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| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA Promotes Trade and Environment Issues |
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| 11 December 2014 |
Water Cooperation between UN-ESCWA and Germany |
Represented by Executive Secretary Bader Omar Al Dafa, UN-ESCWA signed on 11 January 2008 a memorandum of understanding with the German Embassy in Lebanon, represented by Ambassador Hansjoerg Haber concerning the project "Advisory Services to UN-ESCWA and UN-ESCWA Member Countries in the Water Sector".
The signing ceremony took place at the UN House, Beirut, and was attended by UN-ESCWA Chiefs of Divisions and officials from the Embassy.
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| 26 July 2016 |
Cash Transfer and Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes in the Arab Region |
ESCWA hosted an international workshop on “(Conditional) Cash Transfer Programmes (CCTs) in the Arab Region” in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Program (WFP), and the World Bank. |
| 23 April 2019 |
Focus Group Meeting in Tunisia on the Regional Initiative for Promoting Small-Scale Renewable Energy Applications in rural areas of the Arab Region |
Within the framework of the “Regional Initiative for Promoting Small – Scale Renewable Energy Applications in rural areas of the Arab region (REGEND)”, the finalization of the selection of the local community and the Local Facilitating Team in Tunisia necessitates a focus group meeting. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Report Highlights Disparities in Information and Communication Technology |
ESCWA shed light in a report it launched Tuesday on the state of the Information Society in the Arab region, emphasizing the great disparities that exist among countries in the region in this sector. Entitled “Regional Profile of the Information Society in Western Asia – 2009”, the report disclosed an increase in literacy in this region, while also noting that half of all Arab women still suffer from illiteracy. |
| 5 December 2014 |
The second meeting of the Arab Working Group on Environment and Sustainable Development indicators |
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| 31 October 2020 |
Most comprehensive report to date on women’s participation in political life in Iraq: Challenges and ways to overcome them |
Beirut-Baghdad, 1 November 2020--Women's participation in political processes in Iraq is hampered by many obstacles, despite Iraqi women’s determination to engage in the public sphere. In 2020, Iraq ranked 70th worldwide in terms of women holding seats in parliament. |
| 7 January 2021 |
Survey of Economic and Social Developments 2019-2020 |
Providing an analysis of the global situation in mid-2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, is a difficult task. The outbreak has exerted tremendous pressure on the global economy, the scale of which is still unclear. Consequently, the present report sets out two scenarios: a moderate one projecting that the crisis will end and the economy will rebound in the last quarter of 2020; and a pessimistic one in which the crisis will persist throughout 2020 and continue in the first quarter of 2021. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Arab Consultative Meeting on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
"The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in partnership with the League of Arab States (LAS) and the United Nations Environment Programme/Regional Office for West Asia (UNEP/ROWA), and in collaboration with the Ministry of Equipment and Environment in Tunisia, is organizing an Expert Meeting on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will be held on 18 and 19 November 2013 in Tunisia. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Tunis Hosts Regional Workshop on Promoting Energy Efficiency Investments for Climate Change Mitigation and Sustainable Development |
Roula Majdalani, Chief of Sustainable Development and Productivity Division at ESCWA, said, "Working to avoid energy waste and improve its efficiency in terms of production, transport, conversion, distribution and consumption, is urgent and required in order to preserve the environment and the national economy, as well as the interests of future generations." Majdalani was speaking at the opening session of the Regional Training Workshop on "Promoting Energy Efficiency Investments for Climate Change Mitigation and Sustainable Development." The meeting, which kicked off Monday in Tunis, was |
