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21 August 2020	Senior Social Affairs Officer, P5 (JO)
24 August 2020	Improving the performance of the Agricultural Development Group for Rural Women "Al-Amal" and raising its efficiency	Within the framework of the “Regional Initiative for Promoting Small-Scale Renewable Energy Applications in Rural Areas of the Arab Region (REGEND)” Project, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in partnership with the General Commission for Regional Development (CGDR) and the National Agency for Energy Conservation (ANME) in Tunisia, is organizing a capacity-building workshop on “Improving the performance of the Agricultural Development Group for Rural Women "Al-Amal" in Neffatia and raising its efficiency”. This workshop aims to improve the performance of "Al-Amal" Agricultural Development Group (ADG) for Rural Women in Neffatia, Delegation of Chorbane, Governorate of Mahdia, Republic of Tunisia, and raising its efficiency by building the capacities of its current board members and a number of its women members who wish to join the board in the future, on legal, administrative, management and financial issues, through a simplified scientific and distinctive approach integrating lectures, exercises, and practical training.
25 August 2020	Use of small-scale Renewable Energy for Rural Development in Tunisia	Within the framework of the “Regional Initiative for Promoting Small-Scale Renewable Energy Applications in Rural Areas of the Arab Region (REGEND)” Project, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in partnership with the National Agency for Energy Conservation (ANME) and the General Commission for Regional Development (CGDR) in Tunisia, is organizing a capacity-building workshop on “Use of small-scale Renewable Energy for Rural Development in Tunisia”. This workshop, through its first session, on 26 and 27 August 2020, aims to build the knowledge, scientific and technical capacities of local officials in the context of Rural Development in Chorbane, Governorate of Mahdia, Republic of Tunisia, on Renewable Energy use in the Agricultural Sector and in developing income-generating activities in rural areas, in addition to improving their competencies in order to better manage and accompany farmers and those wishing to benefit from Renewable Energy at all levels (administrative, technical, financing, ...). This session also aims to build the capacities of local officials on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and entrepreneurship in the context of income-generating activities in rural areas through the use of Renewable Energy as alternative, sustainable, reliable and affordable energy. Through its second session, on 28 August 2020, the workshop aims to raise the awareness of Rural Women in Chorbane, Governorate of Mahdia, Republic of Tunisia, on small-scale Renewable Energy use for income-generating activities in rural context and the reduction it can provide at cost production in the current context which is characterized by a significant and continuous rise of conventional energy prices, in addition to building their capacities on gender equality, women's empowerment and entrepreneurship in the context of income-generating activities in rural areas through the use of Renewable Energy as alternative, sustainable, reliable and affordable energy.
27 August 2020	Administrative Officer, P-3
27 August 2020	Information Systems Assistant (Software Developer), G5 (JO)
28 August 2020	Trade and transport costs in the Arab region	This report has attempted to estimate trade costs in an important first step to identify their magnitudes and roles in hindering trade growth and competitiveness, and crafting proposals to address them.
30 August 2020	ESCWA: Half of Lebanon’s population at risk of failing to access basic food needs by year’s end	More than half of Lebanon's population is at risk of failing to access their basic food needs by the year’s end, a new study by ESCWA warns, after the Beirut Port Explosion.
31 August 2020	Marketing techniques and mechanisms of rural women's products	Within the framework of the “Regional Initiative for Promoting Small-Scale Renewable Energy Applications in Rural Areas of the Arab Region (REGEND)” Project, the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in partnership with the General Commission for Regional Development (CGDR) and the National Agency for Energy Conservation (ANME) in Tunisia, is organizing a capacity-building workshop on “Marketing techniques and mechanisms of rural women's products”. This workshop aims to build the knowledge, scientific and technical capacities of Rural Women in the region of Chorbane, Governorate of Mahdia, Republic of Tunisia – in particular, those belonging to "Al-Amal" Agricultural Development Group for Rural Women – on techniques and mechanisms for marketing local products and how to benefit from them to develop and sustain Rural Women’s incomes, as well as to create a participatory dynamic to facilitate the marketing of Rural Women's products, and to provide them with the necessary knowledge on marketing laws and practical skills regarding the use of modern techniques and mechanisms for marketing, through a simplified scientific and distinctive approach integrating lectures, exercises, and practical training.
2 September 2020	Assessment Report of Prevailing Situations in Rural Areas in Tunisia	The baseline study of Tunisia, which is developed within the REGEND framework, provides an assessment on the socioeconomic and political dynamics, and the environmental considerations in terms of access to energy services and availability of supply sources and associated technologies needed to support resilience in rural communities.
2 September 2020	Assessment Report of Prevailing Situations in Rural Areas in Lebanon	The baseline study of Lebanon, which is developed within the REGEND framework, provides an assessment of the socioeconomic and political dynamics and the environmental considerations in terms of access to energy services and availability of supply sources and associated technologies needed to support resilience in rural communities.

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