ECLAC

🌎 How do countries collaborate to shape the future in a new geopolitical era?

During his participation in the Berlin Global Dialogue 2026, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs (@JoseMSalazarX), #ECLAC Executive Secretary, highlighted the importance of strengthening the agency of Latin America and the Caribbean in the face of ongoing geopolitical transformations.

Drawing on the findings of the report “𝑹𝒖𝒑𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑶𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔: 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑳𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝑻𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑮𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑬𝒓𝒂”, prepared by the Commission on Geopolitics, Globalization and Development for Latin America and the Caribbean convened by @eclac_un, he stressed that the region must keep its options open and preserve room for maneuver amid growing pressures to align with competing blocs.

🎥 Watch part of his intervention ⬇️
📙 Learn more about the “Ruptures and Opportunities” report 👉 sitios.cepal.org/geopolitica/en/

#BerlinGlobalDialogue #Rupturesandopportunities

Can AI help people without bank accounts access money?

📱 Digital innovation. Greater financial inclusion. A more resilient Caribbean.

A new study by ECLAC examines financial innovation within the broader structural challenges facing Caribbean economies, including inequality, productivity gaps, and economic vulnerability.

💡 AI-powered digital wallets can expand access to electronic payments and public services for unbanked populations. By strengthening fraud detection and transaction security, they can build trust and advance financial inclusion across the Caribbean.

📗 Read “The future of public finance: using an AI-driven digital wallet to facilitate financial inclusion in the Caribbean.”

Download the publication 🔗 bit.ly/ECLAC-CAR2026-…

#FinancialInclusion #DigitalFinance #ArtificialIntelligence #CaribbeanDevelopment #ECLAC

🗓️Wednesday 11 November, 2026

🕚8:00 🇨🇷🇲🇽 9:00 🇨🇴🇵🇪 10:00 🇩🇴🇻🇪 11:00 🇦🇷🇨🇱

🎤The Executive Secretary of #ECLAC, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs (@JoseMSalazarX), will present the third edition of the annual report "Panorama of Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean".

📺Join us! Register here to participate 👉eclac.webex.com/weblink/regist…

ℹ️More information👉 tinyurl.com/2zsysc53

#ProductiveDevelopment #ProductiveTransformation #HumanTalent #TechnologyExtensionServices

🏭⚡💧#ECLAC and the United Nations Regional Commissions Sign the Xi’an Declaration to Advance Secure, Affordable, Resilient and Inclusive Energy Systems.

The Executive Secretaries of the five Regional Commissions signed the declaration at the conclusion of the Fifteenth International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development in Xi’an, China, where @eclac_un presented its work on energy planning and integration, and critical minerals management ⛏️💎

In the declaration they establish seven priorities:
1. Strengthening energy security and system resilience;
2. Accelerating the deployment of clean and renewable energy;
3. Advancing energy efficiency and demand-side solutions;
4. Harnessing digitalization and innovation for the energy transition;
5. Fostering sustainable value chains and the sustainable and transparent management of energy resources and critical minerals for the energy transition;
6. Ensuring a just and inclusive transition;
7. Mobilizing investment and finance at scale.

The Executive Secretary of ECLAC, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs (@JoseMSalazarX) highlighted that Latin America and the Caribbean generates more than 60 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources. He stressed that the energy transition must transform the way economies grow through productive development policies, regional cooperation and stronger institutional capacities.

🗨️To harness the benefits of the transition, countries need productive development policies that strengthen local capacities, foster innovation, support workforce development and link energy investments to national and regional value chains. This requires strong institutions and effective governance. 

Read more and access the declaration here 👉cepal.org/en/notes/eclac…

📚NEW PUBLICATION
#ECLAC, OECD Development Center (@OECDdev), CAF-Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (@AgendaCAF) and the European Commission (@EU_Commission), launched a new edition of their joint publication “Latin American Economic Outlook 2026: Deepening Integration into a Changing Global Economy”, in the framework of the XVI Ibero-American Business Meeting being held in Madrid, Spain. 

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs (@JoseMSalazarX), Executive Secretary of #ECLAC; Antonio Silveira, Vicepresident of Private Sector at CAF; Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir, Director of OECD Development Center; and Diana Montero Melis, from the @EU_Commission's Directorate-General for International Partnerships (@EU_Partnerships) participated in the event.

On the occasion, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary stated: “In a world that is becoming fragmented, Latin America and the Caribbean’s response must not be to close itself off but rather to integrate better, within and beyond the region. What is at stake is our capacity to move from opportunities to results and take on a central role in the transformation of the global economy.” 

Read more in 📰 cepal.org/en/pressreleas… 

Download the report ⏩ bit.ly/LEO2026E   
#LEO2026