The Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Indicator Framework is endorsed by the United Nations Statistical Commission as the monitoring mechanism for the 169 targets and more than 230 indicators of the SDGs. Reporting of these indicators will pose a formidable challenge to the Caribbean given the statistical capacity of countries of the subregion. The results of an ECLAC survey show that only three of the eleven countries that participated reported having the capacity to produce at least 50 per cent of the indicators. The capacities of National Statistical Offices will need to be signif…
After five days of debates and of exchanging experiences, the Cities Conference held at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile concluded on Friday, October 6 with a call for dialogue among public and private stakeholders on the implementation of safe, affordable and sustainable urban mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean.
On the last day of the gathering – co-organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Assembly of Ministers and High Authorities of Housing and Urban Development of Latin America and the Caribbean (MINURVI), and UN-Habitat – author…
Tras cinco días de debates e intercambio de experiencias, y con un llamado al diálogo entre actores públicos y privados en torno a la implementación de una movilidad urbana segura, asequible y sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe, finalizó este viernes 6 de octubre la Conferencia de las Ciudades, celebrada en la sede de la CEPAL en Santiago de Chile.
En la última jornada del encuentro, co-organizado por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), la Asamblea de Ministros y Autoridades Máximas en Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de Latinoamérica y el Caribe (MINURVI) y ONU-Ha…
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, received today in Mexico City the “Gustavo Martínez Cabañas” Medal for International Administrative Merit, awarded by Mexico’s National Institute of Public Administration (INAP).
This important distinction, which is given in recognition of a prominent Mexican whose performance in the national and international arena has allowed for the country’s prestige to be strengthened abroad, was awarded to her during a ceremony led by Carlos Reta Martínez, Chair of INAP’s Board, and Ambassador…
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, recibió hoy en Ciudad de México la Medalla al Mérito Administrativo Internacional “Gustavo Martínez Cabañas”, otorgada por el Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública de México (INAP).
La importante distinción, que se otorga en reconocimiento a una mexicana o mexicano destacado cuyo desempeño en el ámbito nacional e internacional ha permitido fortalecer el prestigio del país en el exterior, le fue entregada en una ceremonia encabezada por Carlos Reta Martínez, Presidente del Consejo Di…
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