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Expert Group Meeting on Measurement Issues in Labour Statistics





Although most ESCWA member countries collect and disseminate annual data on the labour force, there are still serious gaps in some internationally recommended  indicators and the...
Expert Group Meeting on Promotion of Digital Arabic Content (DAC)



As a follow-up on the Western Asia Preparatory Conference for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) that was held in Beirut from 4 to 6 February 2003, and culminated with the Beirut...

Expert Group Meeting on Regional Urban Poverty

Governance and Conflict Relapse



During this meeting, panelists will discuss practical approaches tostrengthening governance in conflict afflicted countries...

Expert Group Meeting on external peer review for the Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the ESCWA Region 2008-2009




The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA), Statistics Division, Economic...
Participatory Community Development



The EGM on "Participatory Community Development"(Manama, 12-14 October 2009) was merged with the Arab League workshop on "Local Community Development", and held under the patronage of Bahraini...

Expert Group Meeting Towards Assessing the Vulnerability of Water Resources to Climate Change in the Arab Region





The meeting is expected to bring together member states as well as regional and international experts and organizations concerned with implications that climate change is...
Global Financial and Economic Crisis: The Social Impact and Response in ESCWA Countries





Countries of the ESCWA region find themselves today caught up in a global financial, economic and social...
Expert Group Meeting on Moving the Development Agenda Forward: Opportunities and Potential Gains



The High-Level Expert Group Meeting on "Moving the Development Agenda Forward: Opportunities and Potential Gains" will be held on 5-6...
EGM Policies for Peace Building and Conflict Prevention in Western Asia



Countries suffering from conflict or political tension are very much dependent on successful peacebuilding interventions that would be geared towards preventing a relapse into conflict and...

Revision of guidelines to increase effectiveness of national machineries for women in the ESCWA Region



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Expert Group Meeting on the LAS-UN Joint Report on the Attainment of MDGs in the Arab Region



After more than half of the period until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals has passed as stated by the UN General Assembly in 2000, the progress...
Applying IWRM Principles in Managing Shared Water Resources: Towards a Regional Vision



The international community has been seeking to establish legal frameworks for improving the management of shared water resources. For instance, the Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational...

Expert Group Meeting on Adopting the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach for Promoting Rural Development in the ESCWA Region



Many forces are currently threatening the natural resource base and the livelihoods of the poor in the ESCWA region. Land degradation and the low productivity of agriculture are a serious...
Expert Group Meeting on Localizing Social Policy at the City Level

Transport and Trade Facilitation in the ESCWA Region





ESCWA convened an Expert Group Meeting on Trade and Transport Facilitation in the ESCWA region, at Le Bristol Hotel, Beirut, during 7-8 December 2009.
The meeting discussed...
Expert Group Meeting on Economic Regional Integration

Expert Group Meeting on Environmental Accounting for the ESCWA Region



The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) developed the System of Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting (SEEA) in...
2nd Interagency and Expert Group Meeting on Gender Statistics in Arab Countries



The 2nd IAEG and Experts Meeting on Gender Statistics will focus on discussing proposals for methodology to measure the indicators in the Arab "G Is In" Framework; agree on compiling data...
Expert Group Meeting on Women's Economic Participation

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