Senior government authorities from Latin America, the Caribbean and other regions of the world, along with officials and experts from the United Nations System, international and regional organizations, the private sector, academia and civil society will gather at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile on March 31-April 4 at the eighth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development to review the progress and challenges related to achieving the 2030 Agenda in the region – five years ahead of the deadline set for its fulfillment.
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“No social actor, on their own, can achieve fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Without cooperation and without partnerships, there is no 2030 Agenda.” With this declaration by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the official inauguration took place this Tuesday, April 1 of the eighth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, the main intergovernmental gathering on the 2030 Agenda in the region, which is held each year under the auspices of ECLAC.
Senior government authorities from…
The Latin American and Caribbean countries have made progress towards mainstreaming the gender perspective in official statistical production, in line with the agreements adopted in the Regional Gender Agenda. At the thirteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in 2016, the governments of the region agreed to “transforming data into information, information into knowledge and knowledge into political decisions” in pillar 9 of the Montevideo Strategy for Implementation of the Regional Gender Agenda within the Sustainable Development Framework …
Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean discussed progress today on the use of artificial intelligence in the official statistics of the region’s countries, at the twenty-fourth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC, which is taking place virtually through Wednesday, April 30.
Participating in this event are representatives of national statistics offices from the region, regional and international organizations, and United Nations agencies, funds and programs, among other stakeholders.
The meeting was inaugurated by José Manuel …
During his academic stay in Santiago, Dr. Luca Di Gennaro examined the challenges of producing official data in Latin America and its effect on public decision-making.…
At the recent Cetic.br annual meeting, held in São Paulo, experts from around the world shared experiences on the use of emerging data sources for the production of official statistics. ECLAC's Statistics Division contributed its regional expertise in data integration, interoperability, and governance, connecting these advances with sustainable development priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean.…