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4 March 2024 | Press Release

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Met with Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo de León
The United Nations regional economic commission and the Government of Guatemala align efforts to quicken the pace in moving towards more productive, inclusive and sustainable development in the Central American country.
15 de March de 2023 | Infographic

Infographic What is ECLAC and what does it do?
ECLAC is an organization that conducts applied research of excellence and provides technical assistance to the governments of the region in order to formulate and monitor public policies. The historical focus of ECLAC’s subregional headquarters in Mexico is and has been the integration of the countries with which it works: Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico and Panama.
17 September 2021 | Press Release

Governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico Welcome the Comprehensive Development Plan, Prepared by the UN and Presented by ECLAC, and Commit to Efforts to Move Forward on its Implementation
The Commission’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, officially submitted the proposal addressing the structural causes of migration to high-level authorities from these countries.
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14 September 2021 | Announcement

ECLAC to Officially Present Comprehensive Development Plan for El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and South-Southeast Mexico
In representation of their governments, high authorities from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico will receive the document they requested from the United Nations regional commission to address the structural causes of migration.
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29 October 2020 | News

The Protection of Older Persons Must Have Dignity and Humanity at the Center
In the framework of its 38th session, ECLAC presented a document that analyzes the situation of this population in the countries of Central America and Mexico.
30 de September de 2020 | Infographic

Aportes de la CEPAL en la integración Centroamericana
Mediante este conjunto de infografías la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) busca contribuir, a partir de su bagaje histórico, a la permanente renovación de la propuesta de desarrollo e integración para Centroamérica. Esta propuesta enfatiza la necesidad de un cambio estructural progresivo que puede impulsarse desde diversos frentes: el sector social, la energía, el cambio climático y sus retos, la infraestructura, la coordinación fiscal, el comercio, la integración productiva y la innovación. Se subraya la importancia de un gran impulso ambiental para la igualdad y la sostenibilidad, sustentado en políticas públicas coordinadas que desvinculen el desarrollo de externalidades ambientales y mejoren la calidad de vida de la población.
30 September 2020 | Infographic

ECLAC contribution to integration in Central America
The proposal for development and integration in Central America put forward by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on the basis of its considerable prior experience, is set out and updated in these infographics. The proposal emphasizes the need for a progressive structural change driven across various fronts: the social sector, energy, climate change challenges, infrastructure, fiscal coordination, trade, productive integration and innovation. It focuses on the importance of an environmental big push for equality and sustainability, supported by coordinated public policies capable of decoupling development from environmental externalities and improving the quality of life of the population.
Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC's Executive Secretary, during her presentation.
23 September 2020 | News

The Comprehensive Development Plan is the Key to Addressing Migration’s Structural Causes with a Focus on Growth, Equality and Environmental Sustainability
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated today in a high-level event on the response to forced displacement in Central America, where she urged the international community to consider debt relief on the interest payments of the subregion’s countries through 2021.
15 January 2020 | Press Release

The Comprehensive Development Plan is an Innovative Proposal that Addresses the Structural Causes of Migration, With a Focus on Growth, Equality and Environmental Sustainability
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, presented the fourth draft of this initiative today in Guatemala, at a ceremony led by that country’s President, Alejandro Giammattei.
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21 November 2019 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Present New Poverty and Inequality Figures and an Analysis of Middle-Income Strata in the Region
On Thursday, November 28, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena will launch in Chile the Social Panorama of Latin America 2019 report.
foto de la visita a El Salvador
13 de September de 2019 | News

CEPAL presentó al Gobierno de El Salvador el Plan de Desarrollo Integral de Centroamérica y México
La Secretaria Ejecutiva del organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas, Alicia Bárcena, se reunió en San Salvador con diversas autoridades del país centroamericano.
12 de September de 2019 | Press Release

Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL presentó al Gobierno de Guatemala el Plan de Desarrollo Integral de Centroamérica y México
En el marco de una visita oficial, Alicia Bárcena se reunió con el Presidente del país, Jimmy Morales, y el Presidente electo para 2020-2024, Alejandro Giammattei, entre otras autoridades.
20 May 2019 | Press Release

The Right to Development in Places of Origin is the Solution so that Migration is an Option, Not an Obligation: ECLAC
In a ceremony led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the Executive Secretary of the UN regional commission, Alicia Bárcena, presented to Mexico a proposal for the El Salvador-Guatemala-Honduras-Mexico Comprehensive Development Plan.
The presidents of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador; Guatemala, Jimmy Morales, and Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, and the Vicepresident of El Salvador, Óscar Samuel Ortiz, with the ECLAC's Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena.
17 May 2019 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Present to Mexico a Proposal for the El Salvador-Guatemala-Honduras-Mexico Comprehensive Development Program
The conference, which will be led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional commission, Alicia Bárcena, will take place next Monday, May 20, at Mexico’s National Palace.
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22 de April de 2019 | News

Urge incorporar derechos de los adultos mayores en la implementación de la Agenda 2030

La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena, inauguró hoy una reunión sobre derechos de las personas mayores, paralela a la tercera reunión del Foro de lo Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible.
15 January 2019 | Press Release

Poverty in Latin America Remained Steady in 2017, but Extreme Poverty Increased to the Highest Level since 2008, while Inequality has Fallen Notably since 2000
ECLAC released its report Social Panorama 2018 today in Chile, including new revisions to the methodology used by the organization to estimate monetary poverty in the region, as well as new measurements on functional inequality, social spending and double labor and social inclusion.
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11 December 2018 | News

Young People Under 24 from Rural Areas Constitute the Greater Part of Emigration from Northern Central America
In Marrakech today, ECLAC and FAO presented a document that examines the main causes and salient characteristics of the migratory phenomenon in countries of the subregion.
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11 December 2018 | Announcement

ECLAC and FAO will present in Marrakech the Atlas of Migration in Northern Central America

The report, which analyzes the main characteristics of migration in the countries of the region, will be presented today at a press conference in the frame of the Intergovernmental Conference on the Global Compact for Migration.
10 December 2018 | Press Release

Foreign Ministers of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico Presented Comprehensive Development Plan in the Framework of the Conference on the Global Compact for Migration
The regional initiative will change the paradigm of migration, development and cooperation between northern Central America and Mexico, under ECLAC’s auspices.
Portada documento racismo en Guatemala
10 December 2018 | News

New Public Policies Are Proposed to Eradicate Racism and Discrimination in Guatemala
The study, requested to ECLAC by the Presidential Commission on Discrimination and Racism against the Indigenous Peoples of Guatemala (CODISRA), offers recommendations that would allow for moving toward social equality while also promoting cultural diversity.

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