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| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Statistical Committee Opens Ninth Session |
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| 5 August 2019 |
ESCWA hosts the YPP Career Support Programme for the third time |
Beirut, 26 July 2019 (ESCWA)--After its success in hosting the Young Professionals Programme (YPP) Career Support Programme in 2011 and 2012 and following a decision by the Office of Human Resources (OHR) to decentralize it starting 2019, ESCWA once again hosted it from 22 to 26 July. The Programme was organized and delivered in its entirety using only ESCWA internal resources. |
| 30 September 2016 |
Inaugural meeting of the ESCWA Inter-sessional Expert Group on Disability |
The first meeting of the ESCWA Inter-sessional Expert Group on Disability was held on 20-21 September 2016 at the UN-House in Beirut. The group was formed as a result of a call by the Committee on Social Development (CSD), which oversees the work of the Social Development Division of ESCWA, to intensify cooperation on disability policy between ESCWA and its member states. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Arab Countries Discuss Industrial Statistics and Classifications |
The Qatari capital, Doha, hosted on 30 September - 2 October 2013 a regional workshop on industrial statistics and classifications for the Arab countries. The workshop was jointly organized with the Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the New York-based United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization (AIDMO). |
| 11 December 2014 |
Strengthening the Private Sector |
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| 11 December 2014 |
Good Governance despite Conflict |
Addressing development challenges as a result of conflict, UN-ESCWA is hosting an expert group meeting on “Strengthening Good Governance Practices in Conflict Affected Countries: Current Priorities and Future Interventions”, on 27-28 February 2009, at UN House, Beirut. |
| 5 September 2019 |
New portal to assist small and medium enterprises in the Arab region |
Beirut, 04 September 2019 (ESCWA)-- Arab experts and government officials gathered at the UN House in Beirut today to discuss a web-based platform that ESCWA is designing to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs), given their significant role in economic growth. The consultative meeting identified the key functionalities and content of the platform, dubbed SMEs Digital Enablers Portal. |
| 25 July 2018 |
Achieving peace requires adherence to international law and no impunity |
Beirut, 25 July 2018 (Communication and Information Unit)-- In its periodic report on the Israeli occupation in Palestine and the Golan, the United Nations described Israeli practices and policies in the Arab territories occupied since 1967 as discriminatory and violating international law. It considered that some of those practices and policies may amount to war crimes according to the Fourth Geneva Convention. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Let us Compete in Arabic! |
The Digital Arabic Content (DAC) industry offers great investment opportunities in the Arab region. Despite the presence of many challenges to its development in Arab countries, its chances of success are fairly big, in view of the mounting reliance on the Internet in economic and social activities, and of the presence of over 300 million Arabic-speaking persons. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Amman to Host a Brainstorming Meeting on UN-ESCWA Achievements in the Field of Local Community Development |
Under the patronage of Jordanian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Suhair Al-Ali and in her presence, UN-ESCWA will hold a Subregional Brainstorming Meeting entitled “A Decade of UN-ESCWA Achievements in the Field of Local community Development” at the Radisson SAS Hotel in Amman, Jordan, on 4 March 2007. |