ESCWA is organizing a regional workshop on Arabic Domain Names and Internet Governance on 14 November 2009 at the Savoy Hotel in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

Deneme ESCWA is organizing an open forum on “Internet Governance: Challenges and Opportunities for the ESCWA Member Countries” during the fourth meeting of the Internet Governance Forum.

On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, celebrated every 8 March by the United Nations system, and under the umbrella of “Beirut World Book Capital”, the Lebanese Council of Women (LCW) - in cooperation with ESCWA and the Lebanese Ministry of Culture – is holding a series of activities

ESCWA and the World Bank held a joint high-level workshop on Thursday 18 March, where they presented the findings and recommendations of a study entitled “Regional Cross-Border Trade Facilitation and Infrastructure for Mashreq Countries”.

ESCWA is convening the 11th session of its transport committee on Monday 22 March 2010 at the UN House, Beirut, to facilitate trade and transport and achieve regional integration. The session is held under the auspices of Lebanese Minister of Transport Ghazi Aridi.

Transport officials today affirmed the importance of unifying transport legislation among Arab countries and removing obstacles to the movement of goods and people in this region.

ESCWA Transport Committee adopted today the proposal for the formation of a working group on the harmonization of institutional frameworks and legislation in the transport sector in the ESCWA region.

ESCWA shed light in a report it launched Tuesday on the state of the Information Society in the Arab region, emphasizing the great disparities that exist among countries in the region in this sector.