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T&T Parliamentarians Engage in Masterclass on Data, Statistics and AI for Decision Making and Sustainable Development
23 Apr 2024

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T&T Parliamentarians Engage in Masterclass on Data, Statistics and AI for Decision Making and Sustainable Development

Trinidad and Tobago legislators are enhancing their understanding and knowledge of data, statistics and artificial intelligence (AI) for improved legislation and sustainable development. Parliamentarians including the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, government ministers, opposition MPs and independent senators actively participated in a Masterclass on Data and Statistics for Decision Making, organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in collaboration with the Parliament of The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

Caribbean Youth Dialogues 2024
25 Mar 2024

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100+ Caribbean Youth to Discuss Ways to Achieve Sustainable Development and the future of the Region at Caribbean Youth Dialogues in April

Approximately 100 young people from the Caribbean are set to login and discuss issues affecting sustainable development and their endangered future existence as island people at the Caribbean Youth Dialogues 2024 on 3-4 April. The youth of the Caribbean will meet to brainstorm how to get Caribbean Small Island Developing States onto the path to sustainable development while grappling with slow development, the impacts of the COVID pandemic and other social and economic challenges.

Director Diane Quarless of ECLAC Caribbean says #investinwomen
7 Mar 2024

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ECLAC Caribbean Encourages Regional Leaders to Use Resources for Progress on Gender Equality for Women and Girls

The international community has committed to making every effort to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, yet we remain disturbingly behind when it comes to meeting the targets for achievement of gender equality and empowering all women and girls. The SDG indicators measuring progress on this goal signal that, globally, we are only on track to reach 15.4 per cent of the targets set for gender equality. Even more worrisome is the fact that 61.5 per cent of the gender equality targets are far or very far off track.

Photo of traffic in Port of Spain, Trinidad
22 Jan 2024

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Trinidad and Tobago Commuters Spend One Month of Life in Traffic Every Year… Direct Economic Cost of Traffic in T&T - $2.26B

The direct economic cost of traffic in Trinidad and Tobago is an estimated TT$2.26 billion per year or 1.37 per cent of GDP; with the average commuter spending an average 793 hours, cumulatively 33 days – one month of the year in traffic delays. These are two of the main findings of the study Assessment of the economic costs of vehicle traffic congestion in the Caribbean – A case study of Trinidad and Tobago, produced by ECLAC Caribbean.