LATIN AMERICAN & CARIBBEAN DEMOGRAPHIC CENTRE - CELADE

CELADE'S FUNCTIONS

• CELADE provides technical assistance, training and information on population to the countries of the region, carries out applied research in related subjects and works on the development of related computer systems and programmes.
• The Centre carries out these functions in the framework of the ECLAC so-called strategy "Changing Patterns of Production with Social Equity" (known by its Spanish acronym, TPE), with special emphasis on population priority areas:
  • (a) human resources;
  • (b) social equity;
  • (c) social and economic sustainability, and
  • (d) economic investment.
• Among these problem areas, emphasis is placed on specific issues such as education and health programming, poverty alleviation, integration of women into development, Indigenous populations, population growth and distribution, spatial decentralization and regional development planning. Likewise, discussion and consensus are encouraged on the part of governmental authorities about these and other related subjects.
• In order to assist the countries regarding treatment of TPE population related aspects, CELADE:
  • Develops and promotes both conceptual frameworks and practical use of tools for analysis and decision-making in connection with planning and formulation of policies and programmes which incorporate population factors or else utilize population information.
  • Supports the countries of the region in the elaboration and utilization of their population censuses and surveys as well as in the development and improvement of demographic statistics addressed at obtaining inputs for social and economic planning and for policy formulation.
  • Updates and disseminates databases and technology for the retrieval of information and documentation in connection with population and development.
  • Provides training on population and development, and on demographic analysis.
• Activities are oriented to the whole of Latin American and Caribbean countries, although there is a trend to focus efforts on the countries of less developed areas.