The Caribbean and the post-2015 development agenda

This paper will contend that the post-2015 development agenda presents a major opportunity for Caribbean countries to reverse decades of lagging economic performance and make the transition to balanced, holistic, and people-centred growth and development. The MDGs, while valuable in promoting gains in poverty reduction, health, education, nutrition, and maternal well-being were not tailored to the growth and development needs of the region. This can now be changed by a post-2015 development agenda which goes beyond improving the welfare of citizens by meeting basic needs and enhancing access t…

17th Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the CDCC

Opening Statement by Alicia Barcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, at the 17th Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the CDCC June 26, 2015 Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago Minister Arnaldo Brown, Chair of the CDCC, Jamaica Minister Winston Dookeran, Trinidad Ambassador George Talbot, Co-Chair of the Financing for Development process Other Distinguished Ministers and Senior Representatives of Government, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Representatives of the United Nations system, regional and international organizations, Members of the Media, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear friends,…

ECOSOC dialogue with the executive secretaries of the United Nations regional commissions

Statement by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) ECOSOC dialogue with the executive secretaries of the United Nations regional commissions Title: Managing the transition to the sustainable development goals: what it will take at the regional level Venue: ECOSOC Chamber Date: 9 July 2015 Time: 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Your Excellency, Martin Sajdik, President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Your Excellency, Maria Emma Mejía, Vice-…

CEPAL aboga por la igualdad como motor de desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe

(8 de mayo, 2015) La igualdad debe ser el motor del crecimiento económico y el desarrollo sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe, planteó Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), en la décima reunión sobre América Latina del Foro Económico Mundial (WEF, según sus siglas en inglés), que finaliza hoy en Cancún, México. La máxima representante de la CEPAL fue una de las expositoras en el panel From Poverty to Prosperity (De la pobreza a la prosperidad) realizado el jueves durante el evento que reúne a más de 750 líderes de gobierno, …

Alicia Bárcena destacó compromiso de Colombia con la agenda de desarrollo post-2015

La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, destacó el miércoles 18 de febrero durante una visita a Bogotá el liderazgo y compromiso de Colombia con la agenda de desarrollo después de 2015 que se discute a nivel global y que contempla el reemplazo de los actuales Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio (ODM) por los futuros Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS). Bárcena participó en una ceremonia encabezada por el Presidente de Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, donde se firmó un decreto que crea la Comisión Interinstitucional de Alto Niv…

Evaluation of development account project 10/11 H Strengthening statistical and inter-institutional capacities for monitoring the Millennium Development Goals through interregional cooperation and knowledge-sharing

ECLAC Highlights Strategic Regional Action in Defining Sustainable Development Goals for the Caribbean

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean remains committed to providing assistance to Caribbean countries, as the region prepares a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be included in the United Nations Post-2015 Development Agenda, declared today its Director, Diane Quarless. The head of the ECLAC Caribbean office opened the Symposium on Sustainable Development Goals for the Caribbean within the Post-2015 Development Agenda in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, organized by the UN Commission, with the support of …