The Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) congratulates the Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, Belizean Carla Barnett, who took office on Tuesday, 17 August 2021. Barnett is the first woman and citizen of that country to hold the post, and she anticipates a fruitful working relationship between the two organizations. The new secretary general of […]

The Permanent Secretariat of Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) regrets the human and material losses caused by the earthquake of magnitude 7.2 on the Richter scale, recorded on 14 August 2021 in the Caribbean nation. The Secretariat stands in solidarity with the people and government of Haiti, and hopes for the speedy recovery […]

With the central objective of promoting the creation of a roadmap to guide regional efforts to encourage the recovery of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and promote synergy and cooperation among the various regional actors, the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) will hold a high-level virtual event on […]

On Tuesday 18 May 2021, the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) and the Inter-American Conference on Social Security (CISS), together with the Pro Témpore Presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), in charge of Mexico, will hold the virtual seminar: “Continuity of Government and Operations in Emergencies and Disasters”. […]

The Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), in its task of promoting cooperation and integration through economic and social strategies, has signed a cooperation agreement with Gia Consultores to collaborate in the conduction of a Regional Study on Digital Maturity for SMEs on the continent. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are a key pillar […]

The Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will hold the virtual seminar “Promoting substitutes and alternatives to plastics for clean water and sustainable economic development in the Caribbean Basin” on 29 April 2021, at 11 hours in Caracas. More than 336 million tons of […]

The Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) and the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC) have agreed to carry out joint actions to promote knowledge in economic and sustainable and inclusive social development, for the region, through a Memorandum of Understanding. The agreement was signed on Tuesday 20 April 2021 in Lima by the […]

The Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) and the Inter-American Conference on Social Security (CISS), together with the Pro Témpore Presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), held by Mexico, will conduct the webinar on “Rethinking the disaster risk management model in Latin America and the Caribbean: Social risks and […]

The Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), in collaboration with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), will hold the virtual seminar on the “Latin America and the Caribbean’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Lessons learned, challenges to face” on 12 February 2021. At this event, […]

The Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), together with the Inter-American Conference on Social Security (CISS), will hold online, in Spanish and English, the “XXXI Meeting of Cooperation Directors of Latin American and Caribbean: Unity and Solidarity against the Pandemic”, on 03 and 04 December 2020. With the emergence of […]

It reaffirms the evolution of the close cooperation that has been intensifying between SELA and the United Nations System.The United Nations General Assembly, at its 75th Session, adopted by consensus of its 193 Member States, on 23 November, a resolution on “Cooperation between the United Nations (UN) and the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System […]

Representatives of 26 member countries of SELA met during the XLVI (forty-sixth) Regular Meeting of the Latin American Council and approved the Work Programme to be executed by the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), through activities to promote the economic, social and commercial recovery of the region. Because of the adverse prospects for […]