UNESCWA is organizing a seminar on the Role of Foreign Aid in Development of the Arab Region on Wednesday, July 12, 2006, at the UN House, Beirut. This comes as part of the Commission’s process of disseminating information and soliciting feedback on pressing developmental issues in the UNESCWA Region. It aims at providing a comprehensive analysis of the impact that development aid can have on achieving internationally agreed-upon development goals, such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in the Arab region.

Integrated Social Policy in Egypt, why and what’s the purpose? Is there a difference between social policy and social services? Will the absence of social policy lead to a vacuum? Who will fill this vacuum? Irresponsible factions or extremists?

Upon the invitation of the Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization (AIDMO) and co-organization of ESCWA and the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), a workshop was held on “Linking Research Institutes with Industry in Arab States” on 5 October 2016 in Amman.
 

United Nations Under-Secretary-General and UN-ESCWA (Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia) Executive Secretary Mr. Bader Omar Al Dafa delivered today 12 December 2007, a presentation on “Strategies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change in the ESCWA Region”, in the side-event organized by the five regional commissions of the United Nations, during the conference on climate change the international organization on 3-14 December in Bali, Indonesia.