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| 11 December 2014 |
Riyadh Hosts UN-ESCWA Meeting on International Goods Transport Facilitation |
Under the patronage of Minister of Transport in Saudi Arabia Joubara Bin Eid Al-Sraysri, UN-ESCWA, in cooperation with the Ministry of Transport, is holding a national workshop on International Goods Transport Facilitation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that will take place at the Radisson SAS Hotel, Riyadh, on 18 December 2006. This meeting is part of the United Nations Development Account project “Capacity-Building through Cooperation in Developing Inter-Regional Land and Land-Cum-Sea Transport Linkages”. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Cairo Hosts UN-ESCWA Regional Workshop on National Accounts |
UN-ESCWA will open its Regional Workshop on National Accounts at 9:30 am on Tuesday 19 December 2006 at the Ramses Hilton Hotel in Cairo. This workshop will continue until Thursday 21 December. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA Meeting to Tackle Open Source Software Solutions for the Public Sector |
An Expert Group Meeting on Open Source Software Solutions for the Public Sector in the Arab Region is being organized by UN-ESCWA and the Information and Communication Technology for Development in the Arab Region (ICTDAR) – a regional programme of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) from 19 to 21 December 2006. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA to Hold Road Safety Workshop in Cairo |
UN-ESCWA in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), is holding a workshop on “Capacity-Building of National Focal Points” from 20 to 21 December 2006 at the Kuwait Conference Hall, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Amman Hosts Three Regional UN-ESCWA Meetings |
The Jordanian capital, Amman, is set to host three regional UN-ESCWA meetings between 18 and 21 December 2006. They are: “Seminar on Follow-Up of Activities of the Regional Mechanism on the Development of Energy Uses for Sustainable Development”, “Regional Workshop on Energy Efficiency Labeling”, and “Regional Workshop on Clean Development Mechanism: Project Document Preparation in UN-ESCWA Member Countries”. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Oil producers on a Roll as Prices Surge Lebanese-Israeli Conflict Undermined Growth Prospects, UN Report says |
Western Asian countries maintained their fourth consecutive year of robust growth as a result of rising oil prices in the first half of 2006. But the surge in oil export revenues will temper in 2007, and growth in the ESCWA region (excluding Egypt) will likely moderate from 5.8 percent in 2006 to 4.9 percent in 2007, according to a new UN report. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA Cooperates on National Social Policy Conference in Egypt |
Integrated Social Policy in Egypt, why and what’s the purpose? Is there a difference between social policy and social services? Will the absence of social policy lead to a vacuum? Who will fill this vacuum? Irresponsible factions or extremists? |
| 11 December 2014 |
Abu Dhabi Hosts UN-ESCWA Forum on Energy |
UN-ESCWA is organizing the “Arab Regional Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development: Strategies, Policies and Plans”, which will be held in cooperation with the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, the CAMRE Technical Secretariat and UNEP/ROWA at the Hilton Hotel, Abu Dhabi, on 1 February, following the International Conference on Integrated Sustainable Energy Resources in Arid Regions, held between 28 and 31 January 2007. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Egypt Conference on Integrated Social Policy Discusses International Success Stories |
Participants in the “National Conference on Integrated Social Policy in Egypt” held by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA) and the Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity on 7 and 8 February 2007 at the Pyramisa Cairo Hotel will discuss studies on the success stories in a number of developing and advanced countries like Tunisia, the Republic of South Korea, Malaysia, Norway, and Canada with respect to integrated social policy (ISP). |
| 11 December 2014 |
International Trade in Services Focus of UN-ESCWA Workshop in Cairo |
UN-ESCWA is organizing a workshop on the compilation of statistics of international trade in service from 6 to 9 February 2007 at the Ramses Hilton Hotel, Cairo. |