30 de noviembre de 2020 | Reuniones y seminarios técnicos
This expert group meeting discusses the ECLAC study on Addressing the adverse impacts of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on the sustainable development of Caribbean countries.
17 de noviembre de 2020 | Reuniones y seminarios técnicos
The Caribbean is considered one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world. Indeed, the financial impact of disasters such as hurricanes on Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) is invariably several times greater than their gross domestic product (GDP). Governments of the subregion...
10 de noviembre de 2020 | Reuniones y seminarios técnicos
Statistical disclosure control (SDC) is a topic of increasing interest to Caribbean statisticians and international development partners working in the subregion. ECLAC has carried out a study of statistical disclosure control methods for census tables which recommends select methods that could be...
5 de noviembre de 2020 | Reuniones y seminarios técnicos
As a subregion extremely vulnerable to extreme weather events and the adverse effects of climate change, the Caribbean is particularly susceptible to disaster displacement and climate migration.
6 de octubre de 2020 | Otros eventos
The workshop is being jointly organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), subregional headquarters for the Caribbean and Social Development Division, the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and...
10 de septiembre de 2020 | Comité Ejecutivo
Pursuant to resolution 358(XVI) of 1975, the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) was created as a permanent subsidiary body of the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean to promote development cooperation among Caribbean countries.
10 de septiembre de 2020 | Reuniones y seminarios técnicos
This year the Caribbean Development Roundtable (CDR) takes stock of the progress so far made in persuading the international community to extend the financial support needed by Member States.
28 de julio de 2020 | Otros eventos
The virtual seminar sought raise awareness on the Escazú Agreement and its synergies with the 2030 Agenda and other international processes, examine the role of the Judiciary in the implementation of environmental access rights and environmental protection and review the national and regional...
25 de julio de 2020 | Otros eventos
The virtual seminar sought to provide a general overview of the Escazú Agreement and its synergies with the 2030 Agenda and multilateral environmental agreements, as well as exchange views with the members of the National Workers Union in Saint Lucia to support the ratification process of the...
7 de julio de 2020 | Reuniones y seminarios técnicos
The objective of these workshops is to promote the use of gender statistics for policymaking to ensure that no women and girls are left behind, in keeping with the commitments set out in the Regional Gender Agenda and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals...
1 de abril de 2020 | Otros eventos
**** Event postponed **** Organized by the Government of Grenada and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the seminar aims to raise awareness on the Escazú Agreement and its synergies with the 2030 Agenda and other international processes, review the role of...
31 de marzo de 2020 | Otros eventos
**** Event postponed ****
Organized by the Government of Grenada and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the seminar aims to raise awareness on the Escazú Agreement and its synergies with the 2030 Agenda and other international processes, examine the...
26 de noviembre de 2019 | Reuniones y seminarios técnicos
Caribbean women suffer disproportionate levels of mortality and injury following disasters and extreme weather events. This is a direct result of recurrent discrimination and inequalities in access to adequate health care, food and nutrition, and water and sanitation, as well as education,...
23 de octubre de 2019 | Reuniones y seminarios técnicos
The training will help participants to better utilise Universal service funds (USFs) to increase access to technology for persons with disabilities thereby supporting governments in the subregion in advancing the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Convention on...
17 de septiembre de 2019 | Reuniones y seminarios técnicos
Regional workshop on Repositioning of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee – (CDCC-RCM) Regional Coordinating Mechanism as the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) mechanism for sustainable development.
14 de agosto de 2019 | Reuniones y seminarios técnicos
The present workshop will seek to analyze how the Escazú Agreement contributes to the implementation of the environmental dimension of the 2030 Agenda in an effective and coherent manner in Guyana. To that end, it will specifically review key provisions of the Escazú Agreement and analyze national...
9 de agosto de 2019 | Reuniones y seminarios técnicos
La 13a Cumbre de Jóvenes Ambientales del Caribe (CYEN) tendrá lugar entre el 9 y el 13 de agosto de 2019 en Georgetown, Guyana, bajo el lema "Fortaleciendo la resiliencia del Caribe mediante el involucramiento y la participación efectiva de los jóvenes."
8 de agosto de 2019 | Reuniones y seminarios técnicos
The capacity-building workshop bringed together international experts and representatives from eleven Caribbean English-speaking countries Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Jamaica, Guyana, Saint Lucía, Saint Kitts, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, to discuss...
10 de julio de 2019 | Otros eventos
The side event will consider the need to integrate resilience-building into sustainable development planning and practice in the Caribbean, in light of the inescapable impact of climate change on the environmental, infrastructural, economic and social wellbeing of Caribbean states.
It is an...
18 de junio de 2019 | Conferencias y reuniones de órganos subsidiarios
The Caribbean preparatory meeting of the XIV session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean is convened in accordance with the agreements adopted at the fifty-eighth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the...