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| 13 December 2017 |
Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in the Labour Market: International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2017 |
ESCWA celebrates the International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2017 |
| 21 June 2021 |
COSP14 Side Event on "Protecting the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Pandemics and Crises" |
ESCWA organized a side event on the sidelines of the 14th session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP14) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) under the title of: “Protecting the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Pandemics and Crises". ESCWA held the side event in collaboration with the League of Arab States (Social Affairs Sector), Kuwait’s Ministry of Social Affairs, and the Arab Organization for Persons with Disabilities (AOPD). |
| 20 February 2020 |
Sub-Regional Webinar: Developing Budgeted Monitoring & Evaluation Frameworks for National Action Plans on Women, Peace, and Security |
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| 5 December 2014 |
Taskforce Meeting on 2010 Population and Housing Censuses |
At its six session held in October 2004, the Statistical Commission called on ESCWA to form a regional taskforce to coordinate efforts in relation to the planning of next round of population and housing censuses. Later, the United Nations Statistics Division adopted in March 2005 a resolution on the 2010 World Population and Housing Census Programme, to be implemented from 2005 to 2014. The goal of the Word Programme is three fold:
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| 3 March 2016 |
Pilot Workshop on the Toolkit for Enhancing Participation and Engagement in Social Protection Policy Processes |
Despite positive strides in recent decades, social protection policy in the ESCWA region is still short of realizing two important objectives: First, social protection policy should be linked to citizenship rights and integrated into the wider social, economic and political frameworks in which it operates. Second, the success of social protection policies and programmes thrives on transparent, accountable and participatory approaches. |
| 18 October 2019 |
Gender Empowerment and Entrepreneurial Development in the Rural Context: The Role of Renewable Energy |
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| 9 March 2020 |
Workshop on Enhancing transboundary water cooperation in the MENA region |
The workshop was jointly organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean (GWP-Med) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), as part of the regional project “Making water cooperation happen in the Mediterranean” (aka the Water Matchmaker Project), with financial support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). |
| 24 February 2017 |
Open Government and Emerging Technologies in the Arab Region |
This meeting focused on open government and its role in enhancing transparency, accountability, and the improvement of citizen participation in decision-making in the Arab region. |
| 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. |
| 14 July 2016 |
Facilitate the Launch of the Arab Customs Union |
This workshop provided technical support and capacity-building for the representatives of the ministries of trade and finance in the Arab States members of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area |