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| 17 June 2020 |
Leveraging Public Governance & Exploring Innovative Solutions to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Arab Region: Structural challenges, gaps, weaknesses and resilience |
As an increasing number of countries, including many developed countries, are struggling to cope with the outbreak of COVID-19, emerging economies and developing countries are facing an unprecedented threat to their development achievements, human life, social cohesion and have been facing socio-economic hardships due to fragile health care systems and socio-economic vulnerabilities. The current COVID-19 pandemic calls for unprecedented efforts and coordinated action. It requires more than ever strengthening public institutions, implementing innovative measures and a collaborative spirit by all countries and the global community to contain the spread of the pandemic and mitigate its far-reaching socio-economic, and even political repercussions. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Intersecretariat Working Group on Environment Statistics (IWG-ENV), Work Session on Water Statistics |
The sectoral statistics team participated at the Intersecretariat Working Group on Environment Statistics (IWG-ENV), Work Session on Water Statistics in Vienna, 20-22 June 2005, organized by the IWG-ENV members (The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE) together with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the UNEP GEMS/Water programme an |
| 7 May 2019 |
Executive Committee, 6th meeting |
The sixth meeting of the Executive Committee will follow-up on the implementation of its fifth meeting recommendations and of the Beirut Consensus on Technology for Sustainable Development in the Arab region |
| 9 December 2015 |
Executive Committee, 2nd meeting |
The Executive Committee of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) held its second meeting, attended by representatives of ESCWA member States, in Amman, from 14 to |
| 24 August 2016 |
Mechanisms to Advance Innovation for Inclusive Sustainable Development in the Arab Region |
The Expert Group Meeting identified and discussed strategic options and mechanisms that would be useful for bridging gaps in the Arab region innovation arena. |
| 21 March 2016 |
ESCWA celebration of the World Day of Social Justice |
ESCWA, in cooperation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization office in Beirut (UNESCO) and the Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND), organized a special event to commemorate the World Day of Social Justice, on Friday, 20 February 2015 at the United Nations House in Beirut. |
| 7 December 2017 |
Information Communication Technology Policymaking in ESCWA Member Countries |
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| 29 November 2019 |
Review recurrent and non-recurrent publications on regional integration and trade reforms |
The Expert Group Meeting is organized by ESCWA in cooperation with UNCTAD. The participants included high-level economists and experts from Arab universities and think tanks and representatives of Arab regional and sub-regional organizations such as the League of Arab States and the Arab Maghreb Union. The meeting aimed to critically review the drafts of the recurrent publication on the third edition of assessing Arab economic integration and the non-recurrent publication on trade costs in the Arab region. The meeting discussed also the findings of the World Investment Report 2019 prepared by UNCTAD. |
| 21 November 2017 |
Third Review of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing in Arab Countries |
The regional meeting reviewed the progress made by ESCWA member countries in the implementation of Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (2002). |
| 1 October 2020 |
Capacity-Building Workshop on “Good food packaging, labeling, and marketing practices" |
Within the framework of the “Regional Initiative for Promoting Small-Scale Renewable Energy Applications in Rural Areas of the Arab Region (REGEND)” Project, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in partnership with the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD), and the Arab Federation for Food Industries (AFFI), is organizing a capacity-building workshop on “Good food packaging, labeling, and marketing practices”. |