The workshop will also cover issues related to progress in negotiations and issues related to modalities of implementation and monitoring of the Paris agreement, CMA, and the APA mandate.



The workshop, which is being held in cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the World Bank, will address issues of road safety management in line with United Nations guidelines and international best 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) is organizing a Webinar on “Case study on Lebanon’s policy regulatory reforms and financial and legal frameworks needed to promote small-scale renewable energy technologies and applications in rural areas”.
 
The webinar will present and discuss Lebanon’s case study and provide guidelines to conceptualize REGEND’s policy  toolkit as regional strategic guidelines to improve the enabling environment for the private sector and women entrepreneurs to invest in income-generating activities by increasing the use of small-scale RE technologies and applications in productive activities in the rural areas.

The module proposes assessment policies that enhance the resilience of human settlements to climate change with focus on water supply, sanitation and infrastructure affected by extreme weather.