Caribbean experts will meet in Saint Lucia on Sunday 15 March 2015, to discuss strategies for implementing the Sids Accelerated Modalities for Action (SAMOA) Pathway in the region.…
The Caribbean’s perspective on integrating the SIDS Accelerated Modalities for Action (SAMOA) Pathway into the Sustainable Development Goals and the Post 2015 Development Agenda will be discussed.…
ECLAC subregional headquarters will facilitate the consideration of Caribbean sustainable development goals (SDGs) at a technical meeting of key stakeholders including intergovernmental organizations and civil society.…
The development of a regional sustainable development goal (SDG) framework for the Caribbean must recognize the medium term challenges facing the region and the potential opportunities over the long term. The overall objective of this symposium is to identify a set of goals, among the SDGs, that are necessary to address the sustainable development needs of the Caribbean. More specifically, it is intended to highlight and raise awareness of the challenges being faced by these countries in pursuing sustainable development and provide a rationale for their choice and a reflection o…
ECLAC subregional headquarters is strongly supporting the regional effort to identify among the sustainable development goals (SDGs), those representing the most crucial development challenges facing the Caribbean, with a view to consolidating support and action towards addressing them.…
The Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean held their fifty-second meeting from 30 to 31 July 2015 in Santo Domingo.…
La Mesa Directiva de la Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe celebró su 52a Reunión el 30 y 31 de julio de 2015 en Santo Domingo.…
Buscar un cambio hacia la energía limpia es fundamental para cumplir varios objetivos de desarrollo sostenible, incluyendo un mayor acceso a la energía, la mejora de la seguridad energética, la generación de empleos verdes, y la respuesta al cambio climático. El cambio a la energía limpia es un tema de beneficios compartidos que no podemos darnos el lujo de perder, especialmente ante la creciente demanda de energía. Este diálogo reunirá a representantes de los gobiernos, la industria, grupos de reflexión y la academia a fin de explorar oportunidades para una reforma comercial que apoye el aume…
El objetivo del evento es anunciar la segunda evaluación de desempeño ambiental de Chile, además del lanzamiento del estudio de gasto en protección ambiental.…
The side event, co-organized by the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean and the Governments of Colombia and Chile, will discuss from a Middle Income Country (MICs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) perspective the challenges Latin America and Caribbean countries face to foster the mobilization of domestic resources and the need to promote international cooperation on fiscal, financial and trade matters. Domestic resource mobilization is at the core of the strategy to finance the post -2015 development agenda. However for Latin American and Caribbean countries effecti…
La CEPAL y la Superintendencia de Bancos e Instituciones Financieras de Chile (SBIF) presentarán los resultados principales del informe 2014 sobre mujeres en el sistema financiero.…
El Seminario tiene como objetivo el intercambio de experiencias en la región sobre la utilización de instrumentos fiscales con objetivos ambientales y la discusión de la creación de una red de expertos sobre el tema, para estrechar los lazos y fomentar el intercambio entre los participantes, a fin de fortalecer el intercambio de experiencias y buenas prácticas entre ministerios y países.…
Information Systems ECLAC’s Sub-Regional Headquarters in Mexico supports the creation, development, and dissemination of information systems housing variables related to rural and agricultural development, food security, nutritional security, and climate change within the regional and national institutions from the countries of the sub-region: Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, México, Panama, and the Dominican Republic. Belize is also included in some initiatives because it is a SICA member country. The Sub-Regional Headquarters in Mexico provides technical …
Sistemas de información La Sede Subregional en México de la CEPAL impulsa la conformación, desarrollo y divulgación de sistema de información de variables sobre desarrollo rural, agropecuario, seguridad alimentaria y nutricional y cambio climático entre las instituciones nacionales y regionales de los países de la subregión: Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haití, Honduras, Nicaragua, México, Panamá y la República Dominicana. En algunas iniciativas se incluye a Belice por ser parte del SICA. Brinda asistencia técnica a instituciones nacionales directamente asociadas con sistemas de in…
Dirigido a profesores de la Universidad de Guanajuato, profesionales provenientes de institutos, centros académicos o de investigación, líderes del sector público y privado. Objetivo: desarrollar instrumentos para el análisis y diseño de políticas públicas de competitividad basadas en los vínculos empresariales y el fortalecimiento de las cadenas productivas para el escalamiento económico y social. Coordinadores: CEPAL, Sede Subregional en México Dr. Jorge Mario Martínez Piva Universidad de Guanajuato Dra. Martha Ríos Manríquez Dra. Celina López Mateo Dra. Alejandra López Salazar Grupo …
The regional process towards the adoption of a regional agreement on Principle 10 began with the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean adopted in the framework of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in June 2012. By means of the Declaration, the signatory countries committed themselves to work towards a regional agreement on the rights of environmental access to information, public participation and access to justice, matters which are enshrined in Principle 10 o…
O processo regional sobre o Princípio 10 teve início em junho de 2012, com a assinatura da Declaração sobre a aplicação do Princípio 10 da Declaração do Rio sobre Meio Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, durante a Conferência das Nações Unidas sobre Desenvolvimento Sustentável (Rio+20). Por meio da Declaração, os países signatários se comprometeram a avançar na consecução de um acordo regional sobre acesso à informação, participação pública e acesso à justiça em matéria ambiental, temas consagrados no Princípio 10 da Declaração do Rio sobre Meio Ambiente e Desenvolvimento, de 1992. O processo re…
By means of the Santiago Decision, adopted in November 2014, the signatory countries of the Declaration commenced negotiations on the regional instrument on rights of access to information, participation and justice in environmental matters. To this end, they created a negotiating committee composed by all signatory countries with significant participation by the public in accordance with the provisions and modalities set forth in the Plan of Action. Furthermore, they appointed Presiding Officers to coordinate the negotiations of the regional instrument. Preliminary document of the reg…
Por meio da Decisão de Santiago, de novembro de 2014, os países signatários deram início à etapa de negociação do instrumento regional sobre acesso à informação, participação e justiça em matéria ambiental. Para tanto, criaram um Comitê de Negociação composto por representantes dos países signatários. As reuniões do Comitê contam com significativa participação do público, de acordo com as disposições e modalidades dispostas no Plano de Ação. Além disso, constituíram uma Mesa Diretiva com a função de coordenar as negociações do instrumento regional. Documento preliminar do instrum…
As recognized in the founding documents of the process, capacity-building will be an essential element of the future regional instrument. In addition, in the Santiago Decision, it was decided to request ECLAC to continue and intensify the efforts under way to build capacities and cooperation regarding the effective application of Principle 10, in coordination with the Presiding Officers, the signatory countries and the interested public, and subject to the availability of resources and in parallel with the work of the negotiating committee. Workshops Workshops in 2016 4 April 2016 / Montevid…
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