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22 de March de 2024 | News

El futuro de los sistemas de protección social en un contexto de cascada de crisis se analizó en seminario interregional
Autoridades de la región y especialistas participaron en evento organizado por la CEPAL y la Cooperación Alemana.
9 January 2024 | Press Release

ECLAC and ILO: The Region’s Low Economic Growth Affected Labour Market Dynamism in 2023
According to a new joint publication by these two United Nations organizations, the increase in the regional employment rate, seen in 2022, slowed significantly in the first six months of 2023, while the participation rate declined.
23 November 2023 | Press Release

Poverty in Latin America Returned to Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2022, ECLAC Reports with an Urgent Call for Progress on Labour Inclusion
Despite this improvement in the indicators, more than 180 million people in the region do not have enough income to meet their basic needs and 70 million of them lack the income needed to acquire a basic food basket, the Commission warns in its report Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023.
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29 June 2023 | News

ECLAC: Latin America and the Caribbean Faces the Challenge of Moving from Labour Market Participation to Labour Inclusion
Today the Third Regional Seminar on Social Development concluded, having convened Labour Ministers, academics, specialists and representatives of trade-union and employer organizations.
27 June 2023 | Press Release

Labour Inclusion is a Critical Factor for Reducing Inequality and Informality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Today authorities and specialists inaugurated the Third Regional Seminar on Social Development, organized by ECLAC in collaboration with numerous institutions.
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23 June 2023 | Announcement

Labour Inclusion Will Be the Main Theme of the Third Regional Seminar on Social Development, Organized by ECLAC
The event will take place on June 27-29 at the United Nations regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
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21 November 2022 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Release New Figures on Poverty and Inequality in the Region and on the Silent Crisis in Education
The annual report, Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2022, will be presented on Thursday, November 24 at a press conference given by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization.
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8 October 2021 | News

The COVID-19 crisis has reaffirmed the importance of harnessing technological advances and exposing territorial inequalities to promote decent jobs in Latin America, underlined specialists at an event on informal labor
An international seminar organized by ECLAC on October 6-7 announced the key findings of a project financed by the United Nations Development Account.
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15 de April de 2021 | News

STPS y CEPAL dialogan sobre políticas orientadas a reducir la informalidad laboral en México
Ambas instituciones organizaron el Seminario virtual “Afrontar los desafíos de la informalidad laboral desde el territorio: herramientas para la formulación de políticas” como parte de un proyecto de la Cuenta de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo.
11 June 2020 | Press Release

The Crisis Resulting from COVID-19 Could Cause a Significant Increase of Child Labour in Latin America and the Caribbean
An analysis by ECLAC and ILO highlights that the impacts of the pandemic could be the cause of more than 300,000 children and adolescents being obliged to work. This analysis considers it imperative to adopt measures to tackle this situation.
9 June 2020 | Press Release

Building Back Better after COVID-19 Necessitates Doing So with Equality and Sustainability: ECLAC
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in a high-level international event on inequalities and the informal economy during and after the pandemic.
20 de April de 2020 | Press Release

Revista CEPAL ya está disponible en internet, con estudios sobre tecnología, empleo e innovación en América Latina

Principal publicación académica del organismo incluye además artículos sobre determinantes de la productividad laboral en México, un enfoque regional para estudiar la diversidad industrial en Argentina y la anatomía de la clase media brasileña, entre otros temas.
19 de December de 2019 | Press Release

Nuevo número de Revista CEPAL analiza la competitividad en los países en desarrollo y las oportunidades para avanzar en una agenda ambiental y social
Principal publicación académica del organismo incluye además artículos sobre precariedad laboral en Chile, disparidades fiscales regionales en Uruguay y una exploración empírica de la calidad de vida del adulto mayor, entre otros temas.
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17 June 2019 | News

ECLAC: Working Does Not Guarantee Overcoming Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean
A new book published by the United Nations regional organization analyses the importance of non-contributory social protection programmes in the region.
Evento por un futuro más prometedor (OIT)
22 de April de 2019 | News

Futuro del trabajo dependerá de un multilateralismo que reconozca la igualdad, la inclusión y la sostenibilidad
Autoridades y expertos de OIT, CEPAL y PNUD analizaron los desafíos laborales para América Latina y el Caribe, en un evento paralelo al Foro de los Países sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible.
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3 April 2019 | News

Specialists at ECLAC agreed on the need to rethink labor informality in the region, in the light of technological change

A seminar on the subject was inaugurated in Santiago de Chile, by senior representatives of ECLAC and the German Cooperation GIZ.
De izquierda a derecha: Erland Skutlaberg, Encargado de Negocios a.i. de la Embajada de Noruega en Chile; Juan Manuel Santa Cruz, Director Nacional del SENCE Chile; Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL; y Laís Abramo, Directora de la División de Desarrollo Social de la CEPAL.
13 March 2019 | News

Specialists Underscore the Importance of Technical and Vocational Education for Labor Inclusion and Development with Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Erland Skutlaberg from the Norwegian Embassy in Chile, and Juan Manuel Santa Cruz, the National Director of SENCE Chile, inaugurated a seminar in Santiago, Chile.
13 February 2019 | Speech

57th Session of the Commission for Social Development
Statement by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
13 February 2019 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena: The Simultaneous Implementation of Policies for Social and Labor Inclusion is Indispensable for Achieving Equality
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated today in a dialogue among senior United Nations officials in the framework of the 57th session of the Commission for Social Development, being held in New York.
23 October 2018 | Press Release

ECLAC and ILO Stress Importance of Moving Toward a More Sustainable Development Model to Create New Job Opportunities
In a joint publication, the organizations forecast, for example, that the transition toward energy sustainability would create more than one million jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean by 2030.

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