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| 17 May 2018 |
Regional Workshop on Measurement of Sustainable Development Goals on Violence Against Women and Time-Use Indicators |
The three-day Regional Workshop on Measurement of SDGs on VAW and TUS Indicators will bring together senior gender experts/statisticians from national statistical offices, ministries of gender equality and women’s affairs, in addition to regional and international experts to address selected SDG indicators focusing on the following gender concerns: physical, sexual, psychological violence against women perpetrated by an intimate partner and sexual violence against women perpetrated by a person other than an intimate partner (SDG 5.2). The Workshop will also address time spent on unp |
| 20 October 2016 |
Sixth Meeting of the Board of Governors of ESCWA Technology Centre |
The Sixth Meeting of the Board of Governors (BOG) of the ESCWA Technology Centre (ETC) will be held on 14 November 2016 in Amman, Jordan. The BOG includes official representatives of 16 Arab countries. The activities of ETC in 2016 will be presented before the BOG, as well as the results and recommendations of the ETC Technical Committee (TC) meeting that was held on 4 October 2016. The members of the TC for this year included 35 researchers, academics, and experts from 12 Arab Countries covering all technology areas related to ETC mandate. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Workshop on Requirements for the establishment of Single Windows for handling export/import procedures and formalities in the ESCWA Region |
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| 11 December 2014 |
Tallawy: War Did Not Stop UNESCWA Work in the Service of Lebanon and other Member States |
Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy stressed that not once did UNESCWA stop its work in the service of Lebanon and other member countries, even during the war. She said this during a teleconference today with the United Nations Information Service at UNESCWA which focused on following-up the media work programme at the Commission. |
| 26 February 2020 |
Revisiting Jordan’s Agriculture Strategy to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
Agriculture development is a strategic tool to reduce poverty and food insecurity, increase employment in remote areas, and improve natural resources’ efficiency and productivity. Supporting smallholders to enhance their access to markets, to improve their skills, and to increase their production/productivity while protecting the environment (soil, water, air, and biodiversity) is core to achieve specific SDGs’ targets. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN Launches Report on Combating Poverty and Inequality |
Beirut, 11 November 2010 (UN Information Service) — ESCWA today launched at the UN House in Beirut a global report on “Combating Poverty and Inequality: Structural Change, Social Policy and Politics,” by the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). Presentations were delivered during the launch by UNRISD Executive Director Sarah Cook and Acting Director of ESCWA Economic Development and Globalization Division Tarek Alami. |
| 26 February 2015 |
Air Pollution from Land Transportation in Lebanon |
Under the patronage of Lebanese Minister of Environment Mohamad Al Machnouk, ESCWA, IPT Energy Centre (IPTEC), the Lebanese Ministry of Environment (MoE) and the UN Development Program (UNDP) today held a conference on “Air Pollution from Land Transportation in Lebanon: Reality and Solutions”, at the UN House, Riad El Solh, Beirut. Concerned stakeholders, experts and the media attended the event. |
| 11 December 2014 |
The Director General of AIDMO Visits UN-ESCWA |
UN-ESCWA Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy met yesterday with Director General of the Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization (AIDMO) Mohamed Bin Youssef. The aim of his visit was to discuss the strengthening of cooperation between AIDMO and UN-ESCWA as well as the possibility of signing a new comprehensive and qualitative agreement on the close cooperation between the two organizations that began in the 70s in the area of industrial development and mining. |
| 15 October 2019 |
Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation Implementation in the Arab Region: regional report 2019 |
The United Nations five Regional Commissions (ECA, ECE, ECLAC, ESCAP and ESCWA) conducted, in 2019, the third Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation (formerly the Global Survey on Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade Implementation) to collect relevant data and information from their respective Member States on the implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and other related measures. |
| 5 December 2014 |
ESCWA session on "The Role of Renewable Energy in Socio - Economic Development in the Arab Region" |
The Economic and Social Commission of Western Asia (ESCWA) is organizing a session titled "The Role of Renewable Energy in Socio - Economic Development in the Arab Region" on 17 Sept. 2014, with a focus on the impact of RE and EE deployment and role of SMEs in this respect, within the activities of the 5the Beirut Energy Forum (www.beirutenergyforum.com). |