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Authorities from the Region Posed the Urgency of Renewed Cooperation with Development in Transition Countries Based on a Multidimensional Measurement of Sustainable Development Rodolfo Solano Quirós, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Costa Rica, and Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, inaugurated an event organized on the sidelines of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2021.
The emergency measures taken by the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have attenuated the social impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, but the pandemic’s duration over time and the region’s structural gaps show the urgency of moving towards universal, comprehensive, sustainable and resilient social protection systems, according to the Social Development authorities, international officials and specialists who participated in an event organized by ECLAC in the framework of the month-long series, “Development in Transition: Dialogues to chart new paths for Latin America and the Caribbean.”
The event, entitled Middle-income strata, COVID-19 and the challenges of social protection, in the context of Development in Transition Days (DiT), featured opening remarks by Felice Zaccheo, Head of Unit for Mexico, Central America, Caribbean and Regional Operations 2 of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships; and Alberto Arenas de Mesa, Director