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| 5 December 2014 |
Intersecretariat Working Group on Environment Statistics (IWG-ENV), Work Session on Water Statistics |
The sectoral statistics team participated at the Intersecretariat Working Group on Environment Statistics (IWG-ENV), Work Session on Water Statistics in Vienna, 20-22 June 2005, organized by the IWG-ENV members (The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE) together with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the UNEP GEMS/Water programme an |
| 21 October 2020 |
AWARENET Webinar Series on Groundwater Management in IWRM |
The aim of the training is to improve knowledge and enhance understanding of the complex nature and intersectoral challenges facing sustainable groundwater governance and management 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 |
Students of Aarhus University Visit ESCWA, Get Briefed on Economic Challenges in the Region |
A group of students from the University of Aarhus (Denmark) visited ESCWA today and learned about its objectives and programmes. The students were briefed on the role of ESCWA, as one of the United Nations Regional Commissions, and the opportunities and challenges facing the region. |
| 6 June 2018 |
Frontier Technologies, the 2030 Agenda and the Arab Region: Implications for Employment and Youth Empowerment |
Accelerating the benefits of frontier technologies in local and regional development while limiting their negative impact, notably on security and employment. |
| 1 April 2015 |
Committee on Energy, 10th Session |
The session agenda contained several priority topics, including follow-up on the implementation of recommendations made by the Committee on Energy at its ninth session; progress made in the implementation of energy-related activities under the ESCWA programme of work between the ninth and tenth sessions of the Committee; sustainable energy in the Arab region, especially energy security and regional integration, technology adaptation policy and potential for local manufacturing of adequate renewable energy equipment and a regional agenda for the implementation of the United Nations Decade |
| 11 December 2014 |
UNESCWA to back Egypt in National Population and Housing Census |
In support of the United Nations 2010 World Program of Population and Housing Censuses, adopted by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in its resolution 2005/13, and under the patronage of the Prime Minister of Egypt, Mr. Ahmed Nazif, the United Nations Economic and Social commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA), is holding a national seminar on “Population, Housing and Establishment Censuses in the Context of Development" on 30-31 July 2006 at Conrad-Hotel, Cairo. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Inter-agency and Expert Group Meeting on Gender and the Millennium Development Goals in the Arab Region |
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| 21 April 2015 |
Water for Sustainable Development - Water for the Future We Want |
“Water for Sustainable Development - Water for the Future We Want” was the title of the keynote lecture given by ESCWA Regional Advisor on Water Ralf Klingbeil on the occasion of World Water Day 2015 in Oman. The 2015 World Water Day event in Oman was organized by Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat on 18 March and attended by participants from governmental institutions, universities, Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and the private sector. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Tunisian President Receives Executive Secretary |
On 24 February 2014, the Tunisian President, Mr. Mohamad Moncef Marzouki received United Nations Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf at Carthage Palace in Tunis in the presence of Tunisian Foreign Affairs Minister Munj Hamdi and UN Resident Coordinator in Tunis Mounir Tabet. |