Housing, infrastructure and development planning experts from across the Caribbean have come together to promote a coherent approach to resilience building, considering the specific context of informal settlements in the subregion.
With over 70 per cent of its populations living in urban areas, the Caribbean population is today increasingly urban. As this population continues to grow, the majority come under a diversity of economic, social, cultural and environmental constraints heightened by climate change impacts. In many Caribbean countries, urban growth has frequently been characterised b…
Diverse social programmes —including conditional cash transfer programmes, labour and production inclusion programmes and social pensions— are being implemented in Latin American and Caribbean countries with the aim of ending poverty and reducing inequalities throughout the life cycle. This book offers an up-to-date analysis of these programmes and the way they relate to labour inclusion, and analyses ongoing debates
regarding the possible incentives and disincentives they create in terms of the labour supply, formalization and child labour among the target population.…
Es necesario reposicionar el debate sobre la inclusión y la cohesión social en América Latina y el Caribe para avanzar en el cumplimiento de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible, plantearon especialistas este martes 28 de mayo durante la inauguración de un encuentro de dos días organizado en Santiago, Chile, por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) y la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID).
La sesión de apertura del seminario internacional Inclusión y cohesión social en el marco de la Agenda 2030 para el desarrollo sostenible…
Girls from across Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) showcased their own original technological solutions to gender-based violence and climate change at the T&T segment of the Caribbean.Girls.Hack competition last Friday, 24 May 2019. In doing so, the young girls competed for the opportunity to present their tech-based innovative ideas to policy makers during the upcoming subregional preparatory meeting of the XIV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean …
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, reaffirmed the importance of the regional dimension in the United Nations System and – particularly the role and added value provided by the UN regional commissions – in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, during a high-level meeting held on Wednesday, May 22 at the global organization’s headquarters in New York.
The international official, in her role as coordinator of the five UN regional commissions, was one of the main panelists at the fifth session…
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, reafirmó este miércoles 22 de mayo la importancia de la dimensión regional en el Sistema de Naciones Unidas y -en especial el rol y valor agregado que cumplen las comisiones regionales de las Naciones Unidas- en la implementación de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible, durante una reunión de alto nivel realizada en la sede del organismo mundial en Nueva York.
La funcionaria internacional, en su rol como coordinadora de las cinco comisiones regionales de la ONU, fue una de los pane…
Coverage of social protection has grown in the region, but it is still far from universal. It is fundamental to develop comprehensive social protection systems.…
Statement by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
ECOSOC operational activities for development segment, 2019
Day 2. Maximizing results: getting the regional architecture right
22 May 2019
Thank you, Mr. Chair,
At the outset, I should like to reaffirm that cooperation, interaction and mutual support between regional commissions and resident coordinators (RCs) is already happening. As stated yesterday by Lebanon, Bangkok, and Costa Rica, RCs are actively participating in our policy intergovernmental platforms. It is as if a b…
Ministers and senior government officials from across the Caribbean have called for repositioning vulnerable, indebted Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on the path to sustainable development. This, during the 19th meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC), held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on 17 May 2019.
Addressing the high-level meeting, the Deputy Executive Secretary for Management and Programme Analysis of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Raúl García-Buchaca, on behalf of the…
Ministros y altos funcionarios del Caribe llamaron a reposicionar a los vulnerables y endeudados pequeños estados insulares en desarrollo (SIDS, por su siglas en inglés) de la subregión en la senda del desarrollo sostenible, durante la decimonovena reunión del Comité de Monitoreo del Comité de Desarrollo y Cooperación del Caribe (CDCC) realizada este viernes 17 de mayo de 2019 en Puerto España, Trinidad y Tabago.
Durante la apertura de la reunión de alto nivel, el Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto para Administración y Análisis de Programas de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (…
Ministros e altos funcionários do Caribe fizeram um apelo para reposicionar os vulneráveis e endividados pequenos Estados insulares em desenvolvimento da sub-região na trajetória do desenvolvimento sustentável, durante a Décima Nona Reunião do Comitê de Monitoramento da Comissão de Desenvolvimento e Cooperação do Caribe (CDCC), realizada no dia 17 de maio de 2019 em Port of Spain, Trinidad e Tobago.
Durante a abertura da reunião de alto nível, o Secretário Executivo Adjunto para Administração e Análise de Programas da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL), Raúl Garc…
The Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Mario Cimoli, reaffirmed today that equality is the foundation of sustainable development and is economically efficient, since it contributes to innovation, productivity growth and environmental protection, during a high-level debate held at United Nations headquarters in New York.
The senior official from ECLAC was one of the main speakers at the “General Assembly High-Level Thematic Debate: Addressing Inequality toward Inclusive Development,” which was convened by the global body’s Presiden…