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| 5 September 2019 |
New portal to assist small and medium enterprises in the Arab region |
Beirut, 04 September 2019 (ESCWA)-- Arab experts and government officials gathered at the UN House in Beirut today to discuss a web-based platform that ESCWA is designing to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs), given their significant role in economic growth. The consultative meeting identified the key functionalities and content of the platform, dubbed SMEs Digital Enablers Portal. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Cooperation Techniques |
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| 5 December 2014 |
Second National Workshop on Strategic Framework for Enhancing National Statistical Capacities and Mainstreaming Gender in the Statistical Work |
Day 1: Tuesday 25 Nov. 2008
9:00- 9:30 a.m.
9:30-10:30 a.m. Session I: Mainstreaming Gender Statistics |
| 15 March 2016 |
Expert Group Meeting on Participatory Community Development |
The EGM on "Participatory Community Development"(Manama, 12-14 October 2009) was merged with the Arab League workshop on "Local Community Development", and held under the patronage of Bahraini Minister of Social Development HE Fatima Mohammed Al Belushi, and in close cooperation with the Ministry of Social Development in Bahrain. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Participatory Community Development |
The EGM on "Participatory Community Development"(Manama, 12-14 October 2009) was merged with the Arab League workshop on "Local Community Development", and held under the patronage of Bahraini Minister of Social Development HE Fatima Mohammed Al Belushi, and in close cooperation with the Ministry of Social Development in Bahrain. |
| 21 December 2017 |
Regional Commission Discusses Innovation and Technology For Achieving 2030 Agenda |
Beirut, 8 December 2017 (Communication and Information Unit)— “The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development underlines that the interlinked challenges require integrated solutions and new implementation approaches. Innovation is, therefore, key to explore new and integrated development approaches to make our world a better place for all, with the human being at its core.” |
| 11 December 2014 |
The United Nations in Color |
"Thank you for bringing beauty upon the stone" said UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary Bader Omar AlDafa to the crowd of young people who colored the walls of the UN House in Beirut. "Synergy between stone and color is what you created; turning walls into something beautiful that tells in part the story of the culture and history of Lebanon is an important work". |
| 5 December 2014 |
Regional Workshop for Judges and Parliamentarians on the Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women - co-organized with the Division for the Advancement of Women |
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| 11 December 2014 |
Helsinki University Students Visit ESCWA, Get Briefed on its Objectives and Programmes |
A group of Political Studies students from the University of Helsinki visited ESCWA on 16 May 2012 and learned about its objectives and programmes. The students were briefed on the role of ESCWA, as one of the United Nations Regional Commissions, and the opportunities and challenges facing the region. The briefing emphasized the regional priority agenda, especially the Rio+20 Conference, which will convene in June 2012, and the efforts of ESCWA in the regional preparations for this event. |
| 21 January 2019 |
Regional Seminar on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the International Convention and the Sustainable Development Plan 2030 |
The League of Arab States and the Ministry of Social Solidarity in the Arab Republic of Egypt, in collaboration with the Statistics Division at the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), held the Arab Regional Seminar on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as part of the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Sustainable Development Plan 2030, on 13-14 January 2019 at the headquarters of the Secretariat of the League of Arab States. |