This paper will contend that the post-2015 development agenda presents a major opportunity for Caribbean countries to reverse decades of lagging economic performance and make the transition to balanced, holistic, and people-centred growth and development.
The MDGs, while valuable in promoting gains in poverty reduction, health, education, nutrition, and maternal well-being were not tailored to the growth and development needs of the region. This can now be changed by a post-2015 development agenda which goes beyond improving the welfare of citizens by meeting basic needs and enhancing access t…
Between now and 30 January at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), 25 public officials from Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Paraguay, Panama and Uruguay will take part in the training programme on environmental education, which will use case studies from Chile and Japan to provide them with the tools to manage and resolve critical sustainability problems in the region’s territories.
Today the Director of ECLAC’s Programme Planning and Operations Division, Raúl García-Buchaca, opened the second international c…
Hasta el 30 de enero, veinticinco funcionarios públicos de Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Paraguay, Panamá, República Dominicana y Uruguay participarán del programa de capacitación sobre educación ambiental que, a través de la exposición de experiencias concretas en Chile y Japón, les entregará herramientas para manejar y solucionar problemas críticos de sostenibilidad en territorios de la región, en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
El Director de la División de Planificación de Programas y Operaciones de la CEPAL, Raúl García-Buchaca, in…
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