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A call for Random Acts of Kindness:

International Social Work Day 21st March 2017

ORANJESTAD - Every year 2017, i.e., Promoting Com- to the movies for no reason;
Social Workers around the munity and Environmental tell all your family members
world celebrates Interna- Sustainability.” how much you appreciate
tional Day of Social Work. Through RAK, we can con- them and smile a lot.
On Tuesday 21st March tinue to build on our Aru- Kindness also mean using
2017, the Department of ban community that is well caring words such as thank
Social Work and Develop- known for its hospitability, you;
ment at the University of happiness, kindness and I forgive you; being com-
Aruba invites everyone to clean environment. passionate; loving; gentle;
use this day to do Random Some examples of RAK amiable; friendly and gen-
Acts of Kindness (RAK). include open a door for erous. Let us all strengthen
Random Acts of Kindness someone, let someone the feeling of belonging to
is a selfless act performed jump the queue at the our community and give a
by persons wishing to either bank; complement a col- greater sense of purpose
assist or cheer up an indi- league for a job well done; to our lives as we all strive
vidual or group. RAK can give another driver your to leave the planet bet-
also be done to the animal RAK. These include reduc- by doing RAK, it contributes parking spot; allow some- ter than we found it for our
kingdom and to the natural tion in pain, anxiety stress to the Sustainable Develop- one to cross the road; take next generation.
environment. and blood pressure. It in- ment Goals No. 3: ‘Good your neighbour’s dog for a Follow us on Facebook: So-
According to the research, creases love hormones, Health and Well-being.’ walk; pay the groceries for cial Work & Development-
there are numerous scien- happiness, lifespan, plea- Moreover, it is link to the someone behind you at University of Arubaq
tific benefits to practicing sure and serotonin. In fact, theme for Social Work Day the cashier; treat a friend
ECLAC Will Hold XXIX Regional Fiscal Policy Seminar

-The traditional event will Commission for Latin Amer- The meeting, carried out Monetary Fund (IMF), the lenges posed by the cur-
be held on March 23-24, ica and the Caribbean uninterruptedly for 29 Inter-American Develop- rent regional context, tax
2017 in Santiago, Chile, (ECLAC) will hold its tradi- years, has become a point ment Bank (IDB) and the policy in Latin America,
and will be attended by tional Regional Fiscal Policy of reference for fiscal de- Organisation for Economic the allocation of public
finance ministers and un- Seminar at its central head- bate among authorities, Co-operation and Devel- resources and financing
dersecretaries and other quarters in Santiago, Chile policymakers, economists opment (OECD), along for education, territorial
authorities from countries in on March 23-24, drawing and academics through- with sponsorship from the disparities, the provision of
the region. ministers and undersec- out Latin America and the Spanish Agency for Inter- public goods and financ-
retaries of finance from Caribbean. It has the sup- national Cooperation and ing.
CHILE - The Economic countries in the region. port of the International Development (AECID) and Furthermore, ECLAC’s Ex-
the Norwegian Ministry of ecutive Secretary will pres-
Foreign Affairs. ent the document Fiscal
The seminar will be inaugu- Panorama of Latin Amer-
rated on Thursday, March ica and the Caribbean
23 at 09:00 in Chile (-3 UTC/ 2017: Mobilizing resources
GMT) by Alicia Bárcena, for the financing of sustain-
ECLAC’s Executive Secre- able development during
tary; Beate Stirø, Ambassa- the meeting.
dor of the Kingdom of Nor- The 2017 version of Reve-
way in Chile; Rolf Schulze, nue Statistics in Latin Amer-
Ambassador of the Fed- ica and the Caribbean, a
eral Republic of Germany joint report by the OECD,
in Chile; and Alejandro ECLAC, IDB and the Inter-
Micco, Chile’s Undersec- American Center of Tax
retary of Finance. Ministers Administrations (CIAT), will
and Undersecretaries of also be launched.
Treasury and Finance for The media are invited to
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, attend this seminar. Jour-
Costa Rica, Honduras and nalists should have their
Uruguay are also expected media credentials or iden-
to attend, among other tity documents with them
authorities. to gain access.
Event participants will de- The event will be broad-
bate the fiscal policy chal- cast live via the Internet.q