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| 20 May 2015 |
Population in the Arab Region: Trends and Implications |
This paper provides an overview of the levels and trends of key demographic indicators in the Arab region, with a focus on the issue of ageing. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Participation of Women in Public Life Main Focus of Tallawy Trip to UK |
UNESCWA Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy is slated to be the keynote speaker at a conference on the Political Participation of Muslim Women in the UK and Abroad. The two-day event is co-hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Human Rights Group at the British Houses of Parliament and the Barrow Cadbury Trust at the House of Commons on 21 and 22 March 2006. |
| 11 February 2016 |
Further Support to the National Agenda for the Future of Syria Programme |
On 28 January 2016, the Centre for Syrian Studies at the University of Saint Andrews, the United Kingdom, and ESCWA joined hands to sign a letter of understanding (LOU) on the bilateral cooperation concerning the National Agenda for the Future of Syria (NAFS) programme launched by ESCWA in 2012. |
| 31 March 2016 |
Committee on Energy |
The Committee on Energy was established pursuant to Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) resolution 204 (XVIII) of 25 May 1995, which was endorsed by Economic and Social Council resolution 1995/25 of 24 July 1995. The Committee on Energy comprises official representatives of ESCWA member States specialized in the field of energy. |
| 30 March 2017 |
Expert Group Meeting on Advancing Green Technologies through Science-Policy Interface |
This meeting will highlight the role of green technologies in achieving sustainable development in the Arab region through strengthening the Science-Policy Interface. |
| 7 June 2017 |
Promoting Food and Water Security through Cooperation and Capacity Development in the Arab Region |
Brochure on the project “Promoting Food and Water Security Through Cooperation and Capacity Development in the Arab region”. |
| 11 January 2021 |
National ICP Training Workshop for Lebanon |
The workshop aimed at conducting training for Lebanon’s Central Administration of Statistics on the use of the ICP toolkit for data entry and data validation. ESCWA conducted a national workshop for the Lebanese price statistics team on Wednesday 11 November 2020, hosting five staff members from the Central Administration of Statistics at the UN House. |
| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Marks World Water Day 2014 |
To mark World Water Day 2014, ESCWA cooperated with the Association of the Friends of Ibrahim Abdel Al, the Association of Lebanese Industrialists (ALI) and the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in holding a seminar entitled "The Water-Energy Nexus: Issues and Challenges", on 21 March, at the Order of the Press in Beirut. |
| 17 August 2015 |
Energy Efficiency for Climate Change Mitigation and Sustainable Development |
The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) is implementing a UN Development Account (DA) project on “Promoting Energy Efficiency Investments for Climate Change Mitigation & Sustainable Development”, designed to promote energy efficiency investment projects in the region. |
| 14 March 2017 |
Expert group meeting on methodologies for meeting the water-related Sustainable Development Goals at the global, regional and national levels |
The EGM on methodologies for meeting the water-related Sustainable Development Goals at the global, regional and national levels is organized as a folow up to the to the series of consultations conducted under the MDG+ Initiative in 2016. |