Gender review and assessment of HIV

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean in collaboration with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Caribbean Office is reviewing gender issues in Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) programmes and projects being developed or implemented in the Caribbean subregion. The main objective of this review, of which this report is one component, is to assist in developing a programme for combating HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean within the context of their mandate to provide technic…

International seminar Haiti: The challenges of implementing the National Policy for Social Protection and Promotion (PNPPS) in the light of Latin America and the Caribbean experiences

This event, which will be held in a hybrid format, will present the main axes of the National Policy for Social Promotion in Haiti and will analyze the challenges of its implementation in a context of exchange between Haitian officials, program operators in Haiti and experts and officials from Latin American and Caribbean countries.…

Annotated provisional agenda. Special meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Report of the Fifth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Provisional agenda. Special meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Public Officials from Uruguay Receive Training on National Accounts and Social Outlays

Public officials from diverse entities in Uruguay participated, from June 11 to 14, in a course about National Accounts and Social Outlays organized by the office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Montevideo in the framework of a cooperation agreement with that country’s Ministry of Social Development. The course was led by ECLAC’s Regional Adviser on Economic Statistics, Federico Dorín. His objective was to train participants in the measurement of social outlays based on information from the national accounts system, incorporating not just information f…

United Nations Special Rapporteur Philip Alston Meets with ECLAC Officials

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, visited today the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, where he had meetings with various officials from the regional organization. Alston, an Australian, was welcomed by ECLAC’s Deputy Executive Secretary, Antonio Prado, on behalf of the Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena. His agenda included meetings with ECLAC’s experts on poverty, inequality, education and social protection. ECLAC is one of the five United Nations regional commissions…