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Virtual Expert Group Meeting on Human Capital Formation in the Caribbean

11 November 2024, 07:00 - 09:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

Labour productivity has been on a declining trend in the Caribbean. An examination of this trend revealed a growing concern of skills mismatch in the labour market. At the same time, youth unemployment is high in many countries, with young women and girls twice as likely not to be in education, employment or training. These are troubling signs for human capital formation at a time when Caribbean economies are experiencing low growth, and the global economy is becoming increasingly knowledge based.…

UNFCCC COP28 Side event: "The Escazú Agreement as a catalyst for climate empowerment actions"

9 December 2023 | Event (Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies)

UNFCCC COP28 official side event 9 December 2023, 6:30-8 pm Dubai, SE Room 1 (Blue zone) This side event aims to generate a multi-stakeholder discussion on how the Escazú Agreement promotes informed and participatory climate actions in support of Sustainable Development Goal 13 and the Paris Agreement. Government representatives, the public, international organizations and other actors will offer experiences and good practices in the mainstreaming of the Escazú Agreement into the design and implementation of national climate policies. Moreover, the interconnections between …

UNFCCC COP28 Side event: "What Human Rights at 75 means for Climate Justice Now"

3 December 2023, 10:15 - 11:45 | Event (Other events)

UN System official side event 3 December 2023, 1:15-2:45 horas, SE Room 2 Human Rights, and in line with findings of IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report and the Agreed Conclusions of the 66th Session of the Commission on Status of Women, and in the run up to the 30th Anniversary of the ICPD, the event will explore how rights-based and gender-responsive approaches, including in climate litigation, lead to more effective and sustainable climate action. The event will highlight recent outcomes of intergovernmental processes regarding human rights and climate change, including the Escazú Agreement.…

Fifth Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing and the Rights of Older Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean

13 - 15 December 2022 | Event (Intergovernmental meetings)

La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) acogerá del 13 al 15 de diciembre de 2022 la Quinta Conferencia Regional Intergubernamental sobre Envejecimiento y Derechos de las Personas Mayores en América Latina y el Caribe, en la que altos representantes de gobiernos, instituciones internacionales, sector privado, academia y sociedad civil se darán cita para identificar los logros y desafíos de la región en la implementación del Plan de Acción Internacional de Madrid sobre el Envejecimiento, y en la construcción de un futuro digno para el envejecimiento y las personas mayores …

Preparatory meeting for the Fifth Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing and the Rights of Older Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean

18 November 2021, 08:00 - 11:00 | Event (Intergovernmental meetings)

Within the framework of the Fifth Intergovernmental Conference on Aging and the Rights of Older Persons to be held in 2022, this preparatory meeting is organized, which aims to present a preliminary content proposal for the preparation of the regional report, report on progress and experiences in the process of preparing national reports on compliance with the Madrid International Plan of Action and addressing aspects related to the organization of the Fifth Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Aging and the Rights of Older People, which will take place in 2022.…

First Regional Seminar on Social Development "Education in Latin America and the Caribbean: the prolonged crisis as an opportunity for restructuring"

13 - 15 October 2021 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

Education is a fundamental human right, at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and key to achieving a comprehensive social and labour inclusion of the population, while also contributing to economic growth, equality, and civic participation in society. Research has shown that higher levels of education are associated with the reduction of poverty and inequality, the improvement of health indicators, the possibilities of access to decent work, upward social mobility, and a more active civic engagement. Education is also central in relation to the structural changes require…

Water dialogues in Latin America and the Caribbean to accelerate SDG 6

29 April 2021, 10:00 - 12:00 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

More than 3000 people from different social, economic, and environmental sectors in the region registered for the virtual event co-organized by ECLAC, UNESCO IHP, CONAGUA and the Federal Government of Germany, to exchange information on how to speed up the completion of SDG 6.…

Early Ratification of the Escazú Agreement: Regional action on Environmental Democracy to fulfill the vision of the 2030 SDG Agenda

27 September 2018, 15:00 - 18:00 | Event (Intergovernmental meetings)

Organized by UN ECLAC, the Governments of Costa Rica and Chile and the organizations The Access Initiative, Open Society Foundation, Namati, World Resources Institute, Amnesty International, Civicus and Derecho, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales-DAR. This celebratory event will be held on the occasion of the opening for signature of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (“Escazu Agreement”). The event will be held at the Open Society Foundation in New York.…

Consulta regional sobre el proyecto de directrices sobre la puesta en práctica efectiva del derecho a participar en los asuntos públicos

13 - 14 June 2017 | Event (Meetings and technical symposiums)

La consulta regional tiene por objetivos principales i) recoger los puntos de vista de las partes interesadas en las Américas sobre el contenido del proyecto de directrices, y ii) lograr una mejor comprensión de las leyes, la jurisprudencia, las políticas y las buenas prácticas en la región con respecto a la puesta en práctica efectiva del derecho a participar en los asuntos públicos. Las discusiones sostenidas durante la consulta deberían ayudar al ACNUDH en la preparación del proyecto de directrices.…

Second meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

24 - 26 June 2015 | Event (Presiding officers)

The Second meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean was held at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago from 24 to 26 June 2015. The Presiding Officers serve as a link between the governments of member States and ECLAC Secretariat, in order to provide regional follow-up on issues related to population and development such as ageing, international migration, indigenous peoples and Afro-descendants, among others.…

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