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| 11 December 2014 |
Arab Food Security Conference Issues Range of Recommendations |
Beirut, 7 February 2012 (UN Information Service) – Participants in an international conference on Arab food security today concluded two days of meetings with a call to highlight the need to focus on supporting job-creating growth for the poor in countries with household-level food insecurity, and on encouraging exports to finance food imports and agriculture in countries with macro-level food insecurity. |
| 30 July 2019 |
ESCWA discusses linkages between women empowerment and renewable energy |
Beirut, 30 July 2019 (ESCWA)-- Within the framework of the “Regional Initiative for Promoting Small-Scale Renewable Energy Applications in rural areas of the Arab Region (REGEND), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) kicked off this morning at the UN House in Beirut the “National Meeting on Women Empowerment and Entrepreneurial Development in the Rural Context: The Role of Renewable Energy |
| 27 September 2020 |
Capacity building for the Ministry of Finance (MOF) in Tunisia on “Computable General Equilibrium modelling” |
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| 22 September 2017 |
Regional Coordination Mechanism, 23rd Meeting |
The 23rd meeting of the Regional Coordination Mechanism (RCM) held at the UN-House in Beirut on 20-21 November 2017 came two years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, at a time when Arab countries were and still are facing complex and pressing challenges making it imperative to accelerate the pace of SDG implementation. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Sultanate of Oman Provides Financial Support to UN-ESCWA Development Projects and Technical Cooperation Activities |
The Sultanate of Oman today provided UN-ESCWA with financial support of USD 50,000 to fund development projects and technical cooperation and support activities for member countries. The Sultanate is considered one of the most prominent supporters of UN-ESCWA in recent years since it has already provided funds that amounted to USD 300,000. |
| 14 September 2016 |
The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus in the Arab Region |
This booklet briefly presents an analytical framework for understanding the water-energy-food security nexus in the Arab region. The analytical framework considers the linkages that affect the achievement of water, energy and food security through the lens of sustainable development and the achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, with a view to mitigating climate change and ensuring access to food, water and sustainable energy for all in the context of a human-rights approach. |
| 3 November 2020 |
Agile Government Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Arab Region: what are we learning for a better future? |
The webinar addressed the agile government responses to covid-19 pandemic in the Arab region, and what we have learned for a better future. |
| 6 June 2017 |
Regional Capacity Building Workshop on the Water - Energy Nexus Operational Toolkit: Renewable Energy |
In the workshop, an evaluation will be conducted on the role of renewable energy technologies in water pumping, production, and water treatment system. Water usage in the electricity sector will also be highlighted. In addition, key indicators of the performance of renewable energy technologies and the recent renewable energy financial trends will be discussed. |
| 2 October 2019 |
High-Level Conference on Progress Made in the Implementation of Beijing after Twenty-Five Years |
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| 15 February 2019 |
Multidimensional Inequality in Arab Countries |
The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in collaboration with the Economic Research Forum is organizing an Expert Group Meeting on Multidimensional Inequality in Arab Countries which is scheduled to take place on 18-19 February 2019 at the United Nations House in Beirut, Lebanon. |