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14 November 2019 |
Mainstreaming Climate Action into National Development Planning in the Arab Region |
The overall objective is to enhance the capacity and knowledge of government officials from the Arab region on how to effectively mainstream climate action into national development plans. The meeting also aims to exchange knowledge and raise awareness on best practices and opportunities for mainstreaming climate action and NDCs into national development policies, strategies, programmes and practices. |
4 August 2016 |
International Conference "Towards Prioritizing Women, Peace, and Security on the Arab Agenda" |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA), in collaboration with the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World (IWSAW) at the Lebanese American University (LAU), and the Danish Centre for Gender, Equality, and Diversity (KVInfo) are organizing an international conference entitled “Towards Prioritising Women, Peace and Security on the Arab Agenda”, on 8-10 August 2016 at the Beirut Commodore Hotel. |
28 February 2017 |
Statistical Committee, 12th session |
The Statistical Committee was established under ESCWA resolution 179 (XVI), of 2 September 1992, which was adopted by the Economic and Social Council resolution 1993/2 of February 2, 1993. It will hold its 12th session in Beirut on 4 and 5 April 2017. |
12 August 2016 |
Enabling Policies to Promote Financing Renewable Energy Investments |
The objective of this regional seminar is to focus on policy reforms that can promote financing of renewable energy investments with the aim of strengthening the capacity of national and local policymakers. |
12 July 2016 |
Negotiations of Bilateral Investment Treaties |
In collaboration with the Ministry of Investment in the Republic of Tunisia ESCWA held a National Workshop on negotiations of bilateral investment agreements during the period 1-5 April 2013. |
17 March 2020 |
Launching the 2020 ICP Cycle & Treatment of 2018 Price Data |
ESCWA conducted a regional meeting for launching the 2020 ICP Cycle and for Treatment and Validation of 2018 Household and Non-Household Consumption Price Data. With the 2017 ICP Cycle coming to an end, the 2020 ICP Cycle will require full collection of data for 2020 to eventually compute PPPs and the corresponding indicators. |
9 October 2018 |
The Regional training workshop to improve use of existing data for monitoring gender equality and women’s empowerment |
Aims to improve technical capabilities in using gender statistics to monitor SDG Tier I and II gender indicators and in disseminating, communicating and using statistics and indicators. |
23 November 2018 |
Technical Advisory Group on Demographic and Social Statistics |
The main goal of establishing of a Technical Advisory Group (TAG) is to provide recommendations on strategies, as well as substantive and methodological guidelines for achieving goals in the area of population and social statistics. In its first meeting, the TAG focused on ensuring that all countries in the region have the capacity to deliver a core set of population and social indicators needed for the SDGs among other planning and monitoring purposes. |
16 October 2020 |
Third African Young Water Professional Forum (Af-YWPF) - Cairo Water Week |
ESCWA is pleased to support the International Commission for Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) host the Third African Young Water Professional Forum (Af-YWPF) from 19-21 October 2020 (online) during Cairo Water Week. The Forum is being organized with the ICID African Regional Working Group in collaboration with the Arab Centre for the Study of Arid and Drylands (ACSAD), the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the Global Water Partnership-Mediterranean (GWP-Med). Cairo Water Week is organized annually by the Ministry of Water and Irrigation of Egypt and will be held in a hybrid format from 18 |
17 May 2019 |
National Consultative Workshops on the Implementation of Beijing +25 |
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