Remarks by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), at the opening of the Second Retreat of the Group of Friends of Monterrey
23 April 2017
Club de Banqueros
Mexico City
Ambassador Ulises Canchola, Acting Head of the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID),
Noel González, Coordinator for Development Cooperation Fora of the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID),
Stephan Reichert, Deputy Head of the Donor Relations Division of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation an…
Peter Thomson, Enviado Especial del Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas para los Océanos, visitó hoy la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile, donde se reunió con la Secretaria Ejecutiva del organismo regional, Alicia Bárcena, y sostuvo un encuentro con periodistas.
Durante la conferencia de prensa, Thomson valoró los esfuerzos desplegados por Chile para proteger y conservar los océanos y alentó al país a continuar ejerciendo un rol de liderazgo en esta materia en los dos grandes eventos internacionales que tendrán lugar a fines de este …
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, concluded this Friday, June 21, a two-day visit to Spain, where she participated in two high-level events and held bilateral meetings with government authorities and officials from international cooperation bodies.
During these activities, the senior United Nations official insisted on the necessity of carrying out a new, inclusive cooperation model in which middle income countries can fully participate.
On Thursday, June 20, Bárcena led the presentation of the report Latin American …
In the framework of his official visit to Chile, the President of the Republic of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, gave a keynote lecture today at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in Santiago, urging the region’s countries to dialogue in a context of mutual respect, putting the interests that unite them first and offering a continent of peace in a troubled world, plagued by conflicts that have affected all countries due to their magnitude.
The Paraguayan leader – who took office on August 15, 2023 – was received by the United Nation…
Professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Ricardo Hausmann, will visit the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile on Thursday, September 28, where he will give a keynote lecture and be received by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary.
The renowned economist – founder and Director of Harvard University’s Growth Lab – will deliver a speech entitled “How can high, sustained, sustainable and inclusive growth be achieved?”
The presentation, which will begin at 11 a.m. local time in Chile (UTC/GMT…
Liu Zhenmin, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General in charge of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), met today with the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, and the directors of all the Commission’s divisions, in the framework of his visit to Chile.
During the meeting, both UN entities reaffirmed the cooperation ties that unite them and renewed their pledge to continue working together to help the global organization’s member countries to advance on fulfilling the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Dev…
Peter Thomson, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean, visited the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) today in Santiago, Chile, where he met with the regional organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, and spoke with journalists.
At the press conference, Thomson expressed appreciation for Chile’s efforts to protect and conserve the ocean and encouraged the country to continue playing a leadership role in this area at the two major international events that will take place towards the end of the year in that c…
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, and the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) of Germany, Norbert Barthle, reaffirmed today in Berlin the strategic cooperation ties between the United Nations regional organization and the German government, with a view to fulfilling the 2030 Agenda in the region.
In the framework of a three-day official visit to Germany, the senior representative of the United Nations also met with Christiane Bögemann-Hagedorn, the BMZ’…
The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, presented the El Salvador-Guatemala-Honduras-Mexico Comprehensive Development Plan to President Juan Orlando Hernández and the Government of Honduras and participated in the inauguration of the National Commission on the 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals (NC-SDG) and the Technical Committee for Sustainable Development, in the context of an official visit to Tegucigalpa on July 24-25.
“The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Central America-Mexico Compre…
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), met on Wednesday in Brussels, Belgium with Neven Mimica, the European Union Commissioner in charge of International Cooperation and Development, agreeing to renew the strategic alliance between ECLAC and the European Commission to support dialogue and bi-regional cooperation, particularly in light of the challenges posed by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
At the beginning of her official visit to Brussels, which ends on Friday, Bárcena met with officials from the European Co…
On an official visit to Chile, the Speaker of the Swedish Parliament Urban Ahlin participated on Monday, March 7 in a round table at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, in which they addressed the region’s economic, social and environmental challenges.
The senior official and his delegation, formed by Kiefer Jakob, Sweden’s Ambassador to Chile and other representatives of the Swedish Parliament, the Embassy of Sweden in Chile and the Chilean-Swedish Institute of Culture, were received by ECLAC’s Deputy Executive Secretary, Antoni…
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Evento (Intergovernmental meetings)
The Ninth Meeting of the Negotiating Committee of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place in San José, Costa Rica, between 28 February and 4 March 2018.
To register and for more information visit: http://negociacionp10.cepal.org/9/en…
Representantes de alto nivel de varios países de América Latina visitarán Alemania del 20 al 24 de junio durante una gira técnica sobre energías sostenibles y eficiencia energética para una transición energética.…
In 2021, at least 4,473 women were victims of femicide (also known as feminicide) in 29 countries and territories of the region, according to the latest official data that countries reported to the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean (GEO) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). This represents at least 12 women per day who die violent, gender-based deaths in the region, the institution warns.
“For 15 years, Latin American and Caribbean States have recognized the seriousness of femicidal violence and the gender-related killing of wome…
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Next Thursday, November 23, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will unveil its flagship annual report Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023: Labour inclusion as a key axis of inclusive social development, which includes the latest data available on poverty, inequality and social spending in the region. The main topic addressed this year is labor inclusion.
The document – comprising four chapters – will be presented by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, during a hybrid press conference (in-person and virtual) held at 1…
Increasing public revenue is key to strengthening fiscal policy’s capacity for action and bolstering the mobilization of resources to finance the 2030 Agenda. This according to the Fiscal Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2019, an annual publication by ECLAC released today on the institution’s website.
The report – which analyzes current fiscal trends, the evolution of fiscal policies and their future challenges – adds that tackling the high level of tax incompliance and illicit financial flows in the region is more necessary than ever. According to the latest estimate of the Economi…
Progressive structural change in rural areas requires innovative strategies and tools for its implementation, together with greater capacity for coordination among multiple actors and instruments, where the public sector is strategically placed to serve as a catalyst, according to a new publication by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
The Financial inclusion of small rural producers reveals the vast inequalities existing in rural areas where, according to the latest estimates, poverty and indigence rates practically double those of urban areas.
This means tha…
Latin America and the Caribbean’s (LAC) GDP will shrink by between 0.9% and 1% in 2016, according to the latest estimates, the second consecutive year of negative growth and a rate of contraction the region has not seen since the early 1980s. According to the Latin American Economic Outlook 2017, the region should recover in 2017, but with modest GDP growth of between 1.5% and 2%, below expected growth in advanced economies.
According to the report, jointly produced by the Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations Commission for…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Tuesday, November 12 its flagship annual report Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2024: The challenges of non-contributory social protection in advancing towards inclusive social development, which includes the latest data available on poverty, income inequality and social spending in the region. This year’s central theme is non-contributory social protection.
The main conclusions of the document – comprising four chapters – will be presented by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive …