El Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, que se reunirá por segunda vez del 18 al 20 de abril en Santiago, Chile, es fruto del liderazgo y compromiso político de los países de la región con la Agenda 2030 y sus 17 Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS). Esta plataforma multiactor, que en su primera edición realizada en 2017 en Ciudad de México reunió a cerca de 800 latinoamericanos y caribeños representantes de gobiernos, sociedad civil y sector privado, es la expresión regional de seguimiento e implementación de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo So…
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), acogerá del 18 al 20 de abril la segunda reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, en el que representantes de gobiernos, instituciones internacionales, sector privado, academia y sociedad civil se darán cita para revisar los avances y desafíos de la implementación de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en la región.
El encuentro, organizado por la CEPAL y el Gobierno de México, se realizará en la sede central del organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas ubicada en Santia…
La tercera reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible se realizará del 22 al 26 de abril en la sede central de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile. El objetivo del encuentro es analizar los avances en la implementación regional de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible.
Contará con la presencia de altas autoridades de las Naciones Unidas, entre ellas la Vicesecretaria General del organismo mundial, Amina Mohammed; la Presidenta del Consejo Económico y Social (ECOSOC) y Representante Perma…
La segunda reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible se realizará del 18 al 20 de abril en la sede central de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile. El objetivo es analizar los avances en la implementación regional de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible.
Participarán representantes de gobiernos, del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, de instituciones financieras internacionales y bancos de desarrollo, de organismos de integración regional y subregional, de la sociedad civil, del mundo parl…
The purpose of the training is to reinforce participants’ knowledge of and capacity in the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation frameworks by drawing on the knowledge and practical experience of experts in member States for the benefits of all participants.…
In light of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, this policy brief provides an account of the current status of Caribbean youth policies and considers how youth mainstreaming concepts can be applied constructively to strengthen sustainable development planning and policies in the subregion. This document highlights the findings of an ECLAC assessment of National Youth Policies in the Caribbean. This assessment pointed to the need to secure the means of implementation as a fundamental key driver to achieve the 2030 Agenda. This includes support for the implementation of relevant strateg…
The present paper seeks to contribute to the growing discussion on social protection through an assessment of the status of social health protection systems for the elderly within the English-speaking Caribbean, and a review of the systems in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. It was prepared as a background document for the Expert Group Meeting on Social Health Protection for Vulnerable Populations which was held in Port of Spain on 31 October 2011. Against the backdrop of demographic changes underway in the Caribbean, the paper analyses the schemes and mechanisms that have been instituted by M…
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) acogerá del 22 al 26 de abril la tercera reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, en la que representantes de gobiernos, instituciones internacionales, sector privado, academia y sociedad civil se darán cita para revisar los avances y desafíos de la implementación de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en la región.
El encuentro se realizará en la sede central del organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas, ubicada en Santiago de Chile. El Foro es convocado anualmente por e…
23 Oct 2019, 05:30 - 13:30
|
Evento (Meetings and technical symposiums)
The training will help participants to better utilise Universal service funds (USFs) to increase access to technology for persons with disabilities thereby supporting governments in the subregion in advancing the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.…
This paper analyses the role assigned to foreign direct investment and transnational corporations in the ECLAC development project, examining the history of the institution and its most representative publications. With impressive continuity in its vision and policy recommendations, ECLAC has recognized the need for foreign investment as an aid for Latin American development, but has been cautious about its consequences. ECLAC has continually called for close scrutiny and regulation of the activities of transnational corporations. The main idea underlying these recommendations is that Latin Am…
El día 5 de diciembre de 2018, la Sede Subregional de la CEPAL en México participó en el Encuentro organizado por la P. Universidad Católica del Perú con el objetivo de contribuir a la reflexión sobre la situación actual de las políticas públicas dirigidas a las personas mayores en el Perú.…
This document was produced under the supervision of Juan Carlos Feres, Chief of the Social Statistics Unit, Statistics and Economic Projections Division, ECLAC, and was written by Pablo Villatoro, Consultant in the Division. Marcelo Miño and Elizabeth Rivera both contributed to this study, while Carlos Vergara and Ernesto Ottone made valuable comments and suggestions. The production of the document was funded by the EUROsociAL Programme of the European Commission. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean wishes to thank those whose financial cooperation made the production a…
The Caribbean technical meeting on the Beijing +20 review and appraisal of the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action took place at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago Chile, on 14 - 15 November 2014. The meeting focused attention on the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, and provided a forum for reflection on the ongoing gender concerns facing the Caribbean subregion during the past two decades.
Participants from 10 member and two associate member states of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Com…
2023 saw Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools becoming widely available to the general public, leading to the generation of new works of art, songs, text, and computer code. This explosion in new outputs has led to much excitement around AI’s potential, but
also brought to the forefront concerns about countries and communities being left behind, and the technology’s potential to harm individuals and societies. This issue of FOCUS magazine discusses the potential impact of AI on the Caribbean, and avenues
to develop tailored AI policies, governance systems, and to engage with AI issues at the int…