentais no uso de transporte público, a condução de processos participativos de forma virtual, o esvaziamento dos edifícios corporativos, o home office e o fechamento do comércio tradicional, entre outras transformações ocorridas. Nesse contexto surgiram iniciativas governa…
United States Trade Developments, 2015-2016, provides an overview of the most relevant developments in United States trade relations with Latin America and the Caribbean and of the measures that inhibit the free flow of goods among countries in the Western Hemisphere. This is an annual report elaborated by the ECLAC Washington Office.…
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, along with authorities, former heads-of-state and distinguished academics, opened the II High-Level CELAC-China Academic Forum and the VI China-LAC Think Tanks Forum. The two-day event will bring together government officials, university experts and international officials from both regions with the aim of exchanging experiences and promoting mutual cooperation to tackle new global challenges and build forward a better future. With sponsorship from Mexico’s Secretariat of Foreign Aff…
Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union should take advantage of their shared values and the existence of strong complementarities to contribute to producing an environmental big push that enables a move towards new development paths, Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), stated today. The senior United Nations official participated in the Meeting of Foreign Ministers and the XLVIII Meeting of High-Level Officials of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union, which…
Staff members from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) thanked United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his support in rebuilding the organization’s headquarters, an icon of modern Latin American architecture, after an earthquake that affected central and southern Chile in February 2010. Ban Ki-moon visited Santiago on an official mission from February 26 to March 1. During his third official visit to Chile, Mr. Ban participated in a high-level event organized by UN Women and Chile’s government, and his agenda included a town-hall meeting at ECLAC’s hea…
(17 May 2012) The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Alicia Bárcena concluded her official visit to the Republic of Korea on Wednesday, during which she met with authorities of this Asian country and participated in the 2012 High-Level Forum on Korea-Latin American and Caribbean Partnership. The United Nations high-level official held a meeting with Keun Ho Jang, Director-General for Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Korea, as well as with other authorities, with whom she reaffirme…
During his official visit to Chile and the ECLAC headquarters, the President of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, visited the ECLAC Hernán Santa Cruz Library.…
On 31 May, fourteen experts, including noted Chilean architects and officials of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, participated in an edit-a-thon .…
The workshop "Use of the MERCOSUR and South American Input-Output Tables for the Analysis of Value Chains" will be held In the city of Montevideo between May 13 and 15th, 2019. This workshop, which will be taught by economists from the International Trade and Integration Division of ECLAC, is sponsored by the MERCOSUR Secretariat. Officials from various public institutions of MERCOSUR member countries, mainly Ministries of Industry and Foreign Trade, Production, and Foreign Affairs, among others, as well as officials and technicians of the MERCOSUR Secretariat will participate in the…
United States Trade Developments 2018, provides an overview of the most relevant developments in United States trade relations with Latin America and the Caribbean and of the measures that inhibit the free flow of goods among countries in the Western Hemisphere. This is an annual report elaborated by the ECLAC Washington Office.…
This side event of the 56th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission aims to promote the adoption of small area estimation (SAE) in national statistical offices through two key initiatives: the innovative use of geospatial data and capacity-building initiatives.…
The Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Kao Kim Hourn, will visit the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, this Thursday, September 5, in the context of his first official tour of the South American country. The high-level official will meet with the United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, and afterwards, at 4:30 p.m. local time (GMT -4), he will give a keynote lecture about multilateral relations between Asian nations and Latin Amer…
The Government of Peru and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reaffirmed their resolve to strengthen cooperation on distinct matters related to economic, social and environmental development, during an official visit lasting 24 hours that Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, made today to that country. The senior United Nations authority led an official ECLAC mission to Lima, the first since President Pedro Castillo was sworn into office on July 28 of this year, with the aim of reaffirming the organization’s willingness to work jointly on those ar…
The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Keith Rowley, visited today the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, where he was received by its Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena. During the meeting, both officials agreed to increase bilateral cooperation and technical assistance, especially with regard to the economy and energy. Prime Minister Rowley, who is in Chile on an official visit, was accompanied by a delegation made up of the ministers of Foreign Affairs, Industry and Trade, Energy and Energy Industries, and the…
The Secretary-General will travel for an official visit to Asuncion, in Paraguay, on Tuesday, 24 February, before heading to Santiago of Chile on 27 February. In Paraguay, the Secretary-General will hold bilateral meetings with President Horacio Cartes and Foreign Minister Eladio Loizaga, as well as other senior officials and civil society representatives. In Chile, the Secretary-General will attend the high-level event on “Women in power and decision-making: Building a different world”, aimed at reflecting the last 20 years since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. The Secr…
(October 1, 2014) The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, has been awarded the 2013 Medal in International Relations from Mexico's Anáhuac University, where she gave a speech to students on Wednesday. The senior United Nations official was welcomed by the University President, Jesús Quirce; the Director of the School of International Relations, Carlos Camacho; and the President of the University Student Association, Santiago García. The officials highlighted the academic training and professional career of Alicia Bárcena, …
(2 August 2012) According to the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, speaking in Peru: the State must play a more active role in reducing inequality using policies and social services with a rights-based approach. The senior United Nations official was one of the main speakers at the Technical Meeting of High-level Officials and Experts on Social Policies and Human Development in follow-up to the UNASUR Declaration against Inequality: Towards an Agenda of Priority Social Actions, which is being held in Cusco and attended b…
(19 October 2010) Over the past decade the great majority of Latin American and Caribbean countries made significant progress in the development of statistics in different fields, says a new ECLAC report released today in Santiago, Chile. The report Development of Official Statistics in the Region was presented by ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena in the context of World Statistics Day, celebrated today in this United Nations regional commission. The report, which describes the main trends in the development of official statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean and the most importan…
The Fifth session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean of ECLAC and the XV Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean of UNDP, will be held in person from 3 to 5 October 2023 at the headquarters of ECLAC in Santiago. The civil society will meet on 2 October, prior to the start of the official activities. Official activities of the meeting will include five panel discussions to address relevant issues in the field of social institutions identified as priorities in the document Institutional frameworks for social poli…