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| 11 December 2014 |
Executive Secretary Participates in UNDG Meeting |
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| 11 December 2014 |
UN Launches Information Economy Report 2010 in Beirut |
Beirut, 11 October 2010 (UN Information Service) — The UN Information Centre in Beirut (UNIC-Beirut) is holding a press conference on Thursday 14 September to launch the Information Economy Report (IER) 2010, entitled “Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), Enterprises and Poverty Alleviation,” by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). |
| 9 August 2017 |
Executive Secretary visits Labour Minister |
Beirut, 8 August 2017 (Communication and Information Unit) -- United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim today visited Lebanese Minister of Labour Mohammad Kabbara. Both sides discussed cooperation between ESCWA and the Ministry. The meeting was attended by Secretary of the Commission Karim Khalil and ESCWA Chief of Modeling and Forecasting Section Mohamed Hedi Bchir. *****
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| 5 June 2017 |
Effective National Technology Transfer System in Morocco |
As part of the Development Account project “Establishing National Technology Development and Transfer Systems in Selected Arab Countries”, ESCWA Technology Center (ETC) conducted the second workshop on “Effective National Technology Transfer System in Morocco” in cooperation with its national partner organization in Morocco; National Centre for Scientific Research and Technology (CNRST) on 26 April 2017 in Rabat, Morocco. |
| 4 August 2017 |
Executive Secretary of ESCWA Meets Lebanon’s Minister of State for Administrative Reform |
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim visited Friday 4 August 2017 Lebanese Minister of State for Administrative Reform Inaya Ezzeddine, heading a delegation comprising Director of Emerging and Conflict Related Issues (ECRI) at ESCWA Tarek Alami, ESCWA Regional Adviser for Emerging and Conflict Related Issues Karam Karam, and ESCWA Regional Advisor for Sustainable Development Adib Nehme. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Launching of the National Campaign for Air Pollution Reduction in Lebanon through Efficient Use in Land Transportation |
Supported by ESCWA, the Lebanese Ministry of Environment and the UN Development Program (UNDP), IPT Energy Centre (IPTEC) launched today the “National Campaign for Air Pollution Reduction in Lebanon through Efficient Use in Land Transportation” . The event was held under the patronage of Lebanese Minister of Environment Nazem Khoury at the Ministry premises. In addition to the minister, speakers included Roula Majdalani, ESCWA Director of Sustainable Development and Productivity Division (SDPD) and IPTEC President Toni Issa. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Launching of the National Campaign for Air Pollution Reduction in Lebanon through Efficient Use in Land Transportation |
Supported by ESCWA, the Lebanese Ministry of Environment and the UN Development Program (UNDP), IPT Energy Centre (IPTEC) launched today the “National Campaign for Air Pollution Reduction in Lebanon through Efficient Use in Land Transportation” . The event was held under the patronage of Lebanese Minister of Environment Nazem Khoury at the Ministry premises. In addition to the minister, speakers included Roula Majdalani, ESCWA Director of Sustainable Development and Productivity Division (SDPD) and IPTEC President Toni Issa. |
| 11 December 2014 |
The United Nations Democracy Fund Opens New Project Funding Round |
The United Nations Democracy Fund invites civil society organizations to apply for funding for projects to advance and support democracy. Project proposals may be submitted on-line between 15 November 2011 and 31 December 2011 at www.un.org/democracyfund. You can find guidelines, FAQs and lessons learned from previous rounds at http://www.un.org/democracyfund/Applicants/applicants_index.html. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary on Official Visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain |
UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary, Bader Omar AlDafa, today undertook an official visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain, where he met with a number of senior officials, on top of whom was Crown Prince and General Commander of Bahrain’s Defense Force Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Bin Issa Al Khalifa. Talks focused on the many facets of cooperation with UN-ESCWA, as well as advisory and technical services on which UN-ESCWA and the Government of Bahrain collaborated in the past year. |
| 20 April 2017 |
Bolstering Sudanese data Systems, Economic Modeling and Decision-Making |
Under the framework of its efforts to support policies, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) took part on 28 and 29 March 2017 in a workshop on Data Systems, Supporting Decision-making, and Economic Modeling, in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. |