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| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Sets 2014-2015 Strategic Framework |
Beirut, 20 September 2011 (UN Information Services) — Against the backdrop of development challenges facing Arab countries and the popular movements sweeping the region, ESCWA today opened an expert group meeting at the UN House in Beirut to discuss recent transformations in the Arab world and develop the Commission’s strategic framework for the 2014-2015 biennium. |
| 5 March 2019 |
ESCWA marks International Women’s Day with call to action: The time is now |
Beirut, 5 March 2019(ESCWA)--On the International Women’s Day marked on 8 March every year, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Executive Secretary Rola Dashti today urged decision-makers in the Arab region to accelerate their efforts to achieve gender equality and empower all women. The time is now, she stressed. |
| 11 August 2015 |
Change Management in Public Sector Reform in Iraq |
On 28th April 2015 the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) concluded its capacity development workshop entitled “Change Management in Public Sector Reform” held in Istanbul, Turkey. Attended by 12 participants from the National Center for Management Development and Information Technology (NCMDIT) in Baghdad and 7 from the Kurdistan Institute for Public Administration (KIPA), the workshop discussed strategic needs of change management in support of the ongoing public sector reform in Iraq. |
| 21 April 2015 |
ESCWA Launches Arab Decade of Sustainable Energy for All from Amman |
On 23 March 2015 the Jordanian capital, Amman, hosted the Arab launch of the United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy for All (2014-2024), as declared by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA and LAS Discuss Opportunities and Challenges of Domain Names Industry in the Arab World and Updates on AIGF Process |
Haidar Fraihat, Director, ESCWA Information and Communication Technology Division, and Ayman Sherbini, Chief of the ESCWA Information and Communication Technology Policies Section, are heading to the headquarters of the Paris based UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to participate in the First WSIS+10 Review Meeting entitled “Towards Knowledge Societies for Peace and Sustainable Development”, which will be held on 25 - 27 February 2013. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA, OECD Sign MoU |
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| 11 December 2014 |
Executive Secretary Highlights Youth Employment, Arab Economic Integration |
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| 28 April 2016 |
Syria at War: Five Years On |
Five years of conflict in Syria led to an estimated 2.3 million deaths or injuries, and displaced over 12 million people. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Integrating a Gender Perspective into National Budgets |
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| 11 December 2014 |
Sustainable Land Management to Enhance Rural Development in the UN-ESCWA Region |
UN-ESCWA is organizing an “Expert Group Meeting on “Sustainable Land Management as a Best Practice to Enhance Rural Development in the ESCWA Region” from 25 to 27 March 2009 at the UN House, Riad el Solh Ave. Attending the meeting, which opens at 10:00 AM on Tuesday 25 March, are experts representing thirteen Ministries of Agriculture in the UN-ESCWA region. |