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30 August 2018 | Press Release

Countries Reaffirm the Importance of Planning as a Mechanism for Tackling Structural Inequality in the Region

Representatives of 16 Latin American and Caribbean countries participated in the twenty-seventh meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

29 August 2018 | Press Release

ECLAC Reaffirms Equality as the Fundamental Value for Driving Sustainable Development

The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, presented the document “The Inefficiency of Inequality” during a keynote speech made at UNAM, in Mexico City.

29 August 2018 | Press Release

Adopting Territorial Dimension is Key Perspective for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Representatives from 17 countries of the region are participating in a seminar on the policy challenges facing the territorialization of the 2030 Agenda, starting today in the Dominican Republic.

26 August 2018 | Announcement

Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Will Address Progress on Planning for Development and Its Challenges

The twenty-seventh meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning will be held August 30, 2018 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and preceded by a high-level seminar on territorialization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the region.

11 May 2018 | Press Release

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

Amina Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the regional commission, and Rodrigo Malmierca, Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, closed the thirty-seventh session of ECLAC held in Havana, Cuba.

9 May 2018 | Press Release

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

On the second day of its 37th session, ECLAC presented a report on activities carried out in the last biennial, as well as the projected work agenda through 2020.

8 May 2018 | Press Release

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

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena and the Chief of Staff of the Office of the President of Mexico, Francisco Guzmán, inaugurated the regional organization’s most important biennial meeting, being held through Friday, May 11 in Havana.

7 May 2018 | Press Release

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

Alicia Bárcena, the organization’s Executive Secretary, participated in a session dedicated to the host country prior to the inauguration of the Commission’s thirty-seventh session.

6 May 2018 | Press Release

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

In the framework of its 37th session to be held in Cuba, ECLAC will present a new institutional document with its development proposal for the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.

4 May 2018 | News

How to Follow the ECLAC Session in Cuba

The invitation is to watch the live broadcast and to participate on the debates on social networks using hashtags #igualdadALC and #equalityLAC.

3 May 2018 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Hold its 37⁰ Session from May 7 to 11

The UN regional commission’s most important biennial meeting will take place in Cuba.

2 May 2018 | Infographic

ECLAC Session 2018

In 2018, ECLAC will hold its 37th session in Cuba, in which representatives from its 46 member-States and 13 associate members will debate the main challenges for implementing the 2030 Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean.

27 April 2018 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Present its New Development Proposal to Countries of the Region in Cuba

The Commission’s thirty-seventh session, which is its most important biennial gathering, will be held on May 7-11 in Havana.