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22 October 2021 | Press Release

Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean Initiate Implementation of the Plan for Self-Sufficiency in Health Matters Approved by CELAC
The First Meeting for Coordination of the Plan took place today, organized by ECLAC and the Government of Mexico, which holds the bloc’s pro tempore chair.
foto de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL.
14 June 2021 | News

A Feminist Foreign Policy is Needed to Achieve a Transformative Recovery with Equality in the Region: Alicia Bárcena
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in the 2nd Cultural Congress Migrant Women from Mexico and the World, organized by the Mexican Consulate in Houston (United States).
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.
Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC's Executive Secretary, during her presentation.
23 September 2020 | News

The Comprehensive Development Plan is the Key to Addressing Migration’s Structural Causes with a Focus on Growth, Equality and Environmental Sustainability
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated today in a high-level event on the response to forced displacement in Central America, where she urged the international community to consider debt relief on the interest payments of the subregion’s countries through 2021.
25 July 2019 | Press Release

ECLAC Presents the Central America-Mexico Comprehensive Development Plan to the Government of Honduras

In the context of an official two-day visit, the regional organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, met with President Juan Orlando Hernández and participated in the inauguration of the National Commission on the 2030 Agenda.
2 October 2018 | Press Release

It is Necessary to Rethink the Concept of Development in Light of International Cooperation, Experts Gathered at ECLAC Sustained
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization, and Stella Zervoudaki, Ambassador and Head of the European Union Delegation in Chile, inaugurated the seminar that initiated a week of debate in Chile about the new concept of “development in transition.”
18 May 2017 | Press Release

Moving toward a New Platform for Inclusive Cooperation is Necessary for Sustainable Development
ECLAC, the OECD Development Center and the European Commission call for renewed dialogue with middle-income countries.
17 May 2017 | Press Release

Strategic Alliance between the European Commission and ECLAC is Renewed
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the regional United Nations organization, met in Brussels with Neven Mimica, the European Union Commissioner in charge of International Cooperation and Development.
27 April 2017 | Press Release

Institutional Strengthening and Financing must be Priorities for Countries to Fulfill the 2030 Agenda
On the second day of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, government representatives presented their experiences regarding voluntary national reviews to achieve the worldwide initiative’s objectives.
26 April 2017 | Press Release

With a Call to Revitalize Multilateralism and Regional Integration, the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development Began in Mexico
President Enrique Peña Nieto inaugurated the first meeting of the regional mechanism created in 2016 for follow-up on the 2030 Agenda today, in the National Palace, along with Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary Luis Videgaray and ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena.
26 April 2017 | Infographic

International Cooperation: Key to the 2030 Agenda
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), adopted in 2015, embody the consensus of governments and different stakeholders to work collaboratively towards a transformative vision of economic, social and environmental sustainability, by correcting asymmetries and building an open and stable international system. Complying with the Agenda will need to find a balance between employment and equality policies in each country with the restrictions imposed to national decisions by an open world system.
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25 April 2017 | News

ECLAC Calls for Strengthened South-South Cooperation to Attain the Sustainable Development Goals
In response to protectionist movements in the world, multilateralism will allow the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean to achieve development with equality and sustainability, says the organization.
24 de January de 2017 | Speech

Quinta Cumbre de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (CELAC)
Intervención de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL.
24 January 2017 | Press Release

ECLAC Presents to CELAC the Region’s Challenges to Achieving Sustainable Development in a Complex Context
The regional organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, made a presentation before the Foreign Ministers attending the bloc’s V Summit of Heads of State and Government in the Dominican Republic.
9 de December de 2016 | Press Release

Gobierno de Costa Rica y CEPAL analizan brechas estructurales del país en nueva publicación
Estudio es el primero en su tipo al presentar una nueva metodología en la agenda de cooperación para el desarrollo.
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9 December 2016 | News

ECLAC Calls for Closer Economic Ties between India and Latin America and the Caribbean
Report by the ECLAC Subregional Headquarters in Mexico publishes economic, social and commercial indicators for the two regions.
28 November 2016 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena Calls on India and Latin America and the Caribbean to Strengthen Economic and Trade Ties
In Guadalajara, ECLAC presented a study on trade opportunities and challenges for reducing inequality in both populations.
26 October 2016 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena Calls on CELAC and the EU to Take Advantage of the Digital Economy, Innovation and the Fight Against Climate Change as Drivers Towards New Development Paths
In the framework of the Meeting of Foreign Ministers of CELAC and the European Union, which was held in Santo Domingo, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary called for harnessing complementarities among the two regions with a view to complying with the 2030 Agenda.
13 October 2016 | Press Release

ECLAC: Productivity remains the “Achilles’ heel” of the region’s economies

Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the United Nations body, opened the first high-level meeting of the OECD Regional Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean.
7 July 2016 | Press Release

On Visit to Germany, Alicia Bárcena Calls For Taking Advantage of Investment Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary launched an initiative for an export platform in the region during meetings with businesspeople and government authorities in Berlin.

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