The Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) will open its Anniversary Week with a Photographic Exhibition, to be held on Monday, 16 October, at the headquarters of the organisation in Caracas, with the participation of its Member States.

The Photographic Exhibition will show the variety of fabrics in the region, as a cultural heritage of Latin American and Caribbean countries.

Within the framework of this opening, a book edited by the organisation, Cadenas de Valor Público y Ecosistema Digital (Public Value Chains and Digital Ecosystem), by Argentinean researcher Maximiliano Campos, will also be presented.

The Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) was established on 17 October 1975 with the aim of promoting intra-regional cooperation and providing a permanent system of consultation and coordination for the adoption of common positions and strategies on economic and social matters in international bodies and forums, as well as before groups of countries, as set forth in the Panama Convention establishing the organisation.

For its 48th Anniversary, SELA has organised a series of activities, from 16 to 20 October, including the Forum: The role of integration in Latin America and the Caribbean, to be held at the UCV; and the Cultural Exhibition of Latin America and the Caribbean, at the Casona Aquiles Nazoa.