São Paulo, 11 April 2025
The Escazú Agreement was highlighted as a cornerstone for advancing responsible business conduct in Latin America and the Caribbean during the 9th United Nations Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights, held from 9 to 11 April 2025 in São Paulo, Brazil. Its relevance was particularly emphasized in discussions concerning environmental protection and the rights of human rights defenders.
Bringing together more than 600 participants from across the region — including government officials, business representatives, Indigenous Peoples, civil society organizations, acade…
The Executive Secretariat of the Council of Ministers of Treasury or Finance of Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic (SECOSEFIN), officials from the member countries of the Council of Ministers of Treasury or Finance of Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic (COSEFIN/SICA) and from the Subregional Headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Mexico met virtually on May 5 of this year to review a proposal to extend the implementation of the project “Disaster risk reduction and sustainable and inclusive adaptation to climate cha…
The third training session of the Water Sustainability Network and Observatory (ROSA) project for the Dominican Republic, titled “Water Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and Tools,” brought together experts and officials to analyze critical challenges in water resource management in the region. During the event, topics such as the unequal distribution of water, the impacts of climate change, and the importance of effective water governance for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 6, were discussed. The training featured notable contributi…
Officials, mostly from the ECLAC Library throughout the region, participated in their first-ever wiki-editating marathon, held during the week of 31 August – 4 September. The trilingual effort culminated in the launch of three articles on the ECLAC Library in Wikipedia - in Spanish, English, and Portuguese. But what exactly is an editing marathon or editathon, in Wikipedia lingo?
According to Wikimedia Chile, an Editathon is an editing marathon in which new editors participate by learning how to create and edit Wikipedia articles. This work is carried out massively, collectively and simultaneo…
The Executive Secretariat of the Council of Finance Ministers of Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic (Spanish acronym: SE-COSEFIN), along with the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) officially launched the project Capacity Building for the Incorporation of Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable and Inclusive Adaptation to Climate Change in Public Investment in COSEFIN/SICA Member Countries in San Salvador, El Salvador.
The goal of the project is to contribute to the reduction of losses an…
On Thursday, March 27, 2025, a virtual event marked the official launch of a joint initiative between the Water and Basic Sanitation Regulation Commission (CRA), the Ministry of Energy of Colombia, and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The initiative aims to apply a circular economy approach to wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in the country, promoting the capture and valorization of methane as a strategy to mitigate climate change and improve the energy efficiency of the sector.…
The Ministry of Economic Development of Curaçao requested technical support from the ‘Financing for Development Division' of the Economic Commission for Latin American and Caribbean (ECLAC), through the agency of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), in order to design and define the process for the establishment of a new development finance organization.
From March 24th to 28th, 2014, Mr. Daniel Titelman, and Mr. Esteban Perez, Director and Economic Affairs Officer of the ECLAC's Financing for Development Division, undertook a fact finding mission to Curaçao to assist the government …
The Chief of the Division for Gender Affairs of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Ana Güezmes, participated in the IV Forum of Ministers, Vice-Ministers and Senior Officials of the Americas. The event was organized by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and took place at its headquarters in San José, Costa Rica, on August 22, with a view to highlighting the importance of the care economy in the region's agrifood systems.…
On the occasion of the official opening of the Institute for Equality and Equity for Sustainable Development at the University of Mendoza, an event was held to unveil the objectives of this new research institution and introduce its four directors: Gabriela Ábalos, Marcela Andino, Valentina Erice, and Silvina Furlotti.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
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…
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 .…
More than 60 people participated in the seminar, including development bank officials, government officials and experts in financial inclusion from 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.…
By means of an official statement sent to ECLAC on 22 September 2014, the Plurinational State of Bolivia made official its participation in the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.…