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| 11 December 2014 |
UNESCWA Seminar on Population Census in Egypt Concludes, Recommends Contribution of National Potentials in Giving Accurate Data |
Participants in the UNESCWA seminar on “Population, Housing and Establishment Censuses in the Context of Development" held in Cairo on 30-31 July 2006 under the patronage of Egyptian Prime Minister considered that the implementation of the census is Egypt was an important opportunity to be used in indicating the effects of population issues over development and the future needs in Egypt not only at the national and provincial levels. |
| 14 September 2018 |
Regional Guidebook to Improve Disability Data Collection and Analysis in the Arab Countries |
This regional Guidebook explores the different approaches in design, implementation and analysis of disability data collection in the Arab countries, in view of improving the standardization and implementation of the Washington Group Short Set on Functioning and related indicators used to capture data on people with disabilities. |
| 17 June 2019 |
National Urban Policies: Training of Trainers |
The training of trainers discusses the state of national urban policies in the Arab region, their role, processes, implementation, challenges and best practices. |
| 8 December 2020 |
Advancing SDG7 in the Arab Region |
This policy brief provides the progress achieved towards achieving SDG 7 in the Arab region, along with the required policy actions over the coming four years and towards 2030. |
| 16 December 2019 |
2nd Training on GIS for the Integrated Transport System in the Arab States |
UNESCWA and IsDB in cooperation with UNECE are organizing a 2nd Training workshop on ITSAS GIS, on 18-19 December 2019. |
| 15 January 2015 |
Trade Integration |
Trade is an engine for growth and job creation. Trade, and hence regional integration, is mostly facilitated by enhancing complementarities and the removal of tariff and non-tariff barriers. The low level of trade within the region and the Arab region’s share of international trade |
| 5 December 2014 |
Workshop on MDG Monitoring |
Since the Millennium Summit in 2000, countries and international agencies have been compiling data to monitor progress towards the MDGs. The availability and quality of the data at the international and national levels is however not the same. The UN Statistical Commission has called attention to the need of reducing these discrepancies, and countries worldwide have pointed out the importance of assessing progress at sub-national levels and better explore national sources. |
| 16 March 2020 |
Training Course for Capacity Building in Price Statistics and the integration of ICP with CPI |
The price statistics team at ESCWA has been working towards enhancing member states’ capacities through the development of various innovative initiatives. In its latest initiative, ESCWA’s Statistics Division developed a training course for capacity building on price statistics, focusing on the ICP, purchasing power parities (PPPs) and their various uses especially in SDG monitoring in addition to the integration between ICP and CPI. |
| 30 October 2017 |
Committee on Liberalization of Foreign trade, Economic Globalization and Financing for Development, 11th session (Focus on Trade) |
ESCWA convened the 11th session for its Committee on Liberalization of Foreign trade, Economic Globalization and Financing for Development on 27 and 28 November 2017 in Beirut, Lebanon. |
| 30 November 2018 |
Egypt explores next steps in conducting a study on violence against women with disabilities |
Beirut-Cairo, 12 November 2018(Communication and Information Unit)--As a continuation of their work to address violence against women in Egypt, the National Council for Women (NCW) organized a consultation on 6 November in Cairo to discuss practical steps towards carrying out a national study on violence against women with disabilities. The study will seek to better understand the experiences and types of violence that women with disabilities in Egypt are suffering. |