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26 February 2015	Beijing Platform for Action: a Regional Review	On 22 and 23 October 2014 ESCWA Centre for Women (ECW) organized an expert group meeting, to review the progress realized on the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 20 years after its adoption in the Arab region. ECW Director Samira Atallah chaired the meeting, alongside Head of the Arab League's Department for Women, Family and Childhood Inas Mekawy and UN Women Deputy Regional Director for Arab States Mohammad Naciri. Attendees were representatives of public administrations and national women machineries in Arab countries, together with regional experts.
11 December 2014	ESCWA Participates in Arab International Industrial Forum in Doha	Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Badr AlDafa said the basic indicator for industrial development in any country is the value added index of manufacturing industries. AlDafa made his remarks in a statement delivered on 25 May during the opening of the International Industrial Forum in Doha, Qatar, under the auspices of Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani.
11 December 2014	UN-ESCWA and ALO: Stronger Cooperation and Coordination
3 November 2017	Final Regional Policy Workshop on the Water-Energy Nexus	This is the Final Regional Policy Workshop on the Water-Energy Nexus of the project Developing the capacity of ESCWA member countries to address the water and energy nexus for achieving sustainable development goals
5 December 2014	Sub-Regional Workshop on DevInfo ver. 6.0	The Sub-Regional Workshop on DevInfo, to be held in Tripoli, Libya, from 22 to 26 November 2009, is organized by the African Development Bank and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), and in close collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Libya and hosted by the General Information Authority in Tripoli. The workshop will be inaugurated at 09:00 hours on Sunday, 22 November 2009 in Al-Safwa Hotel – Tripoli/Libya.
11 December 2014	UN Deputy Secretary General to Open Regional Coordination Meeting	United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro will open the 13th Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM) Meeting at 09:15 am on November 3 at the UN House-Beirut. In addition to Migiro, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary Bader Omar AlDafa will deliver an opening statement at the meeting.
6 April 2017	ESCWA Marks World Water Day in Amman	“Over 80% of the world’s wastewater is released to environment without treatment,” the UN World Water Development Report 2017 reads. On this year’s World Water Day themed around “Why Waste Water,” ESCWA hosted on 22 March 2017 a ceremony in Amman under the auspices of Jordanian Minister of Water and Irrigation Hazim El Naser, in collaboration with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Arab Countries Water Utilities Association (ACWUA) and the Swedish government.
11 December 2014	Capacity-Building for Information and Communication Technology
11 March 2019	Focus Group Meeting on the Regional Initiative for Promoting Small-Scale Renewable Energy Applications in rural areas of the Arab Region in Jordan	Within the framework of the “Regional Initiative for Promoting Small – Scale Renewable Energy Applications in rural areas of the Arab region (REGEND)” an assessment of the situation of the rural areas in Jordan necessitates a focus group meeting. The objective of the meeting is to determine the local communities where the project activities will be undertaken and engage the key stakeholders in rural areas of Jordan
11 December 2014	Towards an Integrated Knowledge Society in the Arab Countries	UNESCWA has published a study titled “Towards an Integrated Knowledge Society in the Arab Countries: Strategies for Implementation Modalities.” It aims at providing a framework and guidelines for the design, development and implementation of national strategies towards the realization and development of a knowledge society and a knowledge-based economy in the Arab countries. It analyses implementation concerns related to socio-economic initiatives, and builds an agenda for implementation modalities related to the development and sustenance of knowledge economies.

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