United Nations Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Mohamed Ali Alhakim arrived this evening in Beirut to assume his responsibilities.

This meeting presented several sessions which discussed the following:  Disability-related SDG indicators for global monitoring; Disability statistics and/or policies and programmes in the ESCWA region: An overview; Overview of ongoing international initiatives on standards for disability measure

This meeting presented several sessions which discussed the following:  Disability-related SDG indicators for global monitoring; Disability statistics and/or policies and programmes in the ESCWA region: An overview; Overview of ongoing international initiatives on standards for disability

The International Comparison Program (ICP) team at ESCWA’s Statistics Division has been working towards the regular production of Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) through the implementation of a PPP production round in 2016.

Under the framework of integration between price statistics and national accounts, the International Comparison Program (ICP) team at ESCWA’s Statistics Division conducted a regional training on 26-27 April, 2017 in Cairo, Egypt.

“Open Government: emerging technologies for greater government transparency and accountability in the Arab Region,” was the title of the meeting that gathered 50 experts from 14 Arab countries in addition to Turkey and Denmark.