Middle-income countries
Activities
Thirty-seventh session of ECLAC
El período de sesiones es la reunión bienal más importante de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). Ofrece un foro que permite analizar temas relevantes para el desarrollo de los países de la región y examinar la marcha de las actividades de la Comisión.
Fourth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Committee on South-South Cooperation
The fourth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Committee on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean was held in Santiago.
Thirty-fourth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
The thirty-fourth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) was held in San Salvador from 27 to 31 August 2012. By resolution 656(XXXIII), adopted at the thirty-third session of ECLAC (Brasilia, 30 May-1 June 2010), member States agreed that El Salvador would be the host country of the meeting. The session is the most important event of each biennium for ECLAC. It provides a forum for the consideration of issues of importance for the development of the countries of the region and an opportunity to review the activities of the Commission.
Thirty-third session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
The thirty-third session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) was held in Brasilia, from 30 May to 1 June 2010. By resolution 643(XXXII), adopted at the thirty-second session of ECLAC (Santo Domingo, 9-13 June 2008), member States agreed that Brazil would be the host country of the meeting. The session is the most important event of each biennium for ECLAC. It provides a forum for the consideration of issues of importance for the development of the countries of the region and an opportunity to review the activities of the Commission.
News

Authorities Stress the Urgency of Moving Towards a Development Measurement that Goes Beyond GDP
An international seminar, organized with a special focus on the needs of Latin American and Caribbean countries, was inaugurated today at ECLAC’s main headquarters in Chile.

ECLAC Reaffirms its Proposal for Economic and Social Transformation to Hasten Implementation of the 2030 Agenda at High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the regional organization’s Executive Secretary, actively participated in various of the global forum’s events held at the United Nations headquarters, sharing his vision for moving towards a more productive, inclusive and sustainable development model.
HLPF Plenary session. Middle-income countries: Overcoming barriers in achieving the SDGs
Statement by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, at the HLPF Plenary session on Middle-income countries.

High-level Authorities from the Region Will Examine the Opportunities and Challenges of International Development Cooperation in the Context of the Post-Pandemic Recovery
On August 19-20, an extraordinary meeting of the Committee on South-South Cooperation, which is a subsidiary body of ECLAC, will take place virtually.