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| 8 May 2018 |
Symposium on Women and Water Security for Peacebuilding in the Arab Region |
The symposium is organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), in collaboration with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN- ESCWA) and the Pacific Water Research Centre of Simon Frazier University, Vancouver Canada. |
| 9 March 2020 |
Workshop on Enhancing transboundary water cooperation in the MENA region |
The workshop was jointly organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean (GWP-Med) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), as part of the regional project “Making water cooperation happen in the Mediterranean” (aka the Water Matchmaker Project), with financial support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). |
| 27 February 2020 |
Arab Society: Demographic and Social trends Issue No. 14 |
Arab Society Demographic and Social trends Issue No. 14 provides an overview of demographic and social dynamic across the region. |
| 20 May 2015 |
Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the ESCWA Region, No. 14 |
The Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Region disseminates available data and statistics on ESCWA countries vital events (births, deaths, marriage and divorce). Data in this bulletin were compiled from national sources and a questionnaire prepared by ESCWA. The purpose of the Bulletin is to encourage countries to produce and disseminate vital statistics needed for better planning and to strengthen countries civil registration systems. |
| 24 February 2017 |
Open Government and Emerging Technologies in the Arab Region |
This meeting focused on open government and its role in enhancing transparency, accountability, and the improvement of citizen participation in decision-making in the Arab region. |
| 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. |
| 19 February 2016 |
Climate Change Impact and Vulnerability Assessments in the Arab Region |
On the sidelines of the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP-21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris in December 2015, ESCWA organized a side event on “Climate Change Impact and Vulnerability Assessments in the Arab Region”. |
| 14 July 2016 |
Facilitate the Launch of the Arab Customs Union |
This workshop provided technical support and capacity-building for the representatives of the ministries of trade and finance in the Arab States members of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area |
| 11 December 2014 |
Meeting Brings Together Expertise and Stakeholders to Tackle Development Under Crisis Conditions |
An Expert Group Meeting on “Development Under Crisis Conditions” opened yesterday that is being hosted by UNESCWA in cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Institute at the UN House, Beirut. The meeting, which is taking place from 27 to 28 June 2006, is enhancing development efforts in this often unstable region by bringing together expertise and stakeholders to address the causes and effects of conflict in the region. |
| 13 May 2016 |
Arab Sustainable Development Report, 2015 |
The report reviews sustainable development progress and trends in the Arab region over the past two decades, and assesses gaps and opportunities relative to SDGs. |