La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) lanzó el Observatorio Regional sobre Energías Sostenibles (ROSE, por sus siglas en inglés) con el objetivo de reforzar las capacidades de los países de la región para el diseño, aplicación y supervisión de estrategias, planes y políticas de energía sostenible basados en evidencia.
El proyecto ROSE, que será gestionado por la División de Recursos Naturales e Infraestructura (DRNI) de la CEPAL con financiamiento de la Cuenta del Desarrollo de las Naciones Unidas, fue presentado durante el Segundo Foro Técnico Regional de Planificadore…
This paper examines the ways in which Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) can promote greater inclusion of persons with disabilities. It characterizes the patterns of ICT use among persons with disabilities in Latin America and the Caribbean and proposes recommendations and strategies to expand access to and use of ICT among persons with disabilities in the region to harness the potential of these tools to promote greater inclusion. This investigation is based on mixed methods that include the analysis of census data, complemented by interviews, bibliographic review and online se…
Three years into the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, Latin America and the Caribbean face great challenges. More than half of the countries in the region have national coordination mechanisms for the implementation and follow-up of this Agenda. Most of these mechanisms have entrusted planning institutions with the role of coordinator or technical secretariat for coordinating the various sectors, convening stakeholders and defining the strategies and partnerships for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as monitoring and ensuring accountability of the Goals.
This method…