Search Results
Website complete search | Advanced search
| 14 February 2018 |
Natural Gas Vehicle in Transportation in the Arab Region: Fact Sheet |
This fact sheet addresses the potential role natural gas can play in the sustainability of the transport sector and in mitigating the effects of climate change in the Arab region. It demonstrates the key drivers and barriers for the promotion of natural gas vehicles in the Arab region. |
| 20 May 2019 |
National Agenda for the Future of Syria launches new website: nafsprogramme.info |
|
| 13 February 2019 |
Consultative Workshop with Civil Society Organizations on Progress Made in the Implementation of Beijing +25 |
|
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA National Conference on Decentralization and Local Governance in Iraq |
ESCWA convened a national conference on decentralization and local governance in Iraq entitled "Instigating an Evidence-based and Home-Grown National Strategy for the Promotion of Decentralization and Local Governance in Iraq". The conference, which was held in Erbil on 14-15 June 2011, gathered more than 120 participants from federal, regional and local governments, alongside representatives of Iraqi parliament, civil society and private sector. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Strengthening Private Sector Resilience under Conflict on UN-ESCWA Agenda Tomorrow |
Strengthening private sector resilience is on the UN-ESCWA agenda in an expert group meeting to be held tomorrow Tuesday a the Commission’s quarters, Riad el Solh. The meeting is to continue until Wednesday 12 November. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Arab Food Security Conference Issues Range of Recommendations |
Participants in an international conference on Arab food security today concluded two days of meetings with a call to highlight the need to focus on supporting job-creating growth for the poor in countries with household-level food insecurity, and on encouraging exports to finance food imports and agriculture in countries with macro-level food insecurity. |
| 12 November 2014 |
Social Water Studies in MENA Region |
ESCWA Regional Advisor on Environment and Water Ralf Klingbeil participated in the conference on “Social Water Studies in the MENA Region” on September 27th and 28th 2014 at the German Jordanian University (GJU) in Madaba, Jordan. ESCWA contributed to the conference through a panel discussion, a presentation, as well as supporting participating scientists from Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. |
| 5 December 2014 |
ICT Policy Making in ESCWA Member Countries |
The WSIS recommendations include proposals to launch strategies at national and regional levels, focusing on a number of areas, including universal access to information, affordable information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure and services, and an enabling environment based on clear policies, laws and regulations, as expressed in the Declaration of Principles and the Plan of Action. |
| 12 February 2019 |
Fiscal policy response to public debt in the Arab region |
he study examines challenges of fiscal policy responses to public debt in the middle-income Arab countries and advocates that governments need to consider a well strategized debt-stabilizing framework that can be growth and fiscal sustainability enhancing. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Arab Food Security Conference Issues Range of Recommendations |
Beirut, 7 February 2012 (UN Information Service) – Participants in an international conference on Arab food security today concluded two days of meetings with a call to highlight the need to focus on supporting job-creating growth for the poor in countries with household-level food insecurity, and on encouraging exports to finance food imports and agriculture in countries with macro-level food insecurity. |