Coordinating the UN's work on water and sanitation

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

We provide technical advisory assistance to governments and other stakeholders, are engaged in public policy formulation-oriented research (recurrent and not recurrent publications), and organize meetings of experts and training courses, as provided in our programme of work.

Estimated annual water and sanitation budget: $0-1 million USD

Current work on the Sustainable Development Goals

Examples of activities

Annual reports

Annual report on regional progress and challenges in relation to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean & Second annual report on regional progress and challenges in relation to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

SDG target: Cross cutting work on SDG 6

Type of engagement: Policy advice and thought leadership

Geographical scope: Regional

Website: Annual reports

Latest news from UNECLAC

Regional political-technical dialogue on water, energy and food nexus hosted in Chile

Regional political-technical dialogue on water, energy and food nexus hosted in Chile UN-Water The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will host Regional Political-Technical Dialogue on Water, Energy and Food Nexus in Santiago, Chile on 14 and 15 May 2018. … Read more

UNECLAC news archive

Representative(s) in UN-Water

Marina Gil

Senior Programme Manager

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