UN System official side event
3 December 2023, 1:15-2:45 horas, SE Room 2
Human Rights, and in line with findings of IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report and the Agreed Conclusions of the 66th Session of the Commission on Status of Women, and in the run up to the 30th
Anniversary of the ICPD, the event will explore how rights-based and gender-responsive approaches, including in climate litigation, lead to more effective and sustainable climate action. The event will highlight recent outcomes of intergovernmental processes regarding human rights and climate change, including the Escazú Agreement.…
6 Jul 2021, 05:00 - 17:00
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Evento (Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies)
The expansion of global value chains (GVC) has opened new opportunities for economies in transition, which seek to expand and diversify their international trade and gain access to new technologies. However, the current pandemic has left the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean in a very vulnerable position. Against this background, high-level officials from international organizations and regional integration mechanisms will address the following questions:
What is the state of intraregional trade within your integration mechanism? What weaknesses has the pandemic exposed?
What oppor…
On Friday, December 17th, 2021, the ECLAC Headquarter in Santiago in conjunction with the Caribbean ECLAC Headquarter in Port of Spain gave the Online Course: "Use and interpretation of trade indicators, including Input-Output analysis" for Central Bank economists and trade ministry officials from five Caribbean countries: Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Grenada and Dominica.
The workshop was conducted by José Durán Lima, Ira Ronzheimer, Daniel Díaz and Carlos Ludeña of the Regional Integration Unit of the International Trade and Integration …
The Water and Energy Unit of the Natural Resources Division of ECLAC began to develop a capacity building project in municipalities of El Salvador, Mexico and Panama, with the financing from the United Nations Peace and Development Trust Fund (UNPDF). The objective of the project is to strengthen the technical capacities of officials in the design of investment plans for the implementation of drinking water and sanitation and renewable energy projects aimed at improving access to sustainable and efficient drinking water and sanitation services in order to to contribute to public health and sus…
5 - 06 Nov
2024, 06:00 - 15:00
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Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
The EU-LAC Digital Alliance High-Level Policy Dialogues on Connectivity and Artificial Intelligence (AI) will take place from November 5-6, 2024, at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
Co-chaired by the European Union and the Republic of Chile, these bi-regional dialogues will gather high-level government officials, private sector representatives, civil society, and academia from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and the EU and its Member States.
The dialogues will contribute to exchanging experiences, highlighting good practices from both LAC and the EU, and promoting c…
27 - 29 Nov
2017, 06:00 - 15:00
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Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
Given the breadth and complexity of the themes for the preparation and implementation of the next population and housing censuses in their different phases and dimensions the seminar will focus on sharing national experiences on technological innovations implemented or to be implemented by countries of the region in the 2020 census round. The scope of the use of technologies in census processes could range from strategic design to analysis and dissemination of information. The Seminar was addressed to officials of the National Statistical Institutes of the region who work in the team of Popula…
5 Jun 2007, 06:00 - 07:30
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Evento (Committee of the Whole)
The Twenty-fourth session of the Committee of the Whole was held 5 June 2007 at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. This Ad Hoc Committee allowed governments of its member states to meet between the official sessions of the Commission.
On this occasion, ECLAC Member States considered the request submitted by the Republic of Korea for admission as a Member State of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Also at this meeting, ECLAC Executive Secretary José Luis Machinea presented a document prepared by ECLAC entitled " Social Cohesion: Inclusion and a sense of bel…
25 Jun 2018, 05:00 - 08:30
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Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
This seminar presented the methodology followed to assemble the 2005 Subregional South American Input Output Table (IOT), and the MERCOSUR Subregional IOT, 2005 and 2011 versions, as well as that of each corresponding national IOT. Likewise, ECLAC presented a set of results obtained from the MERCOSUR Subregional IOT, as well as methodological details that allow for the use of the South American and MERCOSUR IOTs as tools for economic analysis.
The seminar was held at the Central Bank of Paraguay with the participation of officials of the MERCOSUR Secretariat and various public entiti…
25 Ene 2019, 06:30 - 10:00
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Evento (Other events)
In December 2014, the Governments of the Republics of Guatemala and Honduras announced their willingness to advance in the deepening of the economic integration process, in accordance with the provisions of the Central American legal instruments.
The investment for the establishment of the Customs Union model between Guatemala and Honduras began in 2016, and the Customs Union between Guatemala and Honduras was officially launched on June 26, 2017. In 2018, El Salvador signed the Adhesion to the Process of Deep Integration towards the Free Transit of Goods and of Natural Persons between the Rep…
5 Oct 2018, 06:00 - 15:00
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Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
With organization and sponsorship from the Directorate of Sanitation Risk Protection of the Secretary of Health of the Government of the State of Veracruz, a regional symposium on the current state as well as projections of climate change and regional health took place. Historical extreme events and phenomena at the regional and international level were analyzed with the purpose of training officials as the public who participated on developments in the topic.
96 individuals participated in the event, among whom 44 % were women. Participants came from the states of Campeche, Tabasco, Zacatecas…
9 Dic 2023 - 07:55
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Evento (Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies)
UNFCCC COP28 official side event
9 December 2023, 6:30-8 pm Dubai, SE Room 1 (Blue zone)
This side event aims to generate a multi-stakeholder discussion on how the Escazú Agreement promotes informed and participatory climate actions in support of Sustainable Development Goal 13 and the Paris Agreement. Government representatives, the public, international organizations and other actors will offer experiences and good practices in the mainstreaming of the Escazú Agreement into the design and implementation of national climate policies. Moreover, the interconnections between …
9 Feb 2009, 07:00 - 10:00
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Evento (Committee of the Whole)
The Twenty-fifth session of the Committee of the Whole was held 9 February 2009 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City (ECOSOC Chamber). This Ad Hoc Committee allowed governments of its member states to meet between the official sessions of the Commission.
On this occasion, ECLAC Member States considered the following topics:
Outlook and prospects for Latin America and Caribbean in light of the crisis of 2008-2009
Priority tasks for ECLAC in providing support to the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean during the crisis
This meeting was headed by ECLAC Exec…
28 - 29 May
2019, 05:00 - 14:00
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Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
The expert meeting was organized between ECLAC and the Executive Secretariat of The Council of Ministers of Finance of Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic (COSEFIN), in coordination with the delegates of the Ministries of Finance, particularly with the Ministry of Finance of Guatemala. Officials from other national, regional and international institutions directly related to national public investment systems also participated, as well as international cooperation agencies that support this matter.
Objective
The purpose was to better understand the advances made towards strength…
6 Jul 2021, 06:00 - 08:25
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Evento (Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies)
As part of the month of Development in Transition: Dialogues to chart new paths for Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC, together with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the European Commission, organized the Event: Regional Integration for Economic Recovery. The panel was attended by a group of high-level officials from international organisations and regional integration mechanisms in the Americas and the Caribbean.
The specialists who participated in the event made an urgent call to boost regional integration to achieve a transformative recovery after th…
4 Mar 2024, 08:00 - 11:00
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Evento (Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies)
The official preparatory meeting for the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement (preCOP) will take place virtually on 4 March 2024 between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Santiago, Chile time.
It will discuss the issues to be addressed at the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties.
The meeting will be open, with prior registration and streamed live.
For more information related to the preCOP, please visit the website of the Third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement…
23 Oct 2020, 07:00 - 09:00
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Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL), the Brazilian Center for Strategic Studies and Management (CGEE), the Brazilian Energy Research Office (EPE) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) will host the webinar “Energy Big Push: accelerating clean energy innovation in Brazil” on 23 October 2020, from 10am to 12pm in Brasilia (GMT-3).
Since early-2019, the Energy Big Push (EBP) Brazil has been a collaborative project aiming to support investments in innovation for a sustainable energy transition in the country. Led by CGEE, EPE, ECLAC/CEPAL an…
The High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) takes place annually in July and is the most visible event on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It is also the space in which Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) are presented, marking an important milestone for member States in their reporting of progress towards the achievement of the agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
However, the implementation of the 2030 Agenda happens beyond July. Countries integrate the SDGs in their planning instruments and budgets, national statistical offices monitor progress and …
The virtual course organized by the Latin American Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES) for officials of the Undersecretariat for Regional and Administrative Development of Chile (SUBDERE) sought to contribute to the training of professionals in policy development from a territorial perspective, with the participation of the Natural Resources Division of ECLAC through its Water and Energy Unit.…
InforMEA, platform of the Secretariats of all United Nations Multilateral Environmental Agreements, will have a stand at the official exhibit zone of UNFCCC COP25 on 11 and 12 December 2019. The stand will highlight the Escazú Agreement and the online course Introductory course on SDG 16 and access rights, the Aarhus Convention and the Escazú Agreement will be launched.…
22 - 23 Abr
2025, 08:30 - 13:00
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Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
Participate in this event that aims to contribute to this capacity-building by offering a space for exchange, learning, and technical capacity enhancement for MAST officials, its autonomous bodies, and state institutions involved in implementing the PNPPS. …