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| 7 August 2019 |
ESCWA training empowers Syrian refugees and Lebanese women in Akkar |
Beirut, 06 August 2019 (ESCWA)--While violence against women takes many forms, empowering women to play an active role in improving their lives and advocating for their rights was at the core of a recent project launched last year by ESCWA and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) to assist and empower women refugees from Syria and vulnerable wome |
| 5 December 2014 |
Introductory Meeting of the ESCWA Knowledge Network Steering Committee (KNSC) and Global Knowledge Network Portal (GKNP) Training Workshop |
Launched in mid-2006, the United Nations Development Account project entitled "Knowledge Networks through ICT Access Points for Disadvantaged Communities" is currently in its final stages of implementation. Led by ESCWA and co-jointly managed with other United Nations Regional Commissions (RCs) – namely ECA, ECE, ECLAC and ESCAP, its main objective is to empower disadvantaged communities by transforming selected ICT access points/telecentres into networked knowledge hubs. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Expert Group Meeting on Data and Metadata |
The Expert Group Meeting, held in Amman Jordan from 16 to 18 July 2011, brought together participants from Arab national statistical offices to discuss the following main topics:
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| 27 December 2013 |
Regional Profile of the Information Society in the Arab Region - 2013 |
The information society, in which information is processed efficiently, including the production, exchange, adaptation, and use of information, is the appropriate environment for achieving sustainable development and enhancing the quality of life for all citizens. However, the move towards the information society constitutes a real challenge to developing countries, particularly in view of the expanding digital divide with developed countries, thus rendering them increasingly vulnerable to a reduction of their productive and economic capacities. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Arab Forum "Towards a New Welfare Mix: Rethinking the Roles of the State, Market and Civil Society in the Provision of Basic Social Services" |
Provision of affordable and quality social services such as health, education and social protection is a key concern in Arab countries. Provision of these services has traditionally been considered as the domain of the State. However, this has been subject to change globally and in the Arab region. Increased privatization efforts and technical as well as regulatory innovations have enabled non-state actors to contribute to the provision of basic social services. Some countries in the region have deliberately designed policies to allow private participation in some social sectors. |
| 8 July 2020 |
Workshop to launch the “Academic Network for Development Dialogue (ANDD)” |
This regional network shall focus on creating an intellectual sharing process to bridging the local knowledge gap and foster academic expertise and scientific findings to support progress towards sustainable development in the region, including supporting evidence-based action by the UN system. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Discusses Violence against Women and Girls: Eliminating it is not the Sole Responsibility of the State. |
On 8 March 2013, ESCWA commemorated International Women’s Day in its Beirut headquarters, in the presence of UN officials, representatives of non-governmental organizations working on women’s rights, and a host of activists, media and academia. |
| 16 November 2018 |
International Conference on Financing Sustainable Development |
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International Conference on Financing Sustainable Development How to curb illicit financial flows Beirut, Lebanon, 28-29 November 2018 |
| 5 December 2014 |
High Level Expert Group Meeting on the Preparation of the Arab Countries for the 7Th WTO Ministerial Conference |
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| 11 December 2014 |
Reviewing Arab Development Patterns, Creating Sustainable Development Bodies Urged Arab Regional Preparatory Meeting for Rio+20 Calls for Civil Society Role in Development |
Cairo, 17 Oct 2011 (UN Information Service) — Officials and experts participating in a meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) called for seizing the opportunity of political and social changes of the Arab Spring to review adopted patterns of development with a view to addressing sustainable development challenges in the Arab region. Participants agreed that failures in achieving development is mainly attributed to developed countries’ evasion of their obligations towards developing ones, as provided for in international conventions. |