Promoting regional collaboration for strengthening statistical capacities in Latin America and the Caribbean

Within the framework of twenty-third meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC, statistical representatives of the Agencies, Funds, and Programs of the United Nations that make up the Statistics and Data Group of the Regional Collaboration Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean (RCP-LAC) of the United Nations, met at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, on August 28, 2024.

The specialists took this opportunity to promote a meeting among the members present at the Conference, facilitating contact with the new group members, reviewing current activities, and highlighting the importance of joint work to achieve the necessary synergies in support of Member States in strengthening their statistical capacities for the production, dissemination, and use of Sustainable Development Goals indicators and associated national statistical operations.

The participants emphasized the importance of maintaining constant and sustained communication to consolidate the community of regional statisticians in Latin America and the Caribbean, establishing the necessary mechanisms to link global, regional, and national processes in this area.

The organizations present on this occasion were: the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Agency for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).