São Paulo, 11 April 2025
The Escazú Agreement was highlighted as a cornerstone for advancing responsible business conduct in Latin America and the Caribbean during the 9th United Nations Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights, held from 9 to 11 April 2025 in São Paulo, Brazil. Its relevance was particularly emphasized in discussions concerning environmental protection and the rights of human rights defenders.
Bringing together more than 600 participants from across the region — including government officials, business representatives, Indigenous Peoples, civil society organizations, acade…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold its Fifth Regional Seminar on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean on June 24, 25 and 26 in Santiago, Chile, with the participation of government authorities, globally renowned specialists, senior officials from the United Nations system and representatives of civil society.
The event will be inaugurated on Tuesday, June 24 at 9 a.m. local time in Chile, by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary; Susanne Fries-Gaier, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Chile; Hak…
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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It is urgently necessary to move towards a Pact for inclusive social development in the world, not only as a moral imperative but also to ensure economic progress and the stability of societies, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) asserted on the first day of the Fifth Regional Seminar on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, where participants include government authorities, globally renowned specialists, senior officials from the United Nations system and representatives of civil society.
The three-day gathering was inaugurated by Jo…
“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 …
On Thursday, March 27, 2025, a virtual event marked the official launch of a joint initiative between the Water and Basic Sanitation Regulation Commission (CRA), the Ministry of Energy of Colombia, and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The initiative aims to apply a circular economy approach to wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in the country, promoting the capture and valorization of methane as a strategy to mitigate climate change and improve the energy efficiency of the sector.…
This special issue of the United States economic outlook examines the trends in the ownership composition of United States federal debt holders, focusing on the balance between domestic and foreign investors and its implications for fiscal policy, financial stability and Latin America and the Caribbean. It provides updated data through mid-2025 on the structure of Treasury holdings, highlighting both the region’s participation as holders of United States debt and the strategies adopted by Latin American and Caribbean countries. The publication builds on two earlier reports by the ECLAC office …
These courses kicked off the 2025 edition of the training program on quantitative analysis techniques for public administration officials in Argentina, organized annually by the Office in Argentina of the regional United Nations body.…
The new platform makes Costa Rica the fourth country in Latin America and the Caribbean to have official statistics on the social and solidarity economy sector…
Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean gathered in Quito, Ecuador, today to establish the Network of Subnational Governments for Productive Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Conceived as a permanent technical and political space, the Network seeks to support the strengthening of subnational governments’ capacities in designing and implementing productive development policies.
The Network’s creation, formalized through the Pichincha Declaration, was one of the outcomes of the International Seminar: The Role of Subnational Governments in Sustainable and Inclusive Producti…
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 …
As part of its cooperation with the Federal Investment Council (CFI), ECLAC delivered three modules in the Provincial Investment and Export Promotion Program, a course aimed at more than 80 officials from Argentine provinces. This initiative is part of the activities the United Nations regional commission is promoting to strengthen the institutional capacities of countries and their territories in matters of productive development and economic governance.…
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.…