ECLAC Caribbean is organizing a one-day workshop to accelerate SDG Implementation in the Caribbean as an avenue to discuss practical steps towards establishing national institutional frameworks for SDG implementation in the Caribbean.…
This workshop is the first of a two-part series and is designed for senior technical officers having responsibilities in selecting and using technologies to support DRM.…
Para la CEPAL, la economía circular constituye un sector de desarrollo muy importante para América Latina y el Caribe en su camino hacia la sostenibilidad, además de representar una oportunidad que sentaría las bases para una recuperación sostenible, duradera y alineada con el cumplimiento de la Agenda 2030, los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible y la agenda climática.…
Este evento busca promover un mejor entendimiento del Acuerdo de Escazú, su sinergia con los marcos de política social y ambiental para los proyectos de la banca de desarrollo multilateral y con la conducta empresarial responsable, así como su contribución a un ambiente seguro para las inversiones al nivel nacional y regional.…
Al finalizar la Quinta Reunión del Foro de los países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, representantes de la región se comprometieron a redoblar esfuerzos para implementar efectivamente la Agenda 2030 y concluyeron que la erradicación de la pobreza en todas sus formas es el mayor desafío actual y constituye un requisito indispensable para el desarrollo sostenible.…
The Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Accelerated Modalities of Action Pathway (hereafter referred to as the SAMOA Pathway) was adopted in 2014 at the United Nations Third International Conference on SIDS. The SAMOA Pathway builds on the 1994 Barbados Programme of Action for SIDS (BPOA) and the 2005 Mauritius Strategy of Implementation (MSI) for the Further Implementation of the BPOA. This document is a synthesis on the Caribbean Region- SAMOA Pathway Midterm Review Report prepared by ECLAC and in support of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution 72/217.…
The Honourable Minister of Energy and Energy Industries for Trinidad and Tobago, Nicole Olivierre, will be joined by the German Ambassador for Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Lutz Görgens, as senior policy makers participate in the workshop entitled “Sustainable Energy in the Caribbean: Reducing the Carbon Footprint in the Caribbean through the Promotion of Energy Efficiency and the use of Renewable Energy Technologies”, to identify issues relevant to the development of energy efficiency and renewable energy policy. The workshop,which takes place at the Kapok Hotel, Port of Spain on 17-18 May 2…
See photo gallery (3 October 2012) Today, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, and the Director of the South America Department of the German Agency for International Cooperation (or GIZ, because of its name in German), Sabine Müller, signed the contract to implement the cooperation programme known as "Promoting low-carbon development and social cohesion in Latin America and the Caribbean". The ceremony was also attended by Jürgen Klenk, Resident Director of GIZ in Chile. The programme was agreed by ECLAC and the …
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are fundamentally a set of eight global goals for the achievement of basic economic and social rights for all, with time-bound targets to be achieved by the year 2015. In adopting the Millennium Declaration in 2000, the member States of the United Nations pledged to “spare no effort to free our fellow men, women and children from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty.”1 The focus of this report is on the progress made by Caribbean countries towards the achievement of Goal 1: the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger; and Goal 3: t…
La oferta de suelo urbano es el tema de la conferencia organizada por la CEPAL, METREX Housing Expert Group, Universidad de La Frontera, Henley Business School - University of Reading, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Sostre Civic y el Centre for Community and Trust Innovation.…
This study investigates the role that information and communication technologies (ICT) and knowledge management (KM) are playing in supporting sustainable development across islands in these countries. Focusing on the areas of health, education and governance, the study uses the multi-island countries of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos Islands as case studies to explore inter-island differences in ICT and KM capacity and the scope for strengthening this capacity. It concludes with a series of recommendations for governments of Caribbean multi-island countries w…
The handiwork of CHATT will be on display at ECLAC Caribbean’s Port of Spain office for these three days, and several of the participating artisans will be present to share information on their work. Members of the diplomatic community and the United Nations system were invited to enjoy this unique display of craftwork, which includes decorative and wearable crochet items, jewelry, clothing, hand –crafted lighting, glass and crystal works, all of which are on sale, just in time for early Christmas shopping! The six-year-old organization CHATT, is based in Chaguanas, Trinidad …
Staff members of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean worked side by side with communities in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, to protect and preserve the local environmental heritage, in a special commemoration of the United Nations World Environment Day 2015. Under the theme “Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume With Care”, World Environment Day was celebrated this year on Friday 5th June. ECLAC staff partnered with two local non-governmental organizations, the Volunteer Centre of Trinidad and Tobago (VCTT) and…
The Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) was held in Bridgetown, Barbados, from the 25 April – 6 May 1994. This culminated in the Declaration of Barbados and the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States. Ten years later an International Meeting to Review Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States was held in Port Louis, Mauritius, from 10–14 January 2005. This international meeting, in turn, resulted in the Mauritius Declaration and …
This study presents an analysis of extreme events in the Caribbean subregion for the period 1990 to 2008, and forms part of a similar, wider study focused on the Latin America and the Caribbean region (Central America and South America being the other two subregional components). It explores the economic costs of climate change through an examination of adaptation costs to extreme events. ECLAC, through its Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, is pleased to have been able to undertake this study with the financial support of DFID and to have ensured its successful execution in collabora…
This document presents an overview of the regional progress made towards the targets and commitments derived from implementation plans and programmes for the main agreements of the Johannesburg Summit and Agenda 21 regarding human settlements thematic cluster in Latin America and the Caribbean. It has been submitted as part of the preparatory process for the twelfth session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, held in May 2004. A previous summary of this report was validated by the XII General Assembly of Ministers and Highest Authorities of Housing and Urban Developmen…
Second regional conference in follow-up to the World Summit for Social Development. Santiago, Chile, 15-17 May 2000 Summary The courses of action recommended at the World Summit for Social Development coincide with the general thrust of the action taken by the Governments of the region in the economic and social spheres during the 1990s. The objective of this document is to weigh the positive and negative aspects of the situation in Latin America and the Caribbean with regard to poverty reduction, productive job creation and social integration within the wider context of economic changes and s…
En el marco de la Tercera Reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, Alemania, Francia, México y Chile, expusieron sus experiencias en la implementación de políticas climáticas y como utilizarlas como una herramienta de justicia social.…
La Comisión participó en la Mesa de diálogo I sobre Desafíos para la Gestión Pública: desafíos ambientales para los procesos de planificación y gestión pública de las estrategias de desarrollo sostenible, en el Foro de Diálogo Político, organizado por la Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible de la Nación de Argentina.…
El evento forma parte de las acciones de la iniciativa “Diálogo entre pares para potenciar la implementación de las NDCs en América Latina” del programa EUROCLIMA+, y se realizará en el marco de las actividades de la Tercera Reunión del Foro de los Países sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible de América Latina y el Caribe.…