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| 24 August 2016 |
Mechanisms to Advance Innovation for Inclusive Sustainable Development in the Arab Region |
The Expert Group Meeting identified and discussed strategic options and mechanisms that would be useful for bridging gaps in the Arab region innovation arena. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Ministerial Session Discusses Intergenerational Justice and Access to Natural Resources |
The ministerial panel on the topic “Intergenerational justice and access to natural resources” today highlighted the linkages between the use of and access to natural resources, poverty alleviation, economic growth and social equality for the achievement of intergenerational justice, founded on the economic, social and environmental pillars of sustainable development. |
| 8 December 2017 |
The Capacity-building Workshop on Information Society Measurement: Core Indicators, Statistics, and Data Collection |
The Capacity-building Workshop on Information Society Measurement: Core Indicators, Statistics, and Data Collection (Amman, 10-12 December 2006) was organized by the Arab Regional Office of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology of Jordan, the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS). |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Transport Committee Calls for Prioritizing Road Safety |
ESCWA wrapped-up the twelfth session of its Transport Committee with recommendations that highlighted road safety, an issue member countries were called to consider a priority, implementing by such the eponym UN Decade of Action launched last week. The committee had convened at the UN House in Beirut, on 17-19 May. A slew of officials gathered for the event, including representatives from ESCWA’s 14 member countries, and regional as well as international organizations. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Transport Committee Calls for Prioritizing Road Safety |
ESCWA wrapped-up the twefth session of its Transport Committee with recommendations that highlighted road safety, an issue member countries were called to consider a priority, implementing by such the eponym UN Decade of Action launched last week. The committee had convened at the UN House in Beirut, on 17-19 May. A slew of officials gathered for the event, including representatives from ESCWA’s 14 member countries, and regional as well as international organizations. |
| 18 October 2019 |
Awareness Day on “The Promotion of Renewable Energy Applications: Current State and Perspectives” |
Awareness Day on “The Promotion of Renewable Energy Applications: Current State and Perspectives” |
| 5 November 2015 |
Regional Forum on Science & Technology Diplomacy: Towards Transformative and Inclusive Partnerships for a Sustainable Future |
Never before in global history have Science and Technology (S&T) had such a significant impact on humanity. In our globalised world, S&T play an indispensable role in creating, analysing and managing the complexities and dynamics of international affairs. Above all, solutions to the many grand challenges facing humanity today such as health and environmental risks are rooted in the applications of S&T. These issues are not ideological and they require active and collaborative solutions. |
| 25 June 2018 |
Launch of the Arab Thought Foundation’s 10th Report on Cultural Development: Innovation or Extinction? |
On the side-lines of the 30th Ministerial Session of ESCWA
Launch of the Arab Thought Foundation’s 10th Report on Cultural Development: Innovation or Extinction? Beirut, UN-House, 27 June 2018 What: Launching of the Tenth Arab Report on Cultural Development, an annual report launched by the Arab Thought Foundation since 2008 on the status of cultural development in the Arab countries |
| 19 January 2017 |
The 1st Arab Leadership Dialogue on Science Advice to Governments |
Under the Patronage of Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan, President of the Royal Scientific Society of Jordan (RSS) and President of the Board of Governors of the UN-ESCWA Technology Center (ETC), the Science Diplomacy Program at RSS, UN-ETC in partnership with International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) and US Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF Global), held on 13-14 December 2016, the 1st Arab Leadership Dialogue on Science Advice to Governments, in Dead Sea, Jordan. |
| 2 April 2021 |
Capacity-Building Workshop on “The Use of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technologies and Applications for Rural Development in Lebanon” |
Within the framework of the “Regional Initiative for Promoting Small-Scale Renewable Energy Applications in Rural Areas of the Arab Region (REGEND)” Project, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in partnership with the Municipality of Chaqdouf, is organizing a capacity-building workshop on “The Use of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technologies and Applications for Rural Development in Lebanon”. |