The regional dimension acquires ever greater relevance in the face of the current global paradigm changes and is essential for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The Regional Commissions have been identified as an important platform to advance the discussions at the regional level for the implementation and follow-up of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. In this context, the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, through Resolution 700 (XXXVI) approved in May 2016 within the framework of the Thirty-sixth Session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) , created the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development as a regional mechanism for the implementation and monitoring of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the SDGs, their targets and means of implementation, as well as the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing for Development. The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) subsequently supported the establishment of the Forum in its resolutionE/RES/2016/12 in August 2016.
