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| 30 October 2017 |
Committee on Liberalization of Foreign Trade, Economic Globalization and Financing for Development, 12th session (Focus on Finance) |
The Committee offers a high-level regional setting on Financing for Development to advance the breadth of ambition embodied in the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Regional Consultation on International Migration and Development in the Arab Region |
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| 18 November 2019 |
Regional Meeting on Promoting Food and Water Security in the Arab Region |
ESCWA has implemented since 2015 an initiative on promoting food and water security in the Arab region with support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and in partnership with FAO-RNE, the Arab Organization for Agriculture Development (AOAD) and the Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD). This initiative was designed to enable policy makers address challenges related to food security and climate change within the framework of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and related Arab strategies and initiatives. |
| 17 June 2016 |
Regional Workshop on the Compilation of Trade in Services Statistics for the Arab Countries |
The workshop aimed at presenting to the Arab countries a framework to produce statistics on the international trade of services utilizing international manuals. |
| 8 May 2018 |
Symposium on Women and Water Security for Peacebuilding in the Arab Region |
The symposium is organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), in collaboration with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN- ESCWA) and the Pacific Water Research Centre of Simon Frazier University, Vancouver Canada. |
| 12 May 2016 |
Climate Change Adaptation in the Economic Development Sector Using Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Tools |
The module aims to investigate macroeconomic and microeconomic climate change impacts and apply integrated assessment economic models that can estimate the economic cost of climate change. |
| 19 September 2016 |
Regional Policy Workshop on the Water-Energy Nexus |
The UNDA Project on Developing Capacities of ESCWA Member Countries to address the Water-Energy Nexus for Achieving SDGs seeks to build the capacity of ministries to reduce inefficiencies. |
| 25 June 2020 |
The Arab Region’s response to COVID-19 and the way forward for health and well-being |
This first in a series of webinars on sustainable development dialogue focuses on health and well-being and builds on the findings of the Arab Sustainable Development Report 2020. |
| 10 November 2020 |
Mashreq Waters Knowledge Series: Workshop on Economic Implications of Climate Change and Water Scarcity in the Mashreq Region |
Within the framework of the Mashreq Knowledge Initiative, ESCWA is organizing with the support of the World Bank a workshop on Economic Implications of Climate Change and Water Scarcity in the Mashreq Region. This meeting builds upon the previous workshop on Building Capacity for Accessing Disruptive Technologies for Improved Water Resources Management under Climate Change held earlier this year. |
| 27 May 2021 |
Desertification and Drought Day 2021 |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD) and United Nations Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT) are holding an online event to celebrate the Desertification and Drought Day 2021 (DDD 2021) on 17 June 2021. As announced by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), this year’s theme is: "Restoration. Land. Recovery. |
