Source: caribbeannewsglobal.com, Editor, First Published September 26th, 2025 Senior authorities from ministries and planning offices of the countries of the region will gather in Brasília on October 2-3, 2025, to participate in the Twentieth Meeting of the Regional Council for Planning of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES). The meeting is organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the government of Brazil, through the National Secretariat for Planning of the Ministry of Planning and Budget. The conference will open on Thursday, October 2 at 9:00 in Brasilia (GMT-3), bringing together ministers, deputy ministers and other senior authorities from the region’s countries, along with representatives of civil society and United Nations organizations, to discuss a document entitled Foundations for a planning and public management agenda for sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean. At this intergovernmental meeting, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s executive secretary, will present the document Technical, operational, political and prospective (TOPP) capabilities for managing transformations: underpinnings of a new paradigm. This text fleshes out the concept of TOPP capabilities and their importance, not only for designing public policies but also for implementing them effectively, sustaining them over time, and adapting them to changing environments. The publication of both documents will set a new course for ILPES’s work on training, technical assistance, and research on planning and public AUTHORITIES WILL ANALYSE THE FOUNDATIONS FOR A PUBLIC PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN management for the next five years. In the framework of the 20th meeting of the Regional Council for Planning, the 19th Conference of Ministers and Heads of Planning of Latin America and the Caribbean will take place, with the aim of vanguard experiences on the practice, experience and prospects for planning in the region. On this occasion, three panel discussions will be held on institutional capabilities and cooperation for 9 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 12, ISSUE 09 OPENING LINES
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