In the context of enhancing joint cooperation in addressing the challenges of sustainable development, in particular those resulting from rapid urbanization and the resulting high rates of urban poverty in many countries, ESCWA, in cooperation with the Arab Towns Organization (ATO), organized a regional workshop on Pro-poor urban development strategies in the Arab region on 15 May 2013 in Doha, Qatar.

Two back-to-back workshops on "Training of Trainers in Social Participatory Development" were held in Beirut from 27 September to 1 October 2010, in close coordination with the League of Arab States (LAS), the UN Development Programme in Lebanon (UNDP), Oxfam-GB, and the Arab Centre for the Development of the Rule of Law and Integrity (ACRLI).



Two resident sub-regional workshops on “Building Capacities in the Participatory Research Approach for Development” were conducted by ESCWA in Amman, Jordan, during the period 4-7 April, 2011.