In the framework of her visit to Germany, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, spoke at the Latin America-Caribbean Conference and met with authorities from several countries.
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary launched an initiative for an export platform in the region during meetings with businesspeople and government authorities in Berlin.
During her two-day visit to the European country, Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, described the development challenges of Latin America and the Caribbean.
The United Nations agency and the German Agency for International Cooperation set out the services and activities of the technical cooperation programme until 2014.
El organismo de las Naciones Unidas y la agencia alemana establecieron las prestaciones y actividades del programa de cooperación técnica que rige hasta 2014.
The accomplishments of cooperation efforts between Germany and ECLAC in areas such as social equality, the role of the State, taxation, climate change, energy efficiency and sustainable development were reviewed.