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Equality is a Necessary Condition for the Growth of Productivity, Investment and Environmental Sustainability: Alicia Bárcena

27 June 2018 | Press Release

Promoting greater equality not only helps guarantee people’s social and cultural rights, it is also a necessary condition for accelerating the growth of productivity, internalizing and spreading the digital revolution, moving toward environmental sustainability and providing an institutional framework that allows for taking action in a world in which great imbalances with enormous possibilities coexist, Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), affirmed today. The senior United Nations official inaugurated the Inter-regional…

Alicia Bárcena Receives Recognition of Excellence from the Powerful Women Forbes Forum 2018

19 June 2018 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), received recognition for business excellence today from the Powerful Women Forbes Forum 2018 for her “tireless work against inequality and high levels of poverty, along with her crusade in favor of women’s economic empowerment.” The award was bestowed by the editorial team of Forbes México during the Powerful Women Forbes Forum 2018, which is being held in Mexico City. “We were looking for someone who could defend these initiatives (Forbes Declaration), we found someone who has neve…

Alicia Bárcena Calls for a New Narrative on International Cooperation for Latin American and Caribbean Development around the 2030 Agenda

13 June 2018 | Press Release

During a high-level meeting in Panama organized by the European Union, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, called for rethinking development and generating a new consensus based on greater regional integration, international cooperation that effectively supports the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean in their transition to development, and investments and industrial policies that favor the environmental push toward more sustainable growth for equality. The United Nations regional commission senior authority was one of the main speakers at the European Union’s Regional Semin…

ECLAC Encourages Latin American and Caribbean States to Sign the Escazú Agreement, on World Environment Day

5 June 2018 | Press Release

In celebration of World Environment Day 2018, ECLAC called on the Latin American and Caribbean States to sign the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, adopted this past March 4 in Escazú, Costa Rica. The Escazú Agreement will be open for the 33 countries of the region to sign on September 27, 2018 at United Nations Headquarters in New York, coinciding with the opening of the UN General Assembly annual debate. From that point on, it will be subject to ratification by the countries that have sig…

Alicia Bárcena: Peace Process is Achievement of Colombians, Demonstrating Relevance of Multilateralism and Value of the Region’s Constructive and Respectful Support

31 May 2018 | Press Release

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, affirmed on Thursday that the peace process in Colombia constitutes the pillar of a new social compact for conflict resolution, the comprehensive construction of sustainable development and the closing of economic, social, productive and gender-related gaps. The senior United Nations official participated in the high-level event Conflict Resolution in the 21st Century: the case of Colombia, which was held at the headquarters of the European Union in Brussels, Belgium, and which addre…

To Achieve Sustainable Development, It is Necessary to Equalize to Grow and Grow to Equalize: Alicia Bárcena, at Latin America and the Caribbean week in France and at the OECD Forum

29 May 2018 | Press Release

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, called for equalizing to grow and growing to equalize with the aim of moving toward a new, more inclusive and sustainable development model, and for forging renewed social compacts that enable changing current growth and production patterns and fighting growing inequalities in the region, in remarks she made at various high-level events dedicated to Latin America and the Caribbean that are taking place this week in Paris. The senior United Nations official is in France to participate in the 10th International Economic Forum on Latin America and the …

Cargo Container Throughput in Region’s Ports Rose 6.1% in 2017

28 May 2018 | Press Release

The throughput of containerized cargo in the ports of Latin America and the Caribbean rose around 6.1% in 2017, according to data released today by ECLAC in its Maritime and Logistics Profile. This average figure points to a rebound versus the last three years, when low or negative growth rates in container throughput were recorded at a regional level. According to the ranking published by the United Nations organization, this data confirms the improvement in Latin America and the Caribbean’s foreign trade in 2017 as well as the heterogeneity of growth rates in activity among the region’s port…

More Than Half of All Older Persons in Latin America Do Not Receive a Pension from a Contributory System: ECLAC and ILO

22 May 2018 | Press Release

The lack of income from a contributory pension system in more than half of all men, and above all in women, aged 60 or over in Latin America, is the main factor for remaining active in the labor market, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) sustain in a new joint publication released today. In edition No. 18 of the Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean (May 2018), both United Nations organizations stress that according to their projections, the proportion of people aged 60 or older in the workf…

ECLAC Renews its Calling to Serve as a Pertinent and Effective Instrument for Regional Development

11 May 2018 | Press Release

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) renewed its commitment to serve as a pertinent and effective instrument for the region’s development during the closing of the UN regional organization’s thirty-seventh session, which concluded on Friday in Havana, Cuba. The closing ceremony was led by Amina Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary and Rodrigo Malmierca, Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment. “This session has reinforced ECLAC’s long tradition of sustainable dialogue with its members, maintaining a…

Equality Not Only Promotes Social Well-Being, but Also Contributes to an Economic System Propitious for Learning, Innovation, Productivity and Environmental Protection

10 May 2018 | Press Release

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, presented today to the organization’s member countries the document The Inefficiency of Inequality , which reaffirms ECLAC’s proposal for the region’s development, at the Commission’s thirty-seventh session being held through Friday, May 11, in Havana, Cuba. The document was commented upon by Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, and the Director of the Development Center of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Mario …

Countries Highlight ECLAC’s Leadership for the Development of Latin America and the Caribbean

9 May 2018 | Press Release

Representatives of the member countries of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) highlighted the organization’s leadership and called for the strengthening of its position and its pivotal role as a space for reflection and dialogue in the fight against inequality. During the second day of the regional commission’s thirty-seventh session, which ends on Friday, May 11 in Havana, Cuba, ECLAC presented a report on the activities carried out in the last biennial (2016-2017), and the organization’s projected work agenda through 2020. “We want to thank ECLAC not only fo…

ECLAC’s Thirty-seventh Session Begins with a Call to Intensify the Fight Against Inequality

8 May 2018 | Press Release

The thirty-seventh session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) began today in Havana, Cuba, with a call to intensify the fight against inequality and increase the work being done to eradicate poverty. The regional commission’s most important biennial meeting was inaugurated by Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of Cuba; António Guterres, UN Secretary-General; Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary; and Francisco Gúzman, Chief of Staff of the Office of the President of Mexico. In his opening speech, President Miguel Díaz-Canel called for “advancing on regional …

ECLAC and Cuba Join in a Dialogue about its Path to Sustainable Development

7 May 2018 | Press Release

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, reaffirmed today the United Nations regional organization’s commitment to accompanying Cuba, and all the organization’s member countries, on its own journey toward sustainable development, in the session prior to the inauguration of the thirty-seventh session of ECLAC, which was dedicated to the host country of the gathering taking place through Friday, May 11, in Havana. During National Day, organized by the Cuban government to analyze ECLAC’s contribution to the economic and social…

European Union, OECD and ECLAC Sign Agreement to Facilitate the Development of Countries in Transition

7 May 2018 | Press Release

The European Union (EU), with the support of the Development Center of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), signed today in Havana, Cuba a new tool that seeks to promote sustainable development in the region as countries make the transition to higher income levels. The regional instrument known as the “Facility for Development in Transition,” which will provide help for the design and implementation of public policies to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, was penned by Alicia Bárcena, E…

Inequality is Inefficient, Since it Constitutes an Impediment to Growth, Development and Sustainability

6 May 2018 | Press Release

The social gaps and lags that Latin American and Caribbean countries suffer today have a negative impact on productivity, fiscal policy, environmental sustainability and the spread of the knowledge society. In other words, inequality is inefficient, it is an impediment to growth, development and sustainability, ECLAC indicates in a new institutional document that it will present during its thirty-seventh session. The study entitled The Inefficiency of Inequality emphasizes that pro-equality policies not only produce positive effects in terms of social well-being but also help create an ec…

Caribbean Ministers Celebrate ECLAC 70th Anniversary with Focus on Holistic Approach to Development

27 April 2018 | Press Release

Recognizing the invaluable contribution made by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to advancing the equitable and sustainable development of the sub-region over the past seventy years, Caribbean Prime Ministers, Ministers and distinguished government officials emphasized today in Saint Lucia the need for a holistic approach to development that encompasses resilience-building and vulnerability reduction. The twenty-seventh session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC), which took place in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia, on 27 April, brought tog…

Caribbean Development Roundtable Brings Together Ministers to Discuss Economic Growth and Climate Resilience

26 April 2018 | Press Release

Climate resilience through green investment, the impact of de-risking and the promotion of sustainable economic growth were the center of focus at the fifth Caribbean Development Roundtable (CDR). Decision makers, senior policy makers and ministers addressed these pivotal topics over the course of a fruitful day of discussions, which took place today (26 April 2018) in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia. Convened by the Economic Commission of the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean, and hosted by the Government of Saint Lucia, the CDR was officially opened by Mr. Raúl García-Buc…

Countries of the Region Encourage All Sectors of Society to Double Efforts to Achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

20 April 2018 | Press Release

Representatives of 28 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, 35 non-governmental organizations, specialized inter-governmental organizations and agencies of the United Nations system, and over 300 members of the private sector, academia and civil society, concluded the second meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, with the renewed commitment to double efforts to include all sectors involved – public, private and civil society – to advance toward achieving the goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development…

Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean Commit to Spearheading the Digital Ecosystem, E-Commerce, Access to Public Information and Protection of Privacy

20 April 2018 | Press Release

With the Cartagena Declaration adopted today in Colombia, the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean approved the eLAC 2020 Digital Agenda, which seeks regional cooperation to continue moving forward on inclusion, the digitalization of production, skills development among the population, as well the promotion of open government and governance that stimulates collaboration between countries. The Declaration was approved in the framework of the Sixth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society of Latin America and the Caribbean, which came to a close today. Colombia was selected to …

Compliance with the 2030 Agenda must be State Policy, Authorities from Latin American and Caribbean Countries Affirm

19 April 2018 | Press Release

Compliance with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development must be State policy and its implementation must form part of the programs of the new governments that are taking power in the region, said authorities gathered today at the second meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, which is being held through Friday, April 20 at ECLAC’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile. During the second day of the Forum, authorities participated in a peer learning session where they addressed continuity in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda …

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