1. I have been approved as an ESCWA/UNGM vendor but I have never been invited to bid.

This may be because the product or service you offer is rarely required, and we simply haven't needed to buy any.

2. I heard there is a bid going on for "xyz" product or service. I want to participate. Who shall I contact?

You are encouraged to contact our office. Please note that you will be required to undertake the same registration process before your company will be considered. 

3. Are ESCWA purchases tax/duty free?

The Advisory Committee

The Advisory Committee was established under ESCWA resolution 175 (XV), of 18 May 1989, to bolster the work of the Commission. It is made up of heads of diplomatic missions in the host country, and a high-level representative of that country. The Committee plays a consultative role and facilitates contact between member States and the ESCWA Secretariat, and among member States themselves, on matters requiring attention between the Commission’s biennial sessions. It meets every four months at ESCWA headquarters in Beirut.

Innovation in the public sector helps to enhance social welfare, economic growth and environmental management of countries for better sustainable futures, by stimulating new ideas – whether products, services, policies, programmes, or processes.

The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), at its twenty-eighth session held in Tunis from 15 to 18 September 2014, adopted resolution 320 (XXVIII) on redesignating the Technical Committee as the “Executive Committee” and amending its terms of reference, so that it may play a greater role in steering and coordinating all ESCWA activities, pursuant to a recommendation made by the Technical Committee at its eighth  meeting, held in Amman from 10 to 12 December 2013.