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4 September 2023 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Must Take Advantage of Historic Window of Opportunity and Reactivate Regional Integration, Focusing on the Ecological Transition, Aloizio Mercadante Proposed at ECLAC
The President of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) gave a keynote lecture today in Santiago and signed an agreement that relaunches the historical BNDES-ECLAC Working Group that functioned in the 1950s, now called the Celso Furtado Working Group.
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28 August 2023 | Announcement

President of Brazil’s BNDES, Aloizio Mercadante, Will Speak at ECLAC about the Role of Development Banks in the Region
The Brazilian economist and politician will give a keynote lecture on Monday, September 4 as part of the activities commemorating the United Nations regional organization’s 75th anniversary.
Portada boletín comercio exterior MERCOSUR No. 6
23 August 2023 | News

MERCOSUR’s Exports Recover from the Pandemic’s Effects, Rising 18.2% in 2022
New edition of the bloc’s Foreign Trade Bulletin, prepared by ECLAC, indicates that the challenges for 2023 continue to be linked to strengthening domestic space in the pursuit of greater productive integration.
27 July 2023 | Press Release

Authorities from 16 Countries Approve the Creation of the Regional Tax Cooperation Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean
Treasury, Economy and Finance ministers and high-level officials gathered in Colombia at the First Summit for an Inclusive, Sustainable and Equitable Global Tax Order signed a joint declaration in which they support this new forum for dialogue and exchange, for which ECLAC will act as technical secretariat.
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26 July 2023 | Announcement

ECLAC Supports First Regional Summit for an Inclusive, Sustainable and Equitable Global Tax Order
The United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean will serve as technical secretariat of the platform that will be launched in Colombia and seeks to coordinate joint action between the region’s countries on tax matters.
6 July 2023 | Press Release

ECLAC Stresses the Importance of a Productive Development Agenda Centered on Lithium Exploitation
A new special report on the opportunities and challenges posed by the mineral’s extraction in Latin America and the Caribbean was presented by the organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.
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29 June 2023 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Present Special Report on the Opportunities and Challenges that Lithium Poses for Latin America and the Caribbean
The new document will be released at a press conference by the United Nations organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, on Thursday, July 6.
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7 June 2023 | News

The Brazilian Government and ECLAC Reaffirm Cooperation Ties to Jointly Promote Sustainable Development and Regional Integration
The United Nations regional economic commission’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, made an official, three-day visit to the South American country, where he met with high-level authorities and participated in a seminar on Financing for the Big Push for Sustainability.
5 June 2023 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Needs a Reactivation with Transformation to Move Towards a More Productive, Inclusive and Sustainable Future
At the start of his official visit to Brazil, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, participated in the inauguration of a seminar on “Financing for the Big Push for Sustainability,” which was held in Rio de Janeiro.
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26 September 2022 | News

Legislative Proposals for Sustainable Development Were Presented in the Brazilian Federal Senate
The Environment Committee of Brazil’s Federal Senate promoted a public presentation of more than 30 legislative proposals, drafted with ECLAC’s technical support, for driving the country’s development with economic, social and environmental sustainability.
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29 September 2021 | News

New Report Highlights Paths for Generating Employment, Work and Income Based on Sustainable Investments in Brazil
ECLAC’s Office in Brazil, DIEESE and FES Brasil launched a report on The Big Push for Sustainability and the dynamics of employment, work and income: Work in the context of the Brazilian economy’s social and ecological transformation.
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30 June 2021 | News

New Report Points to Pathways for a Transformative Recovery with Sustainability and Gender Equality in Brazil
ECLAC’s Office in Brazil, UN Women Brazil and FES Brasil launched a new publication about pathways for addressing climate change and gender inequalities in the country.
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22 December 2020 | News

ECLAC, CGEE, EPE and the IEA Present Overview of Investments in Clean Energy Innovation in Brazil
ECLAC, CGEE, EPE and the IEA held a webinar entitled “Energy Big Push: Accelerating clean energy innovation in Brazil,” where they presented new publications on investment in clean energy innovation in the South American country.
29 June 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls for Moving Towards a Big Push for Sustainability as a Strategy for Emerging from the Current Crisis
In a joint virtual seminar with the Federal Senate of Brazil, the commission’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, emphasized that a new development model will be needed after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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22 June 2020 | News

ECLAC Presents Cases of Transformative Investments for a Sustainable Economy in Brazil
ECLAC’s Office in Brasilia, along with the Global Compact Network Brazil, held a “Big Push for Sustainability” webinar on May 26 in which more than 60 case studies on investments for sustainable development in Brazil were presented.
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13 June 2019 | News

ECLAC Wants to Get to Know Case Studies on Impact Investments for Sustainable Development in Brazil

Researchers, private-sector professionals, businesspeople, representatives of civil society, policymakers and civil servants are invited to submit case studies.
Portada integración productiva Argentina-Brasil
25 June 2018 | News

New Publication by ECLAC Analyzes Productive Integration between Argentina and Brazil
The study was done in the framework of technical cooperation activities carried out jointly by the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) and the United Nations regional organization.
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25 June 2018 | News

ECLAC Promotes Gathering of Structuralist Youth in Brazil
The organization’s office in Brasilia will publish a book with contributions for the country’s development.
Grupo de trabajo para el lanzamiento de los resultados del proyecto ECOSUD/Brasil realizada en las instalaciones de la ANEEL, en Brasil
16 March 2018 | News

Countries Agree to Create Forum to Promote a Sustainable Energy Future in the Region
Representatives gathered in Brazil took the first steps toward creating a Regional Technical Forum of Energy Planners.
24 March 2017 | Press Release

Negotiations for Regional Agreement on Rights of Access in Environmental Matters Will Continue in Argentina
Countries will advance on the quest for a legal instrument on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in late July in Buenos Aires.

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