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| 10 June 2020 |
Arab Sustainable Development Report 2020 |
The Arab Sustainable Development Report 2020 (ASDR 2020) charts the regional trajectory for achieving the 2030 Agenda. It analyzes where the region stands on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It offers a quantitative and qualitative analysis of each SDG in relation to the global indicator framework adopted by the General Assembly in 2017. |
| 25 May 2016 |
Arab Forum for Sustainable Development 2016 |
The 2016 Arab Forum for Sustainable Development is a multi-stakeholder platform that aims to engage a wide range of development actors on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. |
| 16 May 2016 |
International Comparison Program - ICP |
News about the progress of 2011 round of the International Comparison Program (ICP) and its implementation in Western Asia through different means of communication, one of which is the ICP Web page |
| 5 December 2014 |
Promoting Best Practices on Sustainable Rural Livelihoods in the ESCWA Region |
In December 2009, ESCWA organized an Expert Group Meeting on Adopting the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach for Promoting Rural Development in the ESCWA Region. The meeting, which was attended by 32 experts from various countries of the region, aimed to allow participants to better understand the importance of livelihood approaches to rural development, to assess its comparative advantage with regard to other approaches as well as to assess obstacles to its adoption and implementation. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Progress in Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in the ESCWA Region: A Gender Lens |
Since their adoption in 2000, gender experts criticized the MDG for their failure to adequately include a gender component in their goals, targets and indicators. In addition to reducing gender equality to one goal, the target of goal 3 on promoting gender equality and empowering women, is limited to eliminating gender disparity in primary education, preferably by 2005, and all levels of education by 2015. |
| 11 December 2014 |
AlDafa Discusses Arab Culture in Damascus |
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| 11 December 2014 |
Khalaf Visits Mikati and Mansour |
UN Under-Secretary General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf is keen on asserting UN agencies, and particularly ESCWA's, commitment to provide all forms of support to Member Countries' governments in furthering their national efforts towards sustainable development. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Executive Secretary Meets with Moroccan Minister Delegate for Public Affairs and Governance |
Within the framework of her visit to the Kingdom of Morocco to participate in the Second High-Level Meeting on Transition to Democracy, which was organized by ESCWA in the City of Rabat on 5-6 February 2013, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf met with Moroccan Minister Delegate for Public Affairs and Governance Mohammad Boulif. The visit intended to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation between Morocco and ESCWA. |
| 28 June 2019 |
Green Technology Transfer, Adaptation and Investment Required for Implementing SDG 12: Sustainable Consumption and Production |
For enhancing the capabilities of Arab countries in Green Technology, ETC will hold the expert group meeting on “Green Technology Transfer, Adaptation and Investment Required for Implementing SDG 12: Sustainable Consumption and Production” in Amman on 29-30 July 2019. The meeting will also discuss green investments needed in the region to support the green transformation in the agriculture sector and conflict solid waste management.
This meeting comes in the light of the role of ETC in enhancing the capabilities of innovation and technology in Arab countries, acquiring the necessary tools and capacities to accelerate economic and social development, and in finding suitable ways to help member countries on the best means of development and success |
| 11 December 2014 |
Barriers Hindering Women’s Economic Participation on the Agenda of ESCWA |
Beirut, 26 June 2012 (ESCWA Communication and Information Unit)-- ESCWA gathered today a group of experts, academics, program specialists, government officials, as well as concerned U.N. Entities and other civil society players, to discuss “Barriers Hindering Women’s Economic Participation in the ESCWA Region,” in an expert group meeting at the U.N. House, Beirut. |