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29 October 2015 | News

The Caribbean experience helps strengthen Peruvian disaster capacity
Peru is among the countries of Latin America that is most vulnerable to natural disasters. As the regional hub for the provision of strengthened leadership in disaster assessment and post disaster needs analysis across Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC subregional office for the Caribbean has conducted a series of training sessions in disaster assessment in different regions of Peru.
Aerial picture of a Caribbean island
25 August 2015 | News

Caribbean Countries Identify Challenges and Opportunities for Making Progress on Access Rights in Environmental Matters
In Saint Lucia, delegates will also learn about the negotiation process for forging a regional agreement on Principle 10.
21 August 2015 | News

Data revolution for sustainable development: The Caribbean Challenge
ECLAC Caribbean explores the Big Data phenomenon, drawing on the knowledge of experts around the region to address its implications and uses.
31 July 2015 | News

ECLAC disaster assessment package targets policy makers and children in Costa Rica
Policy makers and children in Costa Rica will soon be better prepared to prevent and deal with disasters, as ECLAC Caribbean brings its disaster assessment package to the country.
13 July 2015 | Press Release

ECLAC Proposes Debt Relief for Caribbean Countries and the Creation of a Subregional Fund
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present this proposal at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, to take place in Addis Ababa.
2 July 2015 | Press Release

Caribbean States 'Lighting Path' to Sustainable Future, Says UN Chief in Barbados
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon took part in a high-level symposium focused on sustainable development in the Caribbean.
2 July 2015 | Speech

Secretary-General's opening remarks at the Caribbean Sustainable Development High-Level Symposium
By Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General.
1 July 2015 | Infographic

Damage and Loss Assessment
The Caribbean region is vulnerable to many types of weather related disaster as well as earthquakes. Disaster in the region have inceased over time. They are recurrent and happen unexpectedly. Damage and Loss Assessment is the basis for Post Disaster Needs Assessment.
1 July 2015 | Infographic

Data and Statistics in the Caribbean
Statistics provide an interpretation and summary of data.
29 June 2015 | Infographic

Opportunities and risks associated with digital currency in the Caribbean
Digital currency and mobile money solutions are components of new industry classifications referred to as Financial Technology (FinTech) and Digital Financial Services (DFS).
29 June 2015 | Infographic

Development Strategies for the ICT sector in the Caribbean: A global perspective
Internet connectivity brings opportunities for new knowledge based industries in the Caribbean region.
Attendees of the 17th Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the CDCC
26 June 2015 | News

ECLAC Executive Secretary opens High Level Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago
Ministers and high-level Government representatives from the Caribbean gathered in Trinidad and Tobago to consider progress made in implementation of development strategies for the region on occasion of the 17th meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC).
26 June 2015 | Speech

17th Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the CDCC
Opening Statement by Alicia Barcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
Picture of the meeting
24 June 2015 | News

ECLAC Highlights Strategic Regional Action in Defining Sustainable Development Goals for the Caribbean

Symposium is being held in Trinidad and Tobago organized by the UN Commission, with the support of the Caribbean Development Bank.
22 June 2015 | News

Trinidad and Tobago will host a Symposium on Sustainable Development Goals for the Caribbean
The meeting will take place from 24-25 June and is organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), with the support of the Caribbean Development Bank.
18 June 2015 | News

New series of disaster assessment training sessions set to kick-off in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is the first of seven Caribbean countries to receive training on Post Disaster Needs Assessment from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean.
18 June 2015 | Infographic

Energy efficiency in the transport sector in Grenada, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines currently use over 66% of their total energy consumption on transport, meanwhile Grenada and Saint Lucia both use over 50%.
17 June 2015 | News

ECLAC identifies Caribbean priorities for inclusion in eLAC Digital Agenda 2018
The Caribbean needs to provide affordable and wider access to digital services, while taking advantage of the opportunities created by technological convergence and mobile technologies.
16 June 2015 | News

ECLAC helps Peruvian officials better respond to disasters
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional office for the Caribbean is strengthening the capacity of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to assess the damages and losses caused by disasters
10 June 2015 | Infographic

Ageing in the Caribbean
Over the next twenty years, the Caribbean* will see a rapid and dramatic ageing of its population. With such a rapid increase in the number of older persons on the horizon, there is an urgent need for governments to strengthen social protection against a wide range of risks that older people face. * -Here the Caribbean refers to Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Dominica; Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Sant Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands.

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