ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, called for equalizing to grow and growing to equalize with the aim of moving toward a new, more inclusive and sustainable development model, and for forging renewed social compacts that enable changing current growth and production patterns and fighting growing inequalities in the region, in remarks she made at various high-level events dedicated to Latin America and the Caribbean that are taking place this week in Paris.
The senior United Nations official is in France to participate in the 10th International Economic Forum on Latin America and the …
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, stated that cities and housing provide an opportunity to transform the region’s development model while also strengthening democracy, safeguarding human rights and maintaining peace, in accordance with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, during today’s inauguration of the IV Latin American and Caribbean Housing and Habitat Forum, which is taking place virtually through Friday, May 21.
The senior United Nations official was one of the main speakers at the event’s opening sess…
The old development paradigm is insufficient and obsolete. It is not enough to grow, we need a new paradigm that not only aims to make incomes converge but also to close the social gap with a rights-based approach while respecting the planet’s limits, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), affirmed today.
The senior United Nations official participated in the event Sustainable Revolution: Dialogues for Recovery, Resilience and Equity, organized by the Mexico office of the World Resources Institute (WRI Mexico) in conjunction …
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, reaffirmed today the importance and urgency of moving towards a new development paradigm that allows for preserving economic, social and environmental heritage for future generations as the only solution for tackling current global challenges.
The senior United Nations official participated in the opening session of the preparatory meeting for the Conference of the Parties, PRE COP 25, which is taking place through Thursday, October 10, in San José, Costa Rica.
As part of her partici…
In the current world context, the countries of the Caribbean must focus on closing the structural gaps they still have, particularly with regard to gender equality, financial and fiscal sustainability (due to their high debt level), and mitigating the effects of climate change, in order to meet the commitments adopted under the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and its 17 Goals (SDGs). This was pointed out by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary for the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) during an event held in New York.
The international senior official was the k…
(15 June 2011) The most senior officials of the five United Nations regional commissions met on Tuesday in Geneva as part of a high-level panel, in order to analyse the importance of decent work in the context of greener and more sustainable globalization.
The meeting was held as part of the 100th Session of the International Labour Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO), in response to an invitation made by the ILO Director-General, Juan Somavía, in January at the ECLAC headquarters during the first 2011 coordination meeting for heads of the UN regional commissions, a group…
The packages of measures implemented by governments to drive the post-pandemic economic reactivation are an opportunity to reorient the development pattern towards one that is more sustainable and inclusive, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), affirmed today during the inauguration of Climate Week 2021.
The senior United Nations official was one of the main speakers at the opening session of the virtual regional gathering, which is bringing together government representatives as well as private sector and civil society lea…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has put equality and sustainability at the center of the development of the region’s countries, convinced that another world is possible and that the post-pandemic recovery must be transformative, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional commission, emphasized in a special chapter of the “ECLAC’s Horizons” multimedia program, available online as of today.
During this interview, the senior official spoke in detail about the main accomplishments of and issues addressed at ECLAC’s thirty-eighth session, …
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), asserted today at United Nations Headquarters in New York that addressing inequality at the local level is essential for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
The senior international official inaugurated the session on Local Action for Global Commitments, held in the framework of the 2019 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, which convened experts from the public, private and non-governmental sectors, local leaders and UN agen…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold its most important biennial meeting in Mexico City from May 23 to May 27, 2016, where officials will present its 45 member and 13 associated states a report on its activities and will offer governments a reflection upon development strategies in the context of the commitments contained in the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, indicated that in the thirty-sixth session participants will debate the region’s economic, social and environmenta…
“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 Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, urged the countries of the region today to implement a post-pandemic economic recovery based environmental sustainability and equality, through new internal and international political coalitions and unprecedented forms of cooperation to sustain the change in development style.
The United Nations high official made remarks today at the XXII Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by the Government of Barbados in its capacity as president of th…
“The challenge facing the Caribbean is to identify paths to development that emphasize macroeconomic stability with growth, equity, and environmental sustainability. This will provide a bulwark against external shocks and the protection necessary for those that are most vulnerable”, Mr. Antonio Prado, Deputy Executive Secretary of ECLAC, said during the opening of the 26th session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC), held in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis on 22 April 2016.
Addressing senior policy makers from across the subregion, Diane Quarless, Director of ECLAC …