United Nations
Inclusive development
Activities
Seminar "Challenges in moving towards universal health in Chile: the role of Primary Health Care (PHC) and financial sustainability"
This seminar aims to discuss and reflect on the lessons learned and challenges faced in advancing towards universal health in Chile. It will focus on the centrality of the PHC strategy, and the challenges associated with financing the necessary reforms to the current health system.
Fourth Regional Seminar on Social Development "Social Protection and Inequality: Latin America and the Caribbean towards the Second World Summit for Social Development of 2025"
The objective of this seminar, organized by the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is to promote reflection and dialogue to advance in the recognition, analysis of the characteristics and dimensioning of social inequality in the region. Therefore, it seeks to strengthen the design of public policies that allow progress in inclusive social development and thus progress in meeting the goals agreed by the countries in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Launch PISA 2022
The objective of this hybrid event is to disseminate the results of the OECD's 2022 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and promote their use to address the challenges that countries in the region face in relation to learning outcomes and to promote actions for an educational transformation to move towards inclusive and quality education.
From Mining to the Electric Mobility Industry in Latin America: The Role of Parliaments in Seizing Opportunities and Addressing Challenges
The in-person event will take place at the Chile Pavilion located in the Blue Zone of COP 28, the specifics are: Chile Pavilion, Building 71, Zone B6, Opportunity Petal, COP28 Blue Zone. (3:00 pm - 4:30 pm, Dubai Local time, GMT+4)
News
BNDES and ECLAC Partnership launches the first edition of the Maria da Conceição Tavares School of Government and Development
Capacity-building course in development will be delivered this year, with in-person sessions in Brazil and Chile, as well as online classes Program targets current or former employees of Latin American public institutions involved in development financing
Forum on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Example of Multilateralism in Action
Five years before the deadline for fulfilling the 2030 Agenda, delegates agreed that the region must step up its efforts to move towards achieving the SDGs, through collaboration between multiple stakeholders and a focus on managing the transformations.
ECLAC Advocates for Forging a Global Pact for Inclusive Social Development at Summit to be Held in Qatar
In the framework of the eighth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, taking place in Santiago, Executive Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs shared a policy brief that includes a series of concrete proposals in that direction.
Latin American and Caribbean Countries Call for Approving a Global Pact for Inclusive Social Development at Summit to be Held in November in Qatar
Chile’s Social Development and Family Minister, Javiera Toro, and ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, led a Special Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which was held virtually.
