The Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), Ambassador Javier Paulinich, recalls that on 22 April 2020 special attention should be given to the 50th anniversary of the Earth Day, first launched in New York City in 1970. “Today, more than ever, we are urged to take comprehensive and systemic actions […]

By Eduardo Piña* The COVID-19 pandemic has paralyzed the world. The rapid and easy spread of the virus has forced the temporary closure of schools, the paralysis of non-essential productive sectors, the closure of borders and the declaration of collective quarantines. Within this globally shared context, the International Monetary Fund has warned that in 2020 […]

SELA to address challenges and opportunities of Orange Economy for regional development in Medellin event This activity will encourage the creation of formulas for joint work of the public-private partnership and the academy that allow for capitalizing on the creative effort of this productive sector in regional development. The Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American […]

SELA and FLACSO sign agreement to promote sustainable and inclusive economic and social growth The Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) and Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) have agreed to carry out joint actions aimed at promoting sustainable and inclusive economic and social development in Latin American and Caribbean countries. The cooperation […]

SELA: Meeting of International Cooperation Directors to address strategies to improve humanitarian aid programmes vis-à-vis natural disasters The Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), jointly with the government of Panama, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UN/ISDR), will hold the “XXX Meeting of […]

SELA and South Centre sign agreement to promote South-South and Triangular Cooperation The Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) and the South Centre have agreed to carry out joint actions aimed at promoting South-South and Triangular Cooperation with a view to strengthening the socio-economic development in developing countries and supporting compliance with the Sustainable […]

SELA to present in Panama the results of phase III of the Programme for the creation of Digital and Collaborative Ports The Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) and CAF-development bank of Latin American will conduct the presentation of the Final Report on the Programme for the creation of the […]

Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) to hold First Seminar-Workshop on formalization of MSMEs Joining the formal economy is one of the biggest challenges faced by entrepreneurs. The purpose of this activity is to promote policies to encourage this important productive sector. Jointly with the Ministry of industry, Commerce and SMSEs of Dominican Republic […]

SELA to participate in Second Inter-Sessional Regional Meeting of UNCITRAL The Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) will participate in the “Second Inter-Sessional Regional Meeting on Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform (ISDS)”, which is being organized by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and will be held on 13 and 14 February […]

SELA: Meeting of International Cooperation Directors to address trade infrastructure and connectivity The XXIX Meeting of International Cooperation Directors for Latin America and the Caribbean: Strengthening cooperation in commercial connectivity in Latin America and the Caribbean: Towards greater integration into value chains will be held in Santo Domingo on 6 and 7 December 2018. On […]

SELA organizes seminar on productive articulation for SMEs in Guatemala  The occasion will serve to make some headway in the generation of public policies to meet the needs of SMEs in a systemic manner, fostering the development and growth of enterprises within an ecosystem that facilitates productive innovation and capacity-building The Latin American and Caribbean Economic […]