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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.
logo de la reunión
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.
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.
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.
10 July 2020 | Press Release

Event with Latin American and Caribbean Countries Stresses the Importance of Guaranteeing a Universal Social Protection System

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in a side event at the United Nations High-level Political Forum on COVID-19’s socioeconomic impacts in the region and policy responses for building back better.
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.
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.