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International Workshop on Register-Based Censuses

7 - 11 October 2024 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

This event is organised by CELADE-Population Division of ECLAC, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the National Institute of Statistics (INE) of Uruguay. The event's primary goal is to increase countries' knowledge about the use of administrative registers and sources to support population and housing censuses. The workshop will address the basic requirements, the relative advantages and disadvantages of the different approaches aimed at the use of administrative registers, and the experience of both extra-regional countries and…

Climate change and environmental legislation in support of the delivery of the new Programme of Action for SIDS

29 May 2024, 00:00 - 01:30 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

This side event will take place at the 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS-4). Convened by the Parliamentary Observatory on Climate Change and Just Transition (OPCC), it will discuss how robust legal frameworks can unlock climate finance for building resilience and enhancing institutional capacities in Caribbean SIDS. The event will also explore ways the OPCC can collaborate to bolster environmental and climate change legislation in the region.…

Third Expert forum for producers and users of disaster-related statistics

5 - 7 June 2023 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The annual expert forums are organized to advance the production and use of disaster-related statistics for risk-informed development in support of the aim of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Disaster-related Statistics (IAEG-DRS) of the United Nations Statistical Commission.…

Learning Lab: Disaster Statistics

1 March 2023, 13:00 - 14:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

This activity, organized by ECLAC, was carried out within the framework of the eighth session of the Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean (PR23), which took place from February 28 to March 2023 in Punta del Este, Uruguay, which was sponsored by the Government of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay.…

Statistical data and geospatial information for disaster risk reduction

1 March 2023, 10:00 - 11:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

Este es un evento paralelo de la octava sesión de la Plataforma Regional para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres en las Américas y el Caribe (PR23), que se llevó a cabo del 28 de febrero al 2 de marzo de 2023 en Punta del Este, Uruguay, contó con el auspicio del Gobierno de la República Oriental del Uruguay.…

Ninth Session of UN-GGIM: Americas

28 - 30 November 2022 | Event (Commitees)

The Ninth Session of the United Nations Regional Committee for Global Geospatial Information Management for the Americas (UN-GGIM: Americas) was held in Santiago, from November 28 to 30, 2022.…

Climate Change Assessment Reports: Implications for a Just Transition in Latin America

7 July 2022, 06:00 - 08:00 | Event (Other events)

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) of the United Nations, the Presidency of the Commission on Land and Territory, Natural Resources and the Environment of the Senate of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (CMA Bolivia) and the Presidency of the Commission on Environment of the Federal Senate of Brazil (CMA Brazil) hold the virtual event "Climate Change Assessment Reports: Implications for a Just Transition in Latin America", which will take place on 7 July from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Santiago de Chile time) in totally virtual format. The event takes place within th…

Global Policy Dialogue (GPD) - Post COVID-19 Resurgence of MSMEs and Competition Policy

1 - 3 December 2021 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

Following the successful implementation of the phase II regional dialogues across the world with each of the UN regional economic commissions, UNCTAD in close partnership with DESA-ESCAP-ECLAC-ESCWA will co-host a Global Policy Dialogue (GPD), which is an interactive discussion that will bring together representatives and officials of government MSME bodies, as well as competition agency representatives from across the world to discuss how competition policy could support MSMEs. The event will prioritise sharing experiences and best practices that have emerged during this crisis. The GPD will …

Just transition: strategies for a sustainable recovery

30 June 2021, 07:00 - 08:30 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC, or CEPAL for the acronym in Spanish and Portuguese) and the Environment Commission of the Brazilian Federal Senate co-organize the High-Level (online) Seminar “Just Transition: Strategies for a Sustainable Recovery” on Wednesday (30 June) from 11h to 12h30 (GMT-3). The seminar takes place within the context of the celebrations of the Month of the Environment “Green June” to discuss the relevance of environmental justice in the design of sustainable recovery strategies and policies. The unfolding of the COVID-19 …

II Regional Dialogue "Policies for MSMES and competition to face the crisis and promote economic reactivation"

25 March 2021, 08:00 - 10:45 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

UNCTAD and ECLAC have joined forces in responding to the COVID19 crisis by holding a regional dialogue on the role of Competition Policy in supporting the economic recovery of MSMEs post COVID-19. During the regional dialogue, participants will discuss on the following topics: 1. Policies to support MSMEs in the pandemic and economic recovery in Latin American countries and the dimension of competition policy. 2. Discussion of national reports on Brazil and Mexico on the Analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on MSMEs and the role of competition policy. 3. Debate with governmen…

Energy Big Push: accelerating clean energy innovation in Brazil

23 October 2020, 07:00 - 09:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL), the Brazilian Center for Strategic Studies and Management (CGEE), the Brazilian Energy Research Office (EPE) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) will host the webinar “Energy Big Push: accelerating clean energy innovation in Brazil” on 23 October 2020, from 10am to 12pm in Brasilia (GMT-3). Since early-2019, the Energy Big Push (EBP) Brazil has been a collaborative project aiming to support investments in innovation for a sustainable energy transition in the country. Led by CGEE, EPE, ECLAC/CEPAL an…

Pandemic, isolation and statistics on security and justice

25 August 2020, 08:15 - 09:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

This is a side-event of Nineteenth meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC.  Organized by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)…

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