(9 February 2010) The lower the educational level of youths, the more difficult it is for them to access quality and highly-productive jobs, especially among young women, stated ECLAC's Deputy Executive Secretary, Antonio Prado, during the II Latin America and Caribbean - European Union Forum (LAC-EU) taking place in Lima, Peru.
The Forum is being held from February 8-10 under the theme "Promoting decent work for youths. New capabilities for new jobs", and participants include government ministers and other high ranking officials from a dozen countries of the region and Europe, as well as repr…
Authorities, international officials and young people from Latin America and the Caribbean reaffirmed today the urgency of guaranteeing, protecting and promoting the rights of boys, girls and adolescents at the first regional dialogue “On the road to equality: 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child”, which is being held through Thursday, November 29, at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.
The gathering, organized by ECLAC and the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Natio…
On average, 9% of those aged 15 and over are completely illiterate in Latin American and Caribbean countries (about 38 million people), according to estimates based on official data from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, says a study prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which examines the main relevant strategies currently developed in the region.
If we consider functional illiteracy (which means the lack of skills and abilities that people need to function in various life situations), the figure is significantly higher - according to the documen…
Labour inclusion policies, in combination with productive development and social protection policies, are key to reducing inequalities and the high degree of informality seen in Latin American and Caribbean countries, according to the authorities, scholars and international officials speaking at the inauguration of a three-day event that is being held at the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.
The Third Regional Seminar on Social Development: Promoting labour inclusion as a way to overcome inequalities and informality in …
Government officials from Latin America and the Caribbean, representatives from civil-society organizations and the community met in Lima, Peru, on 17 and 18 September 2013 to explore innovative models in health, education, youth, child labour and school/family violence, with a view to replicating them in their countries of origin to benefit the most disadvantaged groups in the region.
The Workshop on replicating social innovation models was organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB), with support from th…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean has called on decision makers to create a subregional mechanism to facilitate the participation, engagement and collaboration of youth in development frameworks. This was one of the issues discussed at the Caribbean Forum on Population, Youth and Development during which senior government officials, youth experts and youth representatives agreed on priority actions to advance the regional youth development agenda.
“The integration of youth into development processes is …