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22 July 2020 |
Consumer protection in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic: Focus on digitalization |
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30 August 2016 |
Informing the SDGs through the Arab MDG+ Initiative |
ESCWA is convening a session on “Informing the SDGs through the Arab MDG+ Initiative” as part of the MENA Focus days organized within the World Water Week by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) and taking place from 28 August to 2 September 2016 in Stockholm. The event is planned for Wednesday August 31st in collaboration with the Arab Countries Water Utilities Association (ACWUA), the League of Arab States (LAS) and with the support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). The MENA Focus days event is dedicated to water and sustainable growth in the Middle East and North Africa, aiming to enhance experience and knowledge sharing as well as to promote MENA priority issues in the global water agenda. |
5 December 2014 |
Expert Group Meeting on Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and Socio-Economic Development in the Arab Region |
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5 December 2014 |
World Water Day - Water for cities: Responding to the Urban Challenge |
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5 December 2014 |
Fourth Workshop for the 2011 Round of The International Comparison Program in Western Asia Region |
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26 February 2015 |
Committee on Transport, 15th session |
The fifteenth session of the Committee on Transport represented a continuation of the efforts made by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in the field of transport, given the effective role of transport in achieving regional integration. At this session, the Committee reviewed the progress made in that regard since its fourteenth session, which was held in Amman on 9 and 10 October 2013. |
7 July 2020 |
Competition law and policy during and in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections in the Arab region |
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5 December 2014 |
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 Uses of International Watercourses, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in May 1997 (but not yet in force), and the draft articles of the Law of Transboundary Aquifers, which were reviewed by the UNGA in December 2008, propose legal frameworks for managing shared surface and groundwater resources based on international water law principles. |
18 April 2020 |
First Dialogue Session: Economic Pillar |
The Libyan Economic and Social Dialogue project seeks to provide a platform for dialogue for Libyans to discuss, formulate, evaluate and present a future social and economic vision that will help in achieving stability and sustainable development in Libya. The platform draws on its discussions on strong evidence-based research prepared by Libyan experts who specialize in the project within the scope of the first intervention from the first phase of the project. The first consultation session of the Libyan National Dialogue process aims to be a starting point for a fruitful and constructive dialogue that results in proposed plans for rational policies that enhance the possibility of achieving peace, preventing relapse, building state institutions and achieving balanced sustainable development. It will also pay attention to the recommendations and foundational strategies for the future vision of a united and dear Libya, in the context of providing a platform and platform for dialogue for Libyans from all walks of life and from all groups in order to prepare the future of the economic, social and institutional vision and discuss and formulate its standards and priorities in a way that contributes to achieving stability and economic and social development in a comprehensive and holistic sense.
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5 December 2014 |
Regional Stakeholders' Meeting on Knowledge network strategies, mechanisms and tools |
1. Background |