Regional Realities - Challenges, priorities and actions for the post COVID-19 recovery and realizing the SDGs Decade of Action

This is a breakout session for Caribbean youth that will take place during the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum held from 19 - 20 April 2022. We invite you to take part by registering and participating!…

National Consultation - Sustainable Recovery and Resilience towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Belize

The National Consultation aims at discussing with stakeholders the progress in formulating and implementing sustainable recovery plans in Belize and receiving input and concrete recommendations on building back better and accelerating the implementation of the country’s national plans and advancing the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).…

International Seminar "Inequalities in access to health: the centrality of Primary Health Care to advance towards universal health"

The objective of this event, that will be held in a hybrid format, is to delve into the main obstacles and barriers that the population faces in access, as well as the Primary Health Care (PHC) strategy as a tool to achieve universal health, providing an opportunity to reflect with authorities and/or specialists from each country on the main challenges their health systems face in terms of universality and the lessons learned from systems with a consolidated strategy.…

Seminario internacional "Las desigualdades de acceso a la salud: la centralidad de la Atención Primaria de Salud para avanzar hacia la salud universal"

El objetivo de este seminario, que tendrá un formato híbrido, es revisar las experiencias de distintos países respecto al acceso y cobertura universal de salud. En esta instancia se busca profundizar sobre los principales obstáculos y barreras que la población enfrenta en el acceso, así como sobre la estrategia de Atención Primaria de Salud (APS) como herramienta para alcanzar la salud universal, generando la oportunidad de reflexionar junto con autoridades y/o especialistas de cada país acerca de los principales desafíos que enfrentan sus sistemas de salud en torno a la universalidad y las le…

Caribbean Youth Dialogues 2025 in preparation of the ECOSOC Youth Forum

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is an opportunity to galvanize action aimed at promoting greater inclusion of youth in all spheres. This roadmap recognizes in several of its goals the centrality of the full incorporation of youth as a necessary condition to move towards more inclusive societies, in which no one is left behind, on a path to sustainable development. However, youth in the Caribbean face many challenges that need to be addressed as precursors to creating environments that enable them to reach their maximum potential to contribute to the achievement of SDGs by 2030, the…

Eighth Meeting - Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development 2025

Octava Reunión - Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible 2025

Seminário “Coesão social, desenvolvimento social inclusivo e democracia: contribuições e desafios para a implementação de políticas sociais de qualidade”

A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL), o Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA) e a Agência Espanhola de Cooperação Internacional para o Desenvolvimento (AECID) da Espanha promoverão o Seminário “Coesão social, desenvolvimento social inclusivo e democracia: contribuições e desafios para a implementação de políticas sociais de qualidade”, que será realizado no dia 01 de setembro de 2025, em Brasília – DF, no âmbito da VI Reunião da Conferência Regional sobre Desenvolvimento Social da América Latina e do Caribe. O Seminário propõe abrir um espaço de reflexão e di…

Virtual Workshop of Specialists Towards solidarity-based and sustainable non-contributory pension systems in Latin America and the Caribbean

This virtual event seeks to discuss among regional specialists issues related to the opportunities and challenges to advance in the consolidation of non-contributory pension systems from a solidarity and sustainability approach.…

Taller virtual "Hacia sistemas de pensiones no contributivos solidarios y sostenibles en América Latina y el Caribe"

Este evento virtual busca poner en debate entre especialistas regionales las temáticas relacionadas con las oportunidades y desafíos para avanzar en la consolidación de sistemas de pensiones no contributivos desde un enfoque de solidaridad y sostenibilidad.…

Eighth meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable

Confronting the challenges to resilient growth and sustainable development in the Caribbean: from dialogue to action post the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States…

“Desigualdad en salud en América Latina y el Caribe: la persistencia de brechas e injusticias que obstaculizan el desarrollo social inclusivo y sostenible”

En el marco del Proyecto de la Cuenta de Desarrollo de las Naciones Unidas “Sistemas de salud resilientes con cobertura universal en América Latina y el Caribe”, se llevó a cabo el panel de discusión “Desigualdad en salud en América Latina y el Caribe: la persistencia de brechas e injusticias que obstaculizan el desarrollo social inclusivo y sostenible”, cuyo propósito fue discutir y reflexionar sobre la relación entre los ejes estructurantes de la matriz de la desigualdad social, los determinantes sociales de la salud, que inciden tanto en términos de acceso como de resultados, subrayando el …

Webinar participativo: "Hallazgos preliminares de la Encuesta sobre juventudes y cohesión social : intercambio y discusión sobre participación y cohesión social entre personas jóvenes de la región"

El objetivo de este evento en línea fue presentar los principales resultados de la encuesta de juventudes CEPAL-AECID y generar un espacio de intercambio y discusión entre los participantes.…

In-Person Training in Gender Statistics for Turks and Caicos Islands

The overall objective of this technical assistance is to improve the technical capacity of staff and management of the Department of Gender Affairs, the Department of Statistics, and other Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Government of Turks and Caicos Islands to collect, analyze, utilize and disseminate sex-disaggregated data in accordance with international standards and best practices.…

Virtual Expert Group Meeting on Human Capital Formation in the Caribbean

Labour productivity has been on a declining trend in the Caribbean. An examination of this trend revealed a growing concern of skills mismatch in the labour market. At the same time, youth unemployment is high in many countries, with young women and girls twice as likely not to be in education, employment or training. These are troubling signs for human capital formation at a time when Caribbean economies are experiencing low growth, and the global economy is becoming increasingly knowledge based.…

Webinar "Challenges of Non-Contributory Social Protection in Advancing Towards Inclusive Social Development"

Join this webinar where challenges and opportunities for the region will be discussed to move towards the consolidation of universal, comprehensive, sustainable, and resilient social protection systems, and their contribution to eradicating poverty, reducing inequalities, and overcoming development traps, all on the path to the Second World Summit on Social Development in 2025.…

Seminario web "Desafíos de la protección social no contributiva para avanzar hacia el desarrollo social inclusivo"

Participa en este seminario web en que se discutirán retos y oportunidades de la región para avanzar en dirección a la consolidación de sistemas de protección social universales, integrales, sostenibles y resilientes, y su contribución a la erradicación de la pobreza, la reducción de las desigualdades y la superación de las trampas del desarrollo, todo ello en la ruta hacia la Segunda Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social de 2025.…

Regional training workshop on the use of REDATAM for the dissemination of census and survey microdata

The overall objective of this regional workshop is to train staff from the statistical offices of Jamaica and Belize in the use of REDATAM for the development of web applications for online dissemination of census and survey microdata. With follow-up support from ECLAC to be provided as necessary, the two statistical offices will then use REDATAM for online dissemination of their 2022 census data.…

Side event: launch of report "The cost of the double burden of malnutrition: main social and economic impacts in eight Latin American countries"

Background In 2005, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC) developed and applied the methodology for studying the Cost of Hunger with the aim of estimating the social and economic impact of malnutrition in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries, and thereby informing governments and legislatures in LAC countries about the comprehensive impact of malnutrition on individuals, families and the economy of nations, in order to motivate public policies that allow for an effective response to this problem and guarantee the right to food of their pop…

Evento paralelo: lanzamiento de estudio "El costo de la doble carga de la malnutrición: principales impactos sociales y económicos en ocho países de América Latina"

Este evento paralelo tiene como objetivo avanzar en la discusión de recomendaciones políticas para reducir la desnutrición en la región. Se presentarán los resultados del estudio conjunto con el PMA sobre el impacto económico de la desnutrición en ocho países de la región. Este estudio se llevó a cabo para proporcionar herramientas que faciliten la discusión de políticas y resaltar que, más allá del tema ético de la nutrición adecuada para la población, hay un impacto en el desarrollo económico y social que afecta el crecimiento a largo plazo de los países. Se esperan comentarios de países que…