Os países da América Latina e do Caribe reafirmaram seu compromisso com o desenvolvimento sustentável e urgiram uma resposta articulada e em todos os níveis para frear e contrabalançar os profundos efeitos na região da pandemia de COVID-19, que não distingue fronteiras, ideologias ou níveis de desenvolvimento.
Rodrigo Malmierca, Ministro do Comércio Exterior e Investimento Estrangeiro de Cuba, na qualidade de Presidente do Comitê Plenário da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL), participou do segmento “Fóruns regionais. Mensagens importantes”, realizado no âmbito do Fóru…
The Caribbean subregion is exceptionally vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. Vulnerability is a key multidimensional concept at the heart of resilience building, relating to each country’s multiple spatial and socioeconomic risks and conditions. In fact, due to its geographical location and concentration of population and activities in low-lying coastal areas, the Caribbean is the second most hazard-prone region in the world...Moreover, impacts of extreme weather events on Caribbean small economies are of national proportions. For example, in the hurricane s…
With a call to strengthen multilateralism, democracy and regional cooperation, the third meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development was inaugurated today at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. This event brings together representatives of government, civil society, international organizations, the private sector and academia to review the progress and challenges related to implementing the 2030 Agenda in the region.
The high-level event – organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the govern…
Con un llamado a fortalecer el multilateralismo, la democracia y la cooperación regional se inauguró hoy en la sede de la CEPAL en Santiago de Chile, la tercera reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, que reúne a representantes de gobiernos, sociedad civil, organismos internacionales, sector privado y academia, con el objetivo de revisar los avances y desafíos de la implementación de la Agenda 2030 en la región.
El evento de alto nivel, organizado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) y el Gobierno de Cuba -en su…
Com um chamado para fortalecer o multilateralismo, a democracia e a cooperação foi inaugurada hoje na sede da CEPAL em Santiago, Chile, a Terceira Reunião do Fórum dos Países da América Latina e do Caribe sobre o Desenvolvimento Sustentável, que reúne representantes de governos, da sociedade civil, de organismos internacionais, do setor privado e da academia, com o objetivo de revisar os avanços e desafios da implementação da Agenda 2030 na região.
O evento de alto nível, organizado pela Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) e o Governo de Cuba - em sua qualidade de Pres…
Representatives of the member countries of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) highlighted the organization’s leadership and called for the strengthening of its position and its pivotal role as a space for reflection and dialogue in the fight against inequality.
During the second day of the regional commission’s thirty-seventh session, which ends on Friday, May 11 in Havana, Cuba, ECLAC presented a report on the activities carried out in the last biennial (2016-2017), and the organization’s projected work agenda through 2020.
“We want to thank ECLAC not only fo…
Representantes de los países miembros de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) destacaron hoy el liderazgo del organismo y llamaron a fortalecer su rol y su papel preponderante como espacio de reflexión y diálogo en la lucha contra la desigualdad.
En la celebración de la segunda jornada de trabajo del trigésimo séptimo período de sesiones de la Comisión regional, que culmina el viernes 11 en La Habana, Cuba, la CEPAL presentó un informe con las actividades realizadas en el último bienio (2016-2017), y el proyecto de programa de trabajo del organismo al 2020.
“Queremos …
On Tuesday, September 13 in Santiago, Chile, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, received a delegation of parliamentarians belonging to the Norwegian Parliament’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense, with whom she shared the United Nations organization’s work regarding implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the region.
The delegation was headed by Anniken Huitfeldt, Chair of the Committee, and was made up of 10 members of Parliament from various political parties. They were accom…
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, recibió este martes 13 de septiembre en Santiago de Chile a una delegación de parlamentarios que integran la Comisión de Relaciones Exteriores y Defensa del Parlamento Noruego, con quienes compartió la labor del organismo de las Naciones Unidas con miras a la implementación de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en la región.
La delegación estuvo encabezada por Anniken Huitfeldt, Presidenta de la Comisión, y fue integrada por diez parlamentarios de diferentes partidos políti…
This paper will contend that the post-2015 development agenda presents a major opportunity for Caribbean countries to reverse decades of lagging economic performance and make the transition to balanced, holistic, and people-centred growth and development.
The MDGs, while valuable in promoting gains in poverty reduction, health, education, nutrition, and maternal well-being were not tailored to the growth and development needs of the region. This can now be changed by a post-2015 development agenda which goes beyond improving the welfare of citizens by meeting basic needs and enhancing access t…