ECLAC participates in training on the importance of SDG 6 and SDG 7 for girls, boys, adolescents and youth in the Latin American and Caribbean region.

The event organized by the Group of Girls, Boys, Adolescents and Youth (NNAJ) of the Civil Society Participation Mechanism MeSLAC – MGCY, was part of the plan they are carrying out to facilitate the participation of children, adolescents and young people in the region in the follow-up of the 2030 Agenda during the year 2023, in regional and global processes before the United Nations. Likewise, the plan seeks to carry out a regional consultation process that allows knowing the problems, recommendations and actions of children, adolescents and young people in the region and discussing the challenges they face, so that they can jointly find advocacy mechanisms. that allow progress in the consolidation of common strategies.

The event was attended by Marina Gil, from ECLAC’s Natural Resources Division, who presented the overview of SDGs 6 and 7 in Latin America and the Caribbean. The current situation and the progress of SDGs 6 and 7 in the region were indicated, highlighting the current challenges and opportunities, and the proposal for a sustainable and inclusive water and energy transition for LAC countries, which ECLAC is promoting. In his speech, he also mentioned the Regional Water Dialogues that were organized at ECLAC headquarters in February 2023, where a Regional Action Agenda for Water was agreed, which was created with the participation of civil society, involving children and young people. , among others.

In the next bond You can consult the presentation of Marina Gil.