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6 March 2017 | Press Release

ECLAC Promotes Big Data Analytics for the Sustainable Development of Latin America and the Caribbean
During a seminar held in Santiago, Chile, the United Nations regional body presented a project that seeks to improve national capabilities for measuring the digital economy in the region.
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24 February 2017 | Announcement

How Can Big Data Analytics Be Used for Development in the Region? Specialists meet at ECLAC
On Monday, March 6, a seminar entitled Think Big: Data innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held in Santiago, drawing experts from MIT, Data-Pop Alliance, UN Global Pulse and regional bodies.
12 September 2016 | Press Release

Conference Begins in Costa Rica with Call to Accelerate Efforts to Take Advantage of New Wave of Digital Innovation in the Region
The second session of the Conference on Science, Innovation and Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) of ECLAC was inaugurated today and will conclude on Tuesday, September 13.
12 September 2016 | Press Release

ECLAC: Internet Use and Access Increases Sharply in Latin America and the Caribbean
43.4% of all households were connected to the Internet in 2015, nearly doubling the figure from 2010, according to The State of Broadband 2016 report, which will be presented at the second meeting of the Conference on Science, Innovation and ICTs that begins today in Costa Rica.
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7 September 2016 | Announcement

Costa Rica Will Host the Second Meeting of the Conference on Science, Innovation and ICTs of ECLAC
The intergovernmental meeting, whose main focus will be innovation in a digital world, will be held on September 12 and 13 in San Jose, Costa Rica.
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1 September 2016 | Announcement

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Will Discuss Policies for Innovation in a Digital World
Costa Rica will host on September 12-13 ECLAC’s Second Session of the Conference on Science, Innovation and ICTs.
22 June 2016 | Press Release

ECLAC Encourages the Creation of a Regional Digital Market in Latin America and the Caribbean
Digital technologies and new business models will foster regional integration that was not possible with old technologies, says the United Nations organization.
19 April 2016 | Press Release

Mariana Mazzucato: The State Does Not simply Correct “Market Failures,” It is also the Creator of Wealth and Engine of Innovation
The Italian economist was the first woman to deliver the Prebisch Lecture at ECLAC’s headquarters in Chile, where she was welcomed by Alicia Bárcena, the regional organization’s Executive Secretary.
7 August 2015 | Press Release

Countries in the Region Agree to Continue Strengthening Regional Cooperation on Digital Matters
Representatives from 18 countries approved the Digital Agenda for Latin America (eLAC2018) during the Fifth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society, which concluded today in Mexico City.
5 August 2015 | Press Release

The Transit to an Internet Based on Production Is Key for a Development with Equality: ECLAC
The Fifth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean was inaugurated today and will be held in Mexico City until Friday.
5 August 2015 | Speech

Opening of the fifth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean
Remarks by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
4 August 2015 | Press Release

To Compete in the Global Economy the Creation of a Digital Single Market in Latin America and the Caribbean Is Required
ECLAC presents study on the digital revolution in the framework of the Fifth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society being held this week in Mexico City.
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22 June 2015 | News

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Will Define in Mexico a New Digital Agenda With a View to 2018
The Fifth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held on August 5-7 in Mexico City.
11 December 2014 | News

Authorities and Experts Warn about Digital Exclusion of Rural Women and Youth
ECLAC and Chile’s Foundation for Agricultural Innovation (FIA) organized a seminar in which farmer organizations participated.
31 October 2014 | Press Release

Safe Use of ICTs Can Help Children and Adolescents Better Exercise Their Rights
It is estimated that 60% of the region’s children get their first mobile telephone by the age of 12, ECLAC and UNICEF say.
Alicia Bárcena, y el Presidente del CEAL, Samuel Urrutia firman convenio
20 August 2014 | News

ECLAC and Latin American Business Council Sign Agreement
10 de June de 2014 | Press Release

Países de América Latina y el Caribe acordaron promover políticas regionales en ciencia, innovación y TIC
Autoridades participaron en la Primera reunión de la Conferencia de Ciencia, Innovación y Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones de la CEPAL, que se celebró en Santiago, Chile.
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2 June 2014 | Announcement

Governments Will Discuss Innovation and Cooperation for Inclusive Development at ECLAC
The First Meeting of the Conference on Science, Innovation and Information and Communications Technologies will be held June 9-10 in the Chilean capital.
17 October 2012 | Press Release

ECLAC Launched Subsidiary Body for Science, Innovation and Information and Communications Technologies
The conference on this topic will operate at the regional level from 2013 onwards.
24 September 2010 | Press Release

ECLAC inaugurates the Regional Preparatory Meeting for the III Ministerial Conference about the Information Society
The even, takes place take place in Montevideo, Uruguay on 23 and 24 September 2010.

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