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| 5 December 2014 |
EGM Policies for Peace Building and Conflict Prevention in Western Asia |
Countries suffering from conflict or political tension are very much dependent on successful peacebuilding interventions that would be geared towards preventing a relapse into conflict and ensuring sustainable peace and development. Key ingredients for effective interventions in the aftermath of conflict include the provision of basic safety and security, an inclusive political process, the provision of essential services, restoration of core government functions and economic revitalization. |
| 28 March 2019 |
Making disability visible in statistics - Side Event at the 50th Statistical Commission |
The side-event focus on means of bridging the gap between policy-makers, civil society and statisticians, which constitutes a major obstacle and a hindrance to making progress on development of policies based on evidence and thus improving the lives of persons with disabilities. It will include presentation of a generic SDG-CRPD Framework of around 100 standard indicators that links CRPD articles to SDG policy areas, including SDG indicators that countries can disaggregate by disability status. |
| 17 November 2017 |
Expert Group Meeting on Coordinating Responses to Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction in the Arab Region |
The Expert Group Meeting, organized by ESCWA in partnership with UNISDR/ROAS aims to discuss linking climate change and disaster risk reduction in order to formulate integrated policies with respect to natural disasters which are being exacerbated by climate change. |
| 6 May 2021 |
Regional Nexus Approaches to Building Back Better |
The UN Environment Management Group (EMG), in close collaboration with UNEP, UNEP-FI, UNESCAP, UNECE, UNECA, ECLAC, ESCWA, and RCNYO, is organizing a 3-part series of virtual Nexus Dialogues on Addressing COVID-19 for the Environment. |
| 1 June 2019 |
12th Regional Training Workshop on Capacity Development for Climate Change Negotiations for the Arab Countries |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA), and in partnership with the League of Arab States (LAS), the United Nations Environment, and the Cairo office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), is organizing the “Twelfth Regional Workshop on Capacity Development for Climate Change Negotiations for the Arab Countries” from 7 to 8 April 2019, in Beirut. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Settlement of disputes between States and Investors within Bilateral investment treaties |
In collaboration with the National Agency for Investment in the Republic of Sudan ESCWA held a National Workshop on settlement of disputes between states and investors during the period 26-28 February, 2013. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Training on Gender Analysis of Population Census Data |
UNFPA and ESCWA Statistics Division are inviting a gender statistician from the National Statistical Office, and a gender expert from a government agency/ministry in charge of women's issues to participate in the TRAINING ON GENDER ANALYSIS OF CENSUS DATA, AMMAN, 10-12 February 2013. The Workshop will be held at the Amman Marriott Hotel in Jordan. The morning sessions will start at 08:30 a.m. and ends at 4:30 p.m. in Al WAHA BALLROOM. The objectives of the training are the following: |
| 5 December 2014 |
Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Investors |
In collaboration with the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lebanon, ESCWA held a National Workshop on settlement of investment disputes between states and investors during the period 25-29 November, 2013. The purpose of this workshop was to familiarize the participants with investment and its parties, the motivations and needs of the investing parties to insist on arbitration, and contracts for state-derived of Arbitration for settlement of investment disputes clause. |
| 15 December 2020 |
Webinar on the impact of COVID-19 on migrants and refugees in the Arab region |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Labor Organization (ILO), in collaboration with the the members of the United Nations Issue-Based Coalition on Migration in the Arab Region, organized a webinar on the impact of COVID-19 on migrants and refugees in the Arab region. |
| 21 October 2020 |
AWARENET Webinar Series on Groundwater Management in IWRM |
The aim of the training is to improve knowledge and enhance understanding of the complex nature and intersectoral challenges facing sustainable groundwater governance and management in the Arab region. |