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Alberto Fernández, President of Argentina.
26 January 2021 | Announcement

Argentina’s President Will Deliver a Keynote Lecture at ECLAC
Alberto Fernández will make a virtual presentation while visiting the United Nations organization’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile on Wednesday, January 27.
12 January 2021 | Press Release

Leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean Envision Development in the Region Beyond COVID-19 Response and Recovery
The XII Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, co-organized by UNDP, ECLAC and the Government of Colombia, includes the Fourth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, a subsidiary body of the Commission.
11 January 2021 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena Calls for Implementing a Big Push for Sustainability to Build a Future with More Equality, Solidarity and International Cooperation
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary delivered a keynote lecture at a seminar inaugurating the 21st edition of the School of Latin American Development Studies.
foto carátula de la transmisión en vivo del evento
7 de August de 2020 | News

CEPAL refuerza su colaboración con empresas cooperativas de la región y alcanza acuerdo para impulso del modelo cooperativo
Autoridades de la CEPAL y de Cooperativas de las Américas participaron en el conversatorio “Empresas Cooperativas de América Latina y el Caribe frente a la pandemia de COVID-19: estrategias para la reactivación”, organizado en conjunto por ambas instituciones.
2 July 2020 | Press Release

The Pandemic’s Impacts on the Hardest-Hit Production Sectors Will Affect One Third of Employment in the Region and One Fourth of GDP
ECLAC released a new Special Report COVID-19, in which it offers proposals for confronting the effects of the crisis on businesses and production sectors. The organization estimates that 2.7 million companies will close, most of them microenterprises, which would entail the loss of 8.5 million jobs.
1 July 2020 | Press Release

Deepening Regional Integration Must Be an Essential Component of Any Strategy for Emerging from the Crisis in Order to Move Towards More Sustainable and Resilient Trade
Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, participated today in the LVI Ordinary Meeting of MERCOSUR’s Common Market Council.
Banner Special Report COVID-19 No 4 Sectors and businesses
1 July 2020 | Announcement

New Special Report by ECLAC Analyzes COVID-19’s Impacts on Latin American and Caribbean Businesses and Production Sectors and Proposes Policies for the Emergency and the Reactivation
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present the document at a virtual press conference tomorrow, Thursday, July 2, from the institution’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
26 May 2020 | Press Release

Greater International Financial Cooperation is Crucial for Latin American and Caribbean Countries to be Able to Face the “Perfect Storm” Unleashed by the COVID-19 Crisis
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated on Tuesday, May 26, in a series of events on the pandemic’s economic, social and environmental effects in the region.
Banner ECLAC-ILO report May 2020
20 May 2020 | Announcement

ECLAC and ILO Analyze Labour Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic
A new joint report will be presented virtually tomorrow, Thursday, May 21, at a simultaneous press conference by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, and the ILO’s Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Vinícius Pinheiro.
22 April 2020 | Press Release

COVID-19 Pandemic Puts Us at a Civilizing Crossroads: Either We Return to the Globalization of Concentration, or We Build a Different Future, Alicia Bárcena Indicates
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated today in a webinar organized by the Carolina Foundation of Spain, on multilateral action in Ibero-America in the face of the epidemic.
21 April 2020 | Press Release

COVID-19 Pandemic Will Lead to the Biggest Contraction in Economic Activity in the Region’s History: A -5.3% Drop in 2020

ECLAC released new growth projections for Latin American and Caribbean countries. It underscores that in the medium term, this crisis will provoke structural changes in the organization of production, international trade, and the current globalization model.
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, durante su presentación.
6 February 2020 | News

ECLAC Advocates for Forging a New Social Compact for Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional commission, Alicia Bárcena, gave a lecture in Rome, Italy, in the framework of an event organized by the Italo-Latin American Institute.
5 February 2020 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena Calls for Strengthening Multilateralism to Confront a More Interconnected but also More Unequal World

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated today in the forum on New Forms of Solidarity, organized by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, in which Pope Francis was the main speaker.
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, durante su presentación.
3 de February de 2020 | News

Alicia Bárcena insta a impulsar políticas para estimular el crecimiento y reducir la desigualdad
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL participó en el XV Foro de Análisis de la Economía Latinoamericana que se celebró hoy en Madrid.
31 July 2019 | Press Release

Economic Slowdown Continues with Regional GDP Expected to Grow by 0.5% in 2019

ECLAC presents its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighting the importance of expanding fiscal space and reorienting investment, productivity and monetary policies to spur the economies of countries in the region.
28 May 2019 | Press Release

European Investments in Latin America and the Caribbean Can Help Diversify the Productive Structure and Move Towards More Sustainable Development
In the framework of her visit to Germany, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, spoke at the Latin America-Caribbean Conference and met with authorities from several countries.
Jo Yung-joon, Director General para América Latina y el Caribe del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de la República de Corea (a la izquierda), y Raúl García-Buchaca, Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto para Administración y Análisis de Programas de la CEPAL.
15 May 2019 | News

Authorities from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea visited ECLAC
The delegation, led by Mr. Jo Yung-joon, Director General for Latin American and Caribbean Affairs, attended several activities at the Commission’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
Mario Cimoli, Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto de la CEPAL, durante su presentación en la sede de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York
14 May 2019 | News

Equality is Efficient Since it Contributes to Innovation, Productivity Growth and Environmental Protection: ECLAC
The organization’s Deputy Executive Secretary, Mario Cimoli, made a presentation on a high-level panel convened by the President of the UN General Assembly, in New York.
10 October 2018 | Press Release

New Generation of Industrial Policies is Critical for Development of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean
At a high-level seminar in Buenos Aires, authorities and experts debated the challenges of MSMEs in the face of disruptive technology and global uncertainty.
Save the date seminario MIPYME
8 de October de 2018 | Announcement

Autoridades y expertos analizarán desafíos de las micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas de América Latina en seminario de alto nivel
Reunión se realizará en Buenos Aires el 10-11 de octubre organizada por la CEPAL, la Unión Europea y la Unión Industrial Argentina.

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