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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. |
| 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. |
| 9 October 2018 |
The Regional training workshop to improve use of existing data for monitoring gender equality and women’s empowerment |
Aims to improve technical capabilities in using gender statistics to monitor SDG Tier I and II gender indicators and in disseminating, communicating and using statistics and indicators. |
| 23 November 2018 |
Technical Advisory Group on Demographic and Social Statistics |
The main goal of establishing of a Technical Advisory Group (TAG) is to provide recommendations on strategies, as well as substantive and methodological guidelines for achieving goals in the area of population and social statistics. In its first meeting, the TAG focused on ensuring that all countries in the region have the capacity to deliver a core set of population and social indicators needed for the SDGs among other planning and monitoring purposes. |
| 16 October 2020 |
Third African Young Water Professional Forum (Af-YWPF) - Cairo Water Week |
ESCWA is pleased to support the International Commission for Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) host the Third African Young Water Professional Forum (Af-YWPF) from 19-21 October 2020 (online) during Cairo Water Week. The Forum is being organized with the ICID African Regional Working Group in collaboration with the Arab Centre for the Study of Arid and Drylands (ACSAD), the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and the Global Water Partnership-Mediterranean (GWP-Med). Cairo Water Week is organized annually by the Ministry of Water and Irrigation of Egypt and will be held in a hybrid format from 18 |
| 15 May 2019 |
Trade performance and structure profiles: Saudi Arabia |
This profile aims at assessing the trade performance and structure of Saudi Arabia since 1995 based on a wide range of indicators, including those recently calculated using highly granular, product-level merchandise trade data. |
| 3 March 2020 |
ESCWA holds three workshops on integrated education in the Sudan |
Beirut-Khartoum, 28 February 2020--From 10 to 13 February, ESCWA held three workshops on integrated education in the Sudan, funded by the Italian Agency for Development and Cooperation (AICS). The workshops were conducted in Khartoum and the Red Sea and attended by administrators and high-level officials from the Ministry of Education, as well as data collectors. |
| 6 June 2019 |
“Rafic Hariri Rose” in ESCWA on World Environment Day |
Beirut, Lebanon, 7 June 2019
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| 11 December 2014 |
Combating Violence against Women in an ESCWA Panel Discussion |
As the 8th of March of each year has become a worldwide event that places women at its centre, ESCWA Deputy Executive Secretary Nadim Khoury, Senior ESCWA Economist Abdallah Al Dardari, Former Minister of State for the Lebanese Parliament’s Affairs Wafa Al Diqa Hamzeh, Deputy Director of the Middle East and North Africa Program at the International Center for Transitional Justice Anne Massagee, and Director of KAFA Enough Violence and Exploitation Zoya Rohana, gather to speak against violence against women. |
| 26 June 2019 |
Capacity development material on open data |
The report offers practical guidelines on how to initiate and manage open government data programmes, and it is targeting public sector employees in the Arab countries. |