Report of the twenty-ninth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Suriname assumes chair of Caribbean Development Cooperation Committee

The 29th session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) concluded on 14 October in Paramaribo, Suriname. Some of the most urgent and challenging issues facing the Caribbean were discussed at this meeting, inspiring a commitment to strategic action-oriented follow-up, to assure more dynamic sustainable development process. Convened by ECLAC Caribbean, the CDCC meeting is held every two years and gathers Caribbean Prime Ministers, Ministers and distinguished government officials, with a focus on strengthening their countries’ institutional and technical capacities to impr…

ECLAC convenes Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee meeting in Suriname

What: Twenty-ninth (29) session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee. When: 14 October 2022 (Opening ceremony at 9 am). Where: The Royal Torarica Hotel, Kleine Waterstraat 10, Paramaribo, Suriname. Background Information Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) Member Countries and Associate Members will convene for the 29th Session. Pursuant to resolution 358(XVI) of 1975, the CDCC was created as a permanent subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), to promote development cooperation among Caribbean countrie…

Report of the twenty-eighth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

Urgent Attention Should Be Given to the Unique Vulnerabilities and Challenges Faced by Caribbean Countries to Achieve the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs in the Context of the COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond: Alicia Bárcena

The implementation of the 2030 Agenda is at stake and decades of progress in human development are at risk of being reversed if more attention is not given to supporting Caribbean countries in their pursuit of sustainable development, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) stressed on Tuesday, 12 May. The COVID-19 pandemic is occurring at a time when Caribbean countries are already facing tremendous challenges in implementing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) given their unique vulnerability to external shocks, their…

Se debe atender con urgencia las vulnerabilidades y los desafíos únicos que los países del Caribe enfrentan para cumplir la Agenda 2030 y los ODS en el contexto de la crisis del COVID-19 y más allá de ella: Alicia Bárcena

La implementación de la Agenda 2030 está en juego y décadas de avances en el desarrollo humano peligran ser revertidos si no se presta más atención a la necesidad de apoyar a los países del Caribe en su búsqueda del desarrollo sostenible, resaltó el martes 12 de mayo la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena. La pandemia del COVID-19 ocurre en momentos en que los países caribeños ya enfrentan tremendos desafíos para implementar los 17 Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) debido a su vulnerabilidad única a las perturbaciones ext…

Caribbean Governments Focus on Repositioning Countries Towards Achieving Sustainable Development

Ministers and senior government officials from across the Caribbean have called for repositioning vulnerable, indebted Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on the path to sustainable development. This, during the 19th meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC), held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on 17 May 2019. Addressing the high-level meeting, the Deputy Executive Secretary for Management and Programme Analysis of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Raúl García-Buchaca, on behalf of the…

Gobiernos caribeños buscan reposicionar a sus países para alcanzar el desarrollo sostenible

Ministros y altos funcionarios del Caribe llamaron a reposicionar a los vulnerables y endeudados pequeños estados insulares en desarrollo (SIDS, por su siglas en inglés) de la subregión en la senda del desarrollo sostenible, durante la decimonovena reunión del Comité de Monitoreo del Comité de Desarrollo y Cooperación del Caribe (CDCC) realizada este viernes 17 de mayo de 2019 en Puerto España, Trinidad y Tabago. Durante la apertura de la reunión de alto nivel, el Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto para Administración y Análisis de Programas de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (…

Governos caribenhos procuram reposicionar seus países para alcançar o desenvolvimento sustentável

Ministros e altos funcionários do Caribe fizeram um apelo para reposicionar os vulneráveis e endividados pequenos Estados insulares em desenvolvimento da sub-região na trajetória do desenvolvimento sustentável, durante a Décima Nona Reunião do Comitê de Monitoramento da Comissão de Desenvolvimento e Cooperação do Caribe (CDCC), realizada no dia 17 de maio de 2019 em Port of Spain, Trinidad e Tobago. Durante a abertura da reunião de alto nível, o Secretário Executivo Adjunto para Administração e Análise de Programas da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL), Raúl Garc…

Caribbean Countries Face Complex Challenges to Advancing on Fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda

The current international political and economic context has meant that Caribbean countries face a difficult situation today in diverse areas, ranging from the effects of natural disasters to a shortage of resources, complex access to financing, narrow fiscal space for introducing social reforms, and the burden of high levels of indebtedness, among other problems. All these challenges, which hamper progress toward achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, were analyzed today by authorities from various countries of the subregion in the framework of the third meeting of the Forum o…

Países del Caribe enfrentan complejos desafíos para avanzar en el cumplimiento de la Agenda 2030

El actual contexto político y económico internacional ha hecho que los países del Caribe enfrenten hoy una difícil situación en diversas áreas que van desde los efectos de los desastres naturales, hasta una escasez de recursos, complejo acceso a financiamiento, un estrecho espacio fiscal para introducir reformas sociales y el peso de un alto endeudamiento, entre otros problemas. Todos estos desafíos, que dificultan el avance hacia el cumplimiento de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible, fueron analizados hoy por autoridades de varios países de la subregión en el marco de la tercera reu…

Report of the eighteenth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Visits ECLAC’s Headquarters in Santiago

The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Keith Rowley, visited today the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, where he was received by its Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena. During the meeting, both officials agreed to increase bilateral cooperation and technical assistance, especially with regard to the economy and energy. Prime Minister Rowley, who is in Chile on an official visit, was accompanied by a delegation made up of the ministers of Foreign Affairs, Industry and Trade, Energy and Energy Industries, and the…

Primer Ministro de Trinidad y Tabago visita sede de la CEPAL en Santiago

El Primer Ministro de Trinidad y Tabago, Keith Rowley, visitó hoy la sede central de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile, en donde fue recibido por su Secretaria Ejecutiva, Alicia Bárcena. En la reunión, ambos personeros acordaron incrementar la cooperación y asistencia técnica bilateral, en especial en el área económica y energética. El Primer Ministro Rowley, quien se encuentra en visita oficial a Chile, estuvo acompañado por una delegación compuesta por los ministros de Relaciones Exteriores, Industria y Comercio, Energía e Industrias Energética…

Seventeenth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development Cooperation Committee

“There is no question that the Caribbean is shouldering an unsustainable debt burden which compromises the capacity of the economies for sustained growth and restricts the options available to governments to introduce important social and welfare programmes” the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, said via video conference in opening the 17th meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC)…

XVII Reunión del Comité de Monitoreo del Comité de Desarrollo y Cooperación del Caribe

Nineteenth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

CDCC Member Countries and Associate Members will convene in Port of Spain for the 19th meeting of the CDCC Monitoring Committee.…

XIX Reunión del Comité de Monitoreo del Comité de Desarrollo y Cooperación del Caribe

La XIX Reunión del Comité de Monitoreo del Comité de Desarrollo y Cooperación del Caribe (CDCC, por sus siglas en inglés), órgano subsidiario de la CEPAL, se celebró el 17 de mayo de 2019 en Puerto España, Trinidad y Tabago.…

Holistic Approaches for Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean Region

This international event is co-organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). This event is based on effective collaboration and partnership among different UN entities and relevant government institutions in line with the spirit of the 2030 Agenda.…