5 September 2023 | Other events
ECLAC conducted a comprehensive mission in San Salvador, El Salvador, on September 5th and 6th, 2023. This mission focused on promoting and providing advanced training in circular economy principles applied to the potable water and sanitation sector.
7 August 2023 | Other events
The Water and Energy Unit of the Natural Resources Division of ECLAC carried out a training mission in Mexico from July 17th to July 21st, with the aim of promoting circularity in the drinking water and sanitation sector. The mission included theoretical training, technical working sessions, and on...
6 February 2023 | Other events
On February 1, 2 and 3, the Regional Water Dialogues were held, from which the Regional Water Action Agenda was elaborated. It included all the commitments made to accelerate the achievement of SDG 6 in Latin America and the Caribbean. Check out here who participated, the main results and photos of...
1 February 2023 | Other events
Save the date! Within a week (February 1-3), ECLAC will host the Third Edition of the Regional Water Dialogues of LAC, as a preparatory process for the 2023 United Nations Water Conference.
24 January 2023 | Other events
The workshop, "Capacity building to promote investments in the drinking water and sanitation sector with a circular economy approach", will take place at the Planta Tratamiento de Aguas Servidas El Trebal (Talagante), which is one of the largest wastewater treatment plants from Santiago, Chile. The...
16 December 2022 | Other events
In the framework of the preparation of the United Nations Water Conference, which will take place in March next year, the meeting aimed to seek opportunities and identify synergies for side events to bring the Latin American and Caribbean perspective to the event.
7 December 2022 | Other events
The Webinar, organized by Deltares and the Valuing Water Initiative, addressed the importance of valuing water in our societies, and exposed the synergies between the Initiative driven by the Netherlands and ECLAC with the objective of achieving a systemic change in decision-making and ensuring...
29 November 2022 | Other events
The seminar, organized by CCAD, had as its main objective to increase the knowledge of public policies, strategies and instruments, for the management of the risk of droughts and floods in public entities and regional institutions. ECLAC participated in the event through its Water and Energy Unit,...
28 November 2022 | Other events
The Workshop, organized by UN Women Argentina and ECLAC, addressed the relationship between gender and water resources. It aimed at strengthening the capacities of the work teams of the entities of the established Cooperation Alliance. This Alliance seeks to improve the formulation and...
24 November 2022 | Other events
The event organized by the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, took place in Quito (Ecuador), in the Auditorium of the Cultural Center - PUCE, included the participation of experts from various institutions related to natural resources. ECLAC, through the Natural Resources Division,...
22 November 2022 | Other events
The Regional Expert Group on Water Resources in Latin America and the Caribbean has been created in the preparatory framework for the World Water Conference 2023. Between September and November 2022, its members have promoted various activities that contribute to the acceleration of the achievement...
16 November 2022 | Other events
ECLAC developed a Caribbean open consultation to showcase the region's priorities on water resources. The consultation was conducted through an open online survey between August and October 2022. It intended to collect contributions from different regional stakeholders, as inputs to the preparatory...
3 November 2022 | Other events
Inter-American Water Day is celebrated on November 3rd with the objective of raising awareness about the global water crisis and the need to seek measures to address it in order to achieve compliance with SDG 6 Water and sanitation for all before 2030.
27 October 2022 | Other events
The event, which took place in Lima (Peru) at the Headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Andean Community (CAN), was organized by the CAN General Secretariat with the support of the Resilient Andes to Climate Change project, facilitated by the HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation - Avina...
11 October 2022 | Other events
The event was held on October 27 and 28 and had the goal of reviewing the trends and challenges of the drinking water and sanitation sector for the Argentinian country. Likewise, it was a place for inter-institutional linkage and coordination, being organized by different entities that work on the...
11 October 2022 | Other events
The Natural Resources Division at ECLAC is organizing the third edition of the Regional Water Dialogues. The event will take place in a hybrid way (onsite and virtually) in Santiago de Chile between February 1 and 3, 2023. The virtual registration for the event is now available. The main theme will...
5 October 2022 | Other events
ECLAC is interested in compiling points of view, experiences, and proposals from Caribbean countries regarding their main challenges. Caribbean states are highly vulnerably due to the financial indebtedness and climate change and must receive adequate support, including through concessional funding...
3 October 2022 | Other events
The Webinar, organised by the Inter-American Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (AIDIS), had as main objective to evaluate the effectiveness of the actions and the potential of this commemoration for the region to advance in the achievement of the SDGs in a comprehensive manner...
22 September 2022 | Other events
The group of experts is made up of more than twenty representatives of prestigious institutions in the field of water resources in the region.
29 August 2022 | Other events
The hybrid session took place within the framework of the World Water Week 2022 (WWW 2022), held in Stockholm between August 23 and September 1. The objective of the session was to explore tools and ways to maximize the impact and sustainability of investments in water, sanitation and hygiene.