This thematic area aims to promote the effective and full exercise of economic, social and cultural rights of all the inhabitants of the Latin American and Caribbean countries, with the intention of achieving greater well-being, contributing to the achievement of equity, social inclusion and equal opportunities, through the improvement of living conditions.
SELA strives to promote the development of specialised research, formulation of public policies and training consistent with this perspective, in order to contribute to improving the people’s living conditions, including food, education, health, social protection, labour rights, and timely response and recovery from disasters, among others.
By holding various meetings, workshops, seminars and publications, the organisation promotes a strategy to support the countries of the region in accelerating social progress by fostering a social and human environment more conducive to the well-being of the population, with special emphasis on reducing poverty levels and inequality of opportunity, contributing to the improvement of the well-being of all, creating proportionally greater progress for the poor and the excluded. In this context, the Permanent Secretariat has proposed the thematic area of Social Development, which covers the following goal:
Contribute to the improvement of social development indicators
in the region, in a sustainable and resilient manner, by means of initiatives
for cooperation, capacity building, agreements and exchange of best practices,
in order to achieve comprehensiveness, considering economic
and environmental development policies.
Sustainable and Resilient Development Programme
Objective: Develop, manage, and disseminate the knowledge necessary for the implementation of inclusive social development policies, in order to achieve greater cooperation in the implementation of the circular economy and to develop regional public sector capacities in areas of high social impact, ensuring a balance between economic growth, environmental care and social well-being.
Activities in 2025:
Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management Programme
Objective: Frame regional structures that help diminish vulnerabilities, respond effectively to emergency situations and care for the populations most vulnerable to extreme natural phenomena through social protection systems.
Activities in 2025:
Human Mobility Programme
Objective: Seize the opportunities presented by cooperation between countries of origin, destination and transit, in order to have a positive impact on the development offered by human mobility, considered from an integral vision that involves the socio-economic development processes of the region.
Activities in 2025:
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