The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold its Fifth Regional Seminar on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean on June 24, 25 and 26 in Santiago, Chile, with the participation of government authorities, globally renowned specialists, senior officials from the United Nations system and representatives of civil society.
The event will be inaugurated on Tuesday, June 24 at 9 a.m. local time in Chile, by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary; Susanne Fries-Gaier, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Chile; Hak…
WHAT: Fourth Regional Seminar on Social Development “Social Protection and Inequality: Latin America and the Caribbean towards the Second World Summit for Social Development of 2025”
Organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), this event will take place on June 25-27, 2024, using a hybrid format, with the participation of senior government officials, academics and specialists from international organizations.
The seminar – which will be inaugurated on Tuesday, June 25 at 9:30 a.m. local time in Chile (GMT-4) at ECLAC’s main headquarters in Santiago …
The Regional Agenda for Inclusive Social Development (RAISD) – approved in 2019 and the axes of which have become a priority during the COVID-19 crisis – can contribute to tackling the current emergency as well as to moving towards a transformative recovery with equality at the center, as Latin American and Caribbean countries exchange experiences and engage in solidarity-based cooperation among themselves, authorities and officials asserted on Wednesday, 13 January, during the Fourth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Ca…
Social development authorities from 10 Latin American and Caribbean countries and international officials asserted the role of dialogue and regional integration for furthering inclusive social development policies and strengthening social protection systems in the region, during a high-level event held on March 21, 2024 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.
The Dialogue on Inclusive Social Development Policies in the Region: Strengthening Social Protection Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean was inaugurated by José…
At least eight critical obstacles – including the persistence of poverty, structural inequalities, the deficit of decent work and social protection, insufficient social investment, diverse forms of violence, and disasters and climate change – are keeping the region from achieving inclusive social development, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) sustains in a new study.
The document Critical obstacles to inclusive social development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Background for a regional agenda will be officially unveiled by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Ali…
Social development ministers and senior officials from Latin America and the Caribbean met today in the Dominican Republic to acknowledge the importance of safeguarding social investment and advancing towards universal protection systems to avoid setbacks in the fight against poverty, given the current economic situation, and to make progress to close the inequality gaps identified by ECLAC in a new document.
This was highlighted during the first meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Ca…
It is urgently necessary to move towards a Pact for inclusive social development in the world, not only as a moral imperative but also to ensure economic progress and the stability of societies, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) asserted on the first day of the Fifth Regional Seminar on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, where participants include government authorities, globally renowned specialists, senior officials from the United Nations system and representatives of civil society.
The three-day gathering was inaugurated by Jo…
A call for articulating policies for growth, productive development and the labor market with social policies, and for strengthening the social institutional framework and governance of decision-making in a framework of regional cooperation with a view to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), was made today by government authorities and international officials at the inauguration of the Fifth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The event – organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) calls for redoubling efforts to defeat poverty and reduce inequality in the current context of economic deceleration in the region, in its latest study entitled Inclusive social development: The next generation of policies for overcoming poverty and reducing inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean.
This new document by the United Nations regional organization will be presented officially, and analyzed by authorities and specialists of the region, during the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and t…
Senior government officials, specialists from international organizations, academics and civil society representatives will gather on October 3-5, 2023 at the Fifth Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Government of Chile and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
The event – the main theme of which will be the social institutional framework in the region – will take place in person at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile and contemplates the holding of the …
Panama City, September 12, 2018 - More than 200 global and regional experts in sustainable development and top government officials from Latin American and Caribbean, including three vice-presidents and around 40 ministers, kicked off the two-day 10th Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (undp.org/forolac) today to discuss new ways to reduce inequalities and boost gains in the social, economic and environmental fronts.
At the Forum "Partnerships for the reduction of structural inequalities within Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework" top officials are…
Ciudad de Panamá, 13 de septiembre de 2018 – Dos vicepresidentas y cerca de 40 ministros de América Latina y el Caribe se comprometieron a tomar medidas concretas para reducir las desigualdades estructurales que continúan impidiendo que muchos participen en las sociedades de manera significativa. Las autoridades de 20 países acordaron la ¨Declaración de Panamá” al cerrar el X Foro Ministerial para el Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe (undp.org/forolac) Alianzas para la reducción de desigualdades estructurales en el marco de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), 12-13 de septiemb…