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| 11 December 2014 |
Social Exclusion Debated at the UN House |
Who are the excluded groups in the ESCWA region and what makes them so? What is Social Exclusion? How is it different from poverty? Who does it affect and why? Questions that UN-ESCWA and a quorum of regional experts, academics and activists will attempt to answer this week, on 1-2 August at an expert group meeting on “Social Exclusion in the ESCWA Region: Determinants and Indicators”, to be held at the UN House, Beirut. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Executive Secretary Discusses E-Government Issues |
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| 13 January 2016 |
Migration, Displacement and Development in a Changing Arab Region |
Beirut, 12 January 2016 (ESCWA Communication and Information Unit)--The 2015 Situation Report on International Migration entitled “Migration, Displacement and Development in a Changing Arab Region” will be jointly launched by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Thursday January the 14th 2016, at 10:00 am, at the UN House, Beirut. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Demographic Profile of the Arab Countries: Analysis of the Ageing Phenomenon |
The Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) drawn up at the Second World Assembly on Ageing in 2002 outlined a global agenda to deal with the issues of elderly populations. The Plan of Action on Ageing called for a new approach to policies and programmes for older persons in the wake of the demographic changes experienced in countries all over the world. Many regions of the world have witnessed a rapid increase in life expectancy and as a result a phenomenal growth of their populations during the second half of the last century. |
| 20 April 2018 |
Regional Workshop on the Collection, Elaboration, and Reporting of Human Settlements Indicators in Arab Countries |
The regional workshop aims at strengthening the capacity of staff from national statistical offices, city authorities, local urban observatories and service providers, in: the identification of statistical gaps, collection, classification and analysis of data, and the periodic reporting on selected human settlements indicators; the development of action plans and means to collect data related to the implementation of SDG11; and the development of follow-up mechanisms to serve Arab countries in statistical capacity-building.
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| 11 December 2014 |
Cairo Hosts ESCWA Meeting on Middle Class in Arab Region |
Tapping into a yet unexplored area, the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is holding a meeting on “Economics of middle class in the Arab region,” on 28 and 29 June 2013 in Sofitel El Gezirah Hotel, Zamalek, Cairo. |
| 12 October 2020 |
Webinar on Voluntary National Reviews in the Arab Region |
The webinar takes stock of the experiences of Arab countries that presented VNRs in 2020 and informs preparations of countries undertaking such processes in 2021. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Committee on Liberalization of Foreign Trade, Economic Globalization and Financing for Development, 7th session |
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) convened the Technical Committee on Liberalization of Foreign Trade, Economic Globalization and Financing for Development during 4-5 October 2011 at the UN House, Beirut. |
| 11 December 2014 |
AlDafa in Syria ahead of Regional Forum on Financial Crisis Tomorrow |
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| 13 January 2016 |
ESCWA and IOM Launch 2015 Report on International Migration, Displacement and Development in a Changing Arab Region |
Beirut, 13 January 2016 (ESCWA Communication and Information Unit)--The 2015 Situation Report on International Migration entitled “Migration, Displacement and Development in a Changing Arab Region” will be jointly launched by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) tomorrow, Thursday the 14th of January 2016, at 10:00 am, at the UN House, Beirut. |