The EGM is organized under the strategic framework of UNESCWA on strengthening the capacity of Governments of the Member States on mainstreaming the energy-related SDGs and Paris Agreement into their national development plans.
 The EGM aims to:
1- Assist member countries monitor the development and implementation of sustainable energy efforts at the national level, taking into account the indicators required by the Statistics Committee of the United Nations in order to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs).



The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in collaboration with the Institut National de la Statistique (INS) in Tunisia, is organizing a training workshop on Short Term Economic Statistics during 14-17 November, 2016 in Tunis, Tunisia, in the context of implementation of the development account project that aims at strengthening capacities of member countries in the production and dissemination of Short Term Economics Statistics.
 

Seventy students from the American University of Beirut (AUB) and Université Saint-Joseph (USJ) will gather on Saturday, 17 November 2018 at the UN House in the Lebanese capital for the annual Model ESCWA Conference. Now in its third year, the conference is a key component of ESCWA’s community outreach and youth engagement efforts.