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Twenty Directors of Latin American Companies Will Initiate Dialogue on Corporate Governance in the Digital Era

29 August 2018 | Announcement

The world economy is undergoing a disrupted transformation towards digitalization, which requires the adaptation of the corporate governance structures to the new economic conditions, markets and societies. Companies interact in multiple areas, related to productive and management processes, as well as markets and different stakeholders. In this framework, the sixth edition of the Dialogue of Sustainability Directors: Corporate governments in the digital era, will take place in Santiago, Chile, at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) headquarters. This space of d…

ECLAC Advocates for the Combined Use of Traditional Statistics and Big Data for Measuring SDGs

19 September 2017 | News

Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), advocated today in New York for developing mechanisms for governance of official and unofficial statistics to measure the 2030 Agenda’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which she said would entail the participation of all stakeholders, including States and major companies. “We have to combine traditional statistics with big data and georeferenced data for sustainable development and humanitarian purposes,” ECLAC’s most senior representative said at a high-level side event entitl…

ECLAC report considers the use of blockchain technology to combat de-risking

1 May 2017 | News

A newly published report prepared by The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean has found that recent developments in the field of financial technology (FinTech), namely blockchain technology, may offer potential solutions to some of the problems surrounding de-risking and the navigation of correspondent banking relationships. De-risking is the term used to describe the practice whereby banking institutions turn away from working relationships and lines of business for which the cost of regulatory compliance — and the ri…

Authorities and Specialists Agree that Latin America and the Caribbean Needs to Understand Emerging Technologies to Assess their Opportunities and Risks

27 April 2017 | News

To board the fourth industrial revolution “train” and avoid being razed by the technological “tsunami,” the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean must first understand what this global process is about, identify the sectors that can harness new technologies and assess the potential benefits and costs of their use, authorities and specialists agreed at a special session on artificial intelligence that took place during the first meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development in Mexico City. The goal of this session was to have a first …

New skills for financial experts to improve financial transactions

26 April 2017 | News

The Digital Financial Services (DFS) Workshop is organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean in partnership with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT), the UWI St. Augustine Campus, and the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU). In light of the success of the Financial Technology workshop held in Port of Spain from 1 - 3 June 2016, the DFS workshop should benefit policy makers seeking greater participation in the digital econom…

How Can Big Data Analytics Be Used for Development in the Region? Specialists meet at ECLAC

24 February 2017 | Announcement

Key concepts, trends, strategies and new applications of big data analytics will be presented and debated on Monday, March 6, 2017, at the seminar Think Big: Data innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The management and analysis of the great quantities of data produced by the use of digital technologies (such as mobile telephones, electronic transactions and social networks) are effective instruments for innovating in business administration, the provision…

ECLAC sensitizes Caribbean countries about Research Data Management

24 November 2016 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean is providing a unique opportunity for the identification of Research Data Management (RDM) issues faced by organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean. A workshop on RDM is underway today at ECLAC Caribbean’s headquarters in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The event can be followed via Webex for interested participants not resident in Port of Spain. The workshop will provide an avenue for the Caribbean to learn about the “LEaders Activating Research Networks” (LEARN) pr…

Costa Rica Will Host the Second Meeting of the Conference on Science, Innovation and ICTs of ECLAC

7 September 2016 | Announcement

The Second Session of the Conference on Science, Innovation and Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will kick off next Monday, September 12, at 6 p.m. local time in San Jose, Costa Rica. The event will coincide with the inauguration of the World Information Technology Forum (WITFOR 2016), which will bring together representatives of government, industry and ICT associations, as well as academics, to analyze the latest proposals aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) promoted by the United…

ECLAC partners with ITU and TATT to convene workshop exploring opportunities of the digital economy

27 May 2016 | News

The importance of exploring innovation in transactions & financing in the Caribbean will be at the heart of an interactive workshop this week, organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in partnership with the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) sub regional headquarters for the Caribbean. The aim of the workshop, which takes place from 1-3 June 2016 at the Trinidad Hilton and Conference Centre in Port of Spain, is to provide an understanding of the int…

ECLAC Executive Secretary opens High Level Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago

26 June 2015 | News

“There is no question that the Caribbean is shouldering an unsustainable debt burden which compromises the capacity of the economies for sustained growth and restricts the options available to governments to introduce important social and welfare programmes” the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, said via video conference in opening the 17th meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) on 26 June, during which Ministers and high-level Government representatives from the…

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Will Define in Mexico a New Digital Agenda With a View to 2018

22 June 2015 | News

A new digital agenda (eLAC2018), capable of responding to the new challenges faced by the region’s countries in the context of the global technology revolution, will be defined on August 5-7 during the Fifth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will take place in Mexico City, Mexico. The meeting is organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the government of Mexico. Working groups will discuss matters such as access and infrastructure, digital economy, e-Government, governance of Internet and socia…

ECLAC identifies Caribbean priorities for inclusion in eLAC Digital Agenda 2018

17 June 2015 | News

The Caribbean needs to provide affordable and wider access to digital services, while taking advantage of the opportunities created by technological convergence and mobile technologies. As part of its continued support of these and other Caribbean priorities within the objectives of the eLAC 2018 Digital Agenda, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean has outlined several objectives which will encourage broader input from the region. Representatives of Caribbean countries have been invited to an informational webinar, which…

Regional approaches to development of e-government applications in the Caribbean

16 March 2015 | News

Country representatives from several Caribbean governments will discuss the findings of a recent study on how e-government systems are being implemented in the region, at a meeting in Port of Spain hosted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean, on 17 March 2015. Entitled “Regional approaches to e-government application development in the Caribbean”, the meeting will highlight ECLAC’s recommendations on how governments in the Caribbean could harmonise their efforts to acquire and implement e-government systems. The…

Opportunities and risks associated with the advent of Digital Currency in the Caribbean

13 March 2015 | News

Experts in the field of Digital Currency in the Caribbean reviewed the opportunities and risks associated with this type of currency at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean, on 12 March 2015. Experts addressed the potential impact that digital currencies may have on sectors such as banking, e-commerce and remittance, and will discuss whether the use of this new range of electronic payment technologies can enable improvements to electronic and mobile-based payment systems and low-cost remittance services. At an earli…

South Korea, an Interesting Experience in Green and Technological Development

22 January 2015 | News

In just half a century, the Republic of Korea has gone from being one of the poorest countries on the planet to becoming a global actor, with a solid industrial base and a prominent presence in new technologies. It serves an example that can inspire debate about development in Latin America and the Caribbean, participants said during the international seminar “Trade, Industrialization and Green Growth: Exploring Opportunities for Cooperation between the Republic of Korea and Latin America,” which was held on January 22, 2015, at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and…

Authorities and Experts Warn about Digital Exclusion of Rural Women and Youth

11 December 2014 | News

Authorities, experts and representatives from Chilean farmer organizations met today at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile to discuss policies aimed at overcoming inequalities in the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in rural areas of Chile and Latin America and the Caribbean, especially among women and young people. The seminar ICT in the Rural World: A New Way of Innovating for Women and Young People was organized by ECLAC and Chile’s Foundation for Agricultural Innovation (FIA). Participants in the …

ECLAC Promotes Disaster Risk Management in the Caribbean in Association with ESCAP

2 December 2013 | News

The Third Regional Strategy on Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM 3) will be officially launched at the 8th Annual Conference on the subject, which will be held in Jamaica from 2 to 6 December 2013. The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and its partners are behind this initiative. The ECLAC Subregional headquarters for the Caribbean in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, has been working closely with the region's countries, in association with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). In September this year,…

Seminar Will Analyse Plans for New Submarine Cable between Europe and Latin America

27 September 2013 | News

The project to build a new submarine cable between Europe and Latin America will be analysed at an international seminar organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Barcelona Institute for International Studies (IBEI) in Barcelona, Spain. The seminar Innovation and regulation in ICTs - a comparative view between Europe and Latin America will be held on 30 September and 1 October at the headquarters of the Spanish Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT), and will be attended by authorities, academics and private-sector representatives from the two…

Women's Autonomy in the Digital Economy Will Be Discussed in the Dominican Republic

2 July 2013 | Announcement

This year, governments, civil-society organizations and experts will have the opportunity to review progress and challenges in gender equality in Latin America and the Caribbean, at the 12th session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. This intergovernmental meeting, which is convened by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), will be held in the Dominican capital from 15 to 18 October and will focus on gender equality, women's empowerment and information and communications technologi…

Executive Secretary of ECLAC Visits the Internet Hub for Latin America and the Caribbean in Uruguay

3 April 2013 | News

As part of her visit to Montevideo to attend the Fourth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, on Wednesday 3 April, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, visited the central offices of the Latin America and Caribbean Network Information Centre (LACNIC, which is the Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry) and the Internet Hub for Latin America and the Caribbean. Ms. Bárcena was received by Raúl Echeberría, Executive Director of LACNIC, Pablo Bello, Secretary-General General of the Latin American Association of Research Ce…

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