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Container Throughput in the Region’s Ports Rises 1.7% in the year 2015

Maritime and Logistics Bulletin 62…

Movimiento de contenedores en puertos de la región creció un 1,7% en el año 2015

Boletín Marítimo y Logístico 62…

ECLAC and GIZ join forces as Trinidad Energy Minister, German Ambassador and senior policy makers discuss the future of Caribbean energy efficiency

The Honourable Minister of Energy and Energy Industries for Trinidad and Tobago, Nicole Olivierre, will be joined by the German Ambassador for Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Lutz Görgens, as senior policy makers participate in the workshop entitled “Sustainable Energy in the Caribbean: Reducing the Carbon Footprint in the Caribbean through the Promotion of Energy Efficiency and the use of Renewable Energy Technologies”, to identify issues relevant to the development of energy efficiency and renewable energy policy. The workshop,which takes place at the Kapok Hotel, Port of Spain on 17-18 May 2…

Identification of mechanisms for financing of energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives to increase investment in the Commonwealth of Dominica

This document identifies mechanisms for financing investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives in the Commonwealth of Dominica. The overall objective of this study is to examine financing opportunities which will provide greater incentives for the development of energy efficiency measures and implementation of renewable energy technologies.…

How to Follow ECLAC’s Session in Mexico

On May 23-27, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold in Mexico City its thirty-sixth session, the most important biannual meeting of this United Nations organization, whose mandate is to contribute to the region’s economic, social and environmental development. Live broadcast The entire meeting will be broadcast live via the Web site created for this occasion: ://periododesesiones.cepal.org/36/en, which also provides general information about the event, the detailed programme, reference documents and all the news. Any media outlet or organization is free …

Cómo seguir el período de sesiones de la CEPAL en México

Del 23 al 27 de mayo, la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) realizará en Ciudad de México, México, su trigésimo sexto período de sesiones, la reunión bienal más importante de este organismo de las Naciones Unidas, cuyo mandato es contribuir al desarrollo económico, social y ambiental de la región. Transmisión en vivo Toda la reunión será transmitida en vivo desde el sitio web creado para la ocasión: ://periododesesiones.cepal.org/36/es, que además ofrece información general del evento, el programa detallado, los documentos de referencia y todas las noticias. Cualquier m…

Como acompanhar o Período de Sessões da CEPAL no México

De 23 a 27 de maio, a Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) realizará na Cidade do México, México, seu Trigésimo sexto Período de Sessões, a reunião bienal mais importante deste organismo da ONU, cujo mandato é contribuir para o desenvolvimento econômico, social e ambiental da região. Transmissão ao vivo Toda a reunião será transmitida ao vivo pelo site criado para a ocasião: ://periododesesiones.cepal.org/36/pt, que também oferece informação geral sobre o evento, o programa detalhado, os documentos de referência e todas as notícias. Qualquer meio de comunicação ou Instit…

ECLAC to enhance member states’ ability to forecast public expenditure

Senior policy makers from the ministries of finance, education, health and agriculture in three Caribbean states recently received a comprehensive introduction to the ECLAC Development Account project, “Strengthening the technical capacity of public finance managers in select Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS)”, from which their countries will benefit. The project focuses on increasing the capacity of policy makers and finance managers to apply the methods and procedures for better monitoring and forecasting of public expenditure and revenue, and is expected to have a positi…

ECLAC and ILO: Latin American and Caribbean Unemployment Seen Rising in 2016 Due to Regional Economic Deterioration

The evolution of labor markets in Latin America and the Caribbean during 2016 will generally be negative, due to forecasts for a more deteriorated macroeconomic context and growth levels than last year and to the weakening of some employment indicators, ECLAC and the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a joint report released today. The United Nations organizations point out in a new edition of Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean that these factors, especially the low dynamism in job creation, will likely lead to an increase in urban unemployment of more than ha…

CEPAL y OIT: desempleo en América Latina y el Caribe aumentaría en 2016 por deterioro económico regional

La evolución de los mercados laborales en América Latina y el Caribe durante 2016 será en general negativa, debido a la previsión de un contexto macroeconómico y de crecimiento más deteriorado que el año pasado y al debilitamiento de algunos indicadores de empleo, advierten la CEPAL y la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) en un informe conjunto difundido hoy. Los organismos de las Naciones Unidas señalan en una nueva edición de Coyuntura laboral en América Latina y el Caribe que estos factores, en especial el bajo dinamismo en la generación de empleo, llevarían a un incremento del de…

ECLAC Session

The thirty-sixth session of the United Nations regional organization will be held in Mexico on May 23-27.…

Período de sesiones de la CEPAL

Del 23 al 27 de mayo se realizará en México el trigésimo sexto período de sesiones del organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas.…

Migración calificada y desarrollo en América del Sur.

La CEPAL, a través del CELADE, participó en el seminario regional sobre migración calificada y sus desafíos de política (Buenos Aires, Argentina - 19 y 20 de abril de 2016).…

Report on the South-South cooperation activities carried out since the thirty-fifth session of ECLAC

Time to put sustainable development into practice

With the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals in New York and the Paris Agreement on climate change, 2015 has seen great progress in multilateral cooperation on sustainable development. These successes have been reached in spite of a geopolitical context darkened by distrust between powers, weaknesses in other fields of cooperation like trade negotiations, overt or smouldering conflicts in many regions, the migrant crisis and terrorism. This is only a paradox in appearance: after the financial and economic crisis began in 2008, the return to pre-crisis growth remains uncertain. In thi…

Tres pasos hacia el desarrollo sostenible

Con la aprobación de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible en Nueva York y del Acuerdo de París sobre Cambio Climático, en el año 2015 se han producido grandes progresos en la cooperación multilateral en materia de desarrollo sostenible. Son éxitos alcanzados a pesar de un contexto geopolítico ensombrecido por las tensiones entre potencias, dificultades en otros ámbitos de cooperación -como las negociaciones comerciales-, conflictos abiertos o latentes en muchas regiones, las crisis de los migrantes y el terrorismo. En realidad sólo se trata de una paradoja en apariencia: tras la crisis econó…

Alicia Bárcena te invita a seguir el período de sesiones de la CEPAL

More Than 30 Ministers from the Region Will Attend ECLAC’s Meeting in Mexico

Ten Foreign Ministers and more than 20 Ministers and Deputy Ministers of Finance, Economy, Production, Trade, Planning, Social Development and Women’s Affairs from the region’s countries will participate in the thirty-sixth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which will be held in Mexico City from May 23 to May 27. The intergovernmental meeting, which will be inaugurated by Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, will also be attended by the authorities responsible for statistics, cooperation, innovation and digital policy, among other areas, from arou…

Más de 30 ministros de la región asistirán a reunión de la CEPAL en México

Diez ministros de Relaciones Exteriores y más de 20 ministros y viceministros de Hacienda, Economía, Producción, Comercio, Planificación, Desarrollo Social y de la Mujer de países de la región participarán en el trigésimo sexto período de sesiones de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), que se realizará del 23 al 27 de mayo en Ciudad de México, México. A la reunión intergubernamental, que contará con la inauguración del Presidente de México, Enrique Peña Nieto, también asistirán autoridades responsables de estadísticas, cooperación, innovación y política digital, entr…