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| 11 December 2014 |
UNESCWA Meeting Discusses Development Under Crisis Conditions |
UNESCWA, in cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Institute, is hosting an Expert Group Meeting on “Development Under Crisis Conditions” on 27 and 28 June 2006 at the UN House, Beirut. By bringing together a wide range of expertise, including regional stakeholders and an abundance of homegrown knowledge, the meeting aims to enhance development policies and projects amidst an unstable and volatile environment. |
| 6 October 2020 |
Support campaign to mitigate the effects of the Beirut Port explosion on persons with disabilities |
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| 2 March 2017 |
ESCWA Adds Bold Notes to 2017 International Women’s Day |
A host of key speakers and celebrities come together on Monday 6 March 2017 at ESCWA headquarters in Riyad El-Solh Square to commemorate the International Women’s Day held by the United Nations this year under the title: “Empowering Women, Empowering a Nation: Be Bold For Change.” |
| 5 December 2014 |
Management Training for the Iraqi Municipalities of Erbil and Basra |
UNESCWA Iraq Task Force has completed two management skills training workshops for the benefit of two groups of senior government and municipal officials from Erbil and Basrah. The two training workshops are part of the UN HABITAT project “Strengthening the Urban Sector in Iraq through Building Capacities in Municipal Planning and Management” that is funded by the UNDG Iraq Trust Fund. The participants of the two workshops will come back to follow-up modules at the end of the year. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Study Tour on Participation and Local Governance |
The purpose of the exchange and networking visit is t expose senior representatives and decision makers from several ministries and governorates' councils in Iraq to participatory methods applied in a typical Italian Region and another Autonomous Region, in particular to "successful models" in regional/local development planning, budget and fiscal planning, monitoring the implementation of the respective development plans and monitoring the quality of delivery services to the general public. Specific objectives of the activity: |
| 18 December 2018 |
Evaluating the capacity of Iraqi institutions in implementation and coordination |
The workshop aims to evaluate the capacity of institutions working in the health, education and labor sectors in addition to the municipal institution in Al-Hamdania district (Nineveh governorate) to meet the challenges of reconstruction and the integration of IDPs, based on an assessment of institutional capacities in the implementation of planned projects, and in addition to assessing the coordination capacities among different bodies, governmental and non-governmental and international organizations. |
| 26 April 2019 |
Artificial Intelligence and Local Industrial Development |
The meeting focused on artifical intelligence (AI) in the manufacturing industries of Arab countries. |
| 18 October 2017 |
Women: Arab Horizon 2030 |
The purpose of this report is to analyze socioeconomic trends with the aim of providing a forward-looking analysis of possible approaches that can enable Arab States of achieving the Sustainable Development goals, particularly goal 5 on gender equality and the empowerment of women. |
| 16 December 2020 |
Ex-Post Evaluation of Lebanon’s Free Trade Agreements: The Cases of the FTA with the European Union and PAFTA with the Arab Countries |
This study examines the tangible impact of Lebanon’s trade agreements with Arab countries and the European Union on its economy, as well as the reasons behind their relatively poor outcomes. It also offers some policy recommendations to reap benefits of greater trade integration. |
| 22 March 2018 |
Transport and Connectivity to Global Value Chains: Illustrations from the Arab Region |
This publication aims to review recent developments related to Global Value Chain engagement and connectivity in the context of the Arab region. In doing so, it will provide an assessment of the role of transport services in the participation of Arab countries in Global Value Chains, with a view to formulating some key recommendations on how to improve the role of transport services for greater Global Value Chain participation. |