During a press briefing to highlight the main findings of the “Survey of Economic and Social Development in the ESCWA Region 2011-2012,” held this morning at the U.N. House in Beirut, Mr. Abdullah Al-Dardari, Director of Economic Development and Globalization Division (EDGD) said that all-time high oil revenue amidst the Arab Spring resulted in growth polarization between major oil exporters and the rest of the ESCWA region.

ESCWA is conducting a survey on Digital Arabic Content to analyze the importance of Arabic language content in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector. All concerned companies and experts are invited to participate to help make this survey accurate and representative. It would take 10-15 minutes to complete the questionnaire of the survey. For more information about the survey, please visit the following link: http://isper.escwa.un.org

Beirut, 26 September 2012 (ESCWA Communications and Information Unit)-- Roula Majdalani, Chief of Sustainable Development and Productivity Division at ESCWA, said, “Working to avoid energy waste and improve its efficiency in terms of production, transport, conversion, distribution and consumption, is urgent and required in order to preserve the environment and the national economy, as well as the interests of future generations.” Majdalani was speaking at the opening session of the Regional Training Workshop on “Promoting Energy Efficiency Investments for Climate Change Mitigation and Susta

Supported by ESCWA, the Lebanese Ministry of Environment and the UN Development Program (UNDP), IPT Energy Centre (IPTEC) launched today the “National Campaign for Air Pollution Reduction in Lebanon through Efficient Use in Land Transportation” . The event was held under the patronage of Lebanese Minister of Environment Nazem Khoury at the Ministry premises. In addition to the minister, speakers included Roula Majdalani, ESCWA Director of Sustainable Development and Productivity Division (SDPD) and IPTEC President Toni Issa.