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| 1 June 2021 |
Training workshop for rural women on "Financial Management, Accounting, and the Economic Benefits of Access to Sustainable & Secure Energy" |
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 Akkar Al-Atika, is organizing a capacity-building workshop on “Financial Management, Accounting, and the Economic Benefits of Access to Sustainable and Secure Energy”. |
| 8 September 2020 |
Presentation of final results of the comprehensive baseline mapping study for the energy situation of the building sector in Tunisia |
The objective of this National Workshop is to present to the key actors in the building sector in Tunisia – in particular, the project’s National Task Force – the final results of the comprehensive baseline mapping study for the energy situation of the building sector in Tunisia. Members of the Project’s National Task Force, which include representatives of relevant public & private stakeholders for the considered branches of activities and other key actors in the building sector, will be solicited to help in validating these final results. The outputs of this mapping exercise shall constitute the basis for the remaining project activities and will help in defining the main axis and players for conducting the energy efficiency actions in the building sector in Tunisia. |
| 27 September 2019 |
Meeting on Strengthening the Implementation of Prevalence Surveys on Violence against Women in the Arab Region |
UN ESCWA, UN Women and WHO are jointly organizing this meeting to bring together relevant partners in the Arab region to discuss a way forward in advancing methods and strategies to measure violence against women (VAW) in line with globally agreed methodological and ethical standards, building on the outcomes of the meeting Measuring Sustainable Development Goals on Violence against Women and Time Use Statistics Indicators held in Tangier, Morocco in 2018. |
| 10 October 2016 |
Meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Economic Statistics (TAGES) in the Arab region |
The objective the Technical Advisory Group on Economic Statistics is to highlight the priority issues to be considered in formulating and implementing the regional programs for economic statistics in the region. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Expert Group Meeting on Sustainable Land Management as a Best Practice to Enhance Rural Development in the ESCWA Region |
The ESCWA region has limited fertile land that is subject to different levels of degradation. With few exceptions, it is also considered a land scarce region. Land resources are being increasingly degraded and over-exploited. The degradation of agricultural land in the region to a large extent is caused by human induced factors, but natural factors such as, low and erratic rainfall and droughts are also playing a part. Land resources in the region are becoming increasingly scarce, and the quality of such resources is decreasing, mostly as a result of poor management. |
| 5 December 2014 |
3rd meeting of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics and 2nd meeting of the Gender Statistics Task Force |
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| 5 April 2019 |
Empowerment, Inclusiveness and Equality as Pathways to Peace and Sustainable Development in the Arab region |
The Arab region is facing an array of development challenges associated with ongoing conflicts and transitions. More than ever, interventions that chart pathways to peace and sustainable development are needed. These should not only serve to prevent the relapse of conflict but also effectively address the impact of conflict on tens of millions of affected people. As such, peacebuilding policies must strengthen governance and institutions while at the same time trying to arrest or even reverse human capital deterioration resulting from conflict.
The 2030 Agenda and 17 SDGs and 169 targets offer a comprehensive framework for transitioning towards peace and for reversing de-development trends resulting from conflict, including better agency in managing political contention, national resources and strategies for sustainable development. The 17 goals and their targets ultimately seek to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom. They seek to realize human rights of all and to achieve the empowerment of all throughout inclusive and strong institutions. Goal 16 is of particular relevance to the Arab region. It is to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. Progress towards the attainment of the objective will help to significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere, to develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions, to strengthen relevant national institutions including through international cooperation, for building capacity at all levels to prevent violence and to promote and enforce non-discriminatory laws and policies for sustainable development. 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 tensions and conflict. The meeting will aim to unpack the principles of inclusiveness, empowerment and equality, how they relate to sustainable development and peace building in conflict settings. |
| 22 February 2021 |
Launch of the Project on the “Inter-Regional Cooperation on the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda” in Amman, Jordan |
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| 1 April 2015 |
Innovation and technology for advancing the knowledge-based economy in the Arab region |
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| 19 September 2019 |
Implementation of the Institutional Gaps Assessment Methodology in the Workforce Planning |
The workshop will introduce the Institutional Gaps Assessment Methodology to a core team from the General Directorate of Job Planning in the General Personnel Council in the State of Palestine, as a scientific tool to evaluate the capacities of concerned civil servants to develop for their institutions a strategic workforce planning framework aligned to the national development strategy. The Strategic Workforce Planning Framework (the Framework) will assist the concerned institutions to better understand and prepare for their future workforce needs, and to have the right civil servants in the right roles at the right time, to meet the longer-term strategic institutional.
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