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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...

Empowerment, Inclusiveness and Equality as Pathways to Peace and Sustainable Development in the Arab region



Increasing evidence shows that policies that are not grounded in the principles of inclusiveness, empowerment and equality can have harmful impacts on the communities and exacerbate...

Frontier Technologies, the 2030 Agenda and the Arab Region: Implications for Employment and Youth Empowerment





Technological innovations and today’s frontier technologies cause lasting change to our lives, particularly in terms of economic and social development.  While...
Technology and innovation for land transport development in the Arab region





The transport sector has always benefited from progress in technology and the field's current exponential growth is no exception with a greatly unknown potential...
Technology as a Renewed Hope to Gender Equality in the Arab Region: A Fact or an Illusion?



 

On 24 and 25 October 2018, the ESCWA Centre for Women (ECW) brought together at the UN House in Beirut, a group of experts to discuss and validate the first draft...
Regional Financial Integration





The Expert Group Meeting on Regional Financial Integration aims to tackle the opportunities and challenges of deeper financial integration in the Arab region against the backdrop...
Sudan Social Policy Country Profile





Sudan’s Social Policy Country Profile was the subject of a one-day Expert Group Meeting (EGM) in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on 10 December 2007. The meeting organized by ESCWA in...
Progress in Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in the ESCWA Region: A Gender Lens



Since their adoption in 2000, gender experts criticized the MDG for their failure to adequately include a gender component in their goals, targets and indicators.  In addition to reducing...

Promoting Emissions Reductions in the Transport Sector



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Socio-Economic Ramifications of Conflict: Life Cycle Approach. Recent Research and Implications for the Arab Region



This conference, organized in partnership with the American University of Beirut, analyses the impact of conflict at the individual level on different sectors, such as health,...

Arab Regional Challenges Associated with Conflict and the 2030 Development Agenda



The EGM will be dedicated to address existing conflict dynamics in the Arab region, its spillover effects and the long-term ramifications of conflict on development outcomes, including the...

Arab LDCs: Development Challenges and Opportunities



Side event to the First Preparatory Committee meeting of the 5th UN Conference on LDCs
15:15 to 16:45 Beirut time
08:15 to 09:45 New York time

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Investment, Research, Development and Innovation in the Sector of ICT Sector





An expert group meeting on Investment, Research, Development and Innovation in the Sector of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) was held in Hammamet, from 7 to 8 May 2013....
Green Technology Investments and Access to Sustainable Financing in the Arab Region





ESCWA Technology Center (ETC) and the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) in cooperation with the National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS) in...
InterAgency and Expert Group Meeting on Gender Statistics in the Arab Countries, 4th meeting



Objectives and Expected Accomplishments

The meeting is expected to accomplish the following:

a) Improved coordination and cooperation to produce relevant...

The 2nd Meeting of the Group of Experts on Fossil Fuels (GEFF)





In order to help member States to formulate sustainable energy...
Third Meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Demographic and Social Statistics for Arab Countries





The UN-ESCWA Statistical Committee at its eleventh session, Amman, 4-5 February 2015 agreed on the forming of an advisory group social statistics. The main goal of...
The Third Inter-agency and Expert Group Meeting on Gender Statistics in the Arab Region and the Second Meeting of the Task Force on Gender Statistics in the Arab Region



The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) convened the third Inter-agency and Expert Group Meeting (IAEGM) on Gender Statistics in the Arab Region and the Second Meeting of the...
First Coordination Meeting for the Regional Initiative for Promoting Small-Scale Renewable Energy Applications in rural areas of the Arab Region



The “Regional Initiative for Promoting Small-Scale Renewable Energy Applications in Rural Areas of the Arab Region”, led by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western...

Consultative Meeting on the Implementation Framework for the Environmental Dimension of the 2030 Agenda in the Arab Region



Cooperation between ESCWA, UN Environment, and the League of Arab States has led to the development of a draft “Implementation Framework for the Environmental Dimension...

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