Within the framework of the “Regional Initiative for Promoting Small-Scale Renewable Energy Applications in Rural Areas of the Arab Region (REGEND)” Project, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in partnership with the Municipality of Chaqdouf, is organizing a capacity-building workshop on “Financial Management, Accounting, and the Economic Benefits of Access to Sustainable and Secure Energy”.
 
This workshop will build the capacities of the rural women in Chaqdouf in the fields of financial management, accounting, cost accounting, and pricing of rural products. The workshop will also demonstrate the economic benefits of sustainable and secure energy, and its positive impact on rural development in Lebanon.



Within the framework of the “Regional Initiative for Promoting Small-Scale Renewable Energy Applications in Rural Areas of the Arab Region (REGEND)” Project, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in partnership with the General Commission for Regional Development (CGDR) and the National Agency for Energy Conservation (ANME) in Tunisia, is organizing a capacity-building workshop on “Marketing techniques and mechanisms of rural women's products”.
 
This workshop aims to build the knowledge, scientific and technical capacities of Rural Women in the region of Chorbane, Governorate of Mahdia, Republic of Tunisia – in particular, those belonging to "Al-Amal" Agricultural Development Group for Rural Women – on techniques and mechanisms for marketing local products and how to benefit from them to develop and sustain Rural Women’s incomes, as well as to create a participatory dynamic to facilitate the marketing of Rural Women's products, and to provide them with the necessary knowledge on marketing laws and practical skills regarding the use of modern techniques and mechanisms for marketing, through a simplified scientific and distinctive approach integrating lectures, exercises, and practical training.