Más de 80 expertos de 13 países de América Latina y el Caribe participaron en el seminario virtual, bajo la coordinación del ILPES y la Red de Planificación para el Desarrollo ILPES/AECID.…
Opening Ceremony of the thirty-eighth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
26–28 October 2020
Virtual meeting
Opening remarks by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena
Dear friend, António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations,
Your Excellency, Carlos Alvarado, President of the Republic of Costa Rica,
Your Excellency, Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers of the Republic of Cuba,
Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,
Kristalina Geo…
Discurso de apertura de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, en la ceremonia de inauguración del trigésimo octavo período de sesiones de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe
26 al 28 de octubre de 2020
Reunión virtual
Querido António Guterres, Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas,
Excelentísimo señor Carlos Alvarado, presidente de la República de Costa Rica,
Excelentísimo señor Miguel Díaz-Canel, presidente de los Consejos de
Estado y de ministros de la República de Cuba,
Estimado Ángel Gurría, Secretario General de la Organización de Cooperación y Desarrollo…
The crisis being faced by the higher education sector in the Caribbean brought regional Prime Ministers, Ministers, senior policy makers, representatives from the United Nations, international donor agencies and development banks together virtually on Wednesday, October 14, 2020.
Among the outcomes at the high level meeting was a call from Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) for a multi-donor trust fund to invest 600 million US dollars over three years for the Caribbean’s human capital development and the establishment of a …