Exploring cooperation between the Republic of Korea and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in the areas of innovation and SME internationalization strategies

The CELAC region could benefit from an increase in mutual cooperation with Korea on multiple development pillars, including innovation and SMEs’ internationalization. These two themes figure among the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the period of 2016 to 2030 and are key topics on the development agendas of CELAC countries and Korea. The first theme, science, technology and innovation (STI), is at the heart of structural transformation and encourages the emergence of new sectors, production networks and businesses. The second theme, SME internationalization strategies, …

UN Secretary-General's message to High-level panel discussion on Regional Dimensions of Promoting Sustainable Development

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL Message to High-level panel discussion on "Regional Dimensions of Promoting Sustainable Development: Developing Complementarities between the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Community Vision 2025” New York, 24 September 2016 [Delivered by Dr. David Nabarro, Special Adviser on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development] I thank the Thai Government for its initiative in convening today’s meeting. The partnership between ASEAN and the United Nations continues to grow more solid and substantive, most recently thr…

América Latina y el Caribe tiene grandes oportunidades para fortalecer sus vínculos económicos y de cooperación con China

América Latina y el Caribe tiene grandes oportunidades para mejorar sus relaciones económicas y su cooperación con China, país que ya es el segundo socio comercial de la región, según un nuevo documento de la CEPAL presentado con motivo de la visita del Presidente Xi Jinping a la sede de esta comisión regional de las Naciones Unidas en Santiago, Chile, realizada el pasado 22 de noviembre de 2016. El informe Relaciones económicas entre América Latina y el Caribe y China: oportunidades y desafíos fue presentado por la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena, en el marco de la Cumb…

A América Latina e o Caribe têm grandes oportunidades para fortalecer seus vínculos econômicos e de cooperação com a China

A América Latina e o Caribe têm grandes oportunidades para fortalecer suas relações econômicas e sua cooperação com a China, país que já é o segundo sócio comercial da região, segundo um recente documento da CEPAL apresentado por motivo da visita do Presidente Xi Jinping à sede desta comissão regional das Nações Unidas em Santiago, Chile, realizada em 22 de novembro de 2016. O informe Relaciones económicas entre América Latina y el Caribe y China: oportunidades y desafíos foi apresentado pela Secretária Executiva da CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena, no âmbito da Cúpula de Líderes de Meios de Comunicação,…

Latin America and the Caribbean Have Great Potential for Strengthening their Economic and Cooperative Ties with China

Latin America and the Caribbean have great potential for improving their economic and cooperative ties with China, a country that has already become the region’s second-largest trading partner, according to a new ECLAC document presented during the visit made by President Xi Jinping to the headquarters of the United Nations Regional Commission in Santiago, Chile, on 22 November 2016. The report Economic Relations between Latin America and the Caribbean and China: Opportunities and Challenges (in Spanish) was presented by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, at the Summit of Media …

Erdogan: Turkey Seeks to Foster Relationships with Latin America and the Caribbean

Turkey wants to broaden its political and trade relationships with Latin America and the Caribbean, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said at a keynote lecture given today at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in which he asked for international collaboration to cope with the crisis of Syrian refugees and the challenges to peace in the Middle East. The Turkish Head of State arrived in Chile on Sunday, January 31 in the framework of a trip to the region that will extend until February 4, and which will include visits to Peru and Ecuador. He was…

Erdogan: Turquía busca potenciar relaciones con América Latina y el Caribe

Turquía desea ampliar sus relaciones políticas y comerciales con América Latina y el Caribe, según destacó su Presidente, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, en una conferencia magistral ofrecida hoy en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), en la que solicitó la colaboración internacional para hacer frente a la crisis de refugiados sirios y a las amenazas a la paz en Oriente Próximo. El mandatario turco llegó a Chile el domingo 31 de enero en el marco de una gira por la región que se extenderá hasta el 4 de febrero e incluirá visitas a Perú y Ecuador. En la CEPAL fue reci…

Relaciones económicas entre América Latina y el Caribe y China: oportunidades y desafíos

El presente documento ha sido preparado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), con ocasión de la visita a su sede del Presidente de China, Xi Jinping, el 22 de noviembre de 2016. En él se abordan, desde la mirada regional, los principales desafíos que enfrenta China en el marco del proceso de reformas de su modelo de desarrollo, se presenta un panorama actualizado de las relaciones comerciales y de inversión entre China y América Latina y el Caribe, y, finalmente, se abordan las perspectivas y desafíos de la cooperación entre América Latina y el Caribe y China en lo…

Alicia Bárcena llama en Alemania a aprovechar oportunidades de inversión que ofrece América Latina y el Caribe

La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, llamó a aprovechar las oportunidades y ventajas que ofrece la región a los inversores extranjeros y lanzó una iniciativa de cooperación con empresarios alemanes para generar una plataforma exportadora de América Latina, durante encuentros sostenidos en Berlín. En una visita de dos días a la capital alemana, Bárcena se reunió con empresarios alemanes con intereses en América Latina durante la conmemoración de los 100 años de la Lateinamerika Verein (Asociación Empresarial para América Latin…

Draft biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities 2016-2017, of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Final evaluation report. Review of the German Bilateral Technical Cooperation with the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

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ECLAC Executive Secretary will Meet with German Foreign Affairs Minister during her Visit to Berlin

The Executive Secretary of the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, will hold a bilateral meeting with the German Foreign Affairs Minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, during her 48 hours trip to Berlin, where she will also meet with Latin American entrepreneurs residing in Germany. The meeting with Minister Steinmeier will take place on Wednesday 6 July at 6:40 p.m. local time in the site of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Auswärtiges Amt). Both authorities will discuss several issues of common interest that take part of the str…

On Visit to Germany, Alicia Bárcena Calls For Taking Advantage of Investment Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, called for taking advantage of the opportunities and advantages that the region offers to foreign investors and launched a cooperation initiative with German businesspeople to create a Latin American export platform, during meetings held in Berlin. In a two-day visit to the German capital, Bárcena met with German executives with Latin American business interests during the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Lateinamerika Verein (the Business Association for Latin America) and …

ECLAC and Norway Strengthen Cooperation Ties During a Visit to the Organization’s Headquarters in Chile

On Tuesday, September 13 in Santiago, Chile, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, received a delegation of parliamentarians belonging to the Norwegian Parliament’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense, with whom she shared the United Nations organization’s work regarding implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the region. The delegation was headed by Anniken Huitfeldt, Chair of the Committee, and was made up of 10 members of Parliament from various political parties. They were accom…

China’s President Reaffirms Strategic Partnership with Latin America and the Caribbean in Visit to ECLAC

The President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, reaffirmed the comprehensive strategic partnership between his country and Latin America and the Caribbean to foster their people’s development in the current global circumstances, making these remarks during his visit to ECLAC in Santiago, Chile. At the headquarters of this United Nations regional commission, the Asian country’s most senior authority inaugurated today the Summit of Leaders from the Media, which was attended by more than 100 high-level representatives of the press from 24 countries in Latin America and China. The eve…

Secretario General de la OCDE visitó la CEPAL

El Secretario General de la Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos (OCDE), Angel Gurría, visitó este lunes 25 de abril la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile, donde se entrevistó con la Secretaria Ejecutiva Alicia Bárcena y se reunió con embajadores de la región para presentar el Programa Regional de la OCDE para América Latina y el Caribe. “Aunque tenemos visiones, identidades y membresías distintas, la CEPAL y la OCDE hemos ido articulando puentes muy valiosos de colaboración en los últimos cinco años”, planteó Alicia …

OECD's Secretary-General Visited ECLAC

The Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Angel Gurría, visited the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile on Monday, April 25, where he met with Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena and ambassadors of the region to present the OECD's Regional Program for Latin America and the Caribbean. “Although we have different visions, identities and memberships, ECLAC and OECD have been building very valuable bridges for collaboration in the last five years,” Alicia Bárcena said at the start of…

Presidente de China reafirma asociación estratégica con América Latina y el Caribe en visita a la CEPAL

El Presidente de la República Popular China, Xi Jinping, reafirmó la asociación estratégica integral de su país con América Latina y el Caribe para fomentar el desarrollo de sus pueblos en las actuales circunstancias mundiales, durante su visita a la CEPAL en Santiago, Chile. La máxima autoridad del país asiático inauguró hoy en la sede de esta comisión regional de las Naciones Unidas la Cumbre de Líderes de Medios de Comunicación, encuentro al que asisten más de 100 representantes de alto nivel de medios de prensa de 24 países de América Latina y China, actividad que se desarrollará hasta el …

CEPAL y Noruega estrechan lazos de cooperación durante visita a sede del organismo en Chile

La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, recibió este martes 13 de septiembre en Santiago de Chile a una delegación de parlamentarios que integran la Comisión de Relaciones Exteriores y Defensa del Parlamento Noruego, con quienes compartió la labor del organismo de las Naciones Unidas con miras a la implementación de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en la región. La delegación estuvo encabezada por Anniken Huitfeldt, Presidenta de la Comisión, y fue integrada por diez parlamentarios de diferentes partidos políti…