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| 28 June 2019 |
Green Technology Transfer, Adaptation and Investment Required for Implementing SDG 12: Sustainable Consumption and Production |
For enhancing the capabilities of Arab countries in Green Technology, ETC will hold the expert group meeting on “Green Technology Transfer, Adaptation and Investment Required for Implementing SDG 12: Sustainable Consumption and Production” in Amman on 29-30 July 2019. The meeting will also discuss green investments needed in the region to support the green transformation in the agriculture sector and conflict solid waste management.
This meeting comes in the light of the role of ETC in enhancing the capabilities of innovation and technology in Arab countries, acquiring the necessary tools and capacities to accelerate economic and social development, and in finding suitable ways to help member countries on the best means of development and success |
| 20 February 2020 |
Sub-regional Workshop: Developing Budgeted Monitoring & Evaluation Frameworks for National Action Plans on Women, Peace, and Security |
More and more Arab countries have expressed commitment in engaging with the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) at the national level. As of February 2020, six countries (including, Iraq, Palestine, Jordan, Tunisia, Lebanon, and Yemen) have developed their National Action Plans (NAPs), and more countries have announced interest in having their own NAP processes, including Egypt, Morocco, and the Sudan.
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| 11 December 2014 |
AlDafa: Arab Social Achievements But Social Spending Low |
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| 5 December 2014 |
Regional Roadmap for Internet Governance |
The ICT Division of ESCWA and the League of Arab States have jointly organized the expert groups meeting on "Regional Roadmap for Internet Governance" in Beirut, during 25-26 October 2010. The meeting aimed at promoting the role of the Arab region in Governance of the Internet and enhancing its capacities in shaping Internet global public policies, and at strengthening results-based cooperation of the various Arab stakeholders for the period 2011-2015. |
| 31 May 2018 |
ESCWA 30th Ministerial Session to take place in Beirut with focus on technology for sustainable development |
Beirut, 31 May 2018 (Communication and Information Unit)--The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) today announced it will hold its 30th Ministerial Session in Beirut, Lebanon on 27 and 28 June with a focus on technology for sustainable development. “We are proud to welcome the Ministerial Session back to Beirut this year, as the last one organized in Lebanon was in 2012,” said Mohamed Ali Alhakim, the Executive Secretary of ESCWA. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Time Use Surveys Working Group Workshop |
ESCWA Statistics Division is organizing the Arab Working Group on Time Use Statistics (WG_TUS) Workshop at the Sofitel El Gezirah Hotel in Cairo, Egypt from 13 to 15 November 2012 as per recommendations of the Workshop on TUS in Arab Countries, organized by ESCWA in close collaborating with UNSD in 2011. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA launches a forum on “Social Integration” |
Beirut, 1 September 2010 (UN Information Service) — ESCWA is pleased to invite you to participate in the discussions of the third and last e-forum on social policy entitled “Social Integration: towards achieving inclusive participation in Western Asia” (http://pdwa.escwa.org.lb/forum-social.php), through the portal “Towards an inclusive Participatory Development in the ESCWA region”. |
| 17 September 2020 |
Resource Efficiency in the Arab Region: Monitoring Progress of SDG 12 and Building Back Better from COVID-19 |
Within its continuous efforts to advance Sustainable Consumption and Production in the Arab region, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), and the League of Arab States (LAS) are organizing the Expert Group Meeting on “Resource Efficiency in the Arab Region, Monitoring Progress of SDG 12 and Building Back Better after COVID-19”. |
| 17 June 2019 |
International Migration in the Arab region |
Expert Group Meeting to discuss the upcoming “2019 Situation Report on International Migration in the Arab Region”. |
| 21 April 2020 |
Reducing Gas Flaring in Arab Countries: A Sustainable Development Necessity |
The flaring of gas associated with crude oil production was considered unavoidable, especially in the Arab region, where nine countries are within the top 30 gas flaring countries worldwide. This paper reviews the gas flaring situation in Arab countries and identifies challenges, opportunities and recommendations on key aspects to address, reduce and eventually eliminate associated gas flaring in Arab countries. |
