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16 April 2019	Adopting Good Agriculture Practices (GAPs) for Enhanced Food Safety in the Arab Region	Food safety, which is an integral part of food security, is essential for protecting consumers from the hazards of foodborne illnesses that may be introduced at different stages of the food value chain starting right from production and all the way to retail and food preparation. Therefore, addressing food safety is important and demands tight standards to be followed. To achieve this goal Good Agriculture Practices (GAP) were introduced aiming at eliminating sources of food hazards while also improving overall conditions for farm workers and protecting the environment.
17 April 2019	Associate Finance and Budget Officer, NOB (JO)
17 April 2019	Expert Group Meeting on Intellectual Property Systems in the Arab Region	Download the speech (in Arabic)
18 April 2019	Renewable energy legislations and policies in the Arab region	This fact sheet addresses the global growth of renewable energy utilization in the electricity, heating and transport sectors. It concentrates on the trends of related policies and tackles the topics of green technologies, efficient natural resource management, the energy - water - food nexus, and the reduction of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions.
18 April 2019	Bioenergy and sustainable development in the Arab rural area	The paper focuses on bioenergy and the dual role it can play in contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the 2030 Agenda, particularly the SDG7 on energy and related objectives, as well as the mitigation of climate change. It includes a presentation of bioenergy technologies with a focus on biofuels.
18 April 2019	Energy efficiency legislations and policies in the Arab region	The fact sheet addresses the global trends towards improving energy efficiency in the electricity, industry, buildings and transport sectors while taking into account that public investment in energy efficiency is closely linked to the governmental policies.
19 April 2019	17th Arab Business Community Forum	Download the speech (in Arabic)
23 April 2019	Focus Group Meeting in Tunisia on the Regional Initiative for Promoting Small-Scale Renewable Energy Applications in rural areas of the Arab Region	Within the framework of the “Regional Initiative for Promoting Small – Scale Renewable Energy Applications in rural areas of the Arab region (REGEND)”, the finalization of the selection of the local community and the Local Facilitating Team in Tunisia necessitates a focus group meeting. The objective of the meeting is to assess and finalize the selection of the local community where the project activities will be undertaken as well establishment of the Local Facilitation Team (LFT) in Tunisia and selection of its members.
24 April 2019	Implementing Institutional Gaps Assessment Methodology in Iraq (at Al-Hamdania district and Nineveh Governorate): Phase II	This workshop will review the outcome of the assessment methodology based on the amended questionnaire, and the challenges and priorities that emerged in the deliberations of the first workshop; It will incorporate the Governorate institutions in the Gaps Assessment Process for a more accurate evaluation; It will evaluate the process that led to the Al-Hamdania district’s strategic plan of 2019-2020, against the strategic plans developed at the Governorate level and at the Federal level with the objective of reviewing actual coordination and complementarity among the different governance levels; and select trainers from among the participants to train them later in applying the institutional gaps assessment methodology in the Al-Anbar and Saladin governorates.
25 April 2019	Assessing the impacts of changing water availability on agricultural production in selected Arab countries	The Arab region is one of the world's most arid regions. They are subject to significant changes in rainfall rates from year to year, which is clearly reflected in the scarcity of water resources. Scientific research confirmed that the whole region will be exposed to severe climate changes, either from low rainfall or from high temperatures and a clear increase in the frequency of cycles of drought. These factors adversely affect agricultural productivity for rainfed and, to some extent, irrigated crops.

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