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14 November 2019	Mainstreaming Climate Action into National Development Planning in the Arab Region	The overall objective is to enhance the capacity and knowledge of government officials from the Arab region on how to effectively mainstream climate action into national development plans. The meeting also aims to exchange knowledge and raise awareness on best practices and opportunities for mainstreaming climate action and NDCs into national development policies, strategies, programmes and practices.
26 May 2016	Promoting Knowledge and Innovation for Inclusive and Sustainable Urban Development in the Arab Region	This ESCWA side event, to be held during the 17th General Conference of the Arab Towns Organization, will inform participants on the ongoing regional preparations for Habitat III, which will take place in Quito, Ecuador, in October 2016.
20 May 2015	Inflation Dynamics in the ESCWA Region: A Vector Autoregressive Analysis	The findings of this study are intended to help advance the understanding of the causes of inflation in the ESCWA region.
11 December 2017	Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the Arab Region 2016-2017	Beirut, 13 December 2017 What: Launching press breifing of the annual ESCWA report on the Survey of Economic and Social Developments 2016-2017. When: At 1:00 PM on Wednesday 13 December 2017 Where: ESCWA headquarters, Riad el-Solh Square, Beirut Who: -United Nations Under-Secretary-General and ESCWA Executive Secretary Mohamed Ali Alhakim;
18 June 2020	Impact of COVID-19 on Money Metric Poverty in Arab Countries	This paper estimates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on income poverty and the cost of poverty eradication in 14 non-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Arab countries, based on most recent economic growth forecasts provided by the United Nations World Economic Forecasting Model (WEFM), using grouped household income and expenditure survey data. There are four main results.
14 June 2017	ESCWA Annual Report 2016	The 2016 Annual Report of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) provides an overview to member States, stakeholders and the public at large of the organization’s objectives and achievements from the year 2016.
18 February 2021	Regional Meeting on Arabic Statistical Standards	This regional meeting was set to discuss the progress of the activity on the Arabic Glossaries and SDG Metadata implemented under the umbrella of DA11 project on Supporting ESCWA Member States in the Adoption and Implementation of Arabic Standards.
8 January 2018	ESCWA recommends strengthening cooperation with Hariri Foundation	ESCWA Executive Secretary Mohamad Ali Alhakim has recommended strengthening mutual cooperation between ESCWA and the Hariri Foundation for Sustainable Human Development in programs of joint interest, especially those related to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
11 December 2014	ESCWA Hosts Lecture on Public Health in the Arab World	On 5 June 2012, ESCWA hosted a lecture on the book “Public Health in the Arab World.” Invited by ESCWA Staff Council, Mr. Samer Jabbour, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences at the American University of Beirut, delivered a lecture on the book, which he edited together with Ms. Rita Giacaman, Professor at the Institute of Community and Public Health at Birzeit University and Mr. Iman Nuwayhid, Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences at the American University of Beirut, and Mr. Marwan Khawaja, ESCWA Chief of Social Statistics Section.
5 December 2014	Study Tour to the International Training Center of the ILO	Within the framework of the Capacity Building of the Iraqi Public Sector Management Project for Iraq, ESCWA and UNDP- Iraq strive to enhance the capacities of the National Center for Consultancy and Management Development (NCCMD), part of the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation in Iraq.

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