The Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) presented the results of the survey on “Perception of Digital Port Transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean,” conducted within the framework of the work programme of the Network of Digital and Collaborative Ports, focused on digital transformation and technology adoption. According to […]

The Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), Ambassador Clarems Endara, welcomes the appointment of economist José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, from Costa Rica, as the new Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). José Manuel Salazar will succeed diplomat Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, from Mexico, who on […]

The Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) and the Latin American Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CELIEM) launched on 6 September the Training programme for public management of MSMEs with a gender approach, aimed at public officials from Latin American and Caribbean countries involved in the design, implementation, monitoring or impact assessment of public […]

The Training programme for public management of MSMEs with a gender approach, a diploma course that will be delivered by the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) and the Latin American Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CELIEM), will begin next Tuesday, 6 September. The course is aimed at public officials from Latin American and […]

The Permanent Secretary of SELA, Ambassador Clarems Endara, met with the Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Mario Cimoli, in order to make some headway in the renewal of the agreement with SELA and strengthen the institutional will of continuing to work together for the integration of […]

The Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), Ambassador Clarems Endara, greeted the President of Peru, Pedro Castillo, who assumed the presidency pro tempore of the Andean Community (CAN) for the period 2022-2023 from his counterpart of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso. “It is an honour for me to have held the presidency […]

The Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), Ambassador Clarems Endara, held a meeting with the Ambassador of Argentina in Venezuela, Óscar Laborde, who undertook to promote SELA’s work as an organisation that harmonises and coordinates regional integration. During the meeting, Óscar Laborde expressed his willingness to work together with regional […]

The Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), Ambassador Clarems Endara, held a meeting with the Director of Multilateral Regional Integration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile, Ambassador Mauricio Hurtado, who reiterated his support to the Work Programme of the organisation and acknowledged the importance of SELA in these […]

SMEs account for 99% of the companies in Latin America and the Caribbean and generate 67% of employment. In this regard, local governments and development banks should enhance cooperation to strengthen MSMEs and small entrepreneurs in the region, explained the Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), Ambassador Clarems Endara, during […]

The Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) launched on Wednesday the II Workshop on Public Policy Instruments based on Behavioural Economics with the purpose of learning about the conceptual foundations, studying the design, introduction and implementation of behavioural economics in public policies in the region. Economics today uses […]

The Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), jointly with the Embassy of Bolivia in Venezuela and the Foreign Trade Bank of Venezuela (Bancoex), held the II Preparatory Meeting within the framework of the 46th International Fair of Santa Cruz, to take place from 16 to 25 September in Bolivia, as a space for promoting […]

The Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), Ambassador Clarems Endara, expresses his solidarity with Cuba in view of the fire in the crude oil deposits in Matanzas (western Cuba), which has left one person dead, more than a hundred injured and at least 16 missing The fire started on Friday […]