This is a yearly report focusing on competition laws, antitrust laws, market regulations, policies and institutions in the Arab world.

In a seminar held at the UN House, Beirut, ESCWA launched the Information Economy Report 2013 on 2 December, in the presence of experts in the fields of economic issues and information and communication technologies.

Chief of the ICT Applications Section at the Information and Communications Division in ESCWA (ICTD) Nibal Idlebi briefly presented the report, while Associate Economic Affairs Officer at UNCTAD Marie Sicat detailed its global findings and while ICTD Information Technology Officer Rami Zaatari delivered a presentation on the regional aspects of the report.

The regional workshop aims to strengthen the capacity of national statistical offices in Arab countries to identify statistical gaps, to compile, classify and analyze transport data and to strengthen cooperation with regional and national partners to ensure consistency and harmonization of data collection and dissemination methodologies in line with the regional and international recommendations, knowledge sharing on best practices and lessons learned in the collection and dissemination of transport data, enhancing cooperation in the dissemination of transport data and contribu

The first meeting of the UN-ESCWA Technical Committee, established pursuant to the decision of UN-ESCWA at its twenty-fourth ministerial session in 2006, opened today.

The aim of the meeting, which extends until tomorrow, 17 January 2008, is to discuss preparations for the UN-ESCWA twenty-fifth ministerial session, in addition to ongoing preparations for the strategic framework for the biennium 2010-2011: suggested vision and priorities.