(March 23, 2015) ECLAC’s member countries discussed the results of the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Consultation on Financing for Development—held in Chile on March 12 and 13—during the 30th session of the Committee of the Whole of this United Nations regional organization, which took place in New York on March 19-20.
The Committee of the Whole is a subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) that allows the governments of member countries to meet in the periods between the Commission’s official sessions. Along with presenting the results of …
The third meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 3) to the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean – known as the Escazú Agreement – began today at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, on the precise day that International Mother Earth Day is celebrated worldwide.
This event – which will run through April 24 – has brought together authorities and official representatives of countries that are already part of the region’s first environmental treaty as well as observer countries, experts …
“The participation by civil society and the access to accurate, real and timely information is fundamental to building better governance of natural resources,” said Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) today in Mexico during a presentation in that country’s Congress headquarters.
The United Nations senior official was one of the main speakers at the roundtable discussion on governance of natural resources and climate change held in the framework of the Open Government Partnership meeting in Mexico. The gathering is part of t…
The President of the Republic of Chile, Gabriel Boric Font, will lead the inauguration of the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 1) to the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean – known as the Escazú Agreement – next Wednesday, April 20, at ECLAC’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
This event, which will take place through Friday, April 22, will for the first time convene authorities and official representatives of the countries that are already part of the region’s first …
The Latin American and Caribbean countries that adhere to the regional initiative for the effective application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in the region – which refers to access to environmental information, participation and justice – will meet next week in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to continue negotiations toward a regional agreement on these matters.
Authorities, government officials, representatives of civil society and experts from international bodies will gather from 31 July to 4 August in the Seventh Meeting of the Negotiating Committee of the …
Delegates from the 22 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean that adhered to the regional initiative for the effective application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in the region—which refers to access to environmental information, participation and justice—will continue negotiations in Santiago, Chile to reach a regional accord on these matters.
Government officials as well as representatives of civil society will meet from November 21 through November 25 in the Fifth meeting of the Negotiating Committee of the Regional Agreement on Access to Informat…
The first meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 1) to the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean – known as the Escazú Agreement – will take place on April 20-22 at ECLAC’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
At this event, which for the first time will bring authorities and official representatives of the countries that are already part of the region’s first environmental treaty together with others in the process of joining, attendees will review progress on the Agreement’s impleme…
By means of an official statement sent to ECLAC on 21 February 2014, El Salvador joined the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.…
By means of an official statement sent to ECLAC on 22 September 2014, the Plurinational State of Bolivia made official its participation in the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.…
23 Jun 2017, 05:00 - 13:00
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Evento (Reuniones intergubernamentales)
The objective of the workshop will be to raise awareness on environmental democracy and access rights as well as review the current Principle 10 negotiation process and build the capacities of government officials in Dominica in view of the future adoption of a regional agreement on this matter.…
This event aims to generate a space for inter-regional multi-stakeholder dialogue on experiences that empower people to protect the planet in times of COVID-19. As a linchpin of sustainable and resilient recovery efforts, the implementation of environmental access rights to information, public participation and justice at different levels will be featured.…
On 9 September, a side event on the Principle 10 regional process was held in the framework of UNEP's Meeting of senior government officials expert in environmental law that took place between 7 and 11 September in Montevideo (Uruguay).…
The objectives of the seminar are to raise awareness on Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration and provide information on its implementation in the Caribbean sub-region; examine the steps required for its effective implementation into domestic laws, regulations and policies in Grenada, and discuss the potential implications of a regional agreement on access rights in environmental matters.…
11 Nov 2019, 06:00 - 13:00
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Evento (Other events)
The seminar is organized by the Government of Saint Lucia, the Saint Lucia National Trust and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN ECLAC).
The objectives of the seminar are:
to raise awareness on the Escazú Agreement and its synergies with the 2030 Agenda and other international processes
to examine the state of the art of implementation of access rights in the region with a particular focus on the Caribbean sub-region
to review the Saint Lucian internal framework in the context of the Regional Agreement to support the ratification process…