The Caribbean region is acutely threatened by climate change, particularly the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Dominica is no exception. Availability of quality statistics and indicators are crucial to effectively respond to the effects of climate change and build resilience.…
12 - 16 Nov
2021, 06:00 - 09:00
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Evento (Reuniones y seminarios técnicos)
Organized by Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science Technology, in the framework of the Development Account 12 project.…
Organized by Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the General Bureau of Statistics (GBS) of Suriname, in the framework of the Development Account 12 project.…
5 - 07 Jun
2023, 04:00 - 07:00
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Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
The annual expert forums are organized to advance the production and use of disaster-related statistics for risk-informed development in support of the aim of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Disaster-related Statistics (IAEG-DRS) of the United Nations Statistical Commission.…
6 - 08 Oct
2025, 09:00 - 12:00
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Evento (Reuniones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas)
El Quinto Foro Global de Expertos sobre Estadísticas Relacionadas con los Desastres se celebrará de de manera virtual del 6 al 8 de octubre de 2025, con sesiones diarias de 9:00 a 12:00 (hora de Chile). El Foro ofrece una plataforma única para que técnicos, estadísticos, responsables de políticas, profesionales en gestión del riesgo de desastres y otras partes interesadas intercambien conocimientos y fortalezcan la colaboración para mejorar la calidad, coherencia y uso de las estadísticas relacionadas con los desastres en apoyo del desarrollo sostenible basado en la gestión del riesgo.…
Tourism has been a very dynamic activity worldwide over the last fifteen years (until the 2008-2009 economic crisis);. Some developing countries have been very active in promoting this activity and have been successful. Among these countries are several from the Central American region, where tourism accounted for more than 8% of Costa Rican and Panamanian GDP in 2006. Tourism is a very broad activity, which includes leisure, business and family visits, but statistics for this region do not allow a distinction between these categories. Some countries are more specialized in leisu…