Representatives of international organizations and government officials from Latin America discussed new challenges in international cooperation and their implications for the development of Latin America and the Caribbean amid a complex external scenario, ECLAC announced today, Wednesday, in Chile.
A high-level meeting was held on September 13-14 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, co-organized with the Development Center of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). ), the Chilean Agency for International Development Cooperation (AGCID) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
The meeting was attended by delegates from Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru and Uruguay, as well as senior officials from international and multilateral organizations.
“Participants emphasized the importance of international cooperation in historic times like the present, marked by unprecedented tensions such as the health and socio-economic crises resulting from the global HIV/AIDS pandemic,” ECLAC said in a press release.
Participants agreed that countries in the region are calling for “a paradigm shift in development cooperation” that aligns with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The seminar said that rankings based only on per capita income criteria do not reflect the multidimensional vulnerabilities, structural gaps and financial needs of countries in the region.
It was pointed out that current classification and graduation mechanisms exclude middle-income countries from international cooperation and are no longer adequate to address the many current crises, including those related to climate change and biodiversity loss.
According to ECLAC, the meeting addressed issues related to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, global public goods and multidimensional measures of development and prosperity.
The importance of forming regional partnerships to address urgent priorities was also highlighted, as well as the renewal of partnerships between the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean.
