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| 22 June 2015 |
Committee on Social Development, 10th Session |
The Committee on Social Development was established pursuant to resolution 198 (XVII) of 31 May 1994, which was adopted at the 17th Ministerial session of ESCWA and subsequently endorsed by the United Nations Economic and Social Council in its resolution 27/1994 of 26 July 1994. The Committee was established to enhance regional cooperation through the effective participation of relevant parties in member countries in planning and implementing the programme of work of ESCWA in the field of social development. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Stakeholders' Consultative Meeting on "Rio+20 Conference, National Policy-Making and Sustainable Development Policies in Conflict-Affected Countries: The Case of Lebanon" |
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| 7 February 2019 |
Launching of the baseline mapping study of the energy use situation in the buildings sector in Tunisia |
The national seminar will focus on the methodologies for developing the baseline mapping study of the energy use situation in the buildings sector in Tunisia. It is an activity scheduled in the framework of the UN Development Account (UNDA) project on “Up–scaling Energy Efficiency in the residential and services sectors in the Arab Region”.
This seminar aims at launching a baseline study for the mapping of the energy use situation in the buildings sector in Tunisia and presenting the methodologies to be used by various stakeholders to the success of the project. |
| 11 March 2019 |
Launching of the baseline mapping study of the energy use situation in the buildings sector in Jordan |
The national seminar will focus on the methodologies for developing the baseline mapping study of the energy use situation in the buildings sector in Jordan. It is an activity scheduled in the framework of the UN Development Account (UNDA) project on “Up–scaling Energy Efficiency in the residential and services sectors in the Arab Region”. |
| 25 November 2020 |
Regional capacity development webinar for members of the sub-committee on gender equality and the Sustainable Development Goals on Gender Justice and the Law |
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| 5 December 2014 |
MEDSTAT II Environment Sector / UNESCWA / UNSDJoint Sub-regional Training Session on the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water (SEEAW) |
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| 5 December 2014 |
Impact of Globalization on the Social Situation in ESCWA Region |
Within the above framework, globalization is a dynamic and irreversible process; it is increasingly affecting the economic and social structures of developed and developing countries alike. Yet as a process, globalization is blamed, by many, for the perpetuation of poverty and the exacerbation of socio-economic inequity. It generates “inequity” within and across countries. For the countries of the region, this issue is a priority on the social agenda. |
| 31 August 2016 |
Capacity Development for Climate Change Negotiations for the Arab Countries, 7th Regional Training Workshop |
The workshop, organized by ESCWA in partnership with LAS, UNEP/ROWA, UNESCO and the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs aims to enhance the understanding of the Arab negotiators of the Paris Agreement, its means of implementation and to coordinate the Arab position for the upcoming COP22 meeting. |
| 24 April 2019 |
Implementing Institutional Gaps Assessment Methodology in Iraq (at Al-Hamdania district and Nineveh Governorate): Phase II |
This workshop will review the outcome of the assessment methodology based on the amended questionnaire, and the challenges and priorities that emerged in the deliberations of the first workshop; It will incorporate the Governorate institutions in the Gaps Assessment Process for a more accurate evaluation; It will evaluate the process that led to the Al-Hamdania district’s strategic plan of 2019-2020, against the strategic plans developed at the Governorate level and at the Federal level with the objective of reviewing actual coordination and complementarity among the different governance levels; and select trainers from among the participants to train them later in applying the institutional gaps assessment methodology in the Al-Anbar and Saladin governorates.
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| 7 November 2019 |
Enhancing Integrated National Development Planning in the Arab Region: National Workshop |
ESCWA is organizing a national workshop for Tunisia as part of the activities of the Development Account Project “Towards the Arab Horizon 2030: Enhancing Integrated National Development Planning in the Arab Region”. |
