Palabras del Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto de la CEPAL Antonio Prado, en la inauguración del seminario de Euroclima
30 de mayo de 2017
Lima, Perú
Señora Elsa Galarza Contreras, Ministra del Ambiente del Perú (por confirmar),
Señora Irene Horejs, Embajadora de la Delegación de la Unión Europea en Perú,
Señor Host Pfilguer, Representante de la División de Cooperación de la Comisión Europea,
Distinguidos representantes de los países participantes de Euroclima,
Colegas de la CEPAL y del Sistema de las Naciones Unidas,
Amigas y amigos,
El cambio climático es uno de los más grandes des…
Welcome Remarks
Deputy Executive Secretary Antonio Prado
18th Monitoring Committee of the CDCC
Port of Spain, 19 May 2017
His Excellency, Mark Brantley, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Aviation of Saint Kitts and Nevis and Chair of the CDCC,
Honourable Ministers and other Distinguished Representatives of CDCC Member Countries,
Representatives of regional and international organizations,
Members of the diplomatic corps,
Ladies and gentlemen,
It is a pleasure to be here with you once again in beautiful Port of Spain. I bring to you the warm greetings of our Executive Secretary Ali…
Evolving Development thinking and practices in
Latin America and the Caribbean: The role of ECLAC
Keynote Address by Dr Antonio Prado
Deputy Executive Secretary
18th CDCC Monitoring Committee
Port of Spain, 19 May 2017
I thank Diane for that very fitting introduction to my presentation here this morning. We have begun considering how best to commemorate 70 years of ECLAC’s work as a Regional Commission of the United Nations. As you have just seen, our support for development in the region has taken many different forms. However it is safe to say that our principal contri…
On 18 May 2017, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean convened a workshop in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, to provide policy makers with practical options for establishing and enhancing their national institutional framework for implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The workshop brought together senior government officials from the Caribbean in the areas of foreign affairs, the economy, the environment, sustainable development and planning, as well as officials of the United Nations system, re…
Many countries are in the early stages of conceptualizing
a strategy for SDG implementation. Therefore, the
importance of national mainstreaming of the SDGs is
critical to have national ownership of the 2030 Agenda.
As Governments undertake to mainstream the SDGs in
their national development plans, it is important to ensure
that national, subnational and subregional indicators,
as well as data collection and reporting arrangements
are designed and implemented in a way that will enable
globally comparable and standardized statistics to be
compiled by the National Statistical Systems (NSS) of
C…
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…
At the Forum of Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development being held in Mexico City, from 26 to 28 April 2017, the Vice-Minister of Environment of Costa Rica, Patricia Madrigal, presented the developments of the negotiation process and highlighted its impacts on environmental governance and the protection of human rights.…
En el Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe para el Desarrollo Sostenible que se celebra en Ciudad de México, del 26 al 28 de abril de 2017, la Viceministra de Medio Ambiente de Costa Rica, Patricia Madrigal, presentó los avances del proceso de negociación y destacó los impactos del mismo en la gobernanza ambiental y en la protección de los derechos humanos.…
El objetivo de este estudio, realizado por la CEPAL a solicitud del gobierno de Honduras, en el marco del Programa EUROCLIMA, es revisar la literatura teórica y empírica sobre cambio climático, la importancia de la demanda de energía del transporte y sus relaciones con las actividades económicas, el medio ambiente y el cambio climático a nivel internacional y en Honduras.…
Together with the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, adopted at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, held in Ethiopia in July 2015, which established the global framework for development financing up to 2030, and the Paris Agreement on climate change, adopted in December 2015, the Agenda 2030 is the lodestar for efforts by all the stakeholders over the next 15 years to move towards a model of sustainable development that revolves around equality.
With a view to coordinating efforts, exchanging experiences and best practices and facilitating the discussion of common goals, i…
En conjunto con la Agenda de Acción de Addis Abeba de la Tercera Conferencia Internacional sobre la Financiación para el Desarrollo aprobada en julio de 2015 en Etiopía, en la que se estableció el marco global del financiamiento para el desarrollo hacia 2030, y el Acuerdo de París sobre el cambio climático, aprobado en diciembre de ese mismo año, la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible constituye la guía que durante los próximos tres quinquenios debe orientar los esfuerzos de todos los actores por avanzar hacia un desarrollo sostenible centrado en la igualdad.
Con el fin de coordinar esfu…
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