ECLAC-POS
03 Apr 2013
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is organizing the Second Meeting of the Signatory Countries of the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will convene in Guadalajara, Mexico, from 16-17 April 2013. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and adopt the Plan of Action to 2014 for the formulation of an instrument on the application of Principle 10 in Latin...
02 Apr 2013
The ICPD regional meeting for the UNECLAC region is expected to take place in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 12-14 August 2013. The conference will identify priorities for the future to prepare for the ICPD beyond 2014 agenda, focusing on ageing and international migration. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/icpd-regional-population-conference-uneclac/ ]
12 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 March 2013: The Caribbean Forum on “Shaping a sustainable development agenda to address the Caribbean reality in the 21st century” took place in Bogota, Colombia, on 5-6 March 2013, and concluded with participants adopting conclusions on priority areas as well as guidelines on how to continue working toward development in the Caribbean.
The meeting was organized by the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the UN...
16 Feb 2013
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold a Conference on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean at Colombia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This meeting serves as the Regional Implementation Meeting (RIM). The Conference will focus on the follow-up to the development agenda beyond 2015 and the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), with a regional perspective. It will be preceded by the Caribbean Forum on the theme of...
09 Feb 2013
Informal consultations on small island developing States (SIDS) will take place on 5-6 March 2013, in Bogota, Colombia, preceding the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Regional Implementation Meeting (RIM). [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/informal-consultations-on-sids/ ]
