(September 25, 2014) The Brazilian poet Thiago de Mello called on people throughout Latin America to work for cultural integration during a talk he gave on Wednesday, September 24, at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.
"I call on everyone, and particularly the ECLAC, to participate in working towards the cultural integration of all of our peoples, because we still don't know each other well," the prominent artist said to an audience of special guests that included scholars, officials from international organizations, dipl…
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, today urged for forging a new digital governance that safeguards the interests of the majority over those of minorities, generates greater equality vis-à-vis the technological revolution, and puts an end to the culture of privilege.
The senior United Nations official participated today in the Future Affairs 2019 conference, organized by the German Federal Foreign Office and re:publica, where she made an introductory presentation to panel 3 on “Democracy & Digitization: Will Democ…
(21 August, 2014) Today the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, welcomed senior Chilean authorities including Minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, Ximena Rincón; President of the Senate, Isabel Allende; and Senator Hernán Larraín to the headquarters for the launch of Chile’s Action Plan for Open Government 2014-2016.
The most senior ECLAC official welcomed the fact that 15 of the region’s countries, including Chile, have adopted commitments to improve transparency and citizen participation within the Open…
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 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 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 in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, from March 20 to 24 to continue negotiations toward a regional agreement on these matters.
Authorities, government officials, representatives of civil society and experts from international bodies will participate in the Sixth Meeting of the Negotiating Commit…
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…
Officials from the countries that signed the declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development—regarding access to information, public participation and justice in environmental matters—along with representatives of international organizations and civil society concluded on Thursday, October 29, 2015 in Panama the second round of negotiations to advance towards a regional agreement on these subjects.
The Second Meeting of the Negotiating Committee on the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environme…
(October 20, 2014) During the inauguration of the 70th General Assembly of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Alicia Bárcena, and IAPA President Elizabeth Ballantine stressed today that freedom of speech is an essential value in democracy that must be accompanied by media independence and pluralism.
At the ceremony held at ECLAC's headquarters in Santiago, Chile, Michelle Bachelet said that freedom of speech is an "essential principle" in democracy and s…