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| 20 October 2017 |
Administrative Officer, P3 - ASD (TJO) |
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| 20 October 2017 |
Workshop on Sound Institutional Environment, Cooperation, Dialogue and Partnerships for the Production and Utilization of SDG Indicators |
The workshop will address the institutional environment for official statistics in support of monitoring progress towards the SDGs, including governance, leadership, coordination mechanisms and tools as well as dialogue and partnership between producers and users of data and statistics. |
| 23 October 2017 |
Policy Brief: Role of Women in Peacebuilding Processes |
This policy brief examines the participation of women in peace building processes in several Arab countries with a focus on supporting arguments and available mechanisms and options. |
| 23 October 2017 |
The Effect of Governance on the Allocation of Expenditure and the Distribution of Revenue: Evidence from Selected Arab Countries |
This study uses analytical and quantitative analysis to examine the interdependence between government expenditure and government revenue from one side and governance indicators from the other in selected oil importers and exporters in the region. Among the questions we examine are the following; how does corruption, the rule of law, government effectiveness, accountability, regulatory quality and political stability affect expenditure on health, education, and social spending, tax revenue (direct and indirect) and non-tax revenue, among other things. |
| 23 October 2017 |
Regional Commission’s Team Heads to Iraq |
Beirut, 23 October 2017 (Communication and Information Unit)-- A delegation of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), chaired by its Deputy Executive Secretary for Program Support Khawla Mattar, today started an official visit to Iraq. The visit continues until Wednesday 25 October 2017. |
| 23 October 2017 |
Arab Multidimensional Poverty Report |
The Arab Multidimensional Poverty Report, the first of its kind following the launch of the 2030 Agenda, is the result of three years of collaboration between the League of Arab States’ Council of Arab Ministers for Social Affairs, the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI). |
| 24 October 2017 |
Workshop on Research Commercialization Impact Assessment in Egypt |
This activity falls under the Development Account (DA) project on “Establishing National Technology Development and Transfer Systems in select ESCWA member states” which aims to strengthen the capacity of select countries in the ESCWA region to create an enabling policy environment for research and development, and commercialization of research results. |
| 27 October 2017 |
38th committee meeting of the Common External Tariff for the Arab Countries |
Media Advisory
38th Committee Meeting of the Common External Tariff for the Arab Countries
Date: Monday, 30 October-Friday, 3 November 2017 |
| 30 October 2017 |
Regional Forum on National Knowledge and Technology Development and Transfer Systems |
This regional forum falls under the UN Development Account (DA) project on “Establishment of National Technology Transfer Offices (NTTO) in Selected ESCWA member countries (Egypt, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman and Tunisia)”. |
| 30 October 2017 |
Committee on Liberalization of Foreign trade, Economic Globalization and Financing for Development, 11th session (Focus on Trade) |
ESCWA convened the 11th session for its Committee on Liberalization of Foreign trade, Economic Globalization and Financing for Development on 27 and 28 November 2017 in Beirut, Lebanon. |