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28 June 2024 | Press Release

ECLAC: The Private Sector is Called Upon to Be an Agent of Change for the Productive Transformation of the Latin America and Caribbean Economy
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization, led the inauguration of a regional dialogue on the private sector’s role in the framework of a new vision for productive development policies, organized jointly with IOE and the ILO.
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13 de June de 2024 | Announcement

El rol del sector privado en las políticas de desarrollo productivo en la región será discutido en la CEPAL
El viernes 28 de junio se llevará a cabo un diálogo que contará con la participación de autoridades, representantes de asociaciones empresariales de los países de América Latina y el Caribe y especialistas.
15 February 2024 | Press Release

ECLAC Launched Digital Development Observatory to Contribute to Latin America and the Caribbean’s Digital Transformation
The DDO’s first figures reveal major lags in digital technology adoption by the region’s productive sector.
12 December 2023 | Press Release

ECLAC Launched Platform for Cluster and Other Territorial Productive Articulation Initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean
At a virtual event led by Executive Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, with the participation of prominent specialists in this area, officials presented this tool, which includes an interactive map with around 258 georeferenced initiatives thus far.
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30 November 2023 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Launch Platform for Cluster and Other Territorial Productive Articulation Initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean
The presentation will take place on Tuesday, December 12 at a virtual event led by the United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.
19 de July de 2023 | Infographic

Infografía. Acceso a combustibles y tecnologías limpios para cocción de alimentos en Guatemala y Honduras

Guatemala y Honduras se encuentran entre los países de América Latina y el Caribe con mayor nivel de pobreza, con menor proporción de población con dependencia de combustibles y tecnologías limpios y mayor uso de leña. Las estimaciones y estadísticas disponibles muestran que buena parte de la población, particularmente la de zonas rurales, utiliza leña como principal combustible para cocinar. Aunque hay avances en cuanto a la cobertura eléctrica, existe un subconsumo de electricidad, pues a nivel residencial la fuente de energía más utilizada es la leña.
19 de July de 2023 | Infographic

Infografía. Brechas de innovación en las mipymes caficultoras en El Salvador y Guatemala
La cadena productiva del café en El Salvador y en Guatemala muestra que ambos países en desarrollo concentran sus estrategias productivas en el eslabón de la producción, el cual genera y se apropia de la menor cantidad de valor. Pese a la experiencia en la producción de café, la participación de las micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas (MIPyMES) tiene una menor apropiación del valor en comparación con empresas transnacionales y países importadores y consumidores en aquellos
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24 March 2023 | Announcement

Authorities and Specialists Will Debate Territorial Productive Policies and Digitalization at International Seminar Organized by ECLAC
At the event, which will take place on April 18 using a hybrid format, two projects implemented by the United Nations regional organization with financing from the European Union will come to a close.
El Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPALjunto al Embajador de Corea
11 November 2022 | News

Republic of Korea and ECLAC Renew their 2022-2023 Cooperation Agreement, with Emphasis on Economic Integration and the Digital Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean
The country’s ambassador in Chile, Kyungtae Hwang, was received by the United Nations regional commission’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.
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9 August 2022 | News

Authorities from Argentina Exchanged Experiences at ECLAC on Productive Development Policies Geared Towards Territories
Mario Cimoli, the regional organization’s Acting Executive Secretary, kicked off the event along with Mercedes Marcó del Pont, Argentina’s Secretary of Strategic Affairs.
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10 December 2021 | Announcement

Authorities Will Debate about Health Sovereignty, Digital Technologies and Eco-Innovation at ECLAC’s Regional Conference
On December 13-15, Argentina will host the Third Meeting of the Conference on Science, Innovation and Information and Communications Technologies, using a hybrid format.
30 June 2021 | News

ECLAC Examines the Digital Transformation Process of Tourism-related MSMEs in SICA Countries
A new publication by the subregional headquarters in Mexico includes a cross-cutting gender analysis and addresses the innovation capacity of rural companies in this sector.
foto de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL.
5 February 2021 | News

Alicia Bárcena: The Current Health and Climate Crises are the Result of an Unsustainable Development Model

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary gave a keynote lecture on the climate emergency in Latin America and the Caribbean organized by Oxford University’s International Development Department.
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20 November 2020 | Announcement

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Will Define a New Digital Agenda in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic at the VII Ministerial Conference on the Information Society
The meeting, organized by ECLAC and the Government of Ecuador, will take place virtually from Monday, November 23 to Thursday, November 26, 2020.
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4 November 2020 | Announcement

The Role of Digital Technologies in Light of the Pandemic Will Be Analyzed at the Seventh Ministerial Conference organized by ECLAC and the Government of Ecuador
The meeting will take place virtually on November 23-26, 2020.
8 October 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC Stresses Crucial Role of Regional Integration and Importance of Public-Private Partnerships for the post COVID-19 Recovery
Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena participated in a high-level event of U.S. chambers of commerce in Latin America and the Caribbean, which featured the special participation of Argentine President Alberto Fernández.
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL
23 September 2020 | News

Alicia Bárcena Stressed the Importance of Equality as a Driver of Growth for Companies and Businesses after the COVID-19 Crisis
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary spoke with senior company officials and private sector leaders from the Americas, during a virtual event organized by UNITAR’s affiliate in Colombia.
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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.
Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC's Executive Secretary, during her presentation.
22 July 2020 | News

The Region Requires a New Political Compact that Ensures Universal Social Protection and Resolves Structural Problems in the World of Work
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated today in the book launch of The future of work: Trade unions in transformation, published by the Bureau for Workers’ Activities of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
13 July 2020 | Press Release

It is Crucial to Propose a Social Compact Based on a Broad and Participatory Dialogue to Face the Present Contingency and Rethink the Post COVID-19 Reactivation
In the framework of the OECD-LAC Virtual Social Inclusion Ministerial Summit, Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, called for promoting universal, redistributive and solidarity-based social policies to confront the crisis.

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